Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-01

to Washington, bit it is well known that
they have secured the services Of the more
eminent in the vaudeville ranks.
The booking Of separate acts for the
Grand includes Milton Aborn & Co. in the
vaudeville Kihg."tthe great Willis Troupe,
the latest importation from Europe; Cressy
and ths pic rural sketch
Cissie Lotus: Ella Chapman. the mono
logist, who has been for five years in Eu-
ropean music halls; Lockhart's baby ele-
plants, constituting the greatest elephan-
tine comedy act ever devised, even for
circus purposes; Lukens Brothers, the
greatest bar performers alive; Lewis and
Ryan, the black-face farce comedians; Ed
Latrell, once fakir but now one Of the
most popular monologists: the Morellos,
| the acrobatic troupe. with two dogs that do
a screaming bag punching speciality;
Wright Huntington. the former well-known
leading man. and his company, in a bright
comedy offering; the Great Goldin, a ma
gician who devises wonderful illusions, and
who most Interestingly entertains his au-
dience; the Gloss Brothers, Kathryn Oster-
man & Co., the Randalls, Louise Cunning,
who makes the Scotch ballads sound
| sweet as the Scotch poets have sung that
they are; Lolita Gladstone. the quaint char
acterizer; the Rossow Midgets. with cute
little Charley Rossow, who cleverly imi-
tates Anna Held; Filson and Errol the
leading farce comedians, in a wholly new
| SKETCH Mile. Christina; Mr. and Mrs. Ed
win Milton Royle, the refined opponents of
brief legitimate dramas; John and Eta
Gilroy, Hamilton Hill, Joseph Hart and
Carrie DeMar in another of Mr.. Harris
sparkling creations, the Brothers Damn,
Robertus and Wilfredo, The Bachelor Club.
Lizzie and Vinie Daily, Josephine Gassman
and her black pickannies Slvern and EN-
erie, jaime o. Barrows & Co. in a better
sketch than Tactics" the Four Juggling
Johnsons, who are marvellous club swing
ers; Edna Collins, Belle Hathaway, Sher-
idan and Flanagan, Bert Coote and Julia
Kingsley, Henri French, the dexterous BIZ
cyclist and juggler: eccentric Arthur Dunn
and dainty Clara Belle Jerome, the Mar
tine Brothers, Isabelle Urquhart & Co.,
Nine. Urso, Stanton and Modena in their
brilliant comedies. the Three Brothers Mel
rose, the most skillful of all acrobats:
Doherty's White Poodes. charming ag-
gregation for children; the Three Dawsons.
clever and graceful entertainers; Adele
Purvis Onri. the globe roller; Herbert's
Canine Wonders, another Juvenile enter
| tainment; Maude Courtney, the velvety
voiced singer of. the old songs; Rosaire,
the prince of slack-wire performers; Jones
and Walton, another clever team of rural
artist of renown; John Rice, who used to
kiss May Irwin in that ELUSIVE way. as
shown by the moving pictures, assisted by
Sallie Cohen his wife, in one of their char
acteristic bits taken from life; the Hun
garian Boys Band Rose Coghlan, Franz
Ebert and Elsie Lau, the Brownie enter
tanners. In sketch called RIP Van Win
kle, Jr.; Grapevine and Chance in their
the F'razetties. the great xylophone artists;
Bobby Gaylor. Mazuz and Mazette, j. K.
Emmett and Lottie ellison in Coolies Di-
lemma, Fake and Semon. the favorite
! musical comedians, and many others.
Still another story of Jerome Sykes barn
storming days has appeared. AT the end
of the first season Of the Alcazars-this or
ganizat;on ofKnineSS people, with its chorus
painted on a aropsspnly lasted one season.
Jerome sykese amt Punch" Wheeler sep
| arated their managerial fortunes and
Genial Jerry"Ebecame an impresaro on his
| own hook. He founded the California
| Opera Company and presented Said
Pasha" in Colorado mining towns. His
| tenor was not" thesgreatest ever in fact.
he was so bad heSwas suspected even by
the miners At the finale of the third act
Sykes this "tehorsand the baritone had
situation where the former read the line
Three kingsa what an elegant hand to
draw to-"
A lons-hafreA mixer sat In the front row.
He did mot lie I've tenor. When Sykes
spoke about lie three kings he drawled:
Say, pardr1er, If you skin that hand over
again you will find q lack at the end"