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ITlday nnd Snttirdny nlghl, nnd Snt
*rdny mnllnec?Kller.v'n Ilnnil.
IIIJOIJ T1IKATHH.
'The Kn.nl Wedillng," nll .he rreek.
r.UBlS' TIIM.VTIIM.
VmitlcvHI. nll llie iverk.
Kllcrjr's Ilnnil,
Channlng EUery, tho fotinder and
nroprletor of the fnmotis Kljory Band,
in not the usual typo of huiid lin
presnrio us .such are ItlioWn In Amer?
ica, nnd he 1ms worked during tho
past ten years far more In tho in?
tcrest of the inusical art than in that
of hls poi.'ketbook. Ho has refuscd
porslsteritly, aiul that, too. in thc fuco
of stronuous advico from dlvers
frlends, to abandon hls ideaa for the
Isako of turning n ponny. He has
l^luck consistenlly to ihe Ingitimate
| as the only thing that Is bound to
j siitlsry thlnking people in tho long
jrun. Hls band, as dlrecied hy Cltrolam,
(has none of the earmarks of thc usual
j Itallan band save tho teiuporamont
l that ls ln-it. The componcnts of .the
j band are Itallans, . lt is truc, but
jltallans restraincd nnd gulded by
j Yankee judgment nnd culture. Ellcry
i was brought up on Beethoven sym
! phonles, and i.s well schoolod ln all
j forms and nationalltlcs of muslc. He
? thas insistcd on having an organlza
jtion thnt shall possess artiatlc syni
pathlos as broadly cathollc as hls own.
jAnd thls spirit is p'lalnly shown In thoi
jt-haracter of the Ellcry'Barid's uchieve-I
I nients. Kllery's Band comes to the
1 Academy on EYIday and Saturday, aiid
| Saturday matinee. .
'"'Tlie ITohhc Xexl IJoor."
The comlng nf J. E. Dodson In "The
' "Housc Next Door." to the Academy
i Tuesday, March S, is an attractlon
? worthy of attentlon, owing to the Im- oh
:,portanco and .dignity of thc star and tn
ithc success tho play has beon ac- cl't
corded in otlier t.ties. The play is a see
three-act comedy, by J. Hartley Jlan
ners, who dorived his Inspiration from
the German. It is said the merlt of
lt consiets ln well-devised situations
and rlearly drawn and boldlv con
trastod charactore.
Tlie scene's are located in Engla'nd.
? nnd the most conspfcuous nnd interest
.ing person lnvolved in the nlot is a
poor and proud Engllsh baronet, who
cherlshes an. invetcrate hatred for his
neighbor/V rna^C of tho people, who
?does noT" elTjo"y .heredity of hirth, but
has made his mark in the world and
has accumulated wcalth A nmi?Ma.i
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LICENSED UNDER THE SELDEN PATENT
CHAN.MVO El.T.KIlY,
roprletor Rllery Ilnnil, nt tlie Acndcnrv
Mnalc Prldny nnd Snturdny nnd Snl
iltiy .ATatlucc, March 11 nnd 12.
atrlmonlal alllance between members
his famlly and members of that of
s rlch and gonerous noighbor the
tl baronet resonts. Tho cOurse- of
ite lovo runs rough, but the eon
jsion is reconolloment, tho baronet
!lng reason to relax his antlpathy
and becomc placahle.
Of air. Dodson in the role of th
haughty Engllsh aristocrat, it ls sal
his Impersonation exhiblts strong char
ncter, prido of blrth and fntense feel
ing. whilo cmbclllshlng his portraya
with many exquisite touches' of deli
cate eccentricity and polishod mannei
No observcr'.acqualnted wlth Mr. Dod
son's actlng needs to be remlnded tha
lie possesses unusual dlstlnctlon, tha
his deslgn is always formed wlth dee
ihought, and that hls cxecutlon ls tha
of the finely cut camoo.
Thc character of the baronet is sal<
to admll. of very full play of iho
actor's peculliir httmor, nnd ln the es
positlon of It, It also allows a toucii
ing transltlon from hatr'dd to. mag
nnnlmlty, and Mr. Dodson Is said lo
Intprove that opportunlty ns both. to
dellght the .lutlsrmont and touch tho
heart. Htich Iniiiior.as ho Infttscs Into
the character In his expressiun of It
ls revpRled by the expcdlonco of seom-l
Ingly lihlhiontfonul comlc lrasclbliltyi
.wlth a show of splcnotlc tomperament.
Hhouts of latighter horcloforo havo
marked. every ricenci nnd the ploeo
Is'/said-'tq he brllllantly played,'; the
nocesHlty of having a company of
unttsiTal cxcelloncn is reo-li/.od after
Avltnosalng a porformance. In the east
wlll bo found Frank Loaee, Ilerbert
Slaiullng, AV. 11. Samw. .1. Malcolm
Dunn; A. T. Ilendon. Charles J">lom.
