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Columbia Touight, last American con
cert of Hroalslaw Uuherman; Monday, The
Madrid; Tuesday, Carroll Institute Dra
matic Club in "David Garrick;" Saturday,
Jonnie Juniors in "Mikado."
National Stuart Robson, in "The Juck
iins." Lafayette " Erminic."
" Academy -"The Lost Paradise."
Grand Black Patti Troubadours.
Bijtui "Confederate Spy."
Kentan's-City SiKirts.
The National will take up, the thread of
ts season tomorrow night after having
been dark Tor a week. Itis good policy to
elosf h house when no attraction up to
standard i to be bad. The National will
profit on the losses' of last week. Had
they kept open it Mould necessarily have
lee:i with a performance below ils Mislained
trade.
Had performances drive people away from
Uie theater into other channels of amnse
ment Just as a good performance stimulates
interest and creates desire for more of the
same thin jr. A manager never wilfully
HcrvK-s hu inferior attraction Likethe pub
lic, he is fooled often on his part. Some
times it is by the misrepresentation of the
purveyors of the attractions; sometimes by
Lite 'ridiculous misplaced and often sub
sidized criticism of the New Tork penny
dreadfuls, or often the disturbing element is
chance itself, merely the fortune of war. as
In u new production. All the conditions
precedent for favorableoutooaie arepkitd,
girttd act-irs, good stage manager and good
itago dressing, but there is. locked up in Uw
an certain possibilities of a new play the
inccesH to make fame and fortune, and on
the other hand the failure to crj" Tor :n
lustaui fumigation.
In resuming tlitir season the big Avenue
theater presents Stuait Robon in a drama
tization of Opie Read's story, "The Juck
Uns." Jt was done by Mr. Hart, who has
ofliciaied Tor Mr. Boboii asadsptorin one
or twooUiei instances. Tins comedian lias
for tear ln.-cu searchitig for a successor to
"TheHeiiriettVinwhichhe was the victim
or the overwhelming popularity of a single
part. Bertie has pursued him ever since
with the ominous shadow of a Nemesis
lie lias bounded back and forth from one
rolctoauotliei,asirinagaiiieofl)att!edoor
and shuttit-cock, but -always rings In his
ears uie distressing tolerative uriticism of
Uie public, "yes, good enough: Robson is
always good, but not so good as Bertie, the
lamb " Now, at laEt, it is claimed by and
forthisoomediau tbat he has a comedy role
superior to that terrible success. Let us
hope o We shall see tomorrow night.
With Mr. Robson on this trip is Mrs.
Robson, May Waldrou,a woman of beauty,
charm and talent as remembered In her
lrformauees of several years ago, lie
fore she sought the rest of domestic life
at their Massachusetts country place.
The Columbia is decidedly musical these
days. Last Monday Huberman made even
a greater triumph than on his first ap
pearance, aud was the hero of a little
Bcene, hereinbefore described, which sel
dom falls to the lot of others of the
popular idols He had the first people of
the city, artistic, f-ocial and diplomatic,
actually at his feet. They crowded about,
kissing the Loy, pourlug out their raptin--ous
adulation, which he did not understand
ut all, and begging for autographs. One,
enthusiastic maideu a tailot-made maiden,
whom -one should suppose to be far too
sedate for any such enthusiasm had no
paper for her autograph, so she ripped
off her linen cuff, and somewhere in her
boudoir today, doubtless conspicuously,
sjie has Uiatcuff with the cherished tracery
nf Huherriian's autograph to show envious
friends.
Aud the genius that causes such a furore
is in every way wonderful and worthy of
It Young Huberman js without a peer
as a violinist. At thirteen years he has
accomplished the united feats of Surasate,
Caesar Thompson and Isaj-e. Not alone
In technique and temperament, but his
Teats or memory are miraculous. He plays
a long concerto over once or twice -and
It is memorized forever. His memorised
U biary of music includes more than most
of the other urtists can play from note.
In the two public and one private recital
he has played the most exacting music,
written for the delicate instrument of
which he Is master. Yet for bis concert
tonight he has an entirely new bill. He
might goon this way for weeks and never
once be in need of new material, or play
from note. The concert tonight is really
In response to the oatlon given Dim on
the stage of the Columbia last Monday,
but for the sake of those who cannot
nrford high prices but wisti to hear him,
he has lowered his scale for this last
American appearance. Next Thursday
lie nails Tor Europe, not to return, he says,
for man y years.
The Calve concert on Wednesday was in
most respects a great treat- Hut the
prima donua overshadowed every one else
It was a plaiu case of eclipse. And what
a-adiaut sun she is. With all the warmth
and splendor and vitality of thelord of
the sky, she dominates her profession with
few equals There are but four eminently
great .sopranos now Calve, Nordlca, Melba
and Eames We should be very proud
that two of these divas, Nordlca and
Eames, are American women, born, bred
and wed The attendance would have
been larger if tho prices had not been so
high. There Is not an overwhelming pen
chant, cten among those best able, to
pay $5, to hear a prima donna sing three
songs. Yet such Is the commercial status
of the primo dunne that they leave no
pickings for their managers, unless the
prices are as high as they think they
can squeeze tho public Nordica packed
the Lafayette at $2, and the Columbia
sold all its seats at this price, but above
it there was a marked falling ott.
