The times., 1899-12-21
three performances at the Grand on Christ.

three performances at the Grand on Christ
mas day.
Those persons who are fond Of
coupling education with their amuse-
ments-snd despite the New York
Telegraph there are many such-are
promised q complete treat in the Sc
ries Of lectures to be given on five con
secutive Tuesday afternoons at the Column
bia Theatre These lectures will be pro-
vided by Burton Holmes, the unquestion-
ed and unriyaled successor Of John /.
SJoddard. Mr.. Holmes was heard here fire.
quenuy last year and succeeded in Great
ing an impression that should guarantee
him excellent audiences throughout his
coming season. Since that former time, the
speaker has travelled much and is said to
have greatly Widened his range Of subjects.
His disccuTses on Manila " Japan Revis-
tied, - " Round About Paris the Grand
Canyon OF Arizona, Z" and "MOki Land have
been illustrated with still and moving pic
lures, the first class having been taken
by Mr. Holmes himself. These excellent
views, with the foTecasted charm of the
lectures themselves, should serve to make
Mr.. Holmes appearances both interesting
and instructive. His first local matinee
will be given on next Tuesday
An astonishing piece of entertainment
enterprise is revealed in the story of how
William A. Brady and Thomas O'Rourke
secured the moving pictures OF the recent
Jeffries-S -Sharkey fight which are to be ex-
| htbited next week at Convention Hall. The
representatives of these managers state
that over $63 GOO was expended in prelimi
naries before the mutascOpe machine was
put in position for photographing the bat
tie. Two feed wires were run from the
COney Island light plant TO the club
house, these wires serving to keep in use
400 arc lamps. the resultant illumination
being sufficient for a town of so coo nhabi-
tants. The views are printed On seven
and One-quarter miles Of celIulO!d film
enough to reach from the city pOstofiice TO
Glen Echo. Two hundred and sixteen thou
sand distinct pictures cover this surface.
each picture being 2x2 "a inches in size.
The reproduction Of the mill consumes over
two hours and IS mentioned as being per
! feet in detail. Seats for the week at Con
vention Hall are uUly on sale at Guzman $
in Droop's music store 925 Pennsylvania
/ Avenue
John Blair's second special matinee in
this city will be given tomorrow afternoon
( at the National Theatre. The play select
/ ed for representation is Paul Hervieu s
Les Tenanles,' which has been adapted
into English under the title of Ties. Be
sides Mr. Blair the presenting east VIII
include Florence Kahn. =, Augustus An
dersou Alice Harrington. Frederick c.
Lewis, and Gage Bennett. Seats are sell
ing.
Perhaps no one phase of talent stands a
! vaudeville comedian in better stead than
does his stock OF good humor. The aver
1 age audience at a stag house viii 10 at.
more from a mediocre moke with unlimited
good nature than from a more able but
less jovial individual. Al Reeves whose
. Double" Company is TO be next week $ at
traction at Kernan's, owes a great port or
of his popularity to this characteristic Fe
/ appears before his audiences in an easy
confident manner; thrums a few prelimi-
nary chords on his banjo, and then eithei
| tells OF sings a stock of jokes. The mon
ologue is delivered as though the mono
togist were enjoying it TO the fullest and
| :csultantly the public likes Al Reeves
THIS year Mr.. Reeves heads an orgauiza-
tion which Includes. besides himself, such
people as Inez Mecusker, prlma donna
Hendrix and Prescott dancers; Williams
/ and Leland mirthmakers from California
Fannie Fern Thatcher. vocalist; Celeste
and Baylis. sOubrettes; the Griffin Sisters
serio- comics, George Titchner and Larry
Cheatham, rib -ticklers, and The EspanoIs
Male Quartette." A minstrel first part ant
q burlesque, entitled Admiral Dewey
| Dandy" also are TO be introduced. Tht
performances. summed up, promise to bt
pleasing, and business probably will b,
good.