The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21

''Around the World In Eighty Days." whose
whiskers had become hoary year ago, appeared
at Albaugh's Grand Opera House last week and
by the dazzle Of tint and tinse succeeded in hid
ing its venerable age before the large audiences
which turned out to view it's features. This Is
the fifth season the spectacle has been upon the
road, but the fact that the Kiralfy brothers are
united again in a managerial capacity after sew
eral years separation lent additional interest to
the production. The "incidentalsn to the piece,
which really constitute It's attractions now that
the story has become familiar, are new nnd brill
liant and the costumes gorgeous and costly.
1t is difficult to specify among the Kaleidoscope
figures in gold and colors which feature of the
dances and marches Is of the highest excellence.
The great "Mikado" dance is probably the most
striking and at the same time entertaining, and
of this the umbrella dance probably caught the
largest favor Of the audience. The Salambos,
too, succeeded In mystifying Washington, as
they have other large cities, by their wonderful
electro-dynamic exhibition In which they handle
fire with as little concern as though 1t were
water The play, being of minor Importance in
the production, has been cast accordingly Mr..
Joseph Slaytor as PhiledS Fogg was fairly good,
while Miss Helen Tracy as Aouda scarcely sus-
tained her reputation The others were rather
poor.
"a Dark Secret"
The National Theatre has just closed a most
drama, "a Dark Secret" The piece enjoys the
distinction of being the original "tank drama" g."
but aside from it's mechanical achievements 1t
possesses much merit of heroic type. The
story, though not an unnatural one in concep-
tion, as is frequently the case with plays of its
class, develops situations and climaxes that
touch responsive and expressive chord in the
emotions of the audience, and give birth to
bombast as a most instructed result. The
boisterous border style, however, is not gen
eral among the members OF the cast, for there
are several artists Of genuine merit In the COM
pany. The ladies are especially good. Mile.
Lidiana Miska as Emile D'Estere, the COVER
ness and adventures, gave most finished per
formance of her role, and her success achieved
for her the hearty ill-will OF the audience. Miss
Charlotte Ray as Nellie was graceful, charming,
and natural, and disclosed emotional powers OF
high order, Her acting was never overdone
and was thoroughly consistent with her careful
attention to detail. Miss Bella Stoddard as May
Joyce was also very clear, and took her ducking
In the Thames with realistic effect. Mr.. E. B.
Tilton as the hero, Martin Brooke, and Mr.
Joseph Mason as Jonas Norton, the deep-eyed
villain, were above the average and the others
were fairly good in their respective roles. The
scene Of the Henley regatta was most charm
ing one, and brought to the front Mr.. George
Hosmer, the oarsman, who wins the race on the
stage in real water. Here also the opportunity
is presented for Miss Edith Tilton to do some
charming dancing, and for the Herbert Bro
theirs to perform some Of the most difficult aero
batc feats ever accomplished Altogether the
performance is the most interesting one of the
kind that has ever been seen in Washington.