National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-10-12
ADJUSTMENTS.
NEW NATIONAL THEArER.

EhW NAilhNAh ihhAAhiAt
Hermann, who so denly confounds all the
phenomena Of time, space, and matter, sus-
pending at will the laws Of attraction aud
grayitation, and generally knocking the bot
tom out Of reason aud established fact, ap.
peared last night before m audience which
was kept In excellent humor until the curtain
fell upOn the Vanished Lady The miracle
MANUFACTURER was ably aided and ab3ttsd by
Nine Hermann, who, In The Slave Girls
Dream, was waited through the atmosphere
with fan, and who rctroated or advanced ~
the summons of n feather. This Is an cNtra1r.
dinary performance. and as easy TO explain
as tue origin OF evil. At the conclusion OF ths
third part Of the entertainment Herm Inn tore
asilk hat into ia tiers, put the remnants In a
cannon cam and pressed them home
He then took aim at the dress circle, causing
CONSERVATION among the ladies, who CALAMITY
protected themselves behind their programmet
the dress circle, and the resurrected
hat was discovered gracefully dang
ling from the center of the cell
ing. The children of tender years, AMI of
larger growth held their breath while the
magician calmly brought down the hat and
house with pistol shot The great attraction
was, Of course, the Vanishing Lady, n feat
which we shall not attempt TO explain, and
which we eau only characterlze as n fitting
climax to a first class exhibition of quite be.
wildering dextcrlty
ALBAuGH's GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
BARLEY Campbelrs clio" which in the
bills is described rs "The Great Rom tntic
Spectacular Drama was presented last night
with Mr.. John l.. BurleiSh and Miss Sybil
Johnstone In the principal parts OF tho enter
tainment, and the celebrated Mile. Adele
Cornalba as leader of the corps de ballet
There is plenty Of romance, perfect abandon
ofspeCtacle and, II drama mean action there
is ample supply of that commodity. We oln-
not say that we admire Mr. Catnpbells
methods Of play.making. His love scenes are
penetrated with a "robustiols. peri-wgSed"
sort of high.lile-below-stair sentiment which
brings down the galleries with such 90 trsc and
startling expressions from young woman as
when he loves me IL Is heaven; whcn he
doesn't II Is hell" or some speech OF the sams
order LucreZia Borgia might experiences
such an emotion, but, In the hands OF dri-
mitted to ride over the trad tons of hcrcdlty
and all the associations and conditions OF her
life by the use Of lauguago worthy only OF
some amorous butcher In n pot house. The
acting is good enough. Mr.. Burlelgh Is a Hue
specimen Of manhood, and Miss Johnston
Is more than equal to the demands made upon
her; but the play should be nut into the mills
Of those gods who are rcputed to grind exceed.
ing fine. II requires poetry, dclicacy, and
finish. and the "Old Campaigner" should be
presented with n chestnut bell after n score or
50 of bis repettions. The carnival scene Mt
Venice, along with the dancing, groupings,
and tableaus of the fourth act deserve all
praise. Mile. Cornalba is worthy of her great
reputation; and the orchestral rendering OF the
overture to "The Baby Mascot provides at
traction enough to offset technical deficiencies
IN the STRUCTURE OF most romantic dramas
HBRZoG's OPERA HOUSE.
A very gratifying success was that of little
Corinno and her talented company last night
ut Herzogs, for the house was full aud de-
cidedly hnppy. The small merry maiden her.
charming vocalist, dancer, and actress. No
| dissent appeared in the audience all being
| surprised and thoroughly pleased Her mis-
cchieyous school girl character was rendered to
the life. Other prominent pieces of acting
| were those by Jennie Kimball MRS. Fitz-
| patrick. James Sturgess Teddy NJ. w; Fiskc
| the Professor) and Susie Parker, as Mehitable
| Jane Perkins. Last nights distinguished ap
proval Of "Capers' win doubtless crowd the
| house during the week, to see Corlnne in Il
new light on each occasion.
HARRIs's BiJoU THEATER.
| "PaSSions Slave" at the Biou las. night
| highly pleased the large audience. 1t is II
| play Of decided interest well written and ar
| ranged and admirably acted. Capt. Napoleon
| BOnaparic ShortslcevCs Nv. J. Shea) Is n specl.
men OF character representation which, we
| veritably believe, has never been surpassed on
| the stage. II consisted not alone of the wor Is
but the emotions passing through that officer s
| mind while others spoke, each expressed by
| feature mOyen elts aud every attitude Of the
body. Manuel de Foe Charles Barringer) was
| also excellent In Representations and among
| the ladies Pattie Toogood Miss Lea Peasleyl,
| Miss Eugenia Carr as Mamie BrscOo, and Miss
| Gussie De Forest as Clotilde Delon did we'll.
| The drama passed of to the perfect satisfaction
| OF everybody. Could more be saId2
| KERNAS's wAsHISGToN THEATER.
| AS we anticipated, Kernan's indeed pre-
| sented n iirst class entertainment last evening
| Without partlcularizing, the eager attention.
| the laughter. the applause, the encores of the
| audience were n full tribute to the excellence
of the exceedingly varied performance. The
| female talent of the company is excellent, yet
| the men arc close after the women, as gener
| ally happens, perhaps. To be as serious as
| possible, songs and dances and skatorial feats,
| Chinese qucrities, feather weight sparrers, aud
other wonders, ttll whirling through our
| brain, we found the company worthy of all
| praise. Their weeks stay here will doubtless
| satisfy themselves and the rest of the world.
| THE DIME MUSEUM.
"TiiX" was the play last night. The Dime
enjoyed itsef. That wild flower of the from
tier, Trix, Lettie Church, appreciates kisses,
and dsposes all the audience TO proceed u
that agreeable exercise. Her songs were de-
lightiu, too, and 30 were all things she did. TC
| call her daisy were not expressive enough
| nor do we know what lw0uld be. Manuel
| Garcia, Charles III. Nestaver presented n fine
| piece OF artistic work. In their various per
| sonGCAtOns the whole company was very
| acceptable, and the grand result furnished q
| most enjoyable evening. As such pleasure
| win be repeated each afternoon and nigh
| through the week, those who love themselves
| will not miss so happy au opportunity.