Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-18
ADJUSTMENTS.

LORD Observation-Disclosures point
to a successful opening of the Arden season
next Monday evening al the Columbia. The
advance booking of orders has been very
large, and there is sure to be a line at the
box office in the morning when the regular
sale of seats begins.
The opening bill announced is David Be
lascos comedy drama, Lord Chumley.'
This selection was made after careful con-
sideration, and should prove to be a fine
opening bill, as it not only gives Mr.. Arden
splendid chance, but affords several oth-
ers of the company exceptional opportunl-
ties. There will be matinees on Thursday
and Saturday.
WIZARD OF THE NILE THE Wizard
of the Nile" Frank Daniels great success,
is the opera to be presented by the comic
opera organization at Chase's Theater next
week THE Wizard is one of the most
popular compositions ever heard here. The
role of Kibosh, which was written to lit
Daniels, will be assumed by Fred Frear:
Norma Kopp will appear in the part OF
Abydos, the apprentice, which she created
in the Daniels organization: Walter Law
renee will be the king and Edith Hutchins
the princess, who knows naught of love.
Grafton Baker will be Ptarmigan, and Will
lam Schuster will be the unfortunate
Cheops. Albert Wilder will play Policeman
McIbis. The scenery is by Ernest Albert,
ard the costumes are Seidle designs and
will be handsome. Matinees Will be on
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and the
free service of ice cream and ices will con-
tinue at all performances.
COLISEUM-A large audience visited the
Coliseum to be startled or entertained by
bicycle races, the feats Of acrobats, the
antics of clowns. and especially the daring
ride and leap of Daredevil Schreyer." The
aggregation of performers this week is an
exceptionally strong one and the various
turns We're applauded to the echo. Perhaps
the most daring feat that has been wit
messed in this city is the ride and leap of
Schreyer. He started on an ordinary bicy-
Gle at the top of an incline three feet wide
and $50 feet long, the start being made at
a height something over 100 feet, giving an
angle Of about sixty or seventy degrees. At
the bottom of this chute is a level platform
which stops abruptly at a height of about
thirty feet from the ground. Schreyer con-
tinues his wild ride down this platform and
makes leap from the end of it into a tank
of water placed some thirty feet beyond
where it stops, the bicycle being left in
midair to bring up where it will. 1t is safe
to say that hardly person in the large au-
dience took a full-szed breath from the
time Schreyer left the top of the incline I'M
til he reappeared in the water in the tank.
In fact so short a time elapsed from the
time he started until he stood bowling his
ACCOMPLISHMENTS of applause that anyone
might easily have remained GREATNESS with
out serious danger.
The remainder of the show. while hardly
up to the exciting standard set by Schreyer
was satisfactory in every detail. The Orig
mai Rios did a clever turn on the flying
rings, introducing new features. The clown
acrObats, Bush and Bush pleased everyone
and William II. Hill, a high wire artist of
WeIl-knoWn ability, performed number of
dif1cult evolutions on the delicate strand in
midair.
The feature Of the racing held in connec-
ton with the circus was fiye-miie motor
race between Duer of Buffalo and Atkinson
OF Baltimore, the race being run off in three
heats.
Schreyer has been re-engaged for next
week. The remainder of the amusement
program will be made up Of new attractions
the chief being Newell and Shevette. the
-.Llpie-oar acrobats; Rhea and Benedetto
the great revolving ladder artists and the
nylng st. Belmos, who give a startling
trapeze exhibition. There will be motor
cycle races every night and dancing after
ward until midnight. The sale of seats is
progressing at the uptown branch ticker
offices of the Coliseum