If the Metropolitan regime in New York
city rails down and a new oriels built over
it on more"reasonWjle"llnes,- perhaps tho
public of few dollars may have a chance to
hear the great artists as often as they
wish, and the musical temperament of the
Europeans will be grafted on our own.
But while speculative managers import
artists at twice or thilce their .European
j, ptice, at a price which makes It impossible
to charge rational prices, just so long
opera will be a luxury to be enjoyed only
by a few and the many are robbed of their
rightful pleasure.
The stones of their own house fell upon
the Metropolitans In Chicago. After pur
suing a policy of making one or two prime
donne the exclusive .features of their sea
son, they went to the Windy City without
Melba and Eames. They had to cat the
food of theli owu planting. The public,
bciug- trained to believe that they paid
their $5 to hear these artists took no ac
couut of a great orchestra, a fine chorus,
great compositions, and the lest obtain
able principles. Aut Melba, ant nuluml
They stayed away. If Mr. Gran had pri
marily pursued a policy of teaching the
people love of opera for opera's sake and
not for the sake of a single prima donna,
his season would have prospered.
At the Lafayette last week a first-rate
article of grand opera was given in the
presentation of "Faust' Scemcally, and
in the matter of the choruB, the Abbey Com
pany has excelled it. The orchestra was
crude, but even it was good for the price
As for the principals, while none of them
were supremely great, all were thoroughly
enjoyable, and each had magnificent mo
ments. For instance, Miss Klein de
livered the short passage ut the first en
trance of Marguerite, as she declines
Faust's overtures, as well as it could have
been done The sweetness and modesty of
the voice and manner were quite perlect
For some reason she held hciseltin sub
sequent passages demanding power. Then
MissLlchterachicved a miracle of technical
effect In the ascending scale at the begin
ning of the jewel song. It is great praise,
but it is due her, to say that these few
notes could scarcely have been better
given. In the final scene she was likewise
superb. The soldiers' chorus has never
been better sung hero.
There Is no comparison between the
"Fau8t"production and the two which pre
ceded it What will the company do with
"Erminie?" It is the biU for this week.
The second of the summer stock beasons
inaugurates its run at Uie Academy this
week in the coming of the Cummings Stock
Company. Much has already been said of
thiscompanyin the public press. Thereis
nothing to add until it reveals itself to the
public tomorrow uight It comes after a
winter season in Louisville, and should bring
a repertoiieorplaysfe, which each memberis
well adapted and in which everyone is well
traiued. TheopeiiingplayisUeMllle'siabor
play, ' "The Lost Paradise. ' ' E veryone kno ws
theinhcrentstrengthof this drama. I twill
doubtless be given a fine opening presenta
tion. The prices at the Academy are to be
but 25 and 50 cents.
An amiable but unsophisUcatvd public
indulges itself in consldeiablc misplaced
sympathy for the Cherry Sisters in their
exhibition at the Bijou last week, or at
least for the exhibition which the public
made of them. These simple rustics are
not all pattoral veneer They know a
thing or two, and perhaps three. The
moment they cease to be tiie targctof vege
tables their commercial value ceases. They
art so bad (artisUcally or lnartisUcally)
ttiat they are good. They know it, aud
they try to be just as ungainly as possible.
They are far from being the fools in the
case. In a way they are extremely clever.
Much of their goings on Is acting pure and
simple; but the audience doesn't know It.
Score one for the Cherry Sisters. It simply
is a chance of James Owen O'Conncr, mul
tiplied by four, in the feminine gender
If they cared to speak thelrmind they would,
probably say: "You give us your garden
truck, but you give us your dollars, too.
Sr. who cares?" Wise cherries. Tbelrlowa
philosophy is all right, There's no mort
gage on their farm. This week the Bijou
will have a new drama.-'The Confederate
Spy."
The Grand lias a repeater this week in
the Black Pattl and her Troubadours, and
the Flynn and Sheridan City Sports is
no new-comer to Kernan's. They are.
both favorites.
Tlds week presents several imateur en
tertainments or considerable interest. To
morrow night at the Columbia will take
place the Mndrlds' grand concert. This
popular quartet has gratuitously given its
services to nearly every amateur enter
tainment for two years, and now the young
men modestly come forth with the best
amateur talent In the. city, and offer their
friends whom they have so often favored
In the past, an actual bargain.
On Tuesday evening at Uie same theater
the Carroll Institute D ramatic Club will re
peat "David Garrick" and Jerome K. Je
rome's "Barbara." These popular and ac
complished players are always sure of a big
house whenever they volunteer their ser
vices They act as well as many more
famous professional organizations. Their
benefit this week is for the Athletic Asso
ciation of the Catholic University.
The most encouraging reports come from
New York city about the company which
is toplaythissummeratthe Columbia. The
company is now complete, and as itbtands
now it is one of the finest stock companies
ever organized, not alone for summer work,
but for -permanency, In New York. The
members are all well-known people, and
many of them are sure to be conspicuous
socially d uring their stay.
Joe Jerferson, was so pleased at the
roster of the.'. Columbia stock that he ap
plied for a place in It for his son William,
who has heretofore acted only in his
father's company. Joe wants the young
man to get a good stock experience. Mr.
Jefferson will probably bring some of his
horses from Buzzard's Bay stable, and he
has already engaged apartments atone of
the swell uptown hotels.
