Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-17

| turess. thankless part well played. Others
OF the feminine coterie are Pauline Will
lard. Agnes Carlton and Celia Clay. Two
mannees viii be given usual.
NEW GRAND OPERA fIoUsE-A big
and costly polite vaudeville bill Will be
given at the Grand next week 1t numbers
eight acts. Heading ii Is Ezra Kendall
whose appearance Will be one of the most
entertaining comic events OF the season
MIR. kendall's work ranks him as a genius
and his shafts of Wit never fail to reach
home His style is distinctly his own and
1t furnishes effective means of delivering
ms humorisms Next in onder are Doian
ana Lenharr, whose sketch, "A Toned
burglar, has reached the high-water mark
OF popularity. A rare degree of pleasure
aiso Is expected from Kudara's trained jap
a a, ooss. which have but recently re-
turned from Mexico and Cuba where they
were the recipients of much Admiration
another foreign attraction of magnitude is
MISS lola kudara in her remarkable double
trapeze act, which cannot be duplicated by
any other foreign or American artistic The
Waka-Hama trio of japanese midgets also
VIII appear in their acrobatic and contor-
tlon act, which has never been surpassed
mere Little Alice Lewis, a mite of girl
Will appear In a speciality made I'D of imi-
tations. songs and dances Mile. Olive, an
other European Importation, is the latest
FEMININE ougsier to claim popular appro-
patton. Maude Gage, the talented whistler
VIII present an offering always liked here
Harding and All Sid, a clever clown and a
merry Chinaman. viii conclude the bill.
BROWNIES IN FAIRYLAND."-on
Monday the advance sale will open for
brownies In Fairyland,' the unique new
, ,aly exiraragapza by Palmer Cox and
Malcolm Douglas. which will have an e1ab-
crate production at National Rifles Aruory
on Thursday and Friday nights of the COM
ing week, with Saturday matinee Brow
mes nave potent attraction for both
young and old and this latest stagework
or MI Cox and Mr. Douglas, which shows
tne Brownies in a new series of couical adj
ventures, Is said TO be the most successful
that they nave done. In Chicago. New York
and Boston it has drawn packed houses
ana at the big Academy of Music in Brook
iyn TWO weeks ago it turned away people
at three performances, so that an extra
matinee was given to standing room only
Catchy music, unique specialties and charm
ing dances are cro1ded into the spectacle,
ana mere are beautiful stage pictures in
abundance to please the eve There will
be full orchestra, rich costumes special
scenic and electrical and calcium effects
All the Brownies and Fairies will be por-
trayed by clever Washington boys and
girls, who have been rehearsed by the com
poser of the spectacle Malcolm Douglas
Eoith Luckette will be seen as Queen Flo
ia, and Prince Aldebaran'' will be PLAYED
by William Newton Carl Harbaugh will be
inc brownie dude, and '.Aesthetica, will
be In the hands of Medora Hunter The
cast Is large one. and the rehearsals all
lhalcate that the performance will be sur
P'4S4iiSis SiSh GI-
kERNANs LYCEUM THEATER.-Man-
aser Herman will present to his patrons
next mex. week at the Lyccum the "City sports"
Big Show, an organization which has he
come very popular with the lovers of bur
leSque and vaudeville 1t has a roster that
comprises many of the shining lights of
the vaudeville stage among WHOM, orc
Crissie Sheridan and Fannie Lewis with
Illustrated songs: Miss Alice Leslie the
uashlhg soubrette; Moulerie Sisters. triple
horizontal performers: Mr. Phil Mills and
Mr. Billy Hart, the originators of the Irish
and Dutch cake walk: the Brothers IoveU
Ensland's comedy grotesques; Mcleod and
Carr men of music and comedy: Miss Ruth
Beecher, singer; Miss Gertie Collins, the
graceful acrobatic dancer: the Rai}eys Tho
pride of the 400. and Mile AroniIdi with
the latest Partisan sensation, THE Inns
Ballet, which had such a long run AT the
pig music halls in London, with all the
scenic and electrical effects. Two very
Imaginable skits are given at each per-for-
nance, "a Rubes Visit to the Theater
Francois" and the -Four Married Men. or
d Nignt OF Jollity," with the entire com
pany in the cast. This is considered the
best road show that Phil. Sheridan has ever
had. ~ ~
,BlJou THEATER.-For the week of
March 1924 the Bijou will offer an aIlstar
list of vaudeville performers to the number
OF seven distinct acts. The big program
VIII include Tom Lewis and Sam J. RYAN.
ms
bers of the Primrose and Dockstsdar cnrns
Jess Dandy, the best of all the Hebrew i'm
personators, and a general fayorite in
Washington VIII amuse his many friends
Win new parodies and witty monologues
Ine Patterson brothers, marvellous ner
formers on the horizontal bars have been
engaged, and the Musical Johnsons will ex-
tract melody from all sorts of string hraSs
and reed Instruments The netite TWsor
sisters, also play return date Roger and
Bene Dolan, in their refined domestic
f shHtc H. entitled Marriage by License
VIII close the bill The Bijou stock will
open the performance with a burlesoue
whose title is The Three Judges"
ma NAY IRWIN IN SISTER NARY
MISS Irwin is one of the most popular
actresses on the American stage Audi
ences are proverbially tickle, and American
auhences are no exception to the rule but
with MISS Irwin the tide of popular an
prevail has never turned. Each RECURRING
season she returns to the cities she pIayS
yearly and receives enthusiastic welcome,
She has a keen intuition of the wants Of
an audlence, and from the time she made
her first appearance on the stage has he
neVed in conscientious work Plenty of
! Inns mas peen put on her production of
Sister Mary" which will be seen AT tho
National Theater on Monday. March %
and which is said to be about the greatest
success of her career. 1t is replete with
n .ru,norous dialogues, eomical situations
catchy songs, pretty melodies, a beyy of
beautiful girls, an atmosphere of whole
some hilarity.
FRANK DANIELS IN THE AMEER -
Inc FRANK Daniels Comic Opera COMPANY
Will play Its annual engagement at the CO.
lumbia Theater the week of March ~
producing its latest comic opera success
The Amer" The book is the work of
kirke La Shelle and Frederic Ranken and
the score has Victor Herbert for composer.
The company will come here from a suc
cessful tour of New England. three weeks
o. which was spent in Boston where the
audiences We're so large as to test the ca
pacity of the theater at every perfor-
nance. Mr.. Daniels will be seen here with
the same large company which supported
him during his run last winter at Wal
lacks Theater- Helen Redmond remains
the prima donna of the Daniels company.
Kate TART the contralto, and Norma Konp
the soubrette Will Danforth is sill he
ba $50, and in addition to him there are
VIII Corliss, Geo. Devoll and Owen West
ford The engagement at the Columbia
will be for one week, with Saturday
matinee only.
A SOUSA CONCERT.-Sousa is return
ing from one of the most prosperous tours
ne has ever had. In Kansas City at Con-
Ventional Hall, Sousa played to y 900 peo-
pie at a matinee and evening concert and
receipts have been larger than ever h.