Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-06


SO engaging and high-minded and cultured
that in real life he would be at least an adj
miral.
The atmosphere of the sea was carried
Into the audience by the number of repre-
sentatives of the army and navy who wit
messed the performance; from the applaud
Ing jackies in the gallery to the high Off
Gals, including General Miles, Rear Ad-
miral Hichborn, who. with their ladies.
filled the f1ag-draped boxes.
THE NEW GRAND.-The vaudeville bill
at the New Grand this week does not
offer single embarrassing feature, the
program containing, on the contrary, some
acts that are, in the vernacu,ar of the thea
ter, "top-liners' in their respective classes.
There is no specially-advertsed~ star, but
all the turns are good. 1t is a much better
arranged bill than that which exploits some
high-priced vaudeville performer and leaves
the rest of the features to fill in. The show
opens with the Aerial Austins in trapeze
act that has not been surpassed in this city
by any circus troupe The only thing that
saved it from being nerve-racking the
presence OF a stout net stretched across the
stage. that served its purpose admirably
during one of the feats attempted. Mile.
Aimee received great applause for imitat-
ing fly and walking headdownward along
plank suspended some twenty-five feet
over the stage. One feature that added
much to the attractiveness of the act was
the fact that the aerialists, instead of be-
Ing the wooden, mechanically smiling per-
formers generally to be found doing
dcTOUdtlC luTUS OIL InlS character, were
young, pretty and graceful. Manning and
Weston pleased in their turn, THE Irish
Pawnbroker," in which Willie Weston
showed his sweet soprano voice to advan-
characterized as a mental marvel aston
ished his hearers by his general knowledge.
t1lson and Enrol appeared in neat sketch,
"A Tip on the Derby" that was one of the
most enjoyable efforts on the bill. The idea
serves to bring out domestic infelicities in a
humorous manner that is greatly enhanced
by the cleverness of the actors. Geo. Will
sen is the same old laughing minstrel, with
a new budget of jokes. His audience was
loath to let him leave the stage and he was
finally forced to beg off. Patrice, assisted
peared in prettily staged playlet, "Edna's
Ghost, and the show was brought to a
close with the usual series of biograph pic
lures. The orchestra won a share Of the
applause for its performance of selections
from The Singing Girl"
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
The so-called laugh-provoking comedy
How Smith Met JONES' as presented at
the Lafayette Square Opera House last
night. was a lamentable affair, not one re-
deeming feature during - three acts of
the play coming to the fore as to relieve
the expectancy of the large audience pres
ent. What little plot there is hinges upon
the complications that arise from the idep.
tity of a girl with whom certain ar.
Smith has fallen madly In love during n
according to the dictates of a will left by
his uncle, must get married inside of four
weeks or lose the money. In his endeavor
to bring about this happy event Mr.. Smith
PUSHES into stupid complications but the
climaxes and dialogue are inane and
strained Coupled up with the remarkably
stupid play is a company far below the
average as to ability, and as natural le-
suit this combination created little laugh
ter, but what was heard was called forth
at the dismal efforts being made to enter
tain.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER-The|
Tammany Tigers Burlesque Company aug
mented by Mile. Paula, the Saurien queen, and
pictures representing the McGovern,Dixon
prize fight, entertained two large audiences
at kernans yesterday. An opening bur-
lesque, entitled Sassy, a rag-time SOU
brette,' introduced the entire company.
May Adams is as sprightly as ever, and in
her sketch with Kelly made a decided i'm
preston. There are several good turns in
the OHIO Mile Paula presented three
many alligators that looked ferocious The
pictures representing the prize fight created
some interest, and the performance ended
with burlesQue, entitled The King of the
Hobo Ring
BIJOU THEATER-The regular Bijou
stock company has made way this week for
May Howard and her troupe of entertain
ers in good show. Leslie and Curdy over
stepped the bounds of decency to win the
applause their ability did not warrant. A
couple of good burlesques, well staged
beautifully dressed and full of merit, in
terpreted by a score of pretty girls help
out the olio. The features of the special
ties were Miss De We're, who posed while
the calcium man made a screen of her for
his pictures, and Evans and Grant, who
contribute rough knock-about sketch
Myrtle Tressider sang herself into imme-
d1ate popularity, while Eulaide and kirwin
made up With suggestive dances what they
lacked in artistic merit May Howard has
surrounded herself with a competent COM
pany. and at both matinee and evening YES
terday hundreds were turned away.
MISS PITTS LECTURE.-Miss Pitts lee
Wimodaughsis, 1920 New York avenue, on
England and the Crusades," opening with
some remarks upon the general character
OF the crusades, upon their origin in
earied motives with which they were I'M
dertaken. The discussion was limited to the
first three crusades. these being the ones
whose influence became potent factor in
the social and political development of the
English. The story of these was given in
detail, with the personalities and purposes
OF the respective leaders, the dramatic in
cidents of their several campaigns their
3eaiousies and feuds their sufferings their
victories and their defeats. The speaker
dwet with emphasis upon the fact that
though these wars, begun in a mingled
spirit Of adventure and blind religious en-
for personal aggrandizement, almost uni
formly ended in total disaster, yet the ul-
innate benefits that in the lapse Of time in
directly resulted from them far outweighed
the immediate loss. For they generated an
active commerce with the east that was
prolific Of wider intelligence and more lib
eral ideas; they drew the nations Of Europe
out Of their self-centered isolation; the en-
durance of common hardships in a COM
mon cause made men less mindful of the
cast restrictions that feudal institutions
had fostered. while the cost of equipment
that drove needy mobiles to part with por-
tons of their feudal estates, and impecuni-
Gus kings to sell municipal liberties to
prosperous towns, imperceptibly UNDER
mined the power OF the great barons and
educated the rising middle class in the ex.
ercise of self-government whose scope
was to widen with the revolving years. The
two remaining lectures of the course oc-
curing the next two Monday evenings will
be respectively on THE Great Charter
and THE Rise of the House of Commons"
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