Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-20

F1elds, the Dutch veterans. and George
Beban in parodes. The latter is excep-
uonally clever in running localisms into
his songs and was enthusiastically re-
ceived. The ''ragger dance was introduced
IN TINS burlesque and caused sensation
with the shirt-waist men, it shares the
distinction of being too risque. The Cay
Modesto closed the show and brought for
ward Pillar NORM as the star, who looked
pretty ana sang several French songs cleV-
erly. one of the features of this burletta
was Mas , vne singing NS and dancing OF Edwina
looking, dressed the act well and put so
much life into their work to receive a
big reception. The chorus girls are pretty
and tastefully dressed
NEW BIJoU THEATER.-The opening
ourlesque at the New Bijou this week is
called Mirthful Mishaps"' and serves to
introduce the European Sensation Bur-
lesquerS, whose efforts were received by
fair houses yesterday afternoon and night.
several taking songs and pretty marches
are put forward. The olio embraces Miss
Lucy Lane, in serio-comic songs Clark
and Corbley. introduce a sketch, entitled
The Farmer and the Actress Helen
Russell and Winnie Richards, styled THE
broadway Bellies sang and danced cleV-
erly. Pryor and Williams gave an irish
knockabout act, and Peter Powers and
Marion Hyde appeared in a singing and
dancing act The King of Walla Nalla
closed the show introducing the entire
Ihis Is return engagement OF the Eu-
ropeans. Few changes have been made in
the organization and it will doubtless re-
peat its former success.
THE EDGE OF. CHINA.-Burton Holmes
begins his series of illustrated lectures at
the Columbia Theater tomorrow tWednes-
daD afternoon, November q, with me
Edge OF China as his first topic. he
spent a portion of the summer of 1890 in
this PARKWAY land and has returned with
lis brain and camera filled with novel I'M
pressfons acquired among the people or this
strange nation. toward which all eyes are
Tow turned. As usual his still pictures.
from negatives Of his own taking, Will be
be number of most interesting motion
pictures taken in the most crowded ami
lively portions of the Chinese cities upon
which ne lectures. Among these latter the
bayonet exercise" "a busy corner
Crowds arriving from Canton Panorama
of the Port and Peak of Hong Kong. show
iEg the Z. S. S. Olympia" Arrival OF
river steamer at Canton Consular pro-
cessioh, headed by official pea-green chair
The human tide at Canton street. Pan
Drama of junk and Sampan suburb, De,
parture of mandarns In Sedan chairs, and
others The lectures, which will follow on
subsequent weeks are: "Moki Land, The
Paris Exposition" The Wonders of TheS-
sally" and "Oberammergau and the Passion
Play"
THE STRAUSS ORCHESTRA CON
CERTS.-All during the latter part of his
life Johann Strauss. the waltz king, a
remarkable man in many ways, deemed
America the most fertile Of all fields for the
consumption of his music, not excepting
his own Austria and native Vienna. "Ah,
America! 1t Is wonderful he was wont
to say. All this time, however, the most
perfect performances of Johann Strauss
music were given by his brother Eduard
Strauss. and his famous orchestra of Wen
ma, and everywhere they appeared through
out Europe the people grew wild with en-
thusiasm. Eduard himself added many
works of memorable worth to his pro-
grams. and the name of Eduard Strauss, a
third brother appeared as favorite COM
poser The brothers Strauss came near
dominating the old world in their unique
form of composition. Eduard, conductor
and composer, has now come to America,
under the direction of Rudolph Aronson of
New York, with his entire orchestra to play
to Americans in his own nimitable way,
and will appear in this city in concert on
Thursday afternoon at the National The
alter and on Sunday evening at the Column
bia Theater. These will be the only two
concerts given by this famous orchestra in
this city. The program for the matinee
has already been published and Is highly
attractive.