Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-25

special ma tinee Thanksgiving day, in addi-
ton to the regular Wednesday and Saturday
matinees, the Hanlons have inserted a great
deal Of novelty, and but the skeleton of its
former self remains. Among the new
scenes IS remarkable one Of the arctic re-
glons; new interior, by Witham, OF a
ladies' boudOir which is followed by q
change into a marine view. In the first act
a scene at one Of the fashionable watering
places is shown, in which Pierrot mixes up
the sexes in indiscrimInate confusion by
directing the gentlemen to the wrong bath
ing houses. Pierrot also figures prominently
IN a shtdowy pantomime of familiar war sub
JectS, which show many interesting PHASE
81 our late unpleaSantness with Spain.
lie mas many other hair-raising escapes
anu many periguS adventures. The Spe-
''t-1tS are numerous. and all present nov
cites that viii no doubt please Scott and
" l.Spn. acfobdtic comedians. will present
their new comedy sketch. in which many
novel and amusing tricks are to be seen.
HeIelSe Dupont viii be seen in a new and
extremely amusing budget of the latest
popular songs. and last, but by 10 means
lt.zt' Herberts troupe of trained dogs,
CATS ana monkeys. including some of the
hhgSt leapiug greyhounds in this country.
ana phenomenon in a high-dving dog.
jhat makes a sensational leap from the top
Of a SiNty-foot ladder to the stage below
Charies Guy"r is the clown, and is one of
the best in the business. Popular prices
always.
NEW CHANDELIER art in music, COM
edy and acrobatics prevails in the polite
vaudeville program offered by the New
Grand for the next week. 1t is almost an
'ail-he1dlircr'' bin. as there is no number
on II that has not won distinct and positive
success. The most gifted and world-famous
OF all Is Camilla Urso the great vioiniste
whose work is acclaimed in every civilized
land Her career before the public has
been long and full of well-earne honor
First, as a concert player, she became the
foremost among her sex as mistress of the
violin, queen of the bow. Then, passing to
the vaudeville stage, she conquered new
hosts of auditors who, until then. had not
teIt the magic of her playing. Hugh STAN
ton and Florence Modena will reappear in
their brilliant sketch, For Reform
sort of modernzed domestic Katherine
and Petruchio." 1t is a clever satire upon
newly welded women with hobbies, and 1t
is acted with rare intelligence and enliven-
ing spirit. The third entertainer will be
Joe Neich, the most original and certainly
the most humorous of all the impersona-
tors Of quaint Hebrew types. Genuine in
terest will center around Hilda Thomas
ami Frank Barry, the fourth on the list.
Miss Thomas is a second edition of MAY
Irwin, but with qualities of her own that
are quite as pleasing az the likewise ininlit
able features of Sister Marys" individual
lily. Her work is of the breezy sort that
puts one on good terms with the world
and her singing is most fetching. She will
give her famous mimicry and impersona-
tons. these including the "take-off" on
society the imitation of a French chan
treuSe, and the Witcheries of a Tony Pas
tor soubrette. The Three Sa Vans will pro-
vide the novelty looked for every week
These are the celebrated acrobatic comedy
stars, whose work is wholly of their own
qeVlsing. }. Wilmott Eckert and Emma
Berg, the operate stars, will again please
critically minded lovers of music by their
dainty JaDanese ODeretta Little Pee
Neet- The last part of the bill will, as
before, be furnished by the biograph. The
lot mill
scene at the unwilling of the Grant statue
recently at Philadelphia, the President and
MIS-. Mckinleys outing in the observatory
AZ Mount Tom, Mass, a cable car trip from
New YORK to Brooklyn, via the great
bridge, and many other realistic views of
passing people and things.
KERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER.-1r-
wins Burlesquers and five young women
advertised as the five harrison sisters COM
Dlndton. well known to the atrons of the
Lyceum Iheater, will commence an en-
SdSement OF one week at kernan's Thea
ter Monday, November p. This organ "a
tlOH IS repiete with new ideas. intelhgently
interpreted by a company of weIl-knoWn
PAYERS, including the Baroness WON Wall
tenDuTS, said to be thorough PariSienne.
The company a.so includes such we'll
known favorites as the five Barrison sis
tiers, Thompson and Carter Bailey and
Madison, Carver and Pollard, w. c. Fields,
hague sisters, Lee and Bradford Marie
BafrlSOn and score of pretty misses, who
can all sing and dance. All these go to
make up an excellent program. The clos
ing buTletta VIII be "A Hot Wave" in
which the full strength of the company is
required
THE BIJOU THEATER.-For the week
commencing Monday. November % the BIZ
jou will offer new and novel burlesque,
entitled The Prisoner of Sunday" a trav-
esty on The Prisoner of Zenda," which will
be brilliantly staged and cOstumed. The cast
her - iTC ma
pretty girls and witty comedians. Numer-
Gus speciaitles will be introduced during
the fifty minutes that The Prisoner of
Sunday will hold the stage. Succeeding
the first part there will appear Cushman,
Holcombe and Curtis. thrOe sweet singers;
Charles T Aldrich, the juggling and aero
battle Dusty Roods;'' Campbell and eau
field, Irish noblemen, touring America Just
for fun and to make fun, Maxwell and
Dudley, in a pleasing domestic SKETCH Nc
Cloud and Melville, terpsichorean special
lists and harpists, and Flossie Sinnott, chic
ingenue dancer and singer OF popular
songs. Daily matinees and every night
THE FLOWER QUEEN."-There will
be musical entertainment on Tuesday
evening at I.inthicum Hall, Georgetown,
for the beneht of St. Adams parish house.
The Flower Queen" will be produced for
the first time here, the parts being taken
BY some of the best talent of both George
town and Washington. Among the attrac-
tons Will be bevy Of young beauties, as
fresh and pretty as the flowers they por-
tray. After the operetta refreshments and
dancing.
DE PACHMANN.-The New York Tri-
bune Is quoted as having said the follow
ing OF De PaChmann recent appearance
In that city: His revelation of the beauty
that belongs to the higher walks of piano
forte playing is unlike that of any other
performer now TO be heard His illumina-
ton of the music that comes under the
witchery of his fingers is full of lights and
shadows of his own, and in the field that
ne has appropriated to himself he is an
absolute master 1t was exquisite in quail
lty of tone and in the sublety and variety
OF color that he got within the narrow
range of dynamic power that he uses, in
the delicacy and distinctness of his half
lghts and shadows. IN the unfailing clear
ness and articulation of every middle voice
and the nice adjustment of parts His
pearling runs and fluent arpeggios are as
captivating as ever" His first recital in
fsfft he