Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09


appear Insignificant In comparison with
what he is now doing. His name is Max
Cincinnati, and 1t win be recognized at
once as having been applauded all over the
country, There will be twelve new views
Of the Inauguration and other recent ma
tional events given by the biograph, and
TWO other acts Will complete the roster of
what promises to be an unusually diyerting
program.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-"A Young
Wife" which had a long run at the Four
teenth Street Theater, New York, will be
at the Academy of Music next week, with
the original New York cast, including Sell
ma Herman, Edna G. Brothers, Alberta
Lee, Adolph Jackson, W. r. Ogden, John
u. Wooderson, Arthur W. Clark. Charles
Craig, Mark Fenton James J. DeBarre. In
addition to these, the New York scenic pro-
duction properties and everything complete
Will be given. j. *. Tilotson. the author
OF the play has written a number OF sue,
eessful dramas, including The Planters
Wife" The usual Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday matinees will be given.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-
Chuck Cennors, who will appear at Ker-
mans next week, commencing Monday matt
nee, with T. W. ~Dinkins' ."rhe Utopian
BurlesQuers,'' is accompanied by nine for
mer inhabitants of the Bowery. who assist
him in depicting the scenes of everyday
life with which he and they are so ia
miliar. In the portrayal of Bowery life
and character there is no pretension to art
and not once does Connors lose that iden-
tity which stamps him everywhere as the
typical Bowery boy. He speaks in the only
tongue he understands and acts as he would
act and has acted in reak life, and the
scenes depicted by him and his fellow types
possess all the merit of realism. His act
Is calculated at least to diversity the pro-
gram, which, fresh as the features of the
Utopians are, does not depart from the
usual form of burlesque entertainment,
commencing with I'm Grand Utopia" which
aims to picture an ideal domain, in which
pretty girls made half a dozen changes of
costumes, including the Pierette, the latest
Partisan importation, and in which the
scenic and electrical effects are creditable
Wanna, Macy & Co." the burlesque, sa-
tirizes the department store, and, with con-
sistent absurdity, winds up with a drill Of
infantry, artillery, cavalry, sailor and
rough rider heroes returning from the war.
Living pictures are presented. The olio in
cludes Frobel and Ruge acrobatic come
dams: the Whiting sisters in song and
dance; Odell and Perry, Irish wits; the
three Hickman brothers, European eccen-
tries. and Ruth Garnold and Sidney Gill
| more. the ginger girls On Friday evening
Louise flanagan (Tough Louise) and John
Haley (Butsy Haley) of Chuck Connors
company. will be Joined in the bonds of
wedlock on the stage.
NEW BIJOU THEATER.-The offering
at the Bijou for the coming week is Barnes
& Martells Dainty Paree BurlesQuers,
Hedueu ny the COnDlu6u hlIdmuFd ana L d.
kezawa troupes of Japanese performers,
twenty in number, including KawaZa, the
only female Japanese magician and wonder
worker now in this country. Some of her
tricks are entirely new; no old tricks will
be introduced. The Japanese performers
will show their famous double slide for life
and their wonderful ladder. Two burlettas,
entitled "A Fairy Farm and Paris Up
side Down." the opening and closing num-
Der augmented by twenty good-looking o.
men and seven comedians. There is also an
olio, introducing Carroll and Ellston, versa
tile comedy entertainers: the Murphys aero
battle sketch artists; Bachelor Sisters, re-
fined musicians, singers and dancers; Cas-
we'll and Arnold, the acrobatic girl and
clown; the Grahams Americas leading
song illustrators, and others. Scenery of
appropriate and elaborate character, novel
and effective electrical and mechanical de-
vices, go to make up what ought to prove
particularly pleasing entertainment.
JOSEF HOFMANN.-The crowd which
Left the seats and hung over the edge of
the stage at the end of Hofmann's first
New York concert, showed plainly that he,
like Paderewsk1, is to have the affection of
audiences. There was lingering after
the last encore, and an unusual demonstra-
ton In the room behind the stage. They all
seemed to remember him when he was
dear little boy and every woman there
wanted to tell him so. and see If he remem-
bered her. Some of them had been children
who had been taken to hear him then and
remembered him almost a playmate.
There is nothing of the poseur, nothing af-
fected about the healthy. simple hammered
young man, whose playing has such magic,
but he has a hold upon the feminine New
York which is far stronger than any SEN
timentality. He Is like the sequel to a
story. They want to come and listen to
him. and look at him and say, II told you
he was genius" Mr.. Hofmann's concert
at the National Theater will be next Thurs
day afternoon and his program will be care
fully selected.
VIRGINIA HARMED AS "CAMILLE"-
There will be a special matinee of Camille
given by Virginia Harmed (Mrs. E. H.
Sothern, next Wednesday at the National
Theater. Already there is promise Of an
enormous audience 1t will be the advent
Mr.. Sothern takes no part in the perform
ance, although the full strength of the
Sothern-Harned company will be utilized
In the presentation. Mr. Sothern's role of
Hamlet prevents him undertaking extra
study. Miss Harmed was the original Trilby
In the Englfsh-speaking world. She Is con-
sidered one Of the cleverest comedy actress
es OF the day, while her Ophelia supporting
Mr. Sothern's Hamlet has won the highest
praise.
RICHARD MANSFTELDS HENRY V"
The Richard Mansfield organization and
ington week after next. Henry v" is
great In its realization of the pictures Of
martial events when war was romance
and all soldiers heroic knights OF the pic
turesque pattern. Besides the classic
background for the chorus there are twen--
ty-two scenes. The most ambitious stage
picture is the pantomimic fourth act in
which Is shown the triumphant return of
the king to London after the battle Of
Agincourt. 1t is pageant that leads up
from the waiting populace, through piling
OF crowds upon crowds, and color upon
color. to the appearance of the king on
horseback as the central figure in a his
torical picture The taxleaux representing
the battle Of Agincourt and the closing
espousal ceremony in the cathedral Of
Troyes are also described as pictures OF
SURPRISING beauty. The. costuming includes
a wealth of velvets, cloth OF gold and other
rich fabrics, and no end Of costly armor be-
ing employed, wherever the action permits
such display. Mr.. Mansfield wears eight
different costumsS Avitable's overture
King Henry v, and four selections from
Saint-Saens' Henry VIII are the appro-
pirate musical accompaniment of the play,
The sale OF seats begins Thursday.
THE MOTET CHOIR CONCERT.-Tbe
first concert Of the Motel choir will take
place Thursday evening. the 18th instant,
at the Rifles Armory, and will afford
Neutrality-suspicious. chance to hear a pro-