Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10

| portant event OF the local musical season.
The strausses. though composers of dances.
| have occupied, in the opinion Of musicians
| like Brahms and other composers of seri-
| Gus music, high position in the musical
| world. A Strauss waltz Is, in Its way.
| gem. and 1t is certainly more worthy
| achievement to have enriched the world
| with dance music which cannot be sur
| passed than to have added to the tedious
ness by writing symphonies which. however
| exact they may be in form, lack the in
| spiration of the great symphonic masters.
The form Is one thing. and the inventive
| faculty which clothes it with fresh, spon-
taneous iSeas, another. The StrauSSeS have
| never produced any heavy work As
| dynasty they have wie!ded a light scepter,
| and their reign has been a gay one. Each
| member of the dynasty has worn the crown
| of his predecessor without finding it too
| heavy. They are masters of dance forms.
especially the waltz. In fact, 1t Is to the
| founder of the dynasty, the first Johann
| Strauss, that the wait owes its present
| form. A Stra ISIS waltz has as much in its
| own stamp Wagnerian music drama
| You can always recognize Wagner; you
| can always recognize Strauss. Eduard, by
| the way. is not new to this country. Ike
| his father, Johann Strauss the second, who
| took part in the Boston peace jubilee or,
| ganized by Gilmore, Eduard has conducted
concerts here, for in 1890 he visited sixty
one American cities with his orchestra.
! CHASE.S NEW GRAND.-A new and in
| teresting era in the amusement enterprises
| of this city is marked by the coming, next
| week. to Chase's New Grand. of Mr.. Chase's
own travelling vauderille company. What
| Mr.. Chase has done for the lovers of polite
and withai brilliant entertainment in Wash
| i'll ton is A story too we'll known to be re-
p'ated. With the beginning of the present
| season Mr.. Chase took another step for
ward in his chosen field of theatricals and
| OF ganized a company to tour the vaudeville
| circuit Everywhere the company las APP
peared, in baltimore, Pittshurg, Cleveland
| Philadelphia and other large cities, 1t has
scored brilliant success. Mr.. Chase at
tributes the popularity Of his organization
| to the fact that in selecting its members he
| was guided by the approval with which
| they met upon their appearance at his thea
| ter here last season in individual capacities.
| He had the utmost faith In the opinion of
| his Washington patrons, and Is especially
| pleased that this confidence has been so eX-
| tensively justified. He has arranged bill
| that is unique. novel and contrasted; typi-
| cal of his idea of polite vaudeville. The
| company is headed by Nine. Hermann,
widow Of Hermann the Great, and herself
| queen of magic" Her act is entitled "A
| Night In Japan" and Is provided with an
| oriental setting and atmosphere. Nine.
| Hermann amply proves her ability TO win
| fame on her own account. She introduces
| many innovations in an altogether capu-
| vatlng vaudeville contrl button. Laura Burt,
| one of the best known of condolences on
| the stage today. and young woman Of
| exceptional vivacity and magnetism, will be
seen for the first time in this city. She has
| but recently returned from abroad. where
| size IIIel DOtu III anu on tIe Gun
| tinent with fiattering success. Miss Burt
| came into prominence with her spirited Gre
alton of "Madge'' in the play in Old Ken
i lucky" The Edna Bassett Marshall Street
| Urchin Quarete has heretofore won place
| for itself in Washington. The children have
| new songs. games and dances. and new
| tricks to play on the Italian organ grinder.
| Mcmahon and King. the black-face come
| dams, in Down at the Railroad Crossing"
| bring forth spontaneous and hearty laugh
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry will give
| their sketch, Mrs. Wilkins Boy which
| has proved big winner here. as elsewhere.
| Mabel Maitland opens up a new field of en-
| tertainment with her negro dialect recita-
| tons thinner is one Of the most remark
able jugglers Of the day. Droll and adept.
| he makes a pleasing and diverting act.
| Towards comedy ponies appear in an act
wholly different from anything in that line.
Bijou NJ NJ. THESES Wine. Women
anpearsnes of viii the oS
are retained. including the Irene Mack
and Gotthold. Mr.. THESE has secured
two strong comedy teams, Sheehan
and Kennedy and Gilbert and Goluie, to-
gether with Mignon Gilbert and a large
chorus. The opening farce-comedy deals
with the recent venture of prominent actors
and actresses into vaudeville. and is full of
| laughable situations. interspersed with mu-
steal selections and specialties The closing
burletta is entitled THE Real Mr.. Reilly"
| and exploits the many complicatio wnlch
may arise in hunting for the righ;ful heir
to fortune. There is a genuine surprise
In the finale.
KERNAN'S IYCEUM THEATER-The
entertainment at Kernan's next week will
| be furnished by the well-known Fred Ir-
| wins Majestic Burlesquers. The BurIesquers
have been here in seasons past and have
given satisfaction The program COM
prises two burlesques and seven vaude-
vile turns the latter including the widely
known F'iore Van Schaak, whose refined
methods of entertaining have made her a
favorite throughout the country; the Mar
Vicious Morrillos, fancy and trick bicycle
riders; Kate Dahl, 1.-The Choir Girl" with
scenic effects and grand chorus; the two
Dutchmen. Morgan and Otto; the tiny sing
ing soubrettes, the Misses Irwin, Mitchell
and Revere; c. c. Whelan, the comedian
and singer; A,ailey and Madison sketch
artists, and the La Cross Sisters in up-to-
date coon songs and dances. The bur-
lesques. in which the entire company takes
part. are Down the Line" and THE
kneipp Cure
BURTON HOLMES.-Few members Of Mr.
Burton Holmes audiences stop to think of
the many miles travelled by this talented
lecturer in the Obtaining of material for
the lectures to which they listen The
opening lecture of the series soon to be
given in this city relates to the cities on
| the China coast visited by Mr.. Holmes
in the summer of 1899. The second lecture
'.Moh Land took him away from every
thing that limited at civilization. into the
center of the Arizona desert The third.
The Paris Exposition" and the last,
| "Oberammergau the Place, the People
and the Play while both are relative to
his experiences in Europe. still offer i'm
mense contrasts. He visited the Paris ex-
position no less than no times and spent
| three weeks in Oberammergau. attending
the Passion Play" a number of times and
making particularly close study of the
| Passion Play and the daily life of the
actors and their village home. Four years
/ ago THE Wonders of Thessaly" was a
favorite subject of his series that year If
| was given number of times in the west
but in only one or two of the eastern cities.
and is new to his audiences here From
Thessaly. which furnishes the subject of
the next to the last of his lectures. to
China, the one with which he opens is a
far cry. His dates in this city are five sue
cessive Wednesday afternoons. beginning
November q at the Columbia Theater.
RAKEMANN STRING QUARTET CON-
CERTS.-For severa! years one of the most
interchangeable workers for the elevation Of
music in Washington has been Mr. Her