Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the World in Eighty
Days." renewed almost into Its pristine novelty
| by beautiful new scenery and costumes and
| numerous improvements in its effects, was pre-
sented at Albaughs last night before an excel
lent audience. in which the god of the gallery
had his part and place and made his presence
known in the usual manner. The spectacle
was under the joint direction and supervision
OF the Kiralfy brothers, a union which for sew
cral years has been rent in twain. .'Around
| the World has the advantage of most IL not
all competing spectacles in its plot which
without the glitter and tinsel OF cloth and gold
and the beauty of harmony in tint and shade
| would be thoroughly interesting in its pre-
| sontation, and with all these added splendors
the result is a magnificent success 1t would
be difficult to specify particulars in such an
equality of excelienccs of dance and march
and scenic beauty, but possibly the great
Mikado ballet should lead, as it certainly does.
among all composite dances The effect is
wonderful and beautiful. 1t is a rare enter
tainment in itself alone. Mr.. Slaytor as
Ptileds Fog, Miss Helen Tracy as Ao,,da,
Mr.. Frankel as PassepDtom, Mr.. Gilpin as
Miles OPake and Mr.. Mills as Fir, the de-
toctIve, in various ''make-nps'' led the cast.
The ballet was artistic in figure and move
ment, though the premiere was unable to ap-
pear. The elephant was also. indisposed by
absence, but he will reach towfftoday. Again
tonight
NArroNAL.-"A Dark Secret" is a fve-act,
one-tank drama, with the tank appearing in
four acts, and that it tlckles an audience may
DO easily demonstrated by passing an evening
at the National Theater. The only thing that
is fresh in "A Dark Secret is the water in the
tank. but little thing like that does not count,
and last night the plaudits in the theatcr were
not eclipsed by the ovation to the returning
National Guard marksmen going on the out
side. The piece de resistance of the play is in
the third act, where HOsnler, 1.-THE noblest row.
man Of them all, wins the race on the Thames.
At the finish everybody is a-yell and the ex-
citement is participated in even by the actors.
The only drawback to this great act is the fail
ure on the part Of the strolling acrobats to
throw the policeman into the tank-beg pardon
the Thames. If this were done the gallery
would go into spasms and paroxysms. Mr..
George III. Hosmer and the tank are the princi-
pals i'll the cast and their dramatic ability is
about simultaneous. as it were, but they get
there exactly the same and that is their bust
ness Oh the stage. A prettier bit of Seen
cry is not presented on any stage than the
regatta scene IN the third act. There is a deal
OF damp realism about the drowning scene. too.
Again tonight
HARRIS BrJoU.-N s. Wood appeared at the
Bijou last night in new play entitled "Out in
the Streets" The story is told in five inter-
cstlng acts and the scene is laid in New York
city and California. Mr.. Wood, who appeared
as Harry Farley, the hero. was warmly well
coined. He gave spirited rendition of the
difficult part, sharing the honors with Little
Lily Eddinger. a cute little tot who acted the
part of Little Blind Florence like q veteran
The scenery is especially good. the most effect
i've being in the second act, showing the hero
in the act of rescuing the child by rowing
across the river in "A boat, while red flames
shoot up around the little craft on all Sides
The support is fully MP to the standard. Again
tonight
KERNAS's.-A vaudeville entertainment these
days without one bad feature is rarity, and n
variety show with every artist star is scarcer
STILL Mr.. Charles W. Williams, the well-known
aeronaut and ventriloqust. is the manager of
combination possessing very nearly these
two requisites and he is now filling weeks
engagement at Kernans with the Partisan
Folly Company. The curtain rose last night on
the TurkO-Circassian minstrel scene. and the
Turkish costumes of twenty-five comely women
with the peculiar Circassian head dress made a
pleasing spectacle. Then followed an olio of
exceptional merit, including Miss Beatrice Leo,
character vocalist; Charles Williams and his
talking wooden figures, and many others. The
performance concluded with a spectacular bur-
lesque entitled The Bachelors Isle." Again
tonight