The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-06
With MUSIC And DRAMA
Entertainment of the Aid ASSOcla-
ton for the Blind.
The Lafayette square opera House
Crovvded-NnnN Prominent People
in the Audience-ENery Number of
the Programme We'll Rendered
and Enthusiastically Received.

An Evening With Music and Drama
last night ar the Lafayette Square Opera
House. under the auspices of the Aid As
sociation for the Blind Of the District OF
Columbia. attracted an audience which
taxed the seating capacity Of the theatre.
The gallery of the theatre had been re-
served by the association for the inmates
of the Newsboys' Home and the Boys
Home at Tenleytown. who were admitted
free The proceeds Of the entertainment
are to be devoted to the payment Of the
mortgage on the Home for the Blind and
TO the erection Of a shop in the rear Of
the home.
Ample applause was accorded the partici-
pants in an excellent programme Of vocal
and instrumental music, recitations and
sketches, and an encore was demanded to
nearly every number. Conductor Josef
Kaspar and his orchestra Of fifty bows
called forth the usual enthusiasm which
is accorded to their admirable exposition
Of classical music. The performance of
the Columbia College Glee Club exhibited
the careful training of the directress,
Amy Clement Levitt
Her reputation as a rare mimic OF ju-
venile characters was sustained by the
well known elocutionist, Myra Churchill
Holmes, in several sketches. An unfor-
tunate incident Of the occasion was the
illness of Mrs. J. Edwin Browne which OBJ
liged the management to withdraw the one
act farce, Love Wins" in which she was
TO have appeared
An Introductory address was made by
Edwin B. Hay, who explained to the au
dience the purposes Of the association and
what had already been done toward the
amelioration Of the condition of the blind
in the District. He incidentally called at
tention to the fact that the programme of
the occasion had been printed by the blind.
The entertainment opened with the rem
dition of the overture. Spring" Geig by
the string orchestra, under the direction Of
Josef Kaspar. This was followed with a
violin solo. The Swan" Saint-Saens,
played in unison by the fifty violins Of the
orchestra. 4 True Story of Two New
England Boys" a juvenile sketch by Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps. was rendered by Miss
Holmes. An an encore Miss Holmes sang
Jesus Loves Ne in four parts the four
ages OF woman, a mimicry OF the manner
in which the song might be rendered by a
child al five years OF age, at ten at fifteen
and at the age of twenty. During the
evening Miss Holmes rendered, What
Little eX-Angel Remembered" written for
Miss Holmes and recited in costume, a.
were also Back to the Good Old Days
and In Grandma's Day" As an encore
Miss Holmes gave a Boys Brave Efforts
at Oratory"
Annie Laurie" arranged by Buck ard
Breeze of the Night by Lamothe. were
sung by the ten ladies of the Columbia
College Glee Club. A violin solo. Concerto
in d, first movement, Brouch. was per
formed by William E. Green, accompanied
by Miss Nellie b. Giskune on the piano
Mr.. Green showed himself TO be an ANA
teur of talent. trio for the violin. cello
and piano. by Gade, was rendered b. Miss
Nellie Raynal on the violin Miss Raynal
cello, and Miss Sinclair Bowen, piano.
Master Harry Helwig, the boy contIalto.
sang the solos Eternal Day" by Adams
and Il Heard the Voice of Jesus SAY"
Harris. Both numbers were encored. J.
Edwin Browne recited two poems. enti-
tied The Sea King and Mother Asia,
and piano solo, "Etude en- forme lie
Vaise. Saint-Saens, was given by Arthur
u. Mayo.
Among those holding boxes were Mrs.
Hay. Mrs. Westinghouse. Senator and
Mrs. Cullom, Quartermaster General and
Mrs. LudingtOn, Commissioner Ross. Mrs
Harriet Blaine Beaie Mr.. and Mrs Still
son Hutchins, Mrs. V /. W. Fox. Mrs
Alexander Graham Bell. Mrs Gardiner
Hubbard, Mrs. E. II. Beale. Mrs. Sweet.
Mrs. John Russell Young, the Chinese
Minister, Mr.. Il W Lewis. Major Sylves-
ter Mrs. Albert G. Bracket. President Of
the Aid Association for the Blind. Mrs.
Alice NJ. Hunt, Mrs Benjamin. Mrs.
Jacobs. Mrs. c. NJ. Pepper. Mrs Dr.. Gil
bert and Mr. f. F. Pierce.