The daily critic., 1890-10-28
4lIUSEMENTS


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welcome visits is as steadily as de.
/ slrye.Iy ON the increase. Iu Nr
/ Uavrns impressive historical PLAY
.Joscrhi1c. Empress or the French.
| her reraI beauty and bearing find n
| worthy sci,ira I'm the truly imperial
waonifctnce of her costumes and suf.
rourdiras
The rIav Is sfII a series of GORGEOUS
archaeological ableauN. veripble 0l.
irct lessons fu history. enlfvenel by
The dcplovmtnr of tragic and appeal
Inc ri0t and ua.slre Of strong emotion
ard noble and forctful dcciaml.ion.
The dramatic movement has been
uuickcnod somewhat to the manifest
Improvement of the piaaa as "a play. but
the central interest is NtIl the beauty
and sorrows of the lovely and unT1riu-
nate sovereign
As She moves across The stage in her
stately coronation robes. attended bv
the brilliant figures of the famous men
and women of that stupendbus era.
each I'm the authentic costume and
uhvsicaI and facial contour. not merely
I of tne verird. but OF the individual
/ history. memoir and weWaratIfr an
| seem to live before us AS something
wholly different from ihe coi4 ah'ir1e.
s,uIs i q. 'ng pl'''>gt NJ ~ .' wy wy
grav srr,oni tba owtwsrl s,pfr
taking and the pIayruI pirrhinr Of the
checks and cars of his favarite attend
ants Here Is The limpo of TaYsgriUd.
the martial bearing of The ban .eIretr
HygdI and even the lovely Creole En-.
press herself II She ever spoke Eng
fish. no doubt smoke it with vpry much
the same Irresistible accrut as her
charming Belgian rpprcseptotfyr
Mr. William Harris prcsonts the same
/ startling and realistic impars1n3tinn of
/ the Little Corrnra as formerly. cXcept
/ that. as so often the case upon the stage
as I'm real life. one comes more and more
| 10 look the rglc and character he rnacts
/ The 7dNryydH2 of Mr. Fraoc0sur l. the
same carefully studied reproduction Of
I the willy diplomatic. while Miss An.
ncsley. as the beautiful Pauline. looks
the mart as Cbarminrly as she partr4yg
it. The entire cast Is excellent and no
one Of them. which isbirh prgist seems
out of place i'm the lofty rules they are
| called upon tn sustain. Every evening
and matinee throughout the week.
New N,t,,p,t Tb.,tr,.
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I w. '"' ''-o '"'' '-''''u w
! play NaudtVllle iroupes on tue Iegilt
/ male stage. and Washington theatre.
| roers have been treated 10 several ex.
Ccllent companies. But the attraction
| M the New National this week. the
/ Boston Howard Atheneum Star S8e.
cialty Company. Is unsurpassed for au
| entertainment of the variety. ID con.
/ sists ui % rapid succession nf high
/ class sprciiltits aIl of which are en-.
TREY new aud admirably rrnd'rrl by
| some OH lic pgslarllsis lu the NauI'Nllle
/ profession. lue aullence la'i night
W.. ,lu''> 'o U',l,l,e'''s n1 tN'l,.e,'s5 ~.
tvc,yc acls am he rr,gr,r,nc ora r.r. .f,,.i
deserved gaf1rf NI,s,rs. Rich and
/ Harris have combination thai is The
| pCtr uf any m the variety line. and
| will urdnuMudIy reap the prud, Of
/ th,ir cntcrprlsinE venture
I The peIlornInce commenced with au
excellent original arrnblilc act hy the
/ Pom-d brothers. the English come
/ daus Nlr Arthur FORESTS ,augs anl
dances were heartily anphuiel aui
those old fayoritgs, Cnnroy anil Fox,
| introduced new specially, Christmas
] Day, which gave them ample opalr.
tuuity % introduce "a number of new
and pleasing character songs Bob
/ Slavin was given Il e hcartir,t reception
Of tie evening. lie has alWavs been a
/ fay0rlte IN this city. aud his quaint
manueisms last uiLLt gained him
/ many additional fricuds Cinuusvllu.
I the iuggler, gave an unusually navel.
| Gus act, and the remainder Of the Ux-
cellent programme was furnished by
I artists of uueXcepii0nal ability
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mouse ON MUM street heiu la'te anu
I apparently appreciatlve audience last
evening 20 witness the latest distortion
/ of the world old legend of the Devil
and Or. Faustus. Our old friend,
I Faust and HeDlhtJ. .SlfIsl, HuH 9.
| IaEeaffsf and preitv ldrgusyifs. dis.
respectullv abbreviated 10 Mag"
were on hand In force. but In such
questionable shape" that Il was dihi.
i cult indeed 10 some Instances. 10 resist
/ Lumlffs resolve 10 speak tu them 10
eUiihets of endcarme1t pr1porti0nel 10
I tht IN VARYING attractions
/ Miss Kate Casileton made very
/ saccharine aud seductive NGFgusFHs
aud by way Of variety sang For
| Heavens sake Don't Say I Told You"
in her usual dulcet aad delightful
I fashion. Miss Iilda Tbom9s as ..F tust
| TDto Date" was simDIy sFaust Out Of
/ Sfphi on would have been buttb4ta
| yeTy comeIv ana withal substantial
peTsouaIily kcBf her very eeu-
erslIv ana very pleasgprIy before
I tbp ives ot the audience. Mis- Gs1e
/ We've eyuoids vas literally I'm nsnss