Evening star., 1901-02-09
When Jessie Bartlett Davis warbled
'Just because love you so!
Though we must part,

lust because love you so!
Though must part,
You have my heart,
just because love you So,
she was most emphatically NOT alluding
to Mr.. Chase. One of the new Grand's
formal notices which go to great and small
alike fell in Miss Davis way. 1t was the
notice which warns performers against all
lowing anything which might give offense
to sensitive and refined audiences to remain
in their acts. 1t Is the same notice that
aroused Digby Bells wrath some time ago.
MISS Davis Indignation at such warning
was not at all remarkable. and it is to be
doubted whether her wounded sensibilities
could be soothed with cent less than the
81 go a week that the management claims
to be paying her.
Stuart Robson, speaking Of burlesaues re-
Gently, said:
1.-The actor of today sometimes acts as
though he thought the burlesque beneath
his dignity. but several important actors
began their careers in burlesque. Jefferson
was famous in this line: SO was Florence.
Henry Irving was never happier than when
singing the topical songs of his old days in
the English provinces. A burlesque Of
thirty years ago was really a burlesque;
the actors copied their leaders in Dress ac-
ton and stage department, and usually held
their audiences by legitimate methods, max
ing them forget that 1t was burlesque up
to certain point. Thus, in the burlesque
on Hamlet the scene Of the players be-
fore the king would be enacted with due
solemnity, until the poison was poured
into the ear of the sleeping man from a
demijohn through a funnel. Great care
was bestowed on the dialogue in these bur-
lesques, which, aside from their brightness
and humor, often faithfully portrayed their
original line by line. The decline of bur-
hogan wi Tbor R,ct
visit to this country. What was presented
was burlesque, to be sure, but not such as
those in which 1 appeared. Her company
was made up of beautiful women and bright
comedians. and paved the way for extrava-
ganZas like Evangeline.'
The Academy of Music has been having
a very prosperous season under its new
management. The new drop curtain gives
an air Of individuality to the house, and
there is every reason to believe that Mr..
Stair, as represented by the local mango
ment, has come to stay.
THE STRAUSS CONCERT.-The concert
given by Eduard Strauss and his orchestra
at the National Theater yesterday AFTER
noon was attended by some difficulties on
the part of the celebrated conductor He
and his orchestra had participated in a
railway wreck the day before and he
seemed to have struck the hardest luck He
had his right shoulder dislocated and con-
sequently when he appeared upon the con-
ductor's platform 1t was seen that his right
arm was in a sling and that he had to
WELD his baton with his left hand He
did 1t effectually and his we'll trained band
of musicians responded perfectly to the
rhythm he gave, but it is quite likely the
men would have played in as good form If
they had been left to themselves. But
Strauss is a central attraction in his con-
certs, and 1t was regretted that he was
unable to lead in his usual magnetic and
classical than those given at his former
concerts here, and perhaps on that account
more popular, but it's numbers were more
than doubled by the encores, for in some
instances double encoreS We're insisted
upon. All the selections were played with
that dash and daintiness, that precision of
execution and delicacy of phrasing that
characterized the work Of the orchestra at
its former visits, and the audience was
thoroughly satisfied. 1t is hardly probable
that Mr.. Strauss and his orchestra will
ever visit this country again. and he was
given splendid farewell at its closing
concert in this city,