Bitth Choster, I.orena. Atwood, Ollvo
Templo nnd Frinla Marlnoff.
"Tho Fnlnl ".V-ililliig."
AVhoever heard of "The Fatal AAred
dlng?" AVe dld! AVho dld? All of ttf
That'a rlght. Thero probably Is not
one famlly In the entlre country that
has hot heard of thls great play, nnd
mlghly few of them that havo not
soon It, for lt hns the greatest appeal
to the thontri'golng public which hns
ever been known. The beauty of this
play ls that tho.se who sec lt once go
agaln nnd agaln, for tho story is In?
terestlng, the characters nre well
drawn, the comedy ls clean, and thero
Is "Homothlng doing" all tho tlme,
Accordlngly, Mossrs. Kllmt & Gaswolo,
two of tho best managers in the coun?
try, have made arrangements by which
they offer "Tho Fatal AVcdding" for
?. final" tour of the country, and It
wlll bo seen at the BIJou Theatre
commencinR" Monday nlght. The com?
pany which will present It i.s ono ot
tho strongest which hns ever appeared
In thls ever-green molodrama, and tho
sqonery has been glven special atten
tlon. so that no matter how many
tlmes you may have seen it, and who
your favorltes are In the characters,
you will see them played this time
as woll, if not better, than. ever be?
fore. Kliint & G'abbolo havo a motto
which they apply to all their produc
tlons, lt being "Thon some," meanlng
that the public should bo glven every
thing which is advertisod and "then
some." and they havo consistontly fol?
lowed this motto all through thelr
career. it having landod them at tho
top of the nianagerlal ladder, wlth
tho faith and respect of brother man
agers, actors and the public. Theyi
take a personal prldo in , every thing
they do, and in thls,'their offering-of
"Tlie Fatal Wedding," they havo. gqne
out of thelr way to seoure tho best
talent possible, and have spared
nelther time nor money to make tho
scenic plctures such that no ono can
find fault with. The Llttle Mother
in this play is one which makos an
appeal to every one, for thls is a
child grown old in cxpcrienco before
her tlme, yet pure and lovely, and
bringing happlhess to all sho1 comos
in contact wlth. She lt is who is in a
large way responsiblo for thc final
.lAflJK'r U.I.VX,
> ?? ?'.Tke;Ii'alMl:W?:ddlusyi nt thc Wjou,
J. E. uonsox,
ln "The House Aext Door," ut (ttc Acnilrinj Mnrch S.
happy situatlon. although ahly aa
slsted in thls hy the comedy Irish
woman. an excltable and very funny
Eronchman and a pollceinan.
Ijiililu Tlicntre.
The Lubin hlll for the comlng week
promises an abundance of dlverslflod
entertalnment, in additlon to sovoral
excellent vaudevllle numbers belng an
assortment of rcallstic. motion plc
tures.
Ernest and Marie Lee Danavas. "Tho
Candy Kid" and the French flextblo
marvel, will offcr a novel combtnatlon
of e.oniedy and at-robatic contortlon
work that is sald to mako up an act
that Is thoroughly en.loyablo.
Bell and Washhurn will he seen ln
a comedy number that gives both op
portunlty to sing several latc song
Jiits. They nre sald to possess re
markably sweet voices, and thelr num?
ber is sald to he of the better class
of comedy slnglng numbers.
Bessie Romainc, a. dashing soubrette.
wlll he seen in a singing and dancing
number that has much to conimend It.
Miss Romalno is sald to bo a flnishod
artlst, her vocal numbers belng earo
fully selected and well rendered.
Summer Stock.
Contracts were slgned last week
by Jako "VVells for the Leath Tlicatrical
Company, whereby Richmond is to
have a flrst-class stock company nt
thc Academy of Music during the
spring and summer season. Tho or
gani.ation wlll be known as the Bcn
jamln Players. and wlll bo undor the
dlrectlon of Paul R. Bcnjamln, who
was in charge of the stock organlza
tion at the Academy last summer, and
who is now press representative for
Miss Maxino Elliott. Associated wlth
Mr. Benjamln will bee Lee "Wise, man?
ager of the Academy of Muslc.
Miss Carroli McComas, who made
such 'a hit as leadlng woman in the
stock company last summer. has been
re-engagcil. An exceptional company
wlll be engaged, and productions of
hlgh-cjasa royalty plays wlll bo made.
C'omedlos will probably hold sway dur?
ing the greater part of tho season,
which will be ten weeks and more in
duration. Tho opening date will be
Aprll IS.
WILL DIVIDE PROFITS .
OR SHARE THE LOSSES
Four I5Ik Track* to I'ool Interettl
ComluK Soason?Xo pa|i Meet for
Kiiiplre City nnd Itrlghtou.
