The evening times., 1899-03-11


by the attendance at the theatres in which
the offering has been shown. As is gener-
ally known, Mr. Mansfield viii be seen
here at the Columbia.
great deal of interest has been arous-
ed among local litterateurs by the an
nouncement that James Whitcomb Riley
, is 10 appear on Monday evening at The
Grand Opera House. Mr.. Riley is not only
perhaps The most celebrated of contempor-
airy American poets, but he is also reputed
TO be skilled in the reading OF his own
works fact which augurs we'll for those
who are 10 hear him locally II is so rare
Iy that the Hoosier visits Washington that
his coming takes the nature OF an event,
and the recital at the Grand will probably
be largely attended. The programme TO be
given on that occas ion has be II divided into
four parts, the first being entitled An
mails OF the Poor" the second "Hoosier
Verse, the third Character Sketches"
and the last Rhymes of Childhood" A
musical side will also be provided in the
singing of Mrs. Noyes.
Managers Burke & Chase have succeeded
| in booking an excellent bill for next week
at the Grand. A headliner of unusual worth
T, has been secured in Isabelle Urquhart a
I beautiful woman and u clever actress, who
will be seen in the one-act sketch, Even
by some as the Legitimate successor of
Lolita, is also to appear with Harry Mills
in E. E. Kidder's Two Girls and One
Man" Then Gertrude Haynes has been
/ engaged to render her piano and orches-
trion solos, the Sa-Nans have been retain
ed for another twelve performances, Ray
l. Royce is TO offer his unique impersona-
tions, Kittie Wolfe will dance and sing to
her own harp accompaniment, The Hunt
ing Trio" is TO do a number of novel things,
and Eugene Niedert promises to prove his
ability as q trick cyclist.
concert will be given tomorrow night
at the Grand in which will be seen a num-
Der of clever people, among them Maude
Courtney, who sings the old songs" T. J.
! Farron, the Irish balladist; Florence Hen
RI King charming violiniste: Alice May
| lin, soprano, and Ackleys enlarged orches-
! ira. Seats for this entertainment go on
| sale at . oclcok.
| One of the house records at the Academy
! of Music is held by Gus Hill, whose pro-
duction of ''McFadden's Row of Flats" did
an enormous business last year at that
theatre. Seats for the next weeks engage
ment of the company were put on sale last
Thursday and, despite the tremendous op-
| position furnished by other attractions
have met with continual purchasers. In
deed more tickets are said to have been
bought than had been at a corresponding
time during the former engagement and it
is therefore, confidently expected that the
organization will draw big audiences. Ger
tainly no more meritorious combination is
now in the popular priced places of amuse-
ment and the degree of success it has at
tanned is deserved.
Marie Jansen the charming comic opera
star who has recently been seen in "a
Florida Enchantment" and THE Nancy
Hanks" James Thorne and Grace Garlic
| ton, farceurs of merit; Al Fields and
Fred Ward, conversationalists on top cal
| subjects; Edward Lynch and Mae Taylor
travesty team; John and Nellie Healey
exponents of the real Southern darky;
| Emma Carus, the remarkable contralto:
the McGinleys, noveltyists, and the house
! stock company will be seen in the bill
Manager Grieves has booked for next
week at the Bijou. All the people named
are we'll known among local theat-egoers
and the house should be we'll filled at
every one of the twelve performances
given.
Fred Huber, manager of the Vanity
Fair Burlesquers, which comes to the
Lyceum next week, is said to be one of
the brightest comedy writers in America
lOQdy. I1S 10 ySl a SompdtdliNc-y young
man, being in his forty-fourth year. In
1871 he was associated with Charley Glid-
den in the team of Huber and Glidden,
who were the originators of the much
copied musical smoke act. From 1881 to
1889, during the palmy days of variety
stock companies, Mr.. Huber was the prin-
cipal comedian, producer and stage man
ager at Miners Eighth Avenue Theatre,
New York city. 1t was here that he in
troduced such people as Charles Ross. of
Ross and Fenton Johnny Carroll, Ward
and Vokes. and others who have since be-
come prominent in the business For the
past eight years Mr.. Huber has been Gus
! Hills right-hand man. being instrument
tai in placing before the public vaudevi lie
and burlesque in modern form.