Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-05

ILL r. LIN 1N0 y An,
season, and as 1t il, while wholly new in
most Of its features. every bit as success
full now as 1t was then, further advance
commentator is scarcely necessary. 1t
pable family of entertainers than the -Four
Cohans. During the coming engagement
they Will present skit. which Is new TO
Washington entitled Money to Burn"
Other notable artists in the bill are Zeno,
Carl and Zeno, the wonderful bar perform
ers, who are billed as an additional at
traction Yorke and Adams, in their hu-
morous character delineation; John ker-
nell, the famous old-time Irish comedian;
the noted Olympia Quartet. for many years
with Evans and Hoey's "Parlor Match;
Ethel Levey, the charming singer; RAMA
and Arno. with their Blondin donkey; Cas-
well and Arnold the unique acrobats, and
Fake and Semon. the musical comedians.
"M'LISS"-There is claimed to be as
much, If not more, human interest in
Miss" which is being given an elaborate
revival this season, as there is In any play
that has ever been presented on the Amer
lean stage. "M'liss' is dramatization Of
one of Bret Harte's best known stories. and
his pictures Of the rough life Of the mining
camps Of California in the early fifties
ranks with the best achievements of Amer
lean literature. There is that In M liss"
which should please the most difficult
theater-goer, for the entire gamut of human
passions is played upon and by master
hand. The name part is to be in the hands
OF Nellie McHenry. The remainder Of the
company has been very carefully selected
and contains the names of many stage ia
vorites. The revival will be very hand
some one, and the production complete, the
company carrying everything that Is used
on the stage during the performance. even
down to the smallest properties. "Mliss''
Is to be the attraction at the Academy next
week. beginning Monday, with the usual
matinees Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday,
at popular prices.
"A HOT OLD TIME.'-Numerous spec
tators have described the Rays Big East
mirth. and this characterization Of the
piece seems justified by the result. Certain
It is that no farce comedy before the pub
lie is greeted with more laughter than
punctuateS the frequent good things In this
play Merrment is continuous, beginning
within a minute or so from the curtain
and continuing steadily without Interrupt
ton to the close of the performance. A
Hot Old Time will be presented at the
Bijou on Monday next. beginning with the
matinee with all the original scenery and
augmented staff. 1t has been the policy of
the management ever since the original sue
cess four years ago to improve the produc-
ton at every opportunity, and the meth
DDS employed have naturally resulted In
growing favor. The performance is devoid
of suggestivenass. The cast contains nu
merous well-known and popular players,
and originality in plot, situations and dia-
logue, as well as new specialties, has been
the constant aim Of the management.
KERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER.-The
Imperial Burlesque Company, organized by
II. w. Williams. jr., will be at Kernan's
next week. Mr.. Williams has been very
successful in the purveying Of vaudeville
entertainments, and this company is rep
resentative of his method. The company Is
the best this young manager has ever sent
upon the road. Two new burlesques. en-
titled ION the Beach" and "McNally's Re
ception,' are produced by the company,
both on a large scale. Handsome cos
Tunes elegant stage settings, magnificent
scenic and electrical effects are all sgnifi-
cant of enterprise and prosperity. The com
pany includes: Blanch Newcombe, Phyllis
Ruffel, Darmody, John E. Cain, Barton
and Ashley Whitelaw and Stewart and Bula
and Raymond.
THE HALEY BAND CONCERTS.-Mr
w. A. Haley when he organized his mill
tary concert band five years ago and COM
menced his series of concerts decided that
he would furnish music for the masses He
has always had one or two numbers of
solidity on his program, but the most of
the selections have been within the under
standing of the people. He has successful
ly supplied the popular demand for five
years. and next Sunday night at the Co
lumbia Theater he will give the first of his
series of concerts for this season He will
have solosts Estelle Wentworth,
prano; A. Cello, piccolo; Guy Gang
Ter, cornetist The program will be an at
tractive one, but with Mr.. Haley, as with
John Philip Sousa, the encores are more
looked for than the numbers announced.
Mr.. Haley's concerts are at popular prices
and perhaps that is why he has been SO
successful
THE GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA
Next Saturday night the Georgetown Or
ckestra gives it's fifty-first concert. which
opens the seventeenth season of this popu-
lar organization. The program, selected
from the works of Beethoven. Chopin,
Grieg, Weber and Lassen, covers wide
range of expression, and calls for a variety
of treatment calculated to display to the
best advantage the versatility Of conductor
and orchestra. Their reading OF the Beet
hoven symphony is according to the best
traditions. and reveals high state of train
ing and careful attention to detail Those
who are acquainted with Grieg's idylIic
peer Gynt'' suite will find that Professor
Kaspar has prepared a few surprises in the
way Of novel effects and finely worked
climaxes.' The sOloists are Mr.. John Porter
Lawrence, who will play Chopins + minor
concerto for piano and orchestra. and Mrs.
Thomas G. Noyes, who will sing, with
orchestral accompaniment. Agatha s aria
from Der Freischutz," and a group of
scrgs with piano accompaniment by Dr.
]. w. Bischoff These well-known artists
need no introduction to the Washington
public, who are always eager to hear them
reports from the advance sale show the
house to be pretty well taken.
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The
sale of season tickets for the series of con-
certs to be given by the new Washington
Philharmonic Orchestra Is progressing at
Droop's music store, but it should be re-
nembered that the course sale will close
Saturday night, and that the single ticket
sale will begin next Monday. VIM H.
Santelmann, the leader of the Marine Band,
who projected this orchestra, and who will
conduct it, is highly gratfied with the in
terest displayed by the members In their
work and the results shown at the re-
hearsals. He will present a program that
will command the attention of lovers of
good music. and should enlist their hearty
support. Not since the Boston Symphony
Orchestra ceased it's visits to this city has
there been such musical offering as is
promised for the first concert of this Phil
harmonic Orchestra. which will be held
a; the Columbia Theater on the 18th
instant In addition, Mr.. Santelmann
will present as a soloist Mr.. Martinus
Sieveking. the eminent Dutch pianist,
who will play concerto with orchestra, by
Rachmininoff, which will then be heard for
the first time in this country.
REV. DIR. STAFFORD'S LECTURE.-The
sale of reserved seats for DIR. Stafford's
new lecture on King Lear will begin De-
cember at the box Office of the Lafayette