Evening star., 1901-10-16

nees seem especiailyrtp appeal to the Wash
lngton pubic, and5 the bookings for the
md-Week afternoonIperformance have been
very large.
THE FATAL wEDDING."-.'The Fatal
Wedding will be the attraction at the
Academy of Music next week The scenes
OF the play are laid in New York and the
various incidents are based upon life in
the great metropolis Edwin Mordaunt
the leading man, has for the past two or
three seasons appeared with some of the
foremost stock companies of the country,
last season being with the Park Theater
STOCK company OF BROOKLYN. N. 7. Ola
Humphrey will be seen in the leading
feminine role. Othermembers of the COM
pany are ]. e. Millem. Richard Quilter,
Frank Montgomery, yJulia and Louise K
ouinten.
BlJOU OLIO AND BURLESQUE.-Next
week the Bijou Stock Company will
oe seen In melange, in which music and
comedy Will predominant, such able vocal
lists as Louise Moore, the popular prima
donna OF the company; Nellie V. Nichols.
susie Rocamora, John P. Rodgers and Matt
Kennedy having in store number Of new
songs for the entertainment Then, too,
lne large and beautiful chorus, under Stage
director Grieyes' leadership, will present q
background of beauty, animation and ar
tlst1c grouping to the several stage pic
lures The program of vaudeville will be
headed by Maud Huth formerly Of the
team of Clifford and Huth. Miss Huth is
.SPuteu 10 De one OF the most gen uinely
funny women of the American stage. She
VIII oHer a new act, in which comedy and
a punch of late coon songs. in the singing
OF oI, Whicn she is almost unequaled, will con-
stitute the main features. The May Went
worth company, including BILLY" Raynor,
the well-known comedian, will present the
little playlet, "a Woman's Dilemma
which has caused roars of laughter on the
Keith circuit and the other important
vaudeville houses in which 1t has been
seen: Allen and Delain. late stars of
Hoyt's "A Black Sheep company. will
renda and Breen, comedy and pedestal club
1ugglers, and the beautiful Taylor twin
sisters, direct from European triumphs
covering several years, will bring the bill to
a termination. The matinee prices for the
BiJou are: Downstairs and balcony, 25
cents: gallery. Is cents At night the or
cnestra Is 90 and 25 cents; balcony, 25
the afternoon performances are so cents
and 20 cents in the evening.
THE RAMBLER BURLESOUERS
In the Rambler Burlesquers," who hold
the boards at the ;hyoeum next week. Man
ager herman offers combination of the
cream of many travelling burlesque COM
pan1es, and the result is an attraction Of
more than ordinary merit and one which
is expected to place standing room at
premium during the engagement. The per-
1ormance consists OF two rollicking bur-
and The Tally-Ho Club" which serves to
enlist the full strength Of this organization
Among the speciality acts will be found the
Sohlkes and their original little Archipela-
gons, novelty dancers; Scanlon and Ste
Vens, introducing George Scanlon, 1.-The
parody king Wolf and Milton, in a SEN
sational acrobatic act, entitled Fun in a
Billiard Room the Bijou Comedy Four
the well-known quartet, who blend har-
mony with mirth; the famous Brothers
Lutes, Introducing Clarence A. Lutcs, the
armless wonder. His act is novel and
unique, as, having no arms, he performs
with his feet many wonderful things. The
company also includes Essie Knapp, Harry
Styles and many others. The usual daily
matinees will be given.