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Hoosier Cinderella 80 many requests were
made by managers for time for this season
that ]. r. Stirling, under whose direction
Miss Melville has become one Of the best
postpone the new production until next
year.
CHAsEs THEATER.-The Congress Of
the Daughters of the American Revolution
will occupy Chase's next week. For the
week following program has been ar
ranged which includes Ezra Kendall, Mme,S
a and Marie stuart @ % the Vsidis ay Twin Vim sisters,
Jennie Yeamans, Artie Hall, the Auers and
Hays and Suits. More than likely this
week will be KendalIs last appearance in
vaudeville, as he is considering strong in
ducements to return to comedy.
LADIES' MATINEE AT THE B1JOU.-
There will. hereafter. be two special Ia
dies matinees in the future at the Bijou,
every Friday and Saturday. On these oc-
casions. with smoking eliminated. the en-
tertatnment Of vaudeville and burlesQue.
country and the large and capable stock
organization, is enjoyed by the feminine
portion of the audiences with the keenest
interest. The burlesque for next week Will
include the customary quota of songs by
the principals, and the chorus will be seen
In number OF new ensembles and dances.
The vaudeville portion Of the bill will be
headed by Zelma Rawlston, impersonations
Ol I0dle characters. Inc llNQc was "HeH
Vesta T1lley was regarded as pre-eminent
in this line Of stage characterization. but
during the last few years Miss Rawlston
has even crowded the English Miss T1lley
music halls Of London. Miss Rawlston has
only been In this country during the past
four or five weeks, having returned from
engagements In the principal English cities
that have covered a term OF sixteen
months.
The Great Tascott, who was on the Bi5ou
bill few months ago, will be recalled as
clever singer of coon songs. His dialect
is remarkably faithful. The remainder OF
the bill will be given by the Five Whirl-
winds; John W. World and Mindell Hast
ings: Lew Harvey and Joe Palmer and
Frey and Fields.
sHERIDAN's CITY sPORTs-At the
Lyceum Theater Phil Sheridans Big City
Sports Company will be the attraction for
next week. They come this season in an
entirely new dress and new company.
Principals and chorus, songs, acts and
scenery are said to be all of the best.
Among the principals are several head
liners. including Crissie Sheridan. Robertson
and Peck, assisted by Sheridan and Lee.
in their funny comedy-act Him and Him;
BlCdgett Sisters, sweet singers; Crig and
Ardell. musical comedians: Four Nelson
Sisters. the greatest of all lady acrobats;
Annie Morris. coon shouter; Leonard and
Fulton. comedy sketch: the keeley Broth
ers, champion bag punchers of the world;
F. j. Carroll. in illustrated songs. Ih1s
company presents two burlesques. entitled
an .'Irishman's Visit to Paris" and the
other Troubles In Buffalo Hotel
Manager Herman has made arrangements
with the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany to have q special wire run to the
stage for the prompt receipt Of news of the
McGovern and Sullivanfight Saturday night,
February %. and the Lyceum patrons will
be advised of the contest by rounds.
sIGNoR sCoTTTs cONCERT-signor
Antonio Scott. the famous baritone of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, New
Mr.. Grau. been engaged for a concert at
the Columbia Theater next Friday after
noon at 415. Signor Scotti was pupil
of Signor Paganini, descendant or the
famous violinist He has sung with great
snccess in Milan. Italy and in Covent Gar
den. London, where he scored such tri-
unlph as Don Juan in Mozart's opera that
Mr.. Grau secured him for long engage
ment in America. Signor Scotti has also
scored triumphs in America, in such parts
as Don Juan. Scarpia in La Tosca.' Valen-
tin in Faust Toreador In Carmen and
many others. Signor Scotti has remark
ably pure baritone voice Of telling quality,
superb method and a most artistic way
of using 1t. S.gnor Scott will be heard in
arias of some of his principal operate roles.
Mr.. Franz Wilezek, a noted violinst. will
assist, with number of new selections not
heard here before.
Mr.. Archibald Omstead Of Washington
will be at the piano.
BURTON HOLMES, LECTrRER.-Bur
ton Holmes subjects this year will be of
unusual interest, all being entirely new and
relating to his recent journey around the
world: The subjects will be "St; Peters
Seoul, the Capital of Corea." Mr.. Holmes
enters upon his season equipped with
series of lectures upon his interesting OBJ
servations and researches during the past
N Russia
Corea, and he and his assistant, Oscar
Bennett Depue who accompanied him on
his cycle Of the globe, have secured rare
collection of moving pictures. with which
the lectures will be illustrated. One of the
great charms Of these lectures lies in the
fact that these moving pictures and the
words from the lips Of the lecturer proceed
in perfect harmony, The comprehensive
title of A New Way Around the World
has been selected by Mr.. Holmes for this
years series of lectures, he having sailed
from New York April II last and ctrcling
the globe by way Of Hamburg, Berlin. ST.
Petersburg. Finland. Poland Moscow. Ir
kutsk, Lake Baikal, Stretensk. Vladivostok
Pekin. Corea, Japan, Yokohama, thence to
Honoluln and San Francisco The lectures
by Mr. Holmes will be given at the Column
bia five successive Tuesday afternoons be-
ginning next Tuesday. The course sale of
tickets is now going on at the box office.
KUBELIk'S RETURN.-In the western
cities Jan Kubelik is meeting with the
same remarkable success which attended
him in the east. and even larger
audiences have greeted him in Chi
cago. Cincinnati, st. Louis and Cleve-
land than did in this vicinity, yet the in
terest in his playing has not abated in
this city, as is shown by the many calls
and inquiries about his return engage
ment here. Managers Luckett and Dwyer
state that a most attractive program has
been arranged for the recital at the Co.
lumbia Theater Sunday evening, February
16, and will include selections from such
well-known composers Vieuxtemps
Bach, Ernst. Bassini and, of course, Pag-
anini, and Mr.. Knbelik will have the as
sistance of Miss Maria Victoria Torrilhon
pianist, and Herr Friml, accompan,st
PADEREwsKI coM1NG.-1t is currently
reported that Paderewski has settled his
beautiful villa. Riond Bosson, In Morges,
Switzerland, upon Mrs. Paderewski as a
recognition Of her many years Of moth
erly care Of his deceased son Alfred It
at Riond Bosson that the boy spent
the last years of his life, and the inhabit-
ants Of Morges were thoroughly familiar
with the pathetic little figure in his mnia-
ture carriage. The home Of his idolized
child, to which Paderewski always re-
turned to rest after his months of concert
izing, is as beautiful taste and opulence
can make a country place. The artist