Entertainments

"Crossing the Andes" is the subject of a lecture to be given by Dr. J. B. Steere in the M. E. Church, lor tlio henelit of Ludios' Aid Society, on Thursday evetilnj, November 20, at eight o'elock. Admission ten cents. "Julius Caesar" is tlie play Mr. James will produce at the opera house next Thursday eveningand the occasion should briiig outone of tlie largestand most brilliant audienees of the season. Mis. Mary A. Livermore will lecture before the ümty Club at the Dnltarlan church next Saturday evcning. her subject bcing "Perlls of the Republlc." Mrs. Llverraore is well known to Ann Arbor ieple, havinjr 1 eet u red here before. ltev. Dr. J. II. Vincent, president of tli Chautuuqui circle, well describes her when he says, "She is wise, womanly and eloquent, and in mv opinión llie most able, natura' and effentive of all the woman speakers nouon the American lecture platform." Louis James the leading exponent of trajtic rolU will be the attraction at the opera house next Thursday evening, producinjï Shakespeare'! {rreat tragedy, "Julius Caesar." To be able to hold a hirsre and intelligent audience as Louis James does, may be nccountcd a triuniph of legitímate histrionism. Mr. James deBervea ppecial commendation not alone for the admirable work he does, but for his staunch reftual to eke a performance ut by any of the realistic clap-trap whicli is now so conimoii. "Julius Caear," Virjflniua and Othello in liis l.ands re played, not exhibited. They are interpreted, not mcrely decorated. It 8 lie, tliat what is known as the tradional business is in several instances dearted frora, but always with au intelligent and perdonable purpose of simpliying and iniproving it. The intent is ot so much to furnisli cartoons as to suply acting. The great deslre is not to ulimate the incidents so much as to portruy ie characters and depict the passions. ?he cousequence is that the great scènes re made more intense than we have ever een them, and theaudience is wrought to condition of suspense and sympathy lat Uiually breaks out in icclnmutions of ;enuine okl-fashioned approbation. The people of this city wlio attended ttie production of Dr. Jekyll and Edward Hyde given at the Opera House two ycars ago, will not forget the actin of that powerful neutral figure Dore Davidion as Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Davidson will visit tliis city again noxt Mouday night, this time produclnjr thegreat nielo drama, "Guilty Without Crime." He is accompanied hy one of the briglitest emotional actresses on the American stage. Mi."s Ramie Austen, and also by a powerful company, of which the Columhus Post says: '"La=t nlght the Globe held an mínense audience to witness for the first time in the city an adaptation of "Aurora Floyd" un the title of "Guiity Without Crime." It was an enthusiastic and well pleascd audience, and the stront dramatic scènes were applauded to the echo. The star of this play is the beautiful and aacom[lisbed Miss Ilauiie Ansten. It is an emotional pait she essays and strong work is required of her. In this company there are Uual stars. JMr. Uore JJavldson, a melo-dramalic actor of the old school, is seen to a good advantage in this play. Mr. Davidson has been seen here before and has won au enviable reputation. Those who enjoy melo-drama, without the usual cumbereotne load of scenery, will enjoy this stron production at the Globe. The usual review of the cast tomorrow." Terse, yet none the less hearty were the words of welcome given Friday nlght by Sir Daniel Wilsou to Frederic Villiers, the famous war correspondent. The husiastlc audience in the Pavilon cheered lie references to "Uie singuUrly clever rti9t and intrepid tra veler who luis made is familiar witli the stirrin and tlirilliiig ivents of recent yearp." "And when the hero of elght cam p.iijnis coinmenecd his illustrated lecture, replete with personal incidents and huirbreadth escapes on tl'e sanguinary lield and movlng flood, lio was iinmediately ' i 11 touch' vvlth his audienoe, and engrossed their attentlon for an hour and a half. The wiiness of tourteen pitched baúles and sixteen skirmishes, a truveler for 12,000 miles in the face of tlie í-uii, bis idventures exteiuling from the Daiiubc t the Irrawaikly, be liad enousb to teil. And well he told it : siniply, yet wltli (raphlc power; no attempts at eloquence, yetscintillatioiisof humor ïrradiatn.g the entire lecture. He wore his cumpalgnlng cnstume, ftiid looked every ineli the soldier of fortune he is ... Bcfore a crowded audience in the Pavilion, Mr. Viliier-i re[leated his lecture, 'Vir on a Wlilte Sheet. " - Toronto World. Julius Caesar by Louis James tlie dis tinguished tragedian. A reilly imnortaut eveut is the fortheoming performance of the dlgtliigulshed tragedian, Louis J irnes, wlio is now eonsldered In some diameter-, onr ffreatesl notor. Mr. James has Btendily linproved his representations of "Bni'Us" ii "Julius Caesar" Virufinius and Olhello, until they are now worthy eximples oftraglo hlitrlonfem in their antique proportions, and their human U-nderness and pas-ion. Mr. James has inany physical advantagns for thete roles; a robust and tbocODgbly Roman pliyslqne, a majrninVent voioe, resonant, ilcep and full of cmolion, and au cxpressive and lieroie face. He is now one of the best, if indeed, he is not the very best t-xample of the lieroic school l.-ft to us sinee the Titans of the drama feil asleep. To John McCullouph's vibrant hardness he irives a mellowness and sucenise that John never luid, and he carefully avoids the extravagance and violente tliat those c reate r than McCtlllouffh exhlbtted. The Wesleyan Guild social at the M. E. church Monday eveninc was a grand üuccess. At the COttncil meeting Monday evening the Ann Aibor Street H lilway Co. offered to extend its line from the Interseetion of State and Wllllam Ht., poutherly to Monroe st., thence east to l'Jth st., thenue to tlie intersection of the present line on Washtenaw ave., which it Is claimed would fully accoinmoate resident in tliat section. The compauy offers al so to extend the line on H State st. to tlie new athletlc (frouud; :i1d on Detroit st. across tlie bridge and along Broadway to 11 point that wil] acconiodate the peoplo. Also 011 Stat st. northerly to Hu Kon st., and thence weel to the city limits. This will pretty elfectually cover our streets. Au ordinance jfrantiiür a franchise to the Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti Bt. Rallwr.y Co. waa presented and refurred to the street and oidinancu committee.