Katharine Grey will t ring her maid, and
she has written for stable quarters for
her horse, whichis to be broughtdown next
week. SheTrefe-rs horseback to the bicycle.
Henry Bergman will bo accompanied by
his wife and their pretty little five-year-old
daughter Josephine. The entire company
is expecteaon Wednesday, and .though they
have been rehearsing for two weeks, they
will put the finishing touches on "A First
Offense" here on the Columbia stage.
Billy Uoag will b2 the groom or the com
pany, not In the servile but in the matri
monial sense. He wilLspeud his honeymoon
with the Columbia stock. That admirable
actress, Kate Denln Wilson, will be the
clmpcrouc of the theatrical family. The
entire company is one of the most attractive
that could have been organized
The first piece to be produced Is an en
tirely original comedy by Paul Wilstach,
whose-Brliiget" aud "Bluff" we're pleasant
features of the National stock season last
summer. Thenewpluy iscaIled"AFirstOr
lense,"awliNcaIcuIatd to be a laugh Horn
first curtain to last. Wm. A. Brady bought
ull lights to the play immediately after
hereadit. Afterward, fearfultnat adjudg
ment might be amiss, he handed it to Paul
Potter to read. Mr. Potter Is the dramatist
who made "Trilby" into a play aud wrote
besides "The Pacific Mail," "The City Di
rectory," "Richard Brinsley Sheridau" aud
'The Victoria Cross" for E, H Sothern.
Arter he had read "A First Offense" he
came to Mr. Brady and paid the play this
unusual compliment: "Be very careful.
This is either the work of au experienced
dramatist masq;:eradiug under Mr. Wil
stach'n name for f-ome reason wc dont
know, or lie has cribbed it bodily fiom Uie
French." All of which was very compli
mentary to the play and to the author, if
it did reflect on American dramatists' capa
bility for writing as well as the Fiench.
"A First Offense" has one structural pe
culiarity which no other play jiossesses. It
conforms absolutely to the rule of dinmaUc
unity. No htage license Is taken with time
or place In "Secret Sen-ice" there is
absolute unity of time The story of the
play occupies the same length or time that
does the presentation But the unities of
place are broken The scenes take place
at dirfcreut points In "A First Offense"
the action takes place in Homer Lovejoy's
house iu the actual time of presentation.
There will be an opportunity fora beautiful
fretting of the stage, and Miss Grey, Miss
Lamkin nnd the others will be afforded
au opportunity to wear some beautiful
gowns.
Friends of William Boag.ot thlsctty, have
received Imitations to be present at ills
marriage to Maud de la Foice Rcckwlth,
at the Chureh of thc"HoIy Cross, Fort Plains,
N. Y., at noon of Tuesday. May 18. Imme
diately after tho ceremony a reception will
be tendered Mr nnd Mrs. Bougat Uie home
or the bride's parents, and the young people
will take a short honeymoon trip, returning
to Washington to be at home at 17-19 Mad
ibon street northwest,- Mr Boag will tie
a member of the stock company at the
Columbia Theater thissurumer Evert bodv
in Washington know "our Billy" Boag
cither as friend or ncrdss the" fooUIghts as
oneof the best young charaeteractors in the
profession The Tlmc3 joins witii all his
friends ami admirers in congratulations and
sincerest wishes that the future may hold
for him the realization of all possible
piosperlty aud happiness
"I believe in the Book from klver to
kiver, but I can't help righting roosters to
save my life!" exclaims Lem Jucklin in
the first act of "The Juckhns," aud
through the four following acts he strug
gles with his sportive brain, which ever
battles with his religious heart- "The
Juckiins" is said to have, lent itself easily
to stage purposes. It was dramatized ?r
Mr. Stuart Robson, by Daniel Hart, who
was somewhat assisted in the arrangement
or the plan by James A Heme, the actor
and author of "Shore Acies" This is the
first time game roosters hate over been
used as a tear and smile producing ef
fect in the drama- The scenes are laid in
the rural interior of North Carolina, and
are said to be racy of the soil. The char
acters are homely, e very-day-Southerners,
with a sufficient idea of old chivalry to
spice the dish. They are odd as odd can
be, and the customs and manners of an
elder period of the South are said to be
well set forth by Mr- Read.
The author has paintcd.a most inteiest
ing character in Lemllsckliii, the role as
sumed by Mr. Robson,' who has an inordi
nate propensity for cock fighting. A quaint
old North Carolina farmer, wliose sole fail
ing is code fighting, and who believes in
the Book "fiom kiver to klvcr," but con
soles himself in the hour of trouble, when
the future looks the gloomiest for him, by
finding consolation in a lout with his fa
vorite chickens, Sam and Bob. The humor
of old man Jucklin is delicious, nnd nothing
cculd be more absurd than his besetting sin
of keeping fighting cocks. Religious and
consdenUouB, this is his foiling, but one
for his amusemnt only It is his solace
and safety valve of his emotions.
The vagaries of theold man are decidedly
attractive. His wife, explaining how their
daughter happened to be named Guinea,
mentions that thee liild's i eal name Is Ange
lina. "Her right name is what?" the old
man asks, looking up.
"Angelina, I said."
