Evening star., 1899-03-01

and thrilling escapes, which bring to mind
the dash and spirttiDf the purely romantic
| drama. While the men wear the uniform
| OF the confectionery and the women are ar
| rayed In modern garb, while the musket
| ana revolver take the places OF the halperd
and the raper,e there is still present the
complete essence of. the days Of romance.
| the same hairbreadth escapes for the
! nero, the same gentleness and fatthfulness
| IN the heroine. Death also is presented IN
the play, and there Is the clash or arms.
| stirring music and the march of men to
battle. Seats will be placed on sale tomor-
| row morning.
MR.. AND MRS. SIDNEY DREw.-The
vaudeville at the Grand Opera House this
week has madesa very decided impression,
ana as result the business is very good,
Rlce ana Cohen, Mile. Titenia and MISS
Florence Henri King each having scored
individual hits. For next week strong
bill mas been secured, which promises to still
1ufther add to the reputation OF the Grand
as nrst-clasS vaudeville theater. among
those who will appear are Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Drew, who will be seen in one OF
their one-act farce; which has created for
mem 1hem In the world of vaudeville, both IN IN
Europe and America, reputation second to
none. Maude Courtney, who sings the
OLD songs, and by her unassuming ways
and refined methods has become one of the
celebrities, will be heard in songs that ap-
peal to the heart genuine circus act
on the stage will be Walberti, whose horse
Dam is almost human. and will present
an act that fs both novel and entertaining
L. j. FarrOn, late Of Baker and Farron,
comedian of merit; Helen Tuesart. come
dlenne and vocalist, late of Hotel Topsy
IurVy company; the Three Renos, In aero
batic and dancing specialties; Marion and
Dean, In military sketch, and Mayne Ger
hue, dancing specialist, who will round
up an excellent program. Matinees will
be given every day.
Ian MACLAREN-Ian Maclaren (the
Rev. John Watson, D. Do, whose visit to
this country two years ago was the signal
OF vast outpourtngs of literature-loving peo-
pie TO attend his lectures, is again in Amer
lea for stay of six or eight weeks and
has consented to make a limited number
OF appearances on the rOstrum. He has in
cluded Washington in his itinerary and will
make his single appearance in this city at
the New National Theater on the afternoon
OF Thursday, March 8. In order to accom-
modate the general public the hour has
been set for 4:16. DR.. Watson has chosen
for the subject of his forthcoming lecture
The Place Of the Minister in Scotch Life"
with readings from DR.. Davidson, parish
minister of Drumtochty, and some unpub-
lished stories. DR.. Lyman Abbott remarks
that DR.. Watson will have the freedom Of
the continent without any formal ceremony
OF presentation of the keys. Few men of
foreign birth are better known in this coun-'
try than he and 1t Is not too much to say
that none Is better loved.
THE JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY LEG
TURE.-Next to the ability to use the En-
giish language perfectly and smoothly. lit
terateurs of this day and age seem to rank
the uncouth and yet graceful phrasings of
the dialect writer James Barrie has made
himself and a peculiar variety of Scotch
accent famous by his stories of the charac-
ters known to visionary Thrums, Frederic
Adler has perpetuated the hard gutturals
OF the Rhine, Rudyard Kipling has made
familiar the odd slang of the British mill
tary camp, and such men as Bret Harte,
Joaquin Miller and Will Carleton have won
regulations by means of their verbal por-
traitures Of the west and of the New Eng
land states. But none of these men, de-
spite their possession of imaginatiOns that
have given sympathy and tone to their
tales, seems to have struck the exact chord
of public sentiment reached by James
Whitcomb Riley, a product as distinctly
local in his colorings and as emphatically
universal in the appreciation he has called
forth in any author of contemporary
prominence On the rare occasions on
which he has undertaken lecture tours he
has invariably been greeted quite as largely
and even more heartily by representatives
Of the great middle class than by those of
his readers who have attained distinct
prominence Thus it is that one NAV safe
ly prophesy great audience-an audience
unmixed only in it's appreciation and it's in
telligence-when Mr. Riley appears on
March 13 at the Grand Opera House. Ad-
miration of the writer, together with gen.
eral desire to see the man, will probably
combine in providing him with most nota-
BILE assembly. And it may be depended
upon that those who go will not be disap-
pointed either in the personality or in the
entertainment afforded by the speaker.
THE MACDOWELL RECITAL.-Mrs.
Oldberg's Composers and Artists course
bids fair to go out in a blaze of glory at
the Unversalist Church the evening of
March I. when Mr.. Edward MacDowell,
the well-known pianist-compOSer, is TO give
his first piano recital in Washington. Mr..
MacDowell fairly earned his position as
professor of music at Columbia University.
New York. by his acknowledged fine work
in composition, aside from the undoubted
ability he possessed as an Interpreter OF
other peoples works, and it is a matter
of sincere congratulaton that locally his
appearance is a source of great inter-
est. The program for this event is a
mixed one, including a section devoted en-
tirely to the works of Mr.. MacDoweI and
In this he may feel confident of winning a
fair reward Of success. for opportunities
abound for local delectation. The sale of
seats is now open al Guzman's, in E. f.
Droop & Sons.
"MACBETH' BY MRS. STETSON-Mrs.
Stetsons faculty of pleasing is largely re-
sponsibe for her successful impersonation
yet students of the rea! histrionic art may
find much that is helpful and more that is
new in this lady's recital of Macbeth
13 in the Universalist Church. The seats
are now selling at Guzman's, in E. F.
Droop & Sons.
DANL. GODFREYS BAND. Lieut.
Danl. Godfrey has ever had a fond leaning
toward this sister land of liberty since his
visit to the great Boston peace jubilee, in
1872, when he and his scarlet-coated follow
ers were the cynosure of all eyes Their
appearance then was always the signal for
tremendous enthusiasm, SO deep an impress
cio Il h1.yv l<n hSvt hot,
tie conduct as racemen and musicians and
our critics were loud in their praise of Lieu
tenant Godfrey as born leader and thor
ough artist. The stirring strains of aThe
Star Spangled Banner and other of our
national airs are said to receive exceptional
renditions at the hands of these excellent
handsmen, and the individual ability of
the members and the acknowledged su-
periority of Lieutenant Godfrey as a con-
ductor are potent factors in warrantine the
interest locally shown in their coming The
Washington concert is to occur in The Co
lumbia 1heater the afternoon of March
Z, at 4:15 o'clock, and the seats are now