Evening star., 1900-03-31
man, cornet soleist: Devere and Kenwick
sketch team; Edith Crawford, coon
singer, and one or two more.

man, cornet soleist: Devere and Kenwick,
a sketch team; Edith Crawford, coon"
singer. and one or two more.
| NEW GRAND.-A souvenir matinee at
the New Grand next Monday marks the
opening Of another week of large business
| warranted by the all-star bill provided by
Manager Chase. Five OF the acts are
genuine "headiiners'' of undoubted promf-
nence,. the best known being Mr.. and Mrs
| Edwin Milton Royle, who might be called
the Mr.. and Mrs. FYorence'' of the vaude-
vile stage. Both won their laurels as
legltimate artists before entering this new
Held and since then both have continued
| 10 earn admiration because of their artis-
tic presentation of refined light comedy
| sketches. Solaret is a European artist,
whose spectacular drapery dances rival
| those of La Loie" Fuller. from whom So
laret has obtained the privilege of dupl-
eating many of her famous color and light
| ehects. Her act abounds in dazzling cleo
| trical and drapery transformations This
| Is her first opportunity to visit Washing
| ten, as the success of her dances in the
| Metropolitan Theater has made 1t impos-
slole heretofore for her to make other con-
| tracts. A charming feature will be pro-
| vided by Little Elsie. who is called 1.-The
Pocket Edition of Cissie LOTUS" and who
Is the most spontaneous and natural of all
| the stage Juveniles who mimic theatrical
| celebrities. In full Highland costume Miss
| Louise Cunning will sing dainty Scotch bal
| iads quite as famous as The Maid o. Dun
| uee- "A qulntette OF comedians and sing
ers will give their enlivening musical COM
| edy, called THE Bachelor Club" which
amusingly portrays club life after the mid
night hours. Hanson and Nelson, noted as
| the handsomeSt soubretteS In vaudeville
| VIII give a dancing turn that will prove
asreeably diverting. Mary Madden a clever
| hoholoslst comes next. The number of
M1nlen MN =. dolng this line of work in vaude-
| Ei!ie IS easily counted, 1t requires some
| thlns more than ordinary ability. Miss Mad
qen has met with phenomenal success.
Iarry ana Jennie Kramer European trick
| plcycEsts, conclude the list.
RkERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER. =
MARI MDardng g., originality. is the keynote of
% %Wmlch comes to the Lyceum next week
Ihe jolly Grass Widows" is her
AIDED as being entirely free from vulgarity.
put full of bright and sparkling music,
original fun. brilliant scenic and light eff
LectS, pretty girls with voices. and last. but
not least, real comedians. Everything that
money could do has been done in dressing
ana mounting this production. The pro-
gram gran includes bright first part entitled
,,In ne MldoWs wedding Night" in which
Mile. Dika, in the title role, appears in an
elaborate bridal dress made of over $50
yards of old Venetian lace. Among the
stars who make an unusually strong olio
| are such Well-known artists as Wilson and
Halpin in laughable sketch, Casey and
the Tramp" Reynolds and Page, eccentric
apcrooauc comedians; Pat and Matte
clever dancers; Hayman and Hayman, in
Hebrew parodies, and Paula and Dika, in
eccentric French dances and chansonettes
me eIaborate program is concluded by the
side-splitting burlesque in one scene by
harry Morris, entitled "Joshua's Birthday
Party in which Miss Carrie Fulton pIays
Rlcketty Ann" most laughable charac-
ter Mile. Dika plays Charley Hawkins. a
gay New York drummer. and Lew Rev
nolds appears as Josh Whitcomb."
B1JOU THEATER.-Next week the Biiou
| VIII put on May Howard's Extravaganza
| Company. Special attention is paid to the
e9slumes @ mes and scenic effects. Every summer
MISS Howard goes to Paris for the purpose
OF selecting the stage apparel for her prin-
| clpals and choruses. AS a consequence her
| purlesques are always e!aborately present.
ed and never fail to draw large audiences
Since leaving Washington, after a record
breaking week at the Bijou, February $40
the Howard show has had most prosper
| Gus tour of the west. AT Chicago Detroit
and Cleveland the company repeated the
success they met with in this city
Inc aggregation returns with an aug
mented chorus, with an almost entire
change In the olio. There will be two bur
| iesques. The opening will be 'Fif Flam-
beau, or the Three Gold Bricks" and the
eiose VIII be a comedietta entitled THE
in the nine-act olio: Leslie and Curdv Vio-
let st. Clair and Ida Nicolai, grotesaue
dancers and vocaists; Myrtle Tressider
singing soubrette; stately Stella De We're in
| poses plaStique: Evans and Grant Celtic
| fun-makers; Mile. Eulalie and Kitty kir-
win, premier dansueses and singing come
| dlennes; LorenZ and Allen, eccentric terpsi-
chorean performers; Udell and Pierce a
pair of clever entertainers; pretty Fannie
De Costa and May Howard Seats are SELL
ing fast.
| FRANK DANIELS RETURN ENGAGE
MENT.-The Columbia Theater manage
ment announce that they have bought up
| the contracts of the Frank Daniels COM
pany, held by thcater managers in other
cities for week after next and that as n
result the organization will play a return
engagement here of one week, beginning
Monday evening, April 8. Many large thea
| ter parties formed to take in Daniels
nave been broken up, owing to the ina
bihty to get seats together. So large
number inquiries have been received at the
box office asking when Daniels would be
here again as to prove the existence of a
very general desire TO see more of this
| wonderful laugh-produccr and his companv
| in The Ameer.'
The sale of seats will begin on Thursday
morning In the meantime orders will be
received by mail and telephone, and filled
in the order received.
n. C. GOODWIN AND MAXINE Ell
LioTT.Beginning week from Monday
night Mr.. n. C. Goodwin and Maxine
Elliott will fill their annual engage
ment at the National Theater. They
will present for the first time in Wash
est success, entitled When We Were
Twenty-one," by H. V. Esmond. Mr.
E,smonds play is distinct departure from
the usual style. Ii introduces new and
| original scenes and characters to the stage
| 1t tells of the friendship that exists be-
tween three cronics who devoted 10 the
bringing up of former chum's son. Mr..
| Goodwin and Miss Elliott Will be surround
ed by the same admirable organiza ton
that appeared in New York. prominent
among whom are Frank Gilmour Ysabelle
Haskins, Harry Woodruff. Clarence Handy
side. Estelle Mortimer. Neil O'Bren. Ger
| trude Ghecn. r. E. Woodthorpe and others