The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-03

Miss Lamont had good reason to be proud last
Monday evening on the occasion of the benefit
rendered her ut Albaueh's Grand Opera House.
Such Il crowdl The capacity of the big house
had never before been so fully tested, and the
sale of standing room was stopped only when
the limit of safety permitted by the building in
spector had been reached, and even then many
were left camoring outside for admission. The
audience was truly representative one, and
filled the orchestra and peanut gallery alike.
The sight of so large number of ladies in the
upper gallery reminded one OF the attendance on
grand opera. Those who were fortunate enough
to get in at all were glad to secure seats any
where and everybody seemed happy Behind
the footlghts even greater goodwill seemed to
prevail, and all were at their best The pro-
grammc opened with the overture from "William
Tell' by forty-two pieces of the Marine Band un-
der the direction of Mr.. John Philip Sousa The
beautiful music of this number was rendered
with exquisite skill and called forth tremendous
applause, which subsidized only when the strains
of Little Annie Rooney" as an encore 1oated
over the audience in that breezy style by which
nous in Washington. This was followed by a
most artistic clarionet solo by Mr.. Felix
aaneeRsa with ssn9 na
both of which. caught the spirit of the
audience and added to the enthusiasm. MISS
Alice Raymond then performed some choice
selections upon the cornet, accompanied by the
Marine Band. Her execution was marvellous.
of ths deu
amounted almost to an ovation. Everybody
present was willing to concede her the greatest
lady cornettist in the world The first two acts
of the BLACK Hussar" were then given by the
company, including in the cast Mr.. Louis De
Lange. MIR. Il. e. Graham, Mr.. Ross David, Mr..
Lloyd Wilson, Mr. Tim Murphy, Miss Helen La
mont. Miss Emma Hanley, Miss Mabella Baker,
and Miss Mamie Cherbi. The company has given
some excellent performances during Its summer
engagement here. but the rendition on Monday
evening surpassed in fun and frolic anything it
has given. The comedians WED with each other
to produce the happiest hits, and the members
OF the chorus threw themselves into their work
with earnest vim to make the opera go" Mr..
De Lange as PtfkOtC outrivaled himself, and
Mr.. Graham Hdckenbdch poured so much
humor into his part that 1T bubbled over and
ditfused itself throughout the house. Mr.. Lloyd
Wilson was very clever as Helbert, and Mr. David
made the best Wdldndnn ever seen here. Mr..
David possesses a tenor voice of a sweetness not
usually heard in light opera, and his singing and
acting on Monday evening captured the thor
ough appreciation of the audience. He
is very handsome, and is an adept in the
rarely discovered nowadays in tirst-class tenors.
Miss Lamont was at her best in the role of Millld,
and Miss Hanley as Rosetta was never rolliclS-
ing in the part before. Miss Bakers Barbara
was typical personation of clever comedy
role. Mr.. Tim Murphy did MiNii,, a tragedan,
by request, and was the cause OF much fun The
After the rendition of the opera Messrs. Halen
and Hart gave some specaties from Later On.''
Mr.. John Yorke AT Lee indulged in some very
fair whstng, Mr.. Ross David rendered a
Three, consisting of Messrs. Hub Smith. Burt
Riddle. and Tim Murphy. disported themselves
in the "Razzle Dazzle" trio Miss Lamont ended
the evenings programme; singing Little Annie
Rooney" with chorus by the entire company and
audience. The ladies of the company were all
the recipients of handsome floral pieces, those of
Miss Lamont being especially numerous and
magnificent. Altogether. the occasion one
to be happily remembered by every one present.