Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-15

ship in the French Academy. and is said to
offer splendid oppotWpities not to any one
player, but to al tia cast. Catherine"
distinctions and 4ealsasy as factors in the
pangs and joys saof eTo young hearts. A
happy home iso shown among the rich,
where a poor girl ofsthe truest and finest
character is a musiG teacher. young
duke loves ner. 40 please her father she
has promised to marry lifelong friend of
her family, although sshe frankly tells him
she does not Iowa him The dukes mother
calls on the father ofsCatherine to ask his
consent to the betrothal of their children.
Catherine, though losing the duke, would
keep faith with her olaer lover, but his love
is so unselfsh that he forces her to accept
the nobleman. EateraDn in the play Cath
crime is shown whepaa heavy sorrow has
come upon her. Her husband yields to
temptation, and Catherine prepares to leave.
All pleading is useless till her old lover
comes at her call to take her away. But,
finding that they really love each other, he
alone persuades Catherine to remain with
her husband, and the curtain falls on a
promise of happiness. The supporting COM
pany is of unusual merit and includes Mrs.
Sarah Cowell-Le Moyne, who, according to
reports fairly shares honors with the star.
Others in the cast are Elsie De Wolfe,
Frank Worthing, Vincent Serranno, w. J.
LIE Moyne, ]. G. Savile Clara Bloodgood,
Mllie James and Robert Hickman. There
will be the usual matinees. Seats go on
sale tomorrow morning.
1.-THE TEXAS STEER.''-The best play
of Chas. H. Hoyt's will be presented at the
Academy of Music Monday February 20.
1t is a most laughable satire present
day politics, and the story opens in Texas
with the election of Maverick Brander, the
cattle king, to Congress. Brander is a mod
est man and does not seek office. The cleo
ton takes place during his absence from
home, and is brought about by the ambi-
| ton of his family for social distinction and
| Yafd onynt Of
dreariness of life on a cattle ranch and in
frontier town to the gayer and more
fashionable circles found at the national
capital. The first information that Bran
der has of his election that has been
brought about by the fundamentally of
three local politicians, Messrs. Yell, Bragg
and Blow, is when he is 'yanked' off his
wagon on his peaceful way home, crowned
with laurel as was Cincinnatus and brought
in on the shoulders of four men, followed
by the riff-raH of the frontier town. There
is some difficulty in getting him to serve,
but this is overcome when the gang point
their guns at his head and declare if he is
perhaps too good to represent them in Con-
gress he is perhaps too good to live The
Brander family is next seen in a reception
room at the Arlington Hotel, in Washing
ton and the scene teens with amusing incl
dents, consequent upon the newness of the
family to Washington and it's divine ways.
between the first act and the second Suf
nclent time is supposed to have elapsed for
the Brander family to get acquainted with
eie to"H, Socidi friction mas SmOOtned the
general appearance, manners, habits of the
family, the cattle king wears his dress
suit with the ease of man about town
wears a rose in the lapel of his coat smokes
perfectos and bankers after frozen alb
Sinthe.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-The week of
FEBRUARY 20 this theater will be given over
to the Daughters of the American Revou-
ton in accordance with an agreement made
with the former management of the house.
w men the present IeSSeeS took possession
on January l the lease for next week had
10 De assumed by them, and this will be the
only interruption 10 the present successful
season of vaudeville. However, on Monday.
FEBRUARY y, the season will again be re-
sumed and some of the finest of the vaude-
VINE aruStS Will be seen, among whom are
John {. Rice, who for years has been one
of the best of the farce comedy stars He
Will be supported by Sallie Cohen, who was
very successful with the Rice companies
and who is an able assistant to her partner
They will be seen in one of their funniest
creations. kleist Bros. who will produce
the only musical novelty of the day; Ram
"a and Arno comedy acrobats OF the best
type; Charlie Case, one OF the best black
face monologue artists; Louis NJ. Granat,
whose whistling solos have won him fame
both in Europe and America; the Ran
dalles, the most dainty and refined of all
acrobatic dancing acts; the Angela Sisters,
vocalists and dancing, and Miss Florence
Henri King, charming young lady violin
ist of this city, well and favorably known
in Washington musical circles, will make
her debut in vaudeville, which Will round
off a program that. promises to be the
best given here since the vaudeville season
opened.
'rHE GAY MAsQ RAIDERS THE
Gay Masqueraders.' the attraction at Ker-
mans Lyceum next week, includes we'll
known speciality artists and burlesquers,
among whom may be mentioned Brown
and Camille, Bud Snyder Clark Sisters the
Murphys, the Big 4, McCale and Daniels,
Marie De Russell and the Kinsners. There
will be a spectacular first part, entitled
"McNulty and the Model and q grand
military fdyl, entitled Columbia Forever"
Both will be staged and mounted regardless
of expense and are replete with fresh fea-
lures. There will be several terpsichorean
novelties calculated to create a sensation
here, as well as a number of racy scenes
that never fail to arouse the blase habitues
of the variety theater.
At the Bijou this week Miss Dot Davef-
port is singing n song which seems to take
the audience at once. 1t is THE Washing
ton Girl" the music of which is by Mr.. w.
G. Collins and the words by Sarah Willard
Howe. Miss Davenport gives 1t with char
acteristic effect and makes decided hit.
MISS VALLETTE'S RECITAIS.-Miss
Julia Vallette, the American coloratura So
prano, who has been singing in New York
and Boston for the past several seasons is
10 De HeaTu mere III Two fecltalS at the Uni
versalist Church, on February IS and March
10 Miss Vallette is a pupil of the famous
Lamperti. Miss Vallette is known socially
as Corneia Ross Potts, daughter of the
late Richard c. Potts, United States navy
and niece of John Potts, for MANY wears
chief clerk of the War Department. She
will be assisted by Mr.. Arthur R. Freeman
pianist, of New York.
Previous Report Applicable.
T,,o lo 10
chairman of the Senate District committee
the District Commissioners state that Lney
consider previous report on Senate bill
$3.50, authorizing the Secretary of War to
permit the Washington, Arlington and