The Washington critic., 1890-03-25
AMUsEMESTs.
nThe Drum Major.

Drum Major, was presented last night
at Albaugh's before most distin-
ruished and fashionable audience. The
house was crowded in every part, and .
i'm the boxes were President Harrison, |
Secretary of the Treasury Window,
Attorney General Miller Secretary of |
Agriculture Rusk, the British Minister, |
Sir Julian Pauncefote, and Lady |
Pauncefote; the Mexican Minister and !
Nine. Romero, Admiral Jewett and the |
Danish Minister and wife, the Count aud |
Countess Sponneck. In the orchestra
stalls were Senator and Mrs. Stewart, !
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle, Speaker Reed,
Congressman Butterworth and party,
Senator and Mrs. Vance, Count Sala,
Dr.. and Mrs. Lincoln, Commissioner Of
Fisheries Mcdonald, nspectorGeneral
Breckinridge, Chief Engineer Thomas
Lincoln and the French Minister, NJ
Roustan and party. The theatre was
beautifully decorated with flags,
flowers and greens, and presented the
appearance of an immense floral garden.
The music of the opera is bright and
sparkling, and the performance was in
every way decided and brilliant sue
cess Pauline Hall as Stella, the Drum
Mdjor's daughter, enhanced the good
opinion which Washington audiences
always held concerning her voice and
acting. She was repeatedly eHc0red,
and in the second act the services
of all the ushers were necessary to bear
the numerous floral offerings to the
stage. Mr.. James T. Powers, as Gram
let, kept the audience in good humor
all the evening and received many re-
calls. In fact, recalls during the three
acts were so numerous as to severely
tax the physical strength of the pers
formers, who, however, generously re-
sponded, All the other roles were we'll
filled. The marching of the troops
in the last scene, and their
wonderful accuracy in the evolutions
Of very intricate drill, evoked, pro
longed applause, especially from the
members of the various local military
organizations, which were well repre-
sented in the audience. The Drum
Major" will be repeated tonight and
the advance sale gives promise of an
other large audience.
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Mrs. Burnett's much talked of Little
Lord Fauntleroy" was presented at the
National Theatre last evening before q
large audience. The story is indeed a
charming one, and Master Tommy Rus
sell as Cedric Enrol, is, of course, the
central figure, and as such displayed the
character of the beautiful, loving and
truthful little lord in fascinating sim
plicity which bettered all expectation.
The Fart Of Dorjncouw of Mr.. Frank
Il. Aiken is crusty old pessimist.
| Under the loving care and affection Of
the golden haired little lord, however,
| he becomes more and more sociable and
finally turns into first rate fellow.
Miss Helene Lowell as Mrs Errol is
one Of those unselfsh mothers who's
ever ready to sacrifice herself for those
whom she loves. Mr.. b. Snyder as W..
HagiShGm, the lawyer; Mr.. Russell Bas-
sett as Mr.. Hobbs the grocer; Walter
Eddinger as Djch, the bootback and
| Emily Lytton Us -NiBnb were all good.
Every detail has been carefully studied,
and the staging does great credit 10 Mr.
Snyder, the stage manager. Every
lover Of children will find in 'J.itQe
Lord Fauntleroy" much to praise.and
nothing to condemn.
PASSIONS Slave'' at Harris' Bijou.
The old but always popular Passion
| Slave" drew large house at Harris
Bijou Theatre last evening. The play
was presented by strong company aud
the scenery and stage effects were un-
usually novel and ingenious. The
williams oath in the snowstorm, with
its unique features, was a clever piece
of acting, and the illumination scenes
of Fortress Monroe and Chesapeake
Bay formed good backgrounds for the
presentation of the play. The tendency
towards heroism in all the situations
satisfied the popular taste, and the audi
ence thoroughly enjoyed the perform
ance. 1t will be repeated every even
ing during the week with the usua
matinees.
Irwin Bros Specially Company.
One of the best variety entertainment
seen in this city for a long time is tina
given at Kernan's last evening by tn
Irwin Bros Specially Company, ant
which will be repeated every evenin,
this week and at the usual matinees
Frank LIE Mondue's feats of slack-w wir
walking and the trapeze Performance
of Lick and Gordon are wonderful ex
hibitious of skill, while Sarkey Bros.
the contortionists, are far above tn
average. Among the other notabl
features of the entertainment are tn
acts of Richmond and Glenroy tn
comedy boomers;" the musical acts o
John and Lizzie Mccarthy, Lillian
Abrams and Gordon and Lick; tn
dancing of the famous Newcomb trio
the banjo playing of AL. Reeves, an,
the new specially of Riley and Wolfe
"The Magic Easel.
American Composers Concert
Judging from the large advance sal
of seats the public are taking an ur
usual interest in the American con
posers' concert, which takes place a
. Lincoln Music Hall tomorrow evening
, Additional interest will be given to thi
entertainment by the fact that such wei
known composers as Dudley Buck, Prof
j. X. Paine, f. G. Vanderstucken an
: Arthur Weld will be present and col
duct their own works. Miss Louis
Karyss of st. Louis and Miss Eleanc
Warner Everest of Philadelphia will t
the vocal soloists, Miss Maud Powe
The violin soloist and Mr.. Arthur Viii
ing the piano soloist. An unusuall
bright and interesting programme wi
will be presented.
In the Language of Love-
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