"Well it's the first time I've heard it"
Any one who knows obstinate old country
men sees the similitude In this offhand con
tradiction. The eccentricities or old Lem
Jucklin wedded to Mr. Robson's retching
peculiarities, Is sure, to bring forth a
characterization or more than ordinary
intciest, and, though entirely unlike any
or his previous efforts, the character is said
to prove an excellent foil. Mr. Robson
may lie relied upon to set forth this old
fellow's whimsical nature, his oddity,
and his originality in the most attractive
mauner.
It is barely possible that the season's
find will prove to bo Nance O'Neil. This
girl was picked up somewhere or other by
McKee Rankin. When he went on hlsplrat
lug cruise in the remote Southwest in
"Trilby" site was the barefooted heroine.
In'Rankln's melodrama, on the road this
year, she played the leadiug role, and her
performance rciUilnly was refreshingly su
perior to the average scornful melodramatic
heroine. It is now announced that Miss
O'Ncil will give a performance of "Magda"
in New York city. This means but one
thing. Itis to he interpreted as would the
announcement that a young man was to
produce "Hamlet " She wauts to cuter
the lists with the not merely clever, but
great acti esses. Such a performance is
challenge to the highest and severest type
of criUclsm. It will be good news ir Miss
O'Neil can weather it. Great actresses are
few and so far between. She deserves ull
eucouragement, butgreatness Is onlv a mat
ter of sentiment after it is achieved.
Here is a paragiaph to ba passed over
entirely or else credited wholly to the press
agent by the unbelievers in the manhood or
Richard Mansrield. This incident leaked
.cut last week. It will" be remembered that
little Gladys Laird, who was achild actress
in hiscompany.of which her mother, Mollle
Laird, is also a member, diedlately at Lake
wood, or heart failure following an attack
of rheumatism. This mother nnd child
had no resource beyond their professional
work. When little Gladys wns taken ill.
in Philadelphia, Mr. Mansfield saw her well
bestowed in a hospital and furnished her
with trained nurses and the liestof med!ii
attendance. While the company remained
iiTtliat city It was hlsilall'y habit to visit
the little invalid, and he always came with
toys and dainties and played with her as
though, he were auothcr child. Little
Gladys grew vor.se. Mr. Mansfield con
sulted with physicians and wished to Mind
her to Bermuda. It was found that she was
too weak for that journey, nnd It was
decided to take her to Lakewood, whither
she was removed with every posbiblo care
and attention. Little Gladys died at Lake-
wood. Every cost of her illness and her
funeral was defrayed by Mr. Mansfield,
wtio throughout was as considerate and
generous and soHcUous aFa father might
have been
Of course! The Hon. Tlobert Fitzslm
motis is going to act. Iu the vaudeville?
Bless your heart, no. In the legitimate.
He ib going to appear In a new play, now
being writtcli for him by Hal Held. The
new play lsiii embryo yet; but that doesn't
matter. It Is t"m)med. That's the point.
Fitzsinunousaiiil the name It is to be
called "An Honest Arm." That's a good
narao for a' itrfze fighter's play. What
could he do without an honest arm? It is
probably meant'to give assurance that all
roiKirts to the contrary, Mr. F.'s arm is
honest, whateverother people's arms may
be; aud one other person's In particular.
Speaking ht Hal Rcld recalls the story
Wilton Lackfty'c tells. Reid accosted him on
thestreotonjjdayand made himself known
to Mr. Luckaye's enlightenment. Then he
proceeded tttelf litm that he had just the
play for hlm.('rn the course of the de
scription he letjhy something like this;
"Say, I got just the thing f'r you. The
man's at the head of a big concern Society
gent way up in ft. But he robs the corpora
tion, eta, etc. Y' see, I just want to show
that there's many a man in society with a
four-carat diamond sparkling in his shirt
front that's a murderer at heart!" Mr.
Lackayo has not played that play yet.
A Kansas paper once said of a perform
ance or "Hamlet:' "It's a good piece,
but it's too ail-fired full of quotations."
Here is another criticism worthy of a place
somewhere near that one:
The Glen dcn (Ariz.) Eagle-Eye Optic
says; "The theatrical performance which
visited Glen Eden last night was one of
BRONISLAW
thebesbfihowsseen liiresInce'Yon Yomon,'
two years' ago.1 Some or our citizens
thought 'lSmlet' "suffered somewhat In
comparison""witu Chat sterlfng play, but
we do not? It was good all through.
Hamlet himself whg very good, and so was
Ophelia, and tutftwo grave-diggers were
just simply immense. They kept the au
dience 4n a roar all the time they were on
the stage, and, although the town marshal
tried to preserve order, iu view of the t ol
eum nature of the tcene, he couldn't do it.
It is seldom that we have ever seen a
greater display of facetlousness and Teal
fun than was afforded by th grave-dig
gers. Horatio was very good , and so was
the Ghost. As the lamps were turned down
aud the latter personage came on the stage
the .silence was Intense, and one woman
fainted. The fight scene was good, and,
iu fact, everything in the play was good
and well acted.- We hope this company
will find it convenient to visit us again
in the near future, and wc can pledge them
a full house aud a hearty welcome."
