Evening star., 1899-03-11

comedy and acrobatic dancing. One of the
special features will be Eugene Neidert, BIZ
cycle rider, who performs all sorts of diff
cut tricks on the safety and high wheels,
hall, elliptical. dwarf. unicycles. buggy
wheei, hoops, etc. Prof. Ackleys Orchestra
will give one of its unique overtures Mat
inees will be given daily The week of
March 20 Marie Dressler and Walter Jones
Will appear at the Grand, and this popular
playhouse will witness the greatest pro-
Guctfon ever presented in vaudeville. Seats
on sale Monday morning at . o'clock. one
week IN advance. No advance in prices.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC. = "McFadden's
Row. of Flats" is a picture play, full of
scenes of everyday life among the tene-
mcnts of New York. The plot deals with
the campaigns of Tim McFadden and ia
cob Baumgartner. rival candidates for the
office of alderman. Careful sounding of the
voters Of the ward mas convinced the rivals
that they shall poll tie unless Terrence
McSWatt. poet of McFaddens Flats, may
be induced to vote. McSwatt loves Mary
Ellen Murphy. but is opposed by Mrs. Muir
ply The poet leads the rival candidates a
lively dance until McFadden makes love to
the Widow Murphy and secures her con-
sent to the marriage of McSwatt and Mary
Ellen OF course. McFadden gets the de-
Gliding ballot and is elected alderman. New
and special novelties will be introduced by
Joe ]. Sullivan. Harry Crandall Sadie Con-
molly, Estele yelling ton, Chas A. Nor
gan. Carrie Weber, the five Noses, Harry
Watson. the Speck Brothers and W. A.
Robinson, the boxing midgets and a chorus
of pretty girls, all of which makes one of
the strongest comedies to be seen here this
season. 'McFaddens Row of Flats will
be at the Academy of Music for one week,
commencing Monday evening, March 13,
and including the usual nlatinees.
KERNANs LYCEUM THEATER. -
vanity Fair" the spectacular eXtrava-
Sanza and novelty vaudeville company that
made such a hit here a year ago. will play
special engagement at the Lyceum next
ing the past few weeks has been COM
pletely changed and the performance to be
given the coming visit will be practically
different The program this time is
novel conceit called "a Winters
Carnival" a comic take-on on Mon
trsafs fashionable ice palace. Following
this come the vaudeville acts. which in
clude Newell and Shevett the comedy GYM
nasts; MOrrissey and Rich a clever pair
of comedy purVeyors; the Lowell Brothers,
eccentric acrobats: Miss Dixie, singing SOU
brette: Farrell and Taylor. comedy artists:
Mr.. Ralph G. JOhnstone, expert fancy and
trick bicycliSt, who offers 81 900 to any one
who will duplicate his act: Emery and Mar
low, travesty stars; Miss Margie Tebeau,
the baton juggler, and others The per-
formanCe concludes with the military ef
fort called Creme de Minthe," which in
troduces the entire company. The scenic
embellishments. costume effects and stage
arrangements throughout the performance
are all that could be desired.
THE BIJOU THEATER. - Manager
Grieves has secured a long list of
clever people to furnish the COM
ing weeks program that for real merit
ard entertaining ability is likely to beat all
records at this house Miss Marie Jansen
the talented star of grand and comic op
era. will make her first bow in Wishing
ton vaudevilles. Another bright feature
will be the offering of James Thorne and
Grace Carlton, the farce comedy stars AL
Fields and Fred Ward, the eccentric come
dlans, are also down for an engagement.
Edward Lynch and Mae Taylor will pre-
sent their high-class travesty act. John
and Nellie Healey, clever exponents of the
southern darkey. will be seen in Il bright
sketch Miss Emma Carus will make her
second and last appearance at this house
this season. The McGinleys will be seen
in their wonderful European novelty
act, while the big Bijou burlesque COM
I6ny will finish out the bill I'm a new nusi-
cal meldnge. interspersed with vocal Sc
lections by all the old and many new ia
vorites. There will be the usual Sunday
concert at pm
BIJOU SUNDAY CoNCERT.-At the
usual Sunday night concert tomorrow even
ing an enjoyable program will be offered
Among the list will be that of the favorite
Gypsy Quintet. their last appearance this
season: Miss Mae Raymone. the American
Fitagraph pictures. the American Quartet,
Banks. Winters and little Mona. Emma
Carus and several others of equal note
will participate. The Bijou Singing Glass,
with the clever little Miss Flora Parker
Dot Davenport VIM. Thornton and the
fLH company, will also appear.
THE JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Lee
can be taken more as an
evidence Of the general interest felt in
James Whitcomb Riley's lecture next Mon
Day at the Grand Opera House than the
1act that since its announcement more
than two hundred requests for my speCiaI
faNor1te have been received by his man.
2sement- Every one seems to have some
special selection which he or she would like
10 near the poet read, and every one is ur-
gent in expressing the benefits to be de-
rived from placing it on the program. This
demonstrates the high standard Mr.. Riley
has maintained in all his books. and the in
dlsputable fact that each is the labor of a
genius. The program will embrace as
many styles of work as possible and should
please all. In it Mr.. Riley has divided his
list OF poems and stories into four classes
the hrSt being entitled Annals of the
Poor the second, "Hoosier verse; the
third Character Sketches" and the last.
Rhymes of Childhood" MANY unnI,h.
ished works will be included in this coIJec-
lon which should so be made doublv in
tCreStin%. The advance sale of seats for
the appearance began on Wednesday at
the Grand. and is progressing more than
satisfactorily.
THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY-Or-
cheStFal music and concerted numbers of
almost any character are ALWAYS well re-
ceiVed in Washington. and the season about
to close has seen the firm establishment of
the Chamber Music Society in the favor of
local mus1c-lovers. The program for the
third and last of the seasons recitals ia
take place at the Universalst Church next
Thursday evening, is to open with Max
Reger trio for piano. violin and viola and
Will serve to introduce Mr.. Siemanns of
baltimore. who is to have the viola music
Tor his portion in this work and is said To
get q remarkably sweet and clearly syuDa-
thetlc tone from the instrument Mr. kas-
par has MendelsSohns violin concerto ia
play. and that he always does more than
justice 10 himself and his work is almost a
prorerb now. DIR. Gloetzner's piano
polonaise. which received the prize
at the New York Manuscript Society
last year, win be played by the COM
poser himself. For this recital an eycep-
ton has been made, in that the program
will close with other music than that of the
trio. Dvoraks piano quartet, requiring the
services of piano, violin, viola and. cello
Will be given. and as the assisting artists
are Messrs. Furthmaier and Semanns this
number will be the piece de resistance of
the evening. The sale of seats will open on
Monday morning at Guzman's, in E. F.
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