Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
THE BELLE OF NEW YORK-"The
Belle Of New York" with its merry music,
it's pretty girls. gorgeous costumes and
clever comedians, travelling blithely
about America, will come to the National
Theater week of September 10 with the
| usual matinees Beuah Dodge, who has
| store of good looks and ability, appears
| in the part created by Edna May. 1t is
stated that she bears a striking resem-
| blance to Miss May. Among other MEM
bers Of the company to be seen lere are
Joseph Kane, James Darling. Arthur Dea-
gon, E. S. Tarr, Mae Sailor and Grace
Rutledge. The company numbers sixty-five
and the entire production this season is
Identical with that seen in London during
THE Bellies prosperous run at the
Shaftesbury Theater. The box Office will
open tomorrow morning at $50 O'Clock.
CHASE'S NEW GRAND-Legitimate
polite vaudeville will be represented by
the bill provided by Manager Chase for
ter next Monday. Mr.. Chase has brought
| together eight vaudeville novelties, all but
two of them being new stars here. Per-
haps the foremost among them will be
found to be the great Willis troupe in a
musical speciality, which opened Keith's
circuit in New York city August 6 and
made one of the most applauded successes
ever achieved in America by a European
star act. Milton Aborn. the comic opera
comedian, with Miss Hattie Arnold, will
present THE Vaudeville King" Next in
order are Greasy and Dayne, who enjoy
the highest reputation for rustic humor.
Ella Chapman, sister of Blanche, will
make her first appearance here, after five
years of triumphs as banjoist and mono
loglst In European music halls. Little
Elsie, the pocket edition of Cissie Lotus.
will be heard again. Others are the Lukens
Brothers. in a startling spectacular aero
batic act; the Morello troupe, with two
performing dogs, and Lewis and Ryan,
black-face farce comedians.
HASHIM'S ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Fashionable vaudeville has been accord
ed such an enthusiastic reception at
Hashims Academy of Music that there is
no doubt that Washington's theatergoers
are highly pleased with this class of enter
tanment. The twelve acts in this weeks
bill have been greeted by immense audi
ences at every performance so far. Heading
mex. weeks list is Marie DRESSER, who will
come to the Academy with good humor
and new witticisms. Clifford and Huth
who have for many seasons starred in
various high-class farce comedies, also ap-
pear Edna Aug will make her first APP
pearance in Washington since her London
triumph in THE Scrub Woman's Dream
The Rozinos are eccentriques of a most
wonderful nature, while other names on
the bin are Pitrot, the character delinator;
dams and dancers; Three Murrays, must
cal artists; Howard and Sinclair, in a
comedy sketch; White and Harris, come
dians; Vernon, the juggler, and Spaulding,
equilibrist. There will be a matinee daily
at o clock.
KERNANS LYCEUM THEATER.-The
American Burlesquers Company, forty peo-
pie strong, will be the attraction at the
Lyceum commencing Monday afternoon. 1t
is headed by w. b. Watson. This season
the show is better in every particular. be-
ing new from start TO finish. Manager
Watson has realized that the public want
new and up-tO-date shows, and succeeded
in engaging some of the best people in the
profession. jeanette Dupre, styled The
American Anna Held will be heard in
some of her own French songs. Her ward
robe is very rich. In the olio will be found
the Empire Comedy Four, jeanette Dupre
and Julie Lee, Introducing their new act,
''Fakeism;" the Voujers, Partisan enter
tanners; Mildred Murray, the Brothers Las
Sards. in their marvellous acrobatic act;
Roger and Bell Dolan, in Marriage by
popular baritone singer, with views. The
two burlesques are entitled Levy in
Japan" and Krausmeyer's Alley
BIJOU THEATER-For the week com
mencing next Mondays matinee, the Bijou
will present John w. Isham's company of
colored comedians. This season Billy Ker
sands, famous as real negro minstrel
heads the combination, and has as lieu
tenants in the funny work Frank and Ed.
Mallory and Tom Brown. Billy appears as
the king of San Domingo" and has am
pie opportunity to exploit his laugh-making
ability. In addition to the many vaude-
willie features, the burlesque, King Ras-
tus," will be rendered by a company of
thirty trained performers. Particular at
tention is called to the singing and dane
ing parts of the big program. Seats sell
ing No tickets will be held later than and
s o'clock.
THE DIVING HORSES-Prof c. F.
Holloway's diving horses, King and Queen,
which have been amusing thousands of
the people of Washington at River View in
the past two weeks, will be at the National
Base Ball Park on Saturday next and
every day during the following week. Last
summer they were at the Crystal Palace
in London and the English press without
exception spoke of them being marvels.
| In performing their act they go about 1t
as II endowed with reasoning powers and
make the leap from the platform forty
feet high into the tank of water without
| word of command or assistance in any way.
The digging of the big tank, twelve feet
deep, twenty feet wide and thirty feet long,
is now going on at the park under the
pervision of Prof. Holloway. Two per-
| formances will be given daily, at and s
pm.