Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

THE Village Postmistr ess" is a satire on
last years successful New England play.
The Village Postmaster" The olio con-
tains Wren and Hughes. in coon songs and
buck and wing dancing: st. Clair and Lo-
reno. in sketch entitled "a Woman of
Few Words, the Italian operate singer.
Miss Adellna Roattinro: Crimmons Gore
and Bixley, in an uproarious skit, Comedy
and Tragedy" Ford and Davern the Dark
town swells. and Lew Palmer the old fay-
orlte. in his feats Of ventriloquism.
BIJOU THEATER.-Mrs. Leslie Carter
has made "Zaza" famous and next week
the BiJou stock company will attempt to
entertalningiy brrlesque the great Belasco
play. The big house company, numbering
forty people, will present the ttravesty UNI
der the title of '.Zazie" Stage Director
Carroll has secured number of new chorus
girls from New York. The burlesoue
Will be deliberately staged and prettily cos
TUNED Such local favorites as Sam Adams
Maude Ellston, Lew Carroll Pearl Stevens
ihliian Beach, Henry Hills, George Scan
ION, Allie and Eleanor Danish and s.Happy''
Chapin will have prominent parts In the
ono Frey and Fields, the tramp and the
souorette; Evans and Vidocq, black face
eccentric talking team; Harry Mohn's dog
circus; Ciarice Vance, the original coon
Shouter wills and Collins in ''Galatea
Cp-to-Date; Kitty Wells, the clever can
tatrice. and the Wonderful Jakazwa Troupe
OF Japs.
KNEISEL QUARTET.-The third con-
cert OF the eighth season of the KneiseI
quartet Will take place on next Tuesday
afternoon: Never before have the con-
certs Oh this remarkable organization been
SO successful. The audiences completeIv
MI the spacious banquet hotel of the Hote,
naielsh, and comprise the leading must
cal people of the city, both professjonaI
musicians a and the most cultivated ANA
teurs. This time quartet by Re-ethovan
VIII De given, one of the celebrated .Rs-
sonmoffsky' set, written while the com
poser was at the zenith of his creative
p pewer 80 10 TINS viii be added sextet
somner RUSSIAN genius, Tschaikowsky- The
greatest and most distinctiyeIy nationaI
| composer whom that country has Yet pro
Stayman's, 1927 street.
GEORGE GRossMITH.-Thea announce
| ment that Mr.. George Grossmfth ia seafn
IN america will be welcome news to his
admirers In this country. On his visits he
| lore ne told us all about The Art of En-
..s oeiatH Nv how l Discovered America. -
Craze" and other sketches, which wera
always delightful. For this visit to Amer
| tta Mr. Grossmith promises many new
n un, ana with his original wit and rare
powers OF mimicry. his genuinely humor-
GUS ana musical fun should win large audit
ehces. MT Grossmith will include Wash
uiston In mis- touy, appearing at the Column
| Ola Theater early in March.
| MARK HAMBOURG.-The young pianist
MARI Hambourg, who was heard here as
| solofst with the Baltimore Symnbonv or
chestra earlier in the season con,ss -
washington for recital, on the afternoon
| ~ epruary q, appearing at the Column
oia. Inc impression created by Hamburg
| When here was favorable and eattarins
ana but echoed the praises shouarad e.
the young artist elsewhere, Since then ba
| mas given recitals in the large centars
a ai;.h completing the series of engagements
with the leading orchestras of the countrv
IN many OF them playing return dates To
Ihe same enthusiastic audiences. EspeciaI.
| ~ Is this true in New York, where RECENTLY
| ne Us. reserved and welcomed in a man
ner mat rails to the lot of but few. The
| seat sale for this recital opens Mondav
I morning at Guzman's, in Droop's music
store. ii'ie
| WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.-The Eng
ish singer and vocal teacher. Mr.. VIM
snakespeare, viii give a iecture-song re-
cital in the Universalist Church WaJnss,Io,,
evening, March T. Mr. Shakespeare's renn,
| tation is well known in this country
although 1t is as a voice teacher that he is
most familiar Many Americans have gone
to London to avail themselves of his in
struction, and there are some in this citv
whom he has passed. In this recital, which
VIII De Mr.. ShakeSpeare's only appearance
III washington, he will aim to offer both
entertainment and instruction Seats will
be at once placed on sale at Sanders e.
otaymans music store, as it Is expected
every musician will be anxious to attend.
| MR.. BUCKLER'S LECTURE-Next Tues
| day evening Mr.. George Buckler will deliver
ms latest lecture on THE Truth About
Trusts at Masonic Temple, 9th and F
streets northwest, at O'Clock He pro-
poses, If he can, to show the middle classes
ard particularly the workingmen that the
trust Is ot-tbeir enemy but their best
friend; he proposes to warn them against
voting Tor the candidate of any party op-
posed to trusts, and to persuade them to
vote for the candidate a that political
party which shall have the moral courage
to come out boldly and espouse the cause
OF the trust Mr.. Buckler says that it will
be necessary for him to dwell at some
length on the correlative subject of labor
and that he will make an effort to point
out a grievous error into which it seems
to him the country is drifting in the matter
OF our insular policy, or lack of policy. The
tickets are twenty-five cents, and are on
sale at Williams drug store, under Ma
sonic Temple, corner 9th and F streets.
BISHOP KEANEs LECTURE.-Arch-
bishop keane's lecture on The Life and
Character of George Washington" at the
Lafayette Square Opera House on the after
noon of the 23d is the coming literary event
in patriotic, social and educational circles
and the distinguished speaker will be greet
ed by large audience. His theme, being
one SO near to the heart of every Ameri-
can, Is one capable of arousing interest and
his personality is of such high degree that
his large coterie of friends will delight in
an opportunity of hearing a discourse that
has been aptly styled the star of destiny"
The lecturer will be introduced by Senator
Chauncey Depew, who has kindly con-
scented to perform that service. The event
is for the benefit of charity, and as an indi-
cation of the patronage already boxes have
been engaged by many of the patronesses
who are prominent society and other dis
tingufshed people, among whom are the
President Of the United States and the cabi-
net officers, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Roebling
of New York, Mrs. Westinghouse the
Misses Patten, the representatives of the
Daughters of the Revolution, Mrs. Man
ming. Mrs. Sweat. the Washington Memorial
Association and several of the justices of
the Supreme Court. The Marine Band will
render concert from O'clock under the
direction of Prof. Santelmann. The re-
served-seat tickets now on sale at the
box office of the Lafayette Square Opera
House.
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHES-
Trait is encouraging to note the interest
being taken by local musicians in the forth
coming course of Lenten concerts by the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the Ma
tcnal Theater. These artists were heard
here this season, and their work received
Considerable just praise. Mr.. Jungnickel
has trained his men to high pitch of eff
cheney. and their rendition OF several of the