New York, March 5.?Four of the
big race tracks around New"; York
City have pooled intercsts for the com?
lng season. They are Brlghton, Km
plre City. Aqueduct and .lamalca. As a
result of thelr agreement the four.as- j,',
sociations will dtvlde up the profits ff
or losses that may result from tho 10l
oighty-two days of sport alloted .them.
lt appears that the recent pu/.zlo
over the allotment of dates make thla
combination advlsable. Tho Idea ori^
i'nated from tho fact that Shccpshead,
Gr.avosend and Hclmont have been
poollng llielr holtday reoolpts on cer?
taln of 1..0 scason'a blg days. When
II wa.s found that theso blg tracks
lnslstcd on havlng tlie usual quota
of dates, hicluding tho holldays.and
that Snratoga demanded at leaht
twenty-one days. whlle Empire Clty
? ,-;? taddeo ?t amor.AMO,
Jlrcctor ISlIcry nmid, Academy of Mu
ie Prlilny nnd Saturday nnd Saturday
lutinee, .Alnreb 11 nnd 1_.
tnd Brlghton declincd to hold fall
neetings, it was suggested that the
our associatlons named should com
Ine for mutiial protectlon.
Aqueduct and Jamalca will each race
wenty-elght days, Empire City wlll
ondtict a twelvo days' meetlng and
irlghton will be open ? for fourteen
ays, The track owners- declare that
ney do not expect raclng to prove
profltablc Investment thls year.
hey say' thoy wlll bo satlsflcd to pay
>cpenses. The program arranged,
owever, shows that tho track owners
10I confident of a certaln renewa. /
'. public patronage.
GREAT IECITTI
MMIMMI
Potomac Boat Club Will Make
Effort to Land National
Amateur Rowing Event.
Philadelphia, Pa. >Sa.??j ?fc__[
"Washlngton and made a det'ormined
tight for tho noxt annual regatta of
the National Assoclation of Amatour
Oarsmon, the blggest aquatlc ovent
of its kind held in thls country. Thls
was docided at a meeting of the Po?
tomac Boat Club the other night. x
.Tlie placo of holdlng tho;regatta will
be.. made known at .a~ meeting of .tho
exeeutlvo committeo of tho association,
which wili be held at tho New York
Athletlc Club clubhouso March 10. At'
this regatta ls to America whaj. tho i
Henley is to En-"land, lt attracts largo
crowds from' all sectlons of the Unlted
States and Canada, lnasmuch as lt is a
oontest ln whlch the wlnners in other
regattaa meet to decldo tho. chatnplon
ships.
Tho regatta wlll bo hold at a; dato
to .?__ decidocr~oiOkiter, but it wlll
posl.tively tako place botwoon July 20
and August 10.' ? ; . .
Washlngton to. win tlie event wlll
havo to put up a protty llvely llght, as
Boston, Now York and Saiintoga aro
also bidders; , Claudo R.. Kappbne, of
Washlngton,: Ia-a member of tha ex
ecullve committeo of tho National As
Noeiatlou of Amateur Oarsmen. and It
Is aafe to predjet that "WiiBhington
has moro than an even chanco to wln
tlie groat aquatlc ovent, lasting. two
days, and whlch ha? not boen held ln
thls city Hlnco August 10, 1891. ?
Tho rost of tho regatta ls estlmated
at. J.,500, and ln tho'ovont of Wash?
lngton wlniiing. lt wlU ho nocosaary
for tho /Washlngton follnwors of this
pnstimo and biiHlnos. men to opntrih
uto |n order to heln thc I'otomao Boat
Cluii ln Us imdertaklng.
., Last yetii's regattu wiuHield ai T)n
trolt, and II Is .etimated that lo.ooo
?ft_!?2MJ&esL.UiB^
BUOU THEATRE
R.CHMOND'S POPULAR PLAYHOUSE.
COMMENCING MONDAY, MARCH 7th.
Be One of the Million Who Laugh
and Cry at
"Tlie Fatal Wedding"
Klimt & Gazzolo's
Stupendous Production
'?:'i: OF THIS
WORLD-FAMOUS, THRILLING MELODRAA1A,
By. THEODORE KREMER.
Brimful of Heart Interest.
ACADEMY---2sA?
Only, March 8.
"A GREAT ACTOR IN A GREAT PLAY."
-kL^')'?rk W?r.ld Said <)f .Mr' Dodson fn "T?c House Next Door":
SfiftSSBSfc28$E-D,K,soni9a,togcthcr!?- Thcart
COHAN AND HARRIS Present
Mr.J.E DODSON
The Forcmost Charactcr Actor on the Amerlcan Stage, In J. HarUcy
ManncrV Brilllant Comcdy of London Soclety,
The House Next Door
TWO SEASONS AT THE GAIETY THEATRE, NEW YORK.
