Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-12
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

cur O1l thursday ana TlQdy nights, ana tne
finals will be walked off on Saturday night.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
NEW NATIONAL THEATER-E. H.
Sothern and Virginia Harned's return to
Washington with a massive new production
for three nights and revival of THE
Kings Musketeer' is an event of interest.
Monday evenings production will be the
most important they have ever made here
In February last it was announced In Wash
ington that THE Sunken Belr' was to re-
ceive production here previous to its New
York run. but Mr.. Sothern's sudden Illness
prevented that-and Washington now fol-
lows New York with Mr.. Sothern thorough
~ recovered in health. Hauptmann's ''Die
Versunkene Glocke'' (''The Sunken Bell') is
a charming drama poem. child will be
charmed with the simplicity of the story
scholar will be fascinated. 1t Is not
thrilling melodrama; 1t is an absorbing
phantasy. The furore 1t has created in
Germany by its dramatic strength and its
entirely original treatment. almost equals
the interest awakened by the advent of
Goethe's Faust Music is interspersed
throughout the production. and 1t partakes
of the elements of Wagnerian opera in it's
suggestion and atmosphere. NJ. Anne
Lachaume of the Paris Conservative is the
composer, and the orchestra at the Broad
Street Theater has been increased for the
rendision Of the score. A big staff Of
scenic artists. carpenters and machinists
was kept busy for many months making
preparations for this production. But four
performances are promised. BY reason of
the elaborate scale of the production the
management announces that the curtain
will rise at 8 o'clock. The revival of Tine
Kings Musketeer" takes place Friday
evening, with f. H. Sothern as D'Artagnan
and Virginia Harmed as Mladi. 1t will be
done the same lavish scale as hereto
fore. the only important change in the east
being Miss Harned's appearance as Miladi.
THE Kings Musketeer" can only be played
for the last two nights and at the Saturday
matinee.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-Next Wednes-
day evening Weber and Fields and their
stock company will hold forth at the Co
lumbia. The offerings will be ''Whirl-i-Gig'
and Barbara Fidgety," two laughable pro-
auctions that have been a source Of amuse-
ment for New Workers. for several months.
"Whirl-i-Gig," as its name would imply, is
a sort Of a merry -go-round of fun and mu-
sic. Lillian Russell appears as the Queen
of Bohemia which is composed of choice
collection Of pretty girls, graceful dancers
and capable singers. Peter F. Daley. the
rotund comedian. Is very much in evidence
throughout the play. He is by turns tho
proprietor of a hotel run on economic prin-
ciples, and the leader of band of "coons,"
whose chief occupation in life is to sing and
dance to John Stromberg'S music. Weber
and Fields figure in it as a pair of adven-
turers who are ready to do anything to
make a dishonest dollar. Dave Wartield
figures wealthy Hebrew visiting Paris
monial chances to consider Her prefer
ence Is for Charles Ross. who plays a dash
ing naval officer always accompanied by
bevy of shapely friends. John T. Kelly.
another comedian Of note. poses as the
Irish Gypsy, owner OF a trained bear with
a capacity for drink and dancing. There
Is attempt at a plot The authors, Ed
gar Smith and Harry B. Smith, have taken
the members Of the stock company and
written around them lines suited to their
various characteristics. At an appropriate
time Bessie Clayton introduces some revela-
lions in terpsichorean skill
The second part Of the entertainment is
devoted to Barbara Ffdgety. which trdV.
estes Clyde Fftch's Barbara Fretchie
and Fields by Charles Frohman. will ap-
pear as the heroine Of the burlesque. In
both plays the famous "Weberfeid chorus
will be seen and heard to the best possible
advantage. Julian Mitchell, who IS a mas
ter in his line, has staged both productlons.
NEW GRANDPA Daughter of Bac-
chus' is the farcical sketch In winch FIJI
son and Enroll will appear at the head OF
the New Grands bill next week. This
clever pair Of farceurs were here some tlme
ago and presented "a Tip on the Derby,
one of the snappiest and funniest OF vaude-
Vile comedies. The new paylet is said to
possess even greater merit and originality,
and with 1t Filson and Enroll have been
highly successful. The coming week Is to
be remarkable also because of the first ap-
pearance in eastern vaudeville of Miss
Marion Abbott, well remembered as the
charming support of w. H. Crane and
other stars. She Is assisted by Charles
Silke. light comedian of sterling reputa-
ton, and they will give "A Lord and a
Lady" which is a combination of high
comedy and dialogue and low comedy sit
sicality, will introduce Howe, Wall and
Walters. beyond question the cleverest
| "black-face'' fun and music makers. Cen
orally these acts are wearisome, but this
to rieripa and genuinely nirthfu1-
Clarice Vance, the southern singer, will
sing her repertoire Of songs from the south
land. Smith O'Brien, the Irish comedian,
is an innovation. and 1t is expected that he
will prove an agreeable variation. The tall
ented coincidence, Dorothy Neville, will be
heard in piauant monologue, called "As
handkerchief manipulation. will furnish a
mystifying act to conclude the bill.
ACADEMY OF MUsIc.-This famous or
ganization will be the attraction at the
Academy of Music next week. These merry
musical troubadours are pre-eminent in this
style of entertainment. Every section Of
the Union and Canada Is visited annually
by this aggregation of Afro-American sing
ers, dancers and comedians. The person.
mel Of the company includes the most tai
ented stage artists known to the Afro
American race. Black Patti (Mme. Sissie-
rette Jones), whom nature has endowed
with a marvelously sweet voice, Is the stel-
lar attraction. and prominent among the
other principals are irving Jones, AL and
Cecil Watts, "Coon Eccentrics:" Matte
Phillips. the greatest living female inter-
prefer of ragtime, and the champion colored
lady cakewalker Of the world; Ida Forcen.
1.-The Senegambian Sylph:" Bland and Bal
ley, 1.-The Charleston Gal and the Elongated
Coon" Judson Hicks. THE Warmest Coon
in Town" W. c. Stewart, 1.-The Essence
of ole Virginny';" Anthony Byrd, 1.-THE
Black Edward de Reszke:" Leslie Triplett.
1.-THE King Koon Kop;" May Lange. ''The
Louisiana Levee Lassie::' James Lghtfoot,
1.-THE Afro-American Meister Singer" Jas.
Wilson, the wonderful equilibrist, and Wal
ter Richardson, the accomplished lyric ten
or. In addition there are the troubadours'
sextet, the finest body of male part sing
ers on the American stage. the buck dancing
and cakewalk contingent, and the superb
ragtime and operatic ensemble chorus. The