Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

LBAUGHs.-That was quaint. queer. curl
Gus play az Albaugh's last night-the Lilipu
tians int The Pupil in Magic"-and very fine
house enjoyed it immensely. Notwithstanding
! the dialogue was entirely in German and the
majority Of the people in u Washington audi.
enee are not fluent in German beyond a glass
OF beer and pretZel 1t was the novelty of the
thing. however. and the irresistible way the
little people had of making their points under
standable to everybody. The play is dream,
in which Fritz Miss Selma GOerner, just the
cutest little woman. three feet high meets with
strange adventures, having sold himself
la Faust to Puck (Fritz Ebert the small
est of the lot and by all odds
the oldest, funniest little man alive). Fritz is
boy in an automaton shop, and these au-
tomato become living beings and pursue
him in various ways to the end Of the play,
when they resume their places and Fritz wakes
up wiser and better boy. as the story books
say. There are ten of these little folk. as bright
and cute as they can be. and they sing topical
songs. serenades, solos, duets. quartettes,
ehoruses. familiar and unfamiliar airs and
make fun and interest all the time. They are
assisted by Il whole stage full of big people. in
Guiding fine ballet and a lot of pretty girls.
The spectacular effects are very fine. with a
great illumination of the Eiffel tower. No
more novel play has been presented in WASH
ingtOn and it would be difficult to produce one
so like living fairy tale or Palmer Cox's
Brownies i'll the pulsins flesh. Again tonight
and matinee tomorrow.
NATIoNAL.-An audience. which showed visi-
bly, the effect of the Mckinley bill on theater
prices for play which has been presented here
several times, little more than half filled the
National last night to sec the JeffersOn-Flor-
cnct Comedy Combination do 1.-The Rivals,
made over to suit the requirements of the mod
crn idea, or rs the late Mr. VIM. Warren feel
ingly remarked: The Rivals. with Sheridan
twenty miles away" But none of these things
detracted from the established and indisputable
fact that no company now organized, either in
this country or abroad can present
Florence. Mrs. John Drew and the
more than excellent people they have ASSOC
GATED with them III the production of the old
and higher class comedies. Some changes
have been made in the cast. notably the as-
sumption of the role of ST .ABtItOny by Mr..
7. {. Bangs. who follows wOrthily the illus
trious examples which have been set him. Of
the principals II IL not necessary to speak.
That the house was not filled to overlooking
was not owing to lack of appreciation of merit
but simply to the fact that the people will not
pay extravaganza prices for twice told tales
however excellent they NAV be.
hEENAN She performance presented by
the Henry Burlesque Combination at Herman :
last night was complete in every detail. and
merlted the applause IT received. The curtain
rose upon n new and original spectacle diver
tisement entitled "A Hotel Reception" in
which the entire company takes part Tex
arkansas appears in this act and captivates the
boys with her vivacious dancing. Will West.
the character and descriptive vocalist from
England was good. and Mcintyre and Heath.
those well-known black-faced comedians. kept
everybody on the laugh. Crowley. the female
impersOnator. was artist. and Charles Nc
Donald. dancer all over: EldOra and Norine.
in finished exhibition of juggelry. mystified
every one. while roaring afterpiece entitled
the .'GOn-dO-liars.' closed. the show with a
whirl. Again tonight.
HARRIs-An air of expectation pervaded the
Bijou last night. and each one of the large
audience paid more than usual interest to the
play. 1t was Pablo ROmani." melOdrama
never before seen in this city, and the general
verdict is that it is one of the most impressive
plays ever presented at the Bijou- 1t is an
adaptation of the novel The Vendetta" ant,
in its dramatizaton it loses none Of its forcible
situations. The action of the play is laid in the
sixteenth century during the plague. and the
stage settings are unusually fine. The climax
was reached in the last act when an earth
quake causes q complete change of scene. re-
vealing crumbiing dwellings and a terrific
eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Walter Lawrence
assumed the title role and showed himself
thoroughly equal to the trying part. He was
ably assisted by good company. John Fay
Palmer, Charles L. Farwell and Miss Francis
Field being excellent. Again tonight.
Miss Agnes Huntington Paul Jones in the
comic opera of the same name will appear at
Music Hall during Christmas week.