Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-06

Of the late Colonel NJ. H. Stacey and sister
of Lieutenant Cromwell Stacey, 10th U. S.
l.. now serving in the Philippines General
sherman was much interested in Miss
Stacey's theatrical ambitions owing to her
| army associations. and after her fathers
| oeath was instrumental in getting her in
| one OF Augustin Days companies. Her
! work in "A Bachelors Honeymoon" has
| been highly commended.
| While Olga Nethersole was in Cleveland
| ONO, on Christmas some one sent her the
| following poetry all the way from Boston:
| Noble woman with noble aim
| To thee we brew n Christmas bowl:
| And every drop be sure Wen drain
To brilliant Olga Nethersole!
! On New Year day Miss Nethersole re-
ceived a tennis racquet from Harvard dec
| lowing lines:
All hail the bright New Year!
! Our greetings onward roll
three times lusty cheer
| For Olga Nethcrsole.
| volley Of good will
Frs IN heart writ down scroll
| We send thee gentle ladie.
! Fair Olga Nethersole.
! This seems to be one of the most touch
| ing episodes of the kind since Orlando
| sighed for Rosalind.
In the Elder Miss Blossom Mr. Kendall
| makes his first entrance through a door at
| the back. The scene is the study of An
| drew Quick. f. r. s. tMr. KendaD, and is
set with that wealth of detail chara cteristic
| VI 'ie INtitidl pTOuucllONS-maSSlVe and
| substantial. Over the door on Monday
night was hung large antlered deers
| head mounted on a solid oak shield which
became detached and fell horns downward
upon the stage. directly behind the actor
as he crossed the sill. 1t was a narrow es-
| cape. for the thing was weighty and haA a
dfop of several feet. MIR. Kendall turned as
| 1t struck the floor and pushed it behind the
scenes. liz an off-hand manner. How he
| felt may have been another story
Three events will occur at the New
Grand on Monday. January 10, that should
make the day memorable in the history of
| the house. That date marks the first an
niversary of the Introduction Of Managers
| Washington. AT the same time the en-
gagement of that wonderful magician
| Ching Ling Foo. will begin and last a week
| ihlrdiy, Manager Chase has provided a
| handsome and useful souvenir in comment
| Grafton of the anniversary, which will be
| presented to his patrons on the Monday
| mentioned. 1t is a matter of well-ascer-
tanned tact that, apart from the Keith
| houses IN New York and Boston, the New
| Grand Is the only other theater in the
United states that has engaged Ching Ling
Foo; The cost of the act, $1,000 and rail-
road fares, is regarded by the ma iority of
managers as prohibitive but Mr. Chase nm
| dertakes the risk in pursuance Of his belief
and experience that Washington wants the
very best and is willing to pay for it.
| Ching Ling Zoos feats of magic are most
extraordinary and are much beyond the
comprehension of many latter-day masi-
Grams as they are beyond that of the unini-
Eese youngsters, in the picturesque cos
tune of the orient, are much admired adj
juncts of the act.
Aside from its pert music and pretty nic
lures "A Runaway Girl contains some
exceedingly ingenious rhymng. The man
ner IN which the vocabulary has been
ranSacked for freakish consonances is Illus-
trtted by the following selection from one
of it's lyrics inv
Our voices quite Gaudaluuiycrv
And the tunes bit recita- ffyery
Bnt were dressed in best Spanish livery
win gay castanet and guitar Hoa,
i've tadiL! Though don't know where II ia.
''e Navarro. Which is just about as far
Habn N Esansl Tree T ra1% ralsaF'y
We rd pass pass round The hat for your charity,
And though You may doubt our veracity,
Or question our vocal capacity
JUST i'"k at out grace and vivacity.
And bark to the giddy guitar. Hola.
MATHEMATICS RECITAL-Mr. R.
Watkin-Mills. the widely known English
oasso gave the first of what promises to be
a most enjoyable series of song rectals in
THIS city last night at the Universalist Church
me audience was appreciative from the
ilrst and was fairly bubbling over with en-
thusiasm before the close Of the yery at
tractlVe program. Each number ELECTED
a storm of applause, and Mr. Watkin-MiIis
grained his admirers by giving several en-
cores. His voice. high basso reaching
almost to the barytone register is one Of
unusual power and volume is resonant and
sweet and has wide range. His tone col
oring was remarka BILE his enuncia ton clear
and distinct. Altogether his voice was most
pleasing in Its warmth of tone and unusual
heXibity. The program embraced selec-
tons from the German masters all rem
dered in English and also included a num-
Der of simple little ballads, the latter be-
ing rendered with as much care and ex-
preston as the heavier numbers. In both
lines of work MIR. Watkin-Mils shows him.
self an adept and thus gave evidence of his
versatility. Without doubt the feature of
his program was Schumanns The Two
Grenadiers. which he rendered in a man
ner fairly captivating. Throughout his Sc
iections he displayed appreciation of
the character of his works, his voice. rich
in fullness of tone, sympathetic and buoy
ant expression, proving equal to each COM
position. Mr.. Harvey Murray was at the
piano, and his work added much to the
next recital will be given Monday evening
His work of last evening assures him a
large and distinguished audience. The seats
are on sale at Guzmans, at Droop's.
PHILHARMONIC CLUB CoNCERT.-l
The lovers of music of this city are in
debted to Mr. and Mrs. Lent, Mr.. Rake
mann and their associates of the PhiIhar-
monte Club for the opportunity to hear
such excellent chamber music at so reason
abe price as is afforded by the perform
ance of the Philharmonic Club. 1t has been
said that the purest and highest expression
of musical art Is to be found in chamber
music. For the composer IL demands his
most Intellectual effort and the master
pieces Of classic composers are found in |
this class of music. OF those who execute |
the compositions is demanded the highest |
order of power of Interpretation as well as
skill in technique The Philharmonic Club
Is doing good work in extending the ac-
quaintance and quickening the appreciation |
Of the people of Washington with chamber
music. Last nights concert Of the club,
the third of the series. in the Washington |
Clubs music room, consisted of three string
quartets of Beethoven. Robert Volkmann |
and josef Rheinberger: Wagners prelude |
to the third act of Die Meistersinger," and |
violin solo by Mr.: Rakemann, "Beetho- !
ven's ROMANCE" Mrs. Lent. at the piano;
Mr.. Lent, cello; Mr. Rakemann and Mr. |
VIM: E. Green, vioiins, and Mr.. Josef |
Finckel, viola, interpreted the numbers The |
capability of these artists is well appreci- |
ated by WashiEgtonians. and detailed refer |
ence to their work last night is unneces- |
sary. Beethoven's themes were logically in |
terpreted and skillfu!ly wrought out by the |
performers, who received abundant ap- |
piause from the audience for their well |
executed efforts. The next concert Of the |
club will be-. given Tuesday. February G. |