Evening star., 1899-04-18

After the Reviest.M kept the audience In
good hulgor. and lEafndm and Nelson, 2
pew tsan. excesdsd expsctatlonE 4 6,
ana sdfsisasF isascSdas sasstE strseasaas e 8s
'aThe Troubles OF a King" closed the en-
teftainment.
GRAND 6PERa HousEs1 Beyond cues
ti5n thH srtertainn,e1it afTanged by Mans
sksss 4ases ads Ybai #5aE s Rss5sas sSssssg
the onening Of the u eaRassyllle issf season. Only
one 81 the r, nine ntinabers figures IN the TO
pc Pc. toaerated at class. and the large audience audi
others that 1t generously applauded the
number referred to. The majority Of the
artists have earned a station some dis
tance above the average as entertainers
and their specialties were for the most part
original. With a bill such is in order
this week at the Grand Opera House It
to be a success Ackley's orchestra began
the evening, placing everybody In good
numor, through the rendition of George
Roseys "A Rag Time skedaddle" No; l
ON tne program was a musical act, run
fielh and Lucille. While not precisely
novel, 1t was pleasing. Something far cut
OF the ordinary In the way of graceful and
artistic dancing was presented by Welby
Pearl, Keys and Nellis In connection with
this act appeared Master T. Carroll, who
AAny SoHScleLtlOQSly lay Chilli 10 Tue Iepu-
tation of being the youngest, smallest and
most phenomenal boy dancer living. The
M1llar Sisters, giving q banjo song and
a;ance, next faced the audience and proba-
Day endeaVored to please to the best of their
ability. The feature of the evening, per-
haps, was Annie RusselPs success, ''Dain-
gerfeld, 49,, with Minnie Dupree as the
star. This little lady, in addition to being
particularly pretty and winsome, is a tall
ented actress. With the assistance of Theo-
dore NJ. Brown and Joseph Mckeever. she
as Daingerfeld was handsome. graceful
and intelligent. Although boisterous, Hilda
ihomas depicted Dutch slavey, an am
hitfous fy-away girl, whose father has
favorite with such success that she
found 1t necessary to thank the audience
for liking her" Miss Thomas was ably
assisted by Mr.. Frank Barry who, in addi-
pianist A real novelty was a female
monologue speciality. This was given by
Miss BERTHE Fowler, a beautiful girl, beauti-
fuliy dressed, and, better than that, talent
ed IN her particular line to a degree that
was gratifying. Miss Fowler will always
be able to occupy the center of the stage
just as long as she is willing to respond to
encores. A series of sand drawings, smoke
pictures and finger shadows, produced by
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Darrow, served to
evoke laughter, as we'll as admiral ton, and
70 earn Tor the artists a warm spot in the
hearts OF all. The entertainment closed
with an act by the Nondescript Trio, black
Iace comedians, comedy acrobats and cham
plon high kickers Of the world, who were
really better than anyone had any reason
to expect. The same bill will be given
twice daily during the remainder of the
week.
ACADEMY OF MUsIC.-Black PATHS
Iroubadours opened their annual engage
ment at the Academy of Music last night
before large audience, the upstairs being
q jam, While the parquette was comfortably
niied. Black Patti, Sisseretta Jones, was
tne prlgnt particular star of the evening
her singing being especially appreciated in
the old-tlme melodies, although the rendi-
tlon OF the operate selections was given
Win Win such brilliant effect as to call for the
most enthusiastic applause. The perform
ance was divided into three parts as usual
The first part harum- -scarum sort of af-
falr entitled "A Trip to Coney Island' en-
aoied the company to show off to good ef-
Iect IN the latest negro songs of the day
ana really remarkable dancing and comedy
me second part was sort Of olio intro
oucing serio-comic singers, ,quartets in char
acter parts, solo-dancing and short turn
by the star The third part consisted of
selections from the different operas in cos
tune and served to introduce the excep-
na5n eIilai vocal quahhcations OF the company.
Madame Patti carried everything before
her In the tfme-worn but ever popular .'Tro
tatore, the young man who assisted hav-
ing Tenor Voice of wide range and sweet
ness Inc costumes were lavish and he
coming and added materially to the effec
uVeness Of the selections presented
BlJOU THEATER.-The management of
lhe blJou continues to use excellent iudp-
ment in the selection of it's specialties and
me vaudeville bill this week, While not so
sood as the one of last week, is strong
ana warrants support McAvoy and Nav
diVlde the honors with the Three Lukens y
and the others all come in for a share Of
the generous applause. The Biiou Stock
company is specially strong in the openinp
melange. Miss Nina Collins, the best W.
calist the Bijou has ever known returned
last night and was given an ovation. She
sang with marked effectiveness "Tis Not
30, and as an encore rendered an old
time ballad. Miss Adelina Roattino sang
In her old pleasing manner, and the Gold
smith Sisters proved masters of the art
terpsichore. Dewitt and Tourjee brought
forth sweet music from the cornet and banjo
and Fish and Quigg furnished most of the
run in their specially. All the others were
good.
HANDS ACROSS THE SEA."-The title
Of John Philip Sousa's new march which
is TO be played here for the first time at
the Lafayette Opera House Thursday after
noon, was announced yesterday 1t is call
ed Hands Across the Sea- and carries as
its motto the line "A sudden thought
strikes me-let us swear an eternal friend
ship. Sousas marches are published in
seventeen different arrangements on each
of which international copyright must
be taken, and publication cannot be made
until a sufficient number Of COPIES of the
composition have been printed to satisfy
the immediate demands of the March
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