Entertainments

Kemember Oen. Shendan at Unlverslty hall Sattirday evening. The last of the cbamber concertg at Hobart Hall, to-inorrow tvening, May 9d. The Amphion Club will frlve a concert in uiiiversity hall, the latter part of ibis montb, a line anü attractive program is being prepared. Gen. Sherldan's subject for Saturday night, at university hall, is "The Modern l'agan," and is said to be a brilliant reply to Col. Hobert O. Ingersoll. Subscriben to the rharnber concertg should remember tbat the last one occurg nn Thursday, May 3d, instead of May II li. The best program of the season. The Washtennw Lodge, I. O. (i. T., will hold a wurm maple sugar social at Cropsey's Iiall, on Thunaay evenine, May 3d. A good entertainment. Adtnisslon, iu ¦luiliii supper, IS cents. Coma and have a jolly time. The ladies of the First Baptist chiirch hold thelr annual flower festival on FriJay atternoon and evenin?. They will have a larjje collection ot tlowrrinji and l'oliage plant for ale. louetber with mauy uíeful articles for the house. They will also provide refreshments from rive o'elock 'till uiii McKee Rankin and his line corapany will appear at the opera house on Thuruday evening next in the New Danites, Mr. Kun kin nssuming his original paitot Sandy McUee. This is the cbaracter that brought Mr. Kankin into faineas ao exponent of the border drama; and to-day he stands without a peer In that line of acting. Miss Mabel Bert, the lead ing lady of this excellent company, who is somewhat a straiijrer to Aun Arbor audiences said to be not ouly a wonderful actress but a lady of marked beauty. She will bc seen hete as"liilly Piper1' in the New Danites. The l'nr-nn 8 in the hands of that well knowii actor, and anllior, l'icd. ö. Maeder. The other ladies and entlfmcn of the company all artists of niciit. so that a tine representaron of this ctaarmlng play may be expected. The concert sriven by tlie comblned ohorUM of the Choral Union and the Normal School Sappho club of Ypsilunti, at University Hall, was a snccesg as far as their part wascoucerncd, though not as well attended ns hoped for or as deserved. l'eople will give rtieir monty to -¦¦¦ and hear trdveling troupes that do not give an entertainment of ent-hall the merit that was given by these slngers It certainly is discoiiraginii to our musical people who deserve more encouragemeut. We iinderstand that at Ypsilantl theatteudance was also small. That thrllllng Western drama reconstructed and rewritten for Mr. McKee Rankln's present tour will be the attractlon at the opera house next Thursday evenlng. Mr. Rankin will positively appear hlraself and will be geen in IiIr original part of Sandy McGce, a part that lias made nis name almost a household word in nearly every country wliere the Enlisli languaee is spoken. Mr. Rankln lms a remaikably tine company with liim and Includes Miss Mable Hert the late leading lady of' the California Tlieater San Francisco, who ia credited with having made a treinendous hit in the part of Lady Macbetli. In Mr. Kankin'g great production of that play in New York during the present seaaon. Miss Bert is not onlv a great actress, bilt slie is a young lady of wonderful beauty, and has won praise on all sides for her actlng since he advent in the East. Fred. T. Maeder, thewellknown actor and dramatlst, is also a memoer of this very 8trongcompany and will be seen here as the Parson. The other clmracters good, and a perfect performance of this beantiful drama inay be expected. JULIUS CKSAR. Of the great play by Messrs. Bootli and Barrett, the(Pliiladelphia Telegrapii of Nov. 29, says?} A good play well acted-is a proper summary of the performance oflered at the Uhestnut Street Opera House last nlght. rile tragedy nt Julias Casar la pretty much 11 that pleceof the kind ought to be - lnteresting from flrst to last, "well dlgested In Lhe seuse," vlgorous, ihoughtful, with a auraber of gtrongly marked characters,- ud wlthal presenting a deflnlte picture of lfe and manners whloh soholars have nssurid us Is as near truth as such a venture Is Ikely to get It Is by no means the flrst oonilderation iu a hlstorlcal play that charac.ersor lncidents should strlclly conform to ïlstory; lhe playwrlght has, lf he dioses to alce lt, the widest llcense, and he Is Justlfled n nrst of all making hls work homogenous ind, to that end. In uutng any material In ! "J uinii:urpo-e, mil it mus mu au the better when tliiH cholee ranges eHally wlth fact; and so regarded Juliue Ctnsar lias always been held as well nlgu perfect pluy, both from lts eesthetic and hlBtorio sides. It had a very able lnterpretatlon last eveulng, wlth Mr. Edwln Hooth and Mr. Lawrence Barrett, and wlth a strength Ín tlie miDor characters whlch preserved throughout an unasual and very gratlfylug Illusion. ThU was largely helped, also, by theclever handling of tlie mob, on whloh the effectlveness ol the play so much dependa, may be sald lndeed toturn.rMr. Booth hasacted not only Brutus, lu whlch he appeared last nlght. bat Casslus and Maro Antony a well, and we are not clear but that he Ís now helter sulted to Casslus tban to Brutus. He could hit off the "lean and hungry"slde of Casslus more nearly than Mr. Barrett does It at preseut wlth hls Increased welght and atr of general prosperltyTj Mr. Barrea hus, however, been lden tifie Tfor y ears wlth Casslus; It Is uobly Impresalve a performance as ever and tliere can be no disposltlon to move hl ra from a part he has so largely made hls own. It mild bepleasant, however, to see an alternatlon of these roles by Messrs. liarrett and Booth. As a palr II would not be easy to match them. Tuey are noble Romans ure euough, and they not only pleasurably flll the ejre butsatlsfy the miud ateach stage oí the moving drama. Well known and entlrely respecled are these lmpersonatlons, aDd they posslbly were never glveu wltU more effect than last nlght. The Jullus Cwsar of Mr. Lañe wa a worthy companlon picture, desplte lts smaller opportuultles. Hls Cieaar was slrong, majesllc, very searchlngly Intelligent. It had the element of personal dlstlnctlon characterlstlc of the performauces of Mr. Booth aud Mr. liarrett