Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-30
ADJUSTMENTS.

The LAST DAYS OF acknowledgements
and first nights. as a rule, are deleterions TO
any performance and that Of Pains Last Days
Of Pompeii at Atlantic Park last evening was
not an exception to the rule. The audience.
however, was much larger than was expected
considering the cool weather prevailing IN adj
dition to the above-noted usual disadvantages,
but the 5000 or more people who were there
were enthusiastic enough TO warrant the pre-
diction that the capacity of the place viii be
taxed 70 the full at subsequent performances.
The performance began with fete, the idea
OF when Is to exemplify the life OF the city at
the time OF its destruction. The opening scene
shows Pompeians of all classes thronging the
streets in anticipation of the coming contest
The scenic effects are OH a magni..cent scale
and the realism of the entire representation Is
wonderful After the fall Of the city splendid
exhibition Of fireworks was given which doubt
less excelled anything Of the kind Washington
has ever seen. A vignette 80 feet square show
ing portraits of the Presiden: and Vice Presi-
dent was among the set pieces. The exhibition
OF water fireworks, over which water seemed to
best character. The fireworks program will
De changed at every performance. The pro-
gram this evening begins ut 745 with a concert
by the Marine Band which has been engaged
for the week.
ALBAUsH's.-In these DAYS of all sorts OF
miasmatic vapor settling thick and sickly upon
literature and the stage it is like tonic breath
from forest of balsam and fir high up in the
clear pure air OF the mountain side to sit for
an evening in the heslthful and invgorating
atmosphere OF such play as "A Poor Rela-
ton" as Mr.. Sol Smith Russell always plays it
and played it last night at Albaugh's to a de-
lighted audience. To Mr. Russeli's quaint
comedy was supplemented the broader. but
scarcely less artistic, work OF Miss Merri
Osborne, who. as Scouops, is Joy forever in
the household. Mr.. Lawton won q triple call
for his whstling, with banjo accompaniment
or all the players and the play space will not
permit the pleasant things that might be said.
In response to a persistent demand from his
constituents Mr. Russell made characteristic
speech after the first curtain. Again tonight
not the speech. which was not q poor relation,
but the play, which is.
NATIoNAL.-The fame of Mr.. DeWolf Hopper
in the DeWolf Hopper opera company, or the
DeWolf Hoppera company, as you please. had
preceded HIM and the doors Of the Castles in
the Air. were opened at the National last
night to great big house. Castles in the
Air is not sombre opera by no manner of
means" nor is Mr.. Hopper gravestone among
collection OF mortuary monuments; on the
contrary. Mr.. c. A. Byrne with the ca post
tacto assistance Of Mr.. Hopper has prepared a
funny libretto, and Mr.. Kerker has musiced the
piece very agrecably. Mr.. Hopper's Filacoudre
IL his own and is therefore funny, and his able
but abbreviated secretary (Alfred KLEIN, is
striking appendix to the large volume which
precedes him. Mr.. Seabrooks' CaboLastro is
very good, and the make up Of Mr.. Mori-
son as chief Of police is unique. Mr.. Hopper
achieved the usual ovation in his rendition of
the lullaby song, This Little Pig Went to Mar
ket" 1t is simple melody of childhood,
which fits into the score of the opera as tear
might tit into crown of pearls. Again to-
night.
The BIJoU.-Milton Mobiles. an old Washing.
ton favorite, who has not been seen here for
three seasons. opened weeks engagement at
this theater last night in his famous comedy
drama The Phoenix" In the dual role of
Carol Graves and Jim Biudsoe. Milton Mobiles
demonstrated that he had lost none Of his old
time ability. Great attention has been paid to
the mounting of the play and the fire scene in
the first act was quite realistic, and the gam
bling scene in the second act was a clever
piece OF stage setting. Mr. Mobiles is sur
rounded by a company Of unusual merit. Again
tonight.
kERNAN's-GUs HILL.-It is seldom that
better variety show than the one presented
here by Gus Hill last night is seen in Washing
ton. The performance opened with roaring
sketch entitled Pleasant Dreams" in which
Fred j. Huber and Miss Kitty Allaype created
considerable merriment. The club swinging
OF Gus Hill and the juggling by Chas H. Hoey
we're marvellous. Little Chip, the child phe-
nomenon, kept the gallery convulsed, and the
Schrode brothers gave finished aero batic act.
The performance concluded with a laughable
comedy entitled Married Mashers" Again
tonight.
Miss Cora TANNER will appear at Albaugh's
next wee In "One Error"
NEXT SPRISG you will be sorry you did not
buy In Wesley Heights.