Evening star., 1901-02-12


Is constantly annoyed by the love OF Col.
Marque, son Of the Boer general, whom
she rejects. Seeing how much she, the
heroine, loves the British officer, Col.
one instance, where her lover IS held
prisoner of war. threatens to have him
shot II she refuses to wed him, which she
does to save her lovers life. After many
exciting episodes Of this character the vii
lain is murdered by young girl whom he
progressed to love, which occurrence sets
the heroine free. Thomas McLarney as
Col. Winston, the young lover, is excep-
tlonaily good, as issW. A. Whitecar as Col.
Marque, the Villain. Olive White as Kath-
erin Livingston, the heroine and prosecuted
girl, assumes her part capably. Laurens
Hascall as kahamay the African king, who
IS closely connected in the play with the
heroine, fills his role with dgnified coun-
tenance: The part of the war correspondent
Is handled by Jas. F. Kelly, who creates
nrch laughter. During the third and fifth
acts speclalties are introduced by Jas. f.
Kelly and Dorothy Kent.
CHASE'S THEATER-There is another
excellent bill at Chase's Theater this week.
and the audiences Yesterday afternoon and
nlgnt were large. Edestus, the marvellous
equilibrist, opened the performance last
nlght. All OF his tricks border on the phe-
nomenal and belong strictly in the sensa-
tional class. Lew Wells followed in music
al comedy turn that went fairly. Another
novelty is the third number on the bill,
Prelie Talking Dogs. Prelle is a ventrilo-
quist Of considerable cleverness and after
dressing the trained CANNES grotesquely
creates the impression that they are talk
ing. The act pleased every body with its
novelty The Musical Johnsons have been
heard here before and scored their usual
emphatic hit. Walter LIE Roy and Flor
ence Clayton gave their well-known sketch,
'McGowan's VISIT and created consid-
erable laughter. Lillian Burkhart has not
been seen in Washington for some time,
but her former success had not been for
gotten, and she was greeted cordially upon
making her temperance Miss Burkhart
has a dainty little sketch entitled 1.-The
Lady of the Rowan Tree" which was
tertainng. but lacking in continuous hu-
NOR. The actress clever work alone
kept 1t out Of the ordinary. Charley Case
followed with his budget Of songs and sto-
ries, which made him the laughing hit of
the evening, the applause being almost
constant. The Hawaiian Queens closed the
bill, presenting "The Queens Fam which
afforded an opportunity for rich costuming,
dancing and singing. All three ladies are
pretty and with good voices present an act
that can be classed as far above the aver
age in entertaining qualities
KERNAN'S LYCEUM-The one-half cut
rate in prices at Kernan's Lyceum Theater
seems to have met with popular favor, as
the house was crowded at every perform
ance last week and good beginning was
made yesterday. when the lower floor and
galleries were filled in every part. Robie's
knickerbocker Burlesquers is this weeks
attraction, making it's first date Of the sea-
son in this city. The performance begins
with Social Session. which is replete
with songs, dances and rough comedy. Bert
Leslie is the bright particular star of this
and the closing burlesque. His work is
along original lines, and the impromptu
witticsms are very funny. Classy Grant
and Sophie Leslie contribute good support
and excellent foils. The olio. although
short, is fairly strong. The Three Wrights
1.I.
Cady and Vedder. in "a Triple Mistake"
created considerable laughter. while the
Brothers La Moyne proved adopts on the
horizontal bars. Carleton and Terre sang
Bert and Sophie Leslie closed the olio in
a talking turn that proved bright and
clever. The burlesaue which winds up the
performance Is in fairly good form, but
lacks "ginger" so essential in pieces Of
this kind.
NEW BIJOU THEATER.-F'red. Riders
Night Owl Burlesquers are at the Bijou this
week They have been here before this
season, with practically the same bill. 1t
is conscientious vaudeville. show, divided
according to tradition, opening burletta.
olio and afterpiece. The latter Is described
as q side-splitttng burlesque. 1t is suff-
clentIy funny and Is sprinkled with the
usual number of uamps, shapely soldiers
In tights and more Or less comic Irishmen.
The first part is billed as "A Hot Old
tee, but the material is not new. All the
knockabout tricks are present, including
the telling of funny story and slapping
the teller over the head to emphasize the
point. There are some taking songs intro
duced, some Of them quite new. A we'll
costumed chorus helps things out and all
goes well. The oio contains some good
things, the best being the Silvinis,' aero
bats and the Newsboy Quintet. Mitchell
and Love do some clever dancing. Mccall
and Carew appear in a sketch, and Healy
and Farnum dance. The Owls are as wide
awake as the average and pleased two
large audiences yesterday.
PITTSBURG ORCHESTRA-The last
concert OF the Pittsburg Symphony Orches-
ira will take place tomorrow afternoon at
4:15 o clock in the Columbia Theater. Only
a very few seats We're unsold at noon to-
DAY, thus assuring one of the largest audi
ences Of the season. Among the sub
scribers are to be found many of the lead
ers in social circles here, which will make
the event of special interest to society, as
we'll as to musicians The program Is to
will be sufficient Of other selections to in
terest all music lovers. Victor Herbert has
proved himself one of the MIST satisfying
conductors in the country, AID the orches-
tre he presides over Is of nigh rank. The
soIoist will be Julian Walker, basso cam
tante late of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany.