Evening journal., 1904-02-20

fectlOn or MISS Mary Lawson Leacn IN
the New Century Club on Thursday
evening, Feb. 25th Although a NUM-
ber of requests have been made that
the entertainment of last June be re-
peated, it has not been thought adj.
visable 30 do so, and. while the COM
ing entertainment viii be similar, the
music and pictures viii be new. Miss
Leach has promised to give a number
Of the songs and melodies for which
She is so sustly famed, and this in it,
self is sufficient guarantee Of the sue
cess Of the evening.
The cities OF ST. Joseph, Mo. Quincy
and Peoria, H., Fort Wayne Ind. and
Kalamazoo. Mich, have had the great
opportunity Of seeing Mrs. Leslie Car
ter IN David Belasco's 'Du Barry" dur
ing the week just closed. and her ap-
pearance in each place was a veritable
holiday event. Excursions were run
from nearly towns. and the theatres
were jammed TO the walls at every per-
formance. Mrs. Carter has not played
these one hight stands since gle early
days of the Heart of Maryland" Mrs
Carter's triumphant progress will con-
tinue next week to Toronto. Canada,
and after week there will proceed to
| Buffalo. II all these cities IL is to be
her first as well as Ut appearance in
her great creation OF La Du Barry.
She viii be in Wilmington in May
The Corse Payton Comedy Company
closes weeks engagement at the
Opera House tonight. The theatre has
been crowded all week and the vaude-
Vile features between the acts, es-
pecially Charmion, have been Of special
interest. This afternoon "Davy Crock
EFT" is being presented and tonight
THE Trail OF Sin" win be given.
Henry Miller will appear at the Op-
era House next Saturday night. He
will come in his successful new play,
Man Proposes"
sousa has added to the gayety Of
many nations and his absence from the
! American concert field for more than
a year has left a musical void How
lever. the March King is about con-
lcluding his long vacation ana win re-
sumo his concert tour at the first of
April, and his great band will have
! the assistance of Estelle Liebling, So
prano; Jessie Strauss, violinist; Her
/ bert /. Clarke, corpet, and Jean II. b.
/ Moeremans, saxophonist SOusa win
be In Wilmington for one night soon
after the opening Of his season.
Hoyts amusing satire. "A Texas
Steer" comes to Grand Opera House
on Tuesday afternoon and night. The
I company is substantially the same as
the one that has rendered the comedy
so acceptably for a number of years.
The original and only Milt. G. Barlow
is playing the Minister to Dahomey,
James A. Devlin appears as Maverick
Brander. He has been a member of
the Hoyt companies for many years.
Miss May Bretonne, a charming young
actress, is the Texas maiden Bossy,
VIII T. Chatterton is the Major Yell,
William Marble, Jr., appears in the
character OF Brassy Gall. Thomas
Haskett is the Captain Bright, Joseph
inc Fox is Mrs. Brander. the famous
Texas Steer Quartette and others.
lSlaw & Erlanger's greatest musical
production, the colossal London Drury
Lane spectacle Mother Goose" which
has held the stage at the New Amster-
dam Theatre in New York almost the
entire season, on Monday, February
20, will open at the Chestnut Street
] Opera House in Philadelphia for stay
OF three weeks. Four hundred people
take part in the performance and dur
ing its presentation nearly 1000 differ
ent costumes are worn.
/ There are two great ballets and a
wonderfully beautiful Transformation
in Mother Goose" These are shown
at the ends OF the acts. The ballet at
the finale of the first -act is called
L'Art Nouveau, and represents in cho-
ruses and professions products of art
/ in manufacture. displaying carved
ivory, wrought bronzes and iron. mo-
saics, irridescent glasses, earthenware
Limoges enamels, goldwork. transpar-
ent enamels. jewelry and the diamond
The great ballet Heartsease at the end
Of the second act is preceded by "a
minor ballet called The Land Of Frost
and Ice, remarkably beautiful scene
composed Of frosted bead work This
melts into The Land of Heartsease
showing most gorgeous costumes in
every hue Of the pansy. This IS the
greatest spectacular scene ever pre-
sented on the American stage
The Four Cohans' musical farce
"The Governors Son." which has made
such a hit at the Lyceum Theatre
since Thursday viii close its engage
ment there tonight
Those who have not become familiar
with the bill offered at the Garrfcb
this week can hardly afford 10 allow
the week to come to an end without
doing So The comedy and novelty
features Of the programme are Of q
high order, and entirely worthy Of tn,
house which offers them.
Manager Dockstader has sofne sur.
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