The Washington critic., 1888-03-10
AT THE THEATRES.
What the Next Week Will Bring Fortl
for Those Who Love the Stage,

What the Next Week VIII Bring Forth
for Those Who Love the Stage.
ALBAUGH's-vERNoNAJ JARBEAU.
Beginning Monday at Albaugh's, we
will have the delightful comedienne,
Vernona Jarbeau, accompanied by viii S.
Rising, Harry Mcdowell, Bessie Cleve-
land, Eloise Mortimer Annie Sutherland,
Lillian Elma, Hattie Harvey, Thomas d.
DAILY and r. F. Carroll, with W. Potter
Brown as musical director, in that very
funny musical farce-comedy "Star-
light" starlight is written for fun,
and music is scattered all through 1t so
that an audience may laugh itself to death
harmoniously and melodiously. Miss
Jarbeau appears as an Italian shepherdess
with voice, and she is going to America
to make fortune with it, This she does,
and the way she does it, and the way
other people assist her, furnish plenty Of
material to fill three acts up to the slop-
ping over point. OF Miss Jarbeau a we'll
known critic writes: "But not in her
power of attracting ones sympathies
does Miss Jarbeau's charm alone lie
She is a perfect mistress of her art
blessed with good voice and most
pleasing presence She is also artistic and
an artistic in all she does"
THE NATIoNAL-MR. AND MRS. FLORENCE.
Next week we will have in a series
of lively and national comedies, two of
the leading favorites of the American
stage--Mr. and Mrs. w. ]. Florence. On
Monday and Tuesday they will present
"Our Governor" play offering brilliant
opportunities for the display of their best
talents;s Wednesday and Saturday, a
double bill, comprising Husband Hunt
ing and 'Dombey & Son." two very ex-
VNla NffI Ea artWvn IA. 10,
and Friday Ithe never aging, always popu-
lar, "Mighty Dollar" will pass current
and the Saturday. matinee will glory in
"The Flirt.n 1t will be q week of pleas
ure, for no stage people stand closer to the
favor of theatre-goers than do Mr.. and
Mrs. Florence and none give more salts
faction than they do.
BIJoU-BARLow BROTHERS MINsTRELs.
The Barlow Brothers Mastodon Min
strels, one Of the best combinations on
the road, playing at popular-priced
theatres, will hold the boards for one
week at the Bijou, commencing Monday
afternoon next The latest songs of the
day, Jokes and artistic dancing will con-
stitute the leading features of the first
| part. The second part will include the
Incompatible Barlow Brothers, Harry O.
| Horton, male soprano; Frank Wood and
'Shorty Healy, the most amusing char
acter gymnasts and odd comics of the
day, in Spontaneous Combustion"
MOrrie, the English Balladist (late of
Sweatman, Rice and Tagan Company;
"Little Boy Blue" Bishop and Baldwin
and many other excellent specialties.
KERHAN's--HowARD ATHENEUM COMPANY.
Beginning Monday,the Howard Athe-
neum Star Specially Company will do
week IS fun at Kernan's Theatre. The
list of specialists is dandy, and includes
Hoey and Daley, the funny men; Hertz,
the mystifier, assisted by Mile Dalton,
the London beauty; Rezene and Robini,
humorous aorobats; Bros, -Fonte-Boni
deep-toned bell imitators; Misses Flora
and May Irwin, beautiful condolences;
Sweeney and Ryland, the Irish travellers;
Miss Lizzie DAILY, danseuse; John lie
Claire, iuggler; the -Four Arabs, whirl-
winds Of the desert; Adams, Casey and
Howard in musical act that is mu-
steal act Taken all around, the Howard
Company is away up in G., and there will
be q lively week at kernan's.
THE $4,000 house-Potomao Fair.