Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-24
AMI SENENTS.

AMI SENENTS
| NEW NATIONAL Observation-Disclosures
| able interest attaches to the production at
the Natiuna! Theater next week by the
| Alice Nielsen Opera Company of the new
| comic opera, The Singing Girl" 1t is Just
| about year ago that this city was visited
| Icy the pretty young cantatriCe. Alice Mel
| sen. The vehicle for Miss Nielsens first
appearance here a star was the comic
| opera. The Fortune Teller" upon which
| the local press and public passed favor
\ able Judgment. which was afterward cor
roborated by the playgoerS and newspaper
| critics of every large city. in the country.
The career of the Alice Nielsen Opera Com
ps.ny last season was one of continued tri-
| umph. TIL" new production is by three au-
| thors of wide reputation. The music is the
composition of Victor Herbert, who wrote
| the score of The Fortune Teller" the lyrics
are By Harry Il. Smith. who furnished the
book of the previous opera. and the Ebretto
is by StanslauS STANCE. Great things are
recorded of this new comic opera, and Ger
| tGinly its recent three months continuous
run in New York city is some evidence of
its vital strength and popular qualities \
few of the principal people Eugene
Cowles. the premier baSsu: Lucille Saun-
| derS. contralto; Richie Ling romantic ten
or: Joseph Herbert. Joseph Cawthorn and
John Slavin.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-A dtstinctively
American play is a relief from the distinct
lively foreign plays that crowd stage.
George H. Broaihursts farce. why Smith
ticular favor. Why Smith Left Home
will be fully explained at the Columbia
next week, the engagement of week, be
ginning Monday evening. The cast Of the play
is an exceptionally assuring one. Mrs. Yea
mans. Mr.. Arbuckle. Dan Mason, NJ 3.
Snyder. Fred W Peters: II. F. Roberts,
Miss Brandon Douglas, Mrs. f. A. Eberle,
Anita Bridger. Gertrude Roosevelt and
Blanche Carlyle are all fresh from success
in New York and London. Mr.. George H.
BrGadhurst's brother is associated with him
| in the management Of his plays. These
| g. ntlemen have been successful in finding
market for American wit in London, as well
| as in their own country.
NEW GRAND OPERA HOUSE-Marie
Wainwright. the distinguished actress. for
years a prominent star in tragedy and
comedy is the extraordinary attraction
heading an unusually excellent bill for the
New Grand next week. For her work in
vaudeville. which she entered only recently.
she has chosen a series of recitations. the
most notable of which is Rudyard Kiplings
celebrated war poem. The Absent Minded
| BeGgar." At the outset OF the English war
| in South Africa it was recited by Mrs
| BeerbOhm Tree and Mrs. Langtry in the
| London theaters, and each night these
charming actresses solicited a collection
which more than once was thrown upon
| the stage by the enthusiastic auditors. The
music hall people took it up, too, and now
| ii is heard every side in England. and
| the BritOns by its means have been led to
| give fully S150,000 to the fund for the wild
| ows and orphans of British soldiers. 1t is
| a stirring poem. much enhanced by the
| characteristic Sullivan music which accom-
| panies it. included in the bill the five
| Cornallos. who are most remarkable aero
| bats; Hall and Staley, whose comedy Is
| called The Twentieth Century Burglars
Very hum
| logists and singing comedian, and others.
ACADEMY.-The requirements of the day
| for a musical farce are bright, clean
| story and pleasing specialties, and clever
| people to figure in the presentation of both
| These and a liberal assortment of special
scenery and accessories are promised the
| patrons of the Academy of Music next
| week. when "A Wise Guy" with Hayes
| and Lytton prominently featured. are to be
| seen at the c"Zy, popuiar-priced house.
| Others who are descrvedly well known for
| clever work are Ray L. Royce, the exceed
| ingly capable impersonatOr; Maude Deity
| and Edith Murray, as the "ColOred Maids"
| Reno and Richards. Thompson and Roberts,
| Louise Montrose, Lizette Royce and others.
| KERNAN'S LYCEIM THEATER-One
| Of the best shows on the road this season is
| Robes knckerbockers which will be seen
| at kernanS next week. Among the many
| entertainers Aft Grant, the well-known
| comedian Bert and Sophie Leslie, sketch
| artists: Armstrong Brothers comedians.
| singers and dancers: Resale. soubrette
singer and dancer; the lie Moyne Brothers,
| horizontal bar. assisted by the trick dog
Spike. and the three Wright Sisters, song
| and dane" artists. The Knickerbockers
| carries its own scenery.
| BIJOU THEATER.-For the burlesuue
first part. commencing next Monday after
noon, the Bijou will present sketches from
| the orient woven into a pleasing fifty-min-
ute extravaganza entitled 'FOot-Foo Ding
| a-Lng." Stage Director Carroll has drawn
| literally on The Gcisha" THE Mikado''
and Ching Ling Foo fo- absurdities Forty
people will appear in the cast. The olio
| will be composed of William Simms and
| Jennie Graham, the Brothers Rossi. aero
| bats: the Broadway Trio, musical and
mirthful: Jordan and WEIGH, Hebrew come
dians; Leavitt and Nevello, jugglers and
Fox and "Foxie," the clown and his dog.
SOTSA'S concentration Philip Sousa
| is now providing more music for his
| concerts than he has ever offered be-
| fore at any given time. This is par
TALLY due to his forthcoming tour OF
| Europe and his protracted engagement
at the Paris exposition. but it is due
| to the further fact that he is deter
| mined to more and more make his Ameri-
can concerts the very best of their kind
| New arrangements from a long list of COM
posers are added to his latest programs.
and Sousa himself puts on two new
marches, The Man Behind the Gun'' ,fror,
| latest success and Hands Across the
| Sea- There is also a list OF arrangements
from all the Wagner operas. excerpts from
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp and
other OF Soussi 5 operas. a bright program
at Ire SouSa concert here on Thursday
afternoon. February 1, at the National
| Theater. may be expected. The sooists are
Miss Bertha Bucklin, violiniste, and Miss
Blanche Dutfield. soprano. The concert will
begin sharp at o'clock
| MARIE BREMA'S SONG RECITAL
| Miss Brema's program for her song recital
next week, under the auspices of the. Dam
| rosch Society. is one of the finest ever pre-
Sented in song recital and is identical with
| the one in which Miss Brema achieved her
| great London triumph last month 1t will
| include songs by Rameaux, Scarlatti,
! Brahms. Purcell. Schubert Korbay, Bru-
neau, NJ. V. White, Tschaikowsky and also
| the beautiful Schumann "Frauenliebe'
| cycle. The Damrosch Society will assist
| Miss Brema, and will sing a cantata by
Hermann Mohr, entitled ITO the Genius OF