Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-30

brought in by the management after the
matinee performance to strengthen the bill,
and who developed in her first appearance
last night some criticism of the most ia.
voraoie KIND. Mss Maitland also gives rec
ttatfons, but they are in negro dialect-the
pure tone OF southern Tennessee-and she
was recalled several times because Of the
brightness OF her selections and the excel
lenee OF her work. Miss Maitiands appear
ance was due to the fact that during the
afternoon the curtain was rung down in
the MIDDLE OF an act that the management
did not think good enough to continue on
the Dill. AS this left gap Miss Maitland,
who happened to Be- in the city at the
time, was hurriedly' sent for and substi-
tuted. Ward and Curran pleased some in
the1r eccentric turn. and Hall and Staley.
IN a skit called THE Twentieth Century
Burglars" introduced some new ideas. The
Five Cornallas are a group of splendid &C.
robats. and while their work showed moth
ing new, 1t was accomplished with that
ease and finish that bespeaks the old and
tried performer. Geo. W. Day secured an
encore In monologue In which he sang
some new songs to old tunes. Prof. Do
nerty and his trained dogs furnished food
Tor thought in the matter Of mans mastery
over the dumb beast as well as amusement.
The show was brought to a close with a
series OF interesting biograph pictures. the
only tauit to be found with which was the
fact that the films were too short to fully
satisfy those who take an interest in this
form OF amusement
KERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER.-Ro-
bie,s knickerbocker Burlesquers seemed to
satisfy the large audience at Kernan's last
night. A farcical absurdity emitted Her
Birthday" opened the bill. During the &C.
Iion number of popular songs were sung.
Inc olio began with the three Wrights. sem
sational dancers. who gave way to the La
Mayne Brothers, who were satisfactory in
q grotesque horizontal bar performance.
spike, the dog bag puncher. came in for
much applause, Rosalie. the little soubrette.
was pleasing. The Armstrong Brothers es-
saved an assault of bright repartee and
MADE way for the. 'Leslies, who instantly
won recognition. ALI Grant, the comedian,
Where Was He Shot" was what the bur
lesque was called. and but for the military
models and the novelty girls would have
oeen uncomfortable. Violala, with her troupe
or seven dancers, wriggled in a disgusting
manner and won the gallery.
B1JOU THEATER.-But for the dragging
In OF suggestive features the entertainment
at the BiJou this week is comunendable
Inc performance opens with musical COM
edy called Fool Foo Ding A Ling There
ls no attempt at plot, the object being to
PROVIDE medium for exhibiting the YER
sanity OF the stock company. Japanese
chinese, Hibernian and Ethiopian melodies
were fnterspersed and seemed to please the
generous audience. The olio is good and in
troduces such artists as the Rossi brothers,
"AAo Give ClcV6T exhibition OF rough aero.
batlcs. Fox and Foxie, the clown and the
DOG, are quite entertaining, and the Broad
way Trio worked hard to make good and
barely succeeded. Willard Simms and Jen-
me Graham repeated their entertaining
sketch that has been here before and re-
celved an ovation. Jordan and WEIGH in a
IiepreW sketch won applause. and Nevello,
the DAINTY juggler. was loudly app!auded.
BREMA IN SONG REc1TAI.-The song
recital is one Of the most delightful forms
OF musical entertainment, which Is DEM
onstrated by the fact that 1t is used by the
greatest living artists-Brema, Nordica,
Maurel Schumann, Heink. and, in fact. ali
VINO are equal to the task. Marie Brema,
the famous prima donna of the Metropolt.
tan Grand Opera, win give recital tomor-
T'hearer. This concert promises to be- a
great social as well as musical event.
Brema was engaged by the most famous of
the french conductors. Lamereaux, for the
recent ana now famous production Of Iris
tan and lsolde,' at Paris and created the
greatest enthusiasm at the critical French
capital by her magnificent voice and artis-
NC WORK. She Is repeatedly engaged for the
great Bayreuth festivals. and is more re-
nowned throughout Europe possibly than
IN this country. where her work has been
confined to the Metropolitan opera and the
nos prominent organizations. including
tne boston symphony and Pittsburg SYM
pnony orchestras. The program Of her re-
cltal tomorrow afternoon Is one Of the finest
ever given In this city, and will include the
Schumann cycle of eight songs-"Frauen-
1lebe.' Seats are selling at Guzman's. in
Droop's store. . Al
MISS PITTS LECTURE.-The second
lecture of Miss Pitts Monday evening
course on Medieval England" at the wi.
modaughsis occurred last evening. The
subject was The Royal Reformer, Henry
H. king who deserves to be better
known by the great majority of even we'll
read people. The lecture opened with a
brief resume Of the intricate problems that
confronted this king of twenty-one years
when he assembled the throne, Just after
England had been reduced to anarchy by a
bitter civil war-problems with which his
clear, hard-headed business energy and legal
Instincts and training rendered him pecu-
liarly fitted to cope. This was followed by
an account Of the methods by which he
sought to rectify the most fragrant evils
that beset his realm, and especially of the
measures by which he attempted to sys-
temaize and purify the administration of
justice, in the course of which his proposed
reform Of the ecclesiastical courts became,
the speaker said, the storm center of the
quarrel with Beckett, which has done more
to make both men famous than all the good
works OF both put together" The story
of the quarrel itself was interviewer with