Concerning Sir Henry Irving' remark
able shrinkage in height in his production
of "Madame Sans Gene," the London
Daily Mall says: "Ordinarily our leading
actor is not far short of rive feet-eleven
inches. But on Saturday night he had
become as correctly Napoleonic iu stature
as in manner. How was it done? Sir
Henry was delighted to explain. Bulk
has been obtained by the device of wear
ing a sheath, over which Uie clothes (fac
similes of the garments ot the Emperor)
fit most exquisitely. Shortness, assisted,
of course, by the fullness ot figure and
width of shoulders thus secured, is ac
centuated by a most cunning abbreviation
of the thighs, brought about by cleverly
adapted small clothes. No more effoc
tlve transformation has been accomplished
In our time."
For the vaudeville debut or that once
splendid artiste, Clara Morris, a one-act
play, "Justice," has been written. ..That
will give the racettous brethren of UieRialto
a chance to note that arter a decline, pass
ing through all the grades or one-night
standom, Clara Morris now goes to s,eck
justice in Uie vaudeville. Poor. Morris!
Some people never know when they have
had enough. Yet some do. The public
da
When Julia Marlowe comes to the National
Theater next week it will be to close her
own season a season altogether graUfy
ing to the young artiste, for it has brought
her trlumphanUy through a New York en
gagement. Marlowe is one of the players
whom Gotham would never have.
This year, however, they accepted her,
and as in all cases when New Yoik does a
thing, it is accomplished in a highly en
thusiastic manner.' They went wild over
her, and opened their eyes to what the
"country" hns long ago knon "For
Bonnie Frince Charlie" ran through their
entire season,' Its' success vill probably
keep nil her other plays off the National
stage next wee11!: She might vouchsafo
us one look at "Romola" for curiosity's
sake. There are plenty of people of liter
ary taste anxious to see this play.
There sccins to 'be .a great demand for
the Jonnie Junlois;to repeat their perform
ance of the opera J'Mikado" at night, and
the boys have, accordingly arranged to ap
pear at the Columbia Theater on the even-
fA.. t ' t
ing or Saturday, May IB. Their recent
successes on their trip to New York have
thoroughly enthused them, and they arc
determined to do a big business. Mr.
Rouss has sent them a very complimentary
letttsi , in which lie expresses his pleasure
botii with the performance and with the
personnel of the chit), and the way in which
they conducted themselves while in New
York. Mrs Davis has also sent a lettcr.nf
which the following is a copy:
"Prof. N. DuShaneClowanl, director the
Jonnie Juniors. Dear Sir: I hope the
'Jounles may meet everywhere the ap
preciation accorded to their, here. Their
presentation of the 'Mikado' was ex
ceptionally good and thcie was no draw
back to the excellence of their peiform
ance. They have my best wishes Tor their
success. Truly yours,
"V. JEFFERSON DAVIS."
The end of April provided a long list oL
matrimonial hfljipenings among well-katwn
actors. Though the ceremony occurred on
the first day of April the marriage of It.
D. AIcLcan aiulOdettcTyler.wjisannounccd
only last week. On the 17th,in San Fran
cisco, where Otis Skinner is playing a
month's engagement, Guy Post and Sara
Tnmi, of tne popular player's company,
were married. Al. Fields, the jiroprletor
of Fields' Minstrels, took Tor wire Belle
Stawarr.in St Louis, the 22d. On the 27th
in Chicago Gracia Quire, became Mrs.
Charles I). Van Studdlford.
Thegroomis a St LoulswiUionnlrc. The
bride was this season one o f the prime donne
of the Bostonians. She lias retired Trom
the stage, and, in view or her many accom
plishments and bright ruturc Uicre, itseems
too bad that opera should be robbed by
Hymen. On the lastday or the month, in
New York city, were married Sotannah
Hudson and AHred Bradley Mr. Bradley
Is a brother of Madclaine Lucette Ryley,
and he managed the preliminary tour of
"The Mysterious Mr. Bugle."
Franklin Fyles has written a play for Au
gustus Fitoiu who will produce itearly next
season. Mr Pitou describes itas an-Aineri-can
romantic drama, with its scenes at
West Point and in the Cumberland moun
taiusin 1801. Itis not a war play.in, the
sense that it contains any battle episodes,
but the war provides a. background for its
HUBERMAN,
story. The characters are army officers,
military cadets, mountaineers, and a com
plement of ladies connected with a West
Point household. The piece requires a
strong east and an elaborate scene ietting,
both of which Mr. Fitou says it is going to
get No title has yet been chosen.
Here is a specimen of advertising by a
New York provincial theatei manager.
"Bon-bon souvenirs (boxes of candy) to
ladies and children matinees. Special orrer
ingseveryday. Ourprices lower thanelse
where Extra value in seats. The regular
$1 kind for 20 and 30 Cents. Fine Mlk
finished gallery beats, with embroidered
silk dots, 10 cents. Never sold anywhere
else less than 25 cents. The most exquisite
novelty in Uieatrical goods ever shown."
And again to this effect:
"Bon-bjnsouvcnirstoladics.childrcnwith
paid tickets at dally mat A great sale
for balance of the week. Every seatasacii
fice We are offering a leader from now
on at 20 cents. The regular high-grade SI
ones. Wc must unload this immense stock,
and will sell the best grade at 30 cents.
Take the elevator to our top floor and in
spect the finely-finished hardwood chairs
at 10 cents."
