Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13


clair, occupied the greater part of the SEQ
Ond act with his well-known specially, and
his efforts were received with continuous
applause. In the third act the Olympia
quartet gave their singing and drilling act
that never seems to grow old, and as they
were in good voice last night the encores
were demanded 50 profusely that they had
to beg on with an apology. To John Rice
and Sally Cohen the honor of closing the
show In successful manner was assign
ed and the confidence reposed in their abil-
ity was not misplaced, as. through the in
depreciation of their bright act. The Hon
eymoon, everybody went home pleased
with the evenings performance. Mr.. Rice
possesses abilities far above the ordinary
as an entertainer, his comedy work being
pleasing, while as an eccentric dancer he
asses with the best. Little Sally Cohen
ably assists him, and as a result the fun
was sparkling and enjoyable Taken as a
whole, Over the Fence Is an attraction
of unusual merit in the farce comedy line
and large audiences will assuredly be in
attendance this week.
THE NEW GRAND.-without depreciat-
ing in the least the drawing attractions OF
her majesty Queen Maggie of the house of
McCluskey. it is but fair to suggest that
those who crowded the house last night to
enjoy her muscular and vociferous efforts
found her predecessors on the bill excep-
tionally entertaining. Six better vaudeville
acts have seldom been assembled in Wash
ington- Neat athletics, graceful dancing.
rural comedy, farce skits, black-face mono
logism and music and Hibernian vocaIiza-
ton effect strong combination, particu-
larly as each turn is worthfly performed.
Rosaire, on the slack wire, is finished and
confident The Saville sisters are excep-
tionally graceful dancers, especially the
elder. They are young and earnest in their
work Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Litchf1eld offer
two characters, each in their rural sketch,
and keep the house ripping with apprecia-
tion. Mr.. Litchfield does an unctious laugh
uyhic Incl of a
sketch, while Mrs. Litchfield. with her vio-
lin. on which she rendered "Cavalleria Rus
ticana' in an artistic manner, added va
riety to a clever twenty-five minute por-
trayal of farm life A local interest at
tached to the little play Of Gertrude Mans
field and Caryi Wilbur, the latter being
that now familiar type on the American
stage. Washington boy" Their act was
bright and lively, with many merry mo-
ments and opportunities for both partici-
pants to show their qualities. Edwin La
tell, musician, talkist and cap chaser
scored the most pronounced success of the
evening with his banjo, his elusive hat and
his mock legerdemain. all blended into de-
licious fun by his frank chat. AS to Mag
gle Cline, it Is only to be said that she does
the same as Of yore. just as earnestly and
with just as much good fellowship. but
she seems to have developed a dual nature,
suggesting loftier Maggie Cline than ex-
listed in other years. a more sweeping
grace, and consequently a greater contrast
between herself and her songs. OF course,
after three OF four songs, which pleased
but which did not quite reveal the true
Cline-esQue power. the Irish queen as
she is still fondly termed on the program,
gave the time-honored "McCluskey Song
which has written itself ION historys
pages" The house was greatly pleased.
The biograph closed the bill. The house
was filled and by 8 o'clock the standing
room sign was produced. The perform
ance last night was under the auspices of
the Columbia Lodge. International Associa-
ton of Machinists, who had chartered the
house.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-The
only excuse one can find for the entertain
ment provided by the New York Star Bur-
lesque Company at Kernan's this week is
the fact that 1t Is a one-night show. For
weeks the company has been
fitting through the west, tarrying but day
stood the temperament of the wild west
and dared not take a greater chance than
one night in a town. The company Is one
Of the several owned by Gus Hill, but he
seems to have forgotten all about 1t. There
is noticeable absence of females in the
burlesque. and burlesque without women
Is like feast without food and drink. Two
Of these same fillers-in open and close the
program, and it were better to have left
them out and trusted to the olio to make
good. There are several entertaining turns
in this. c. w. Williams, with his walking
aut donations and other ventriloQuist spe-
have been seen before, but the speciality is
worth seeing. Hawthorne and Parsons sing
duets well. and Leonard and Fulton bring
4 smile now and then with their sketch
"Mulligans Masquerade" Belle Williams
q nd Jack Albion fill in fifteen minutes more
or less acceptably. Carlin and Brown were
tiresome. The Harbecks proved the feature
in well-executed speciality of acrobatics
and jugglery.
BIJOU THEATER.-At the Bijou crowd
hon tI1
q week of fdleness 1t was expected a first
class burlesdue would be presented by the
stock company Ample opportunity was
not lacking, for besides the good material
of the stock company, the well-known play
Of Trilby was selected, and 1t seemed as If
q first-class production would be the result.
Yet, with the exception of the name, one
was at loss to understand what was being
produced, and the conglomerate mass Of
songs and choruses given were old and
tiresome. The olio was interesting at times,
and included o'Brten and Collins. who tried
hard with a mediocre sketch; Valmore, the
musician; sdnson and Merton, who pro-
voked a laugh or two; Fisher and Carroll
In Celtic sketch Of some merit, and
Newal1 and Shivett, who won immediate
recognition with their excellent acrobatics.
MISS PITTS LECTURE-"If ever there
was a conspicuous instance of the futility
OF satanic Wickedness to thwart the divine
purpose. that instance Is afforded in the
career of King john was the opening SEN
tence of Miss Pitts lecture on THE Great
Charter" given last evening at the Vino
daughsis. 1920 New York avenue. The
speaker then went on to delineate the char
acter of this most faithless, most vicious
and most cruel Of England's long line of
sovereigns. showing how his very crimes
utilized by Providence to establish
the liberties he had so often violated. The
assassination Of his little nephew, Prince
Arthur, led directly to the severance Of
Normandy from England, and compelling
the barons who chose to retain their Eng
fish estates to look henceforth upon Eng
land as their only country, woke In them
for the first time anything like national
spirit. Later. his persecution of the Eng
lish clergy, in revenge for defeating his
candidate for the see Of Canterbury, alien
ated the entire English church and carried
1t over bodily to the side of the barons lust
when the latter, burning at the wrongs
which almost to a man they had Individual
ly suffered. either in their persons. their
property or their domestic honor, withdrew
their allegiance and headed by the wise
and patriotic archbishop. Stephen Langton,
demanded Of the king perpetual pledge to
the English nation of the rights and liber-
ties formulated in the Great Charter Az
ter describing the impotent fury with which
John first resisted, then evaded and finally
sullenly yielded to the demand, Miss Pitts
discussed the charter itself-the forceful
straightforward Anglo-Saxon spirit which
breathes through Its rugged, unclassical
Latin: the care with which 1t aimed to pro-
facf IA ri plpf "a nj he 49, ho ,,tr