Original Cast and Complete New York Production.
PRICES, 50c to $1.50. SEATS N0W SELLING.
ACADEMY, F_at& March 11-12
MATINEE SATURDAY.
Ellery's Royal Italian Band
TADDEO DI GIROLAMO, Dlrector.
75 GREAT ARTISTS
AND
Giannini,
The Wonderful Italian Tenor.
PRICES: Matinee, 25c to 75c; Nigbt, 25c to $1.00.
HANDSOME AND POPULAR.
... The Lubin...
ERNEST AND MARIE LES DANOVAS,
The Candy Kid and the French Flexible Marvel?Novclty Comedy Act.
BELL AND WASHBURN,
Swcet Songsters and Comedians. *
MAUD BARTOW,
. The Fascinating Soubrette.
THE BEST IN MOTION PICTURES. ?
wltness th.o plck of American apd Ca
nadian oarsmo.n ln competitlon. Whlle
it is assurod that the champions of
Canada wlll bo reorcsented in tho
ovont of lt coming to thls city. lt is
more than probable Jhat the Belgian
elght, three. tlmcs winncrs of the Eng?
llsh Henley, as well as othor forelgn
crows, will be Induced,. thfpugji thelr
legatlons and othcrwlHo. to come to
this city, making lt both a national
and an Intornatlonal event ln every
sense of tho word.
FOflTY HPPIIC1TS
JT WAKE FOREST
List Includes Many Fast Ama
teurs?Schedule Is Not
Yet Fixed.
Wake Forest, N.- C, March 5.?Every
afternoon that tho woather permlts
about forty students are to bo seen
on the athletlc fleld.as candldatos for
the baseball team. At present tho en.
tlro squad ls undor the generalshlp of
II. C. Benton, who for th-? past four i
years was one of Wake Forest's most
valuable players. For three years he
occupied shortstop, while last year ho
was captain of the team and played
lecqnd base. Benton ls now a licensed
lawyer, having succossfuily passed thu
Suprome Court oxamlnatlbn last month,
ind Will in a short tlmo enter the legal
professlon, Coach Cro.ier, who is
tway wlth tho baskotball team, will
[?oturn Monday, and with hlm, in charge
}f tho pltchers, catohors and ptitllold
jrs, and Bonton ooachlng tho Inneld,
Wak? Eorest will onsliy havo onp of
ho best coaohod tonins in tho fcituto;
['he tetun this year wlll be thn most
?oprosentativo tnatu the colloge hns put
int (n several yoara,
-. wlUJ^J#nu',.?BU<* Ifl PJirt pf jor-|i
mer high school stars. thore belnj*
only three of last year's players in
college. Wako Forest wlll bo tho only,
collcgo team in the Stato which wlll
play every other collcgo wlthin the
Stato. Though not a momber of the
S. I. A. A.. it wlll play Trinlty under
thoso rules, as every player ls a bona
lldo student and has rocolved no com
pensatlon for his ball playlng befora
comlng to Wako Forest.
Havlng players that are strictly amaV
tours, teams wlth players who have
played professlonal ball wlll be played
without a klclt. Tho schedule has not
beon complotod yot, but Manager Chook
says there wlll be between twenty and
twenfry-fivo games played.
Tho battery this year wlll bo com
POsed of ontlroly now materlal. .. But
though now lt doos not mean that
thoy wlll bo bolow tho standard. Flve
Pitchors aro working hard In tho hope
of maklng that posltlon. Thoy are
Utloy, of last year'a Raleigh High
School toam; Stlllwoll, who has had
four years' exporlonco as a pltcher ln
a prop! school; Martln, of last year'a
AVarronton High School" team; Benm,
who played Held on last year's team,
and Carter, a graduato of tho Unlver?
slty of Toxris, who, though ho dld not
mako tho varslty at. that' place, la
showlng oxcellont form. Thore aro flvo
eandldatos for tho rooolvlng end of
the battory. Thoy aro Wlllls, Fauoette,
Leggott, Hlddlek nnd Watkins, of lust
year's scrub toain, Captaln Edwardd
wlll ln all probabillty play flrst base.
Lep, Fnucotto and Klng all show good
form for second, Whlte wlll probably
ooouny hla old posltlon ut short, though
Qrett and Aydlott both show up well.
Thlrd wlll be well taken oare of. Ut
ley, if he doos not pltch, could oovor
thls posltlon woll, us could Foronuu;
nnd Brott,
Tho outnold wlll bo fast. Beam, of \
last year's team, ir ,ho doosn't' pltch,
ivlll ho seon In rlght llold. Among tho
Dromlslng eamlldat-ii aro Futrell, Cos
lollo. MoBmie, Hroughtou, .1, M, Kd
vvards, V. Whlle nnd others.
The teuni ls oxpoolcd to bo extremoUl
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