The manager who directs or permits
such advertising as this has mistaken his
calling. He ought to buy remnants at a
bankrupt sale of out-of-date goods and
peddle them.
' Cycle riders will find good accommoda
tions for their wheels at Uie Lafayette. Mr.
Albaugh lias provided a large room for
machines and an attendant to look out for
them. This is considerate and will be ap
preciated by those who come to the theater
on their bicycles.
The "rose matinee" at the Lafayette
Square Opera House has proven quite a
success, but that of Wednesday last was
morelargcly attended than the management
imagined itwould be, and hence thisstory.
Tuesday evening it was learned, upon
consulting the "advance sale" sheet, that
the number of roes ordered from the Philadelphia-
nurseries would not supply the de
mand, and hence Business Manager A. J.
Clark telegraphed to Philadelphia to send
an additional supply, and then he went
homeandslepttheslccpoftheinnoccnt
The next morning dawned clear and
bright, butatlO o'clock no roses had come.
The hour of 12. passed and still no flowers,
and Mr. Clark'snorvoustcniperanientbegan
to worry him, ana by 1 o'clock the placid
countenance of Mr Clark was so changed
that his friends wdkild have felt worried
and called in a doctd. In the meantime
Manager Albaugh wns equally uncomfort-
able,aud, although thelay wasbyno means
warm, small streams ?if perspiration were
chasing each other down his spinil column.
Then the two gentlcncn decided to go on.
atourorinvcstlgatlon, -nd they made a lice
line for the Baltimore nnd Ohio station.
"Yes.theroses had come; "said the baggage
agent, and, without losing a second, Clark
ordered the first colored jman he could see
to get them in tow. "Take them to the
Lafayette Square as quSck as you ran,"
almost screamed the now delighted and
exuberant Clark. '
"Does you mean it, boss?" queried tha
colored man, with a grin.
"Do I mean it?" replied the delighted
manager, "here's a hair-dollarto hurry."
Without a word the messenger departed
ou a dead run with the roses "under his
t
nrm Messrs. Albaugh and Clark", after
telephoning the theater that the flowers
were comiug up, went to enjoy a little
lunch. Then they leisurely wended their
way to the Larayette Opera House.
Here was news awaiting them.
"The roses haven't arrived," said the
boxkecper,
"Haven't arrived?" said both gentlemen
at once. "You're joking."
"No, I am not," replied the man, who
alw.'iys gives you the best that he has.
Then Mr. Clark started to rind that col
ored man; nndhe did find hi in quietly seated
on -xx stool In the Larayette Square
"That's where you told me to take 'em,
boss, and here's where they arc."
Tomorrow, Monday, evening will be tho
eleventh anniversary or the original pro
duction or "Enutnle,"' which first saw
the shimmering footlights at the Casino,
New York, on May 10, 1886. It will be
seen that quite a number of singers of
reputation were members of the organiza
tion The following was the cant. Er
minie, Miss Pauline Hall; Ccrlsf-e, Miss
Marion Manola: Javotte, Miss Agnes Fol
som; Princess, Miss Jennie Weathersbee;
Marie, Miss Victoria Schilling; Ravennes,
Mr. W S. Daboll; Cadeaux, Francis Wil
son; Captain, Misn Florence Wilson: Cheva
lier, Mr. Max Freeman; .Marquis, Mr. Carl
Irving; Simon, Mr. A. W. Maflin; Eugene,
Mr. Harry Pepper; Sergeant, Mr. James
Furey.and Vicomptde Brissac, Mr. George
Weeks.
CHANGES AT THE THEATERS.
Bronlslaw Huberman gives hlslast Ameri
can concert at the Columbia this evening.
He has consented to a lower scale or
prices than he lias played to before, and
doubtless his bouse will be packed. Tills
thlitccn-ycai-old lxy is a genius of the
first magnitude, as those who were so
fortunate as to hear him in ids two other
concerts know. He plays with ravish
ing beauty, and the difficult mazes of
the masters Mf t simply tlirough his magic
fingers as if nature and not ait accom
plished his wonders; It is nature in laige
part To have accomplished the marvels
that Huliennan dues it must be that the
forces of nature aie especially potent He
caresses his violin and wrings from the
strings sounds such as no doubt dwell
in it until some such master suggests It
again. His selections tonight include Mir
riawski's great concerto, a nocturne by
Chopin and Spanish dances by Sarasate.
Mr. Stuart Robson, who come3 to the Na
tional Theater this week in his new play.
"The Juckiins," wilt present for the first
time on any stage a genuine cock fight,
which describes an incident iu Opie Heac.'ri
novel of the same name. Although much
has been made by humane societies and by
the public in the way of discussion of the
battle ot the fowls, it should be understood
that Mr. Robson permits theoccurrence only
in the line ot a well-told story. It is
a funny theme for a play, this fighting or
game chickens. It has been made the occa
sion or much wholesome humor, and it Is
no doubt what led to its use. "The Juck
iins" is a Southern storjr, aud the charac
ter or the old former is said to be particu
larly adapted to Mr. Robson's peculiar
methods Itis a pronounced departure! rom
anything Mr. Robson has heretofore pre
sented to the public.
"When the curtain rings up on the pio
ductlon or "Erminie" at the Lafayette
Square Opera House tomorrow evening,
it will make the eleventh year anniver
sary of Jacobowski's successful and bright
production, in fact the most positive
light opera success known to the present
generation of opera patrons. The arUsts
who appearcdlntheiniUal production were
known as Rudolph Aronton's Comic Opera
Company, and won for themselves the re
markable recordof 500 uightsat the Casino
in New York, at that time the acme of
swelldom and the proper place U enjoy
the beauUes of lyrical entertainment. The
principals are Grace Golden, us Erminie.
Gertrude Quin.as Javotte; William Wolff,
as Ravty, Arthur Wooley, as Caddy, and
the other male roles by Messrs Melville
Stewart, Raymund Hitchcock. Joseph Shec
han and others. The management, atcon
sidcrable expense, has fitted up a bicye'e
room in the rront basement of Hip theater,
where Irfcycles will be checked free of
charge.
Tuesday evening the stage of the Co
lumbia Theater will be given over to
the pretty little Jerome K. Jerome's com
edy of "Barbara" and the famous comedy
classic "David Garrick." The two plays
form the billot an entertainment given by
the ladies and gentlemen of the Carroll
Institute Dramatic Club, Washington'scrack
amateur dramatic organization. The bene
ficiaries on this occasion will not be the
club itself. The receipts will be handed
over to the Athletic Association of the
Catholic University. Friends of the uni
versity and of the athletes have shown a
fine zeal in disiwsingof tickets, which in
dicates a big house.
The friends of the four gentlemen of the
Madrid Quartet and the many citizens
under obligation to them for gratuitous
appearances for chariUes and benefits dur
ing the past two years, will tomorrow
uight have an opportunity of reciprocat
ing their courtesies. They give a grand
concert at the Columbia Theater, a.sisted
by the most prominent talent in the city.
The program is a long one, and it is an
exceedingly good one in every detail. The
display of the names of the volunteers is
reason enough to attract people to the
theater, but the popularity or the Madrids
will doubly insure their success in their
concert Tickets have sold very fast, and
the remaining seats to be had will, no
doubt, be cleared off the board before
tomorrow night.
The summer season of the Cimimlngs
Stock Company, which opens at the Acad
emy or Music tomorrow night, will undoubt
edly create considerable interest. Theirlong
and highly successful run in Louisville.
Ky.. playing at the best theater in that
city, places them in a position with the
Washington public that should not be over
looked. When a. company comes to a city
and plays a continuous season ot thirty
eight weeks, and Is highly indorsed by the
press of that city, there is certainly a great
degret; of merit necessary to accomplish
such an indorsement, and many clippings
from the Louisville papers attest to the
merit of the company and productions. For
their opening bill H. C. De Mille's "TSe
Lost Paradise" will be given, and it is
promised that their presentation will fully
equal any previous production of this cele
brated plajv Manager Robert Cummlugs
has been here the past few weeks arranging
for the opening of the company and per
fecting the details in the construction of
the sceneiy, etc. The factory scene, where
tho Knowlton Iron Works is shown In full
operation, has received the bulk of atten
tion, and will bo as ixirfect a representa
tion as It Is possible, to depict upon the
stage. The prices 'for the summer seasfm
have been placed at 25 nnd 50 cents;
boxes, seating six persons, $3, and general
admission, 25 cents.
At the Grand Opera House this wcet
Black Pattl and her TiTty troubadours will
doubtless receive a cordial reception.
The reputation or this great singer and
the capital company which Messrs. Voelckcl
and Nolan have surrounded her with can
not rail to arouse public Interest for the
performance here. In the operatic ka
leidoscope which follows the comedy and
vaudeville features of the program a
beautiful rendition is offored of the best
selections ot "Faust," "Carmen,' "Rigo
letto, "Grand Duchess,,r "Tar and Tur-
tar," "Bohemian Girl,' "Maritana," and
"The Daughter or the Regiment." The
singing, costume3 and geneial stage ap
pointments are of tho, htghest standard,
and it is believed that this half-hour i de
lightful feast Is more satisfying than a
night of grand opera. This; is due. not
only to the splendid manner in which the
selection are rendered, but Ja a neaur
to its following a refreshing: program ol.
comedy and vaudeville.
Bills bearing pictures or the stirring
events of our last war are seen around
town and announce the coming of V.. E.
Stedman's "Confederate Spy" to the Bijou
this week. The great popularity of the
play ana the Tact that it may have had h.
hand In making history makes it doubly In
teresting on both sides of the Mason and
Dixon line, and there is no doubt of tha
size or the audiences to greet the piece
here. Tl story has no little value outside
of Its historical and patrioUc interest, for
It abounds" in the characters and incidents
that made those years memorable. Scene
after scene is worked up to the acme of
cllmaxical effoct and then exploded in
its strength. Humor and patios, devotion
and loyalty, ridellty and love form a back
ground ror the coloring given by the at
mosphere ot the period and make the piece
purely human. Waterman. Maude, Alns
lcy and Sockery are all character as
natural as they are delightful. "The Con
redcrate Spy" will probably close the regu
lar season at the Bijou.
At Kernan's this week is Flynn and
Sheridan's New City Sports Big Show,
which has been thoroughly renovated, and
for this engagement promises many novel
features, foremost of which will be two
new and original comedies, headed by Cris
ole Sheridan, the acme of burlesque artUts.
Miss Fanny Lewis, another well-known ar
tist, win also appear The olio is one of
excellence, and comprises the following
artists- Mile. Meza, the Mexican wonder.
It is utterly impossible to conceive how
Mile. Meza performs feats or which the
anatomy is absolutely Incapable. She has
been pronounced entirely boneless, but the
young lady declares that her anatomy is
as perfect as that of any female, though
she acknowledges that it is completely
sub'ject to her wlll.anditis with ease that
she puts "her dainty soles on her dimpled
shoulder," bends herself double, and rolls
over like a ball. Foster and Lewis, sketch
artists; Howard and Earl, In character
songs; Snyder and Buckley, musical ar
Usts; Mile. Delmore, eccentric and gro
tesque dancer; a grand ballet of nations,
by fifteen handsome lady toe dancers;
J. J. Mackie, "the tramp"; and the Farrcls,
aristocrats of Afrc-American nobility,
Souaa will give his last concert here of
the season at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, Sunday night. May 16. While ef
fort is directed toward making the en
semble playing of Sousa's Band the con
spicuous feature of its work and solo
playing is, therefore, to some extent sub
ordinate, it Is nevertheless a fact that
there is not a single member of Sousa's
organization who cannot publicly play aa
artistic and thoroughly saUsfactory solo
upon his own Instrument, according to its
own limitation, whether it be the pre
mier clarinet or the second bassoon, the
first cornet or the fourth tube, every per
former Is an artist and a thorough master
of his instrument. Sale of seats opens ar
box office, Thursday, May 13.
The End of h Teud.
It is seldom in this workday age tnat
one encounters a genuine family feud, in
herited from sire to son, through no tess
than six centuries. Such a feud actually
existed in the dominions of Queen Victoria
until a short time ago, and Its final settle
ment was brought about by theingenuuus
nessof a boy of nine
The two leading Anglo-Irish families in
Ireland have long been the Fitz-Geralds
and the Butlers. From being comrades in
arms of the invading Strongbow, they be
came by degrees rival barons and fierce
contestants for the vice-sovereignty of their
adopted country. In the wars of the roses
the Butlers aided with the white- rose ot
Lancaster, the Fitz-Geralds with the red
rose or York Factioas gathered around the
two great houses, and the hitter Tend
broughtforth death and bloodshed from us
early as 1230 down to the Williamlte wars.
The Butlers, whose chier had obtained the
dignity of Earl ot Ormonde, succeeded in
crushing the power of the elder branch ot
the Fitz-Geralds, Earls of Desmond, it it
told pt a warlike Desmond that while be
ing borne prisoner on the locked shields of
his feudal foe's clansmen, the Butlers
taunted him with the hitter words:
"Where is the now proud Fltz-Gerald?"
To which the Indomitable carl an
swered: "Fitz-Gerald is where he ought to be
on the necks of the Butlers."
This proud reply wIU give an idea ot
the intensity of the strife.
Now. it happened that his majesty's
Irish viceroy gave a garden partj in the
viceregal lodge at Dublin, and thither
were bidden by accident the Marquis ol
Ormonde, head of the BuUer family (fa
miliar to Americans through his yachting
interests, and the little Duke of Ltlnster,
boyish chieftain of the house of Fltz-Gerald-
With the duke, who was nol
quite nine years of age, came his wid
owed mother, one of the beautiful Dun
combe sisters.
The Duchess of Leinster lost sight of
"her son for a space, and in going to look
for tho lad, found him engaged In earnest
conversation with a tall, elderly gentle
man, in whom she was surprised to recog
nize the Marquis of Ormonde. What was
her horror when, on approaching nearer,
she distinctly heard Uieyouthhil Geraldine
remark In somewhat slangy phrase:
"Well, I suppose I ought to punch your
head on account ot the feud; but I iay,ycu
know, you're too jolly decent a chap for
that. Can't we shake hands and call it
square?''
With the utmost gravity Lord Ormonde
grasped the small hand of his hereditary
foe, and when the amused mother came to
congratulate them on the happy settlement
of 600 years of bitterness, she found the
young hopeful perched, like his famonsan
ccstors, on the neck of Uie Butler. Atlanta
Journal.
The Church Choir Ousted.
When It was proposed once upon a tima
to introduce an organ in a church la
Scothind an old lady of the congregation
declared that she would never consent to
having God praised by machinery. A
clergyman iu a neighboring State has
now gone far beyond the organ. A few
Sundays ago, after the congregation had
gathered in church, he mounted the pulpit
carrjlng a phonograph under his arm
Then he placed it on the desk, turned
it on the congregation and sat down.
That phonograph played a violin solo,
read a Psalm, prayed an eloquent prayer,
led the singing of the hymn, and after
the service had been preached pronouncHl
the benediction. DoubUess the reverend
gentleman will not stop there, but will
speak his sermon into the phonograph on
Saturday and send it to church by a
messenger boy ou Sunday morning, while
he remains at home and really makes the
day a day of rest- The congregation
would not be likely to object to the plan,
for they could go to sleep when they
wished to, without having the parson's
eyes fixed upon them, and if the sermon
was too long .some good deacon could
do what he had often been longing to do
before, but dreaded to, switcn It off.
The plan would also end all the rivalries
that exist In church choirs and In miny
ways conduce to pence, harmony, and also
economy Philadelphia Inquirer.
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