Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-06
AMUsEMENrs.

| ALBAuoH's.-A good play in some respects
aud not so good in others is Edwin Milton
/ acts, presented for the first time in Washing
ton last night at Albaugh's with an unusually
large audience of appreciative people.
FRIENDS Il story OF two men whose friend
ship was more 10 them than anything
else and who fell in love with the same
girl, though she loved but one OF them.
She had a father who was n weak old
man IN the employ of scoundrelly
opera house manager, and on this is built
what Mt times is intensely interesting. Mr..
boyle As John Pddera, jr., and Mr.. Henderson
as Adrian Rdrje. one a pianist and the other
poet and both poor one coat served them,
were the friends. and Mr.. Royles character,
with its smiles and its tears, quite won the
! audience. Mr.. Hendersons acting might be
\ criticized, but as the young pianist he scored
a success which the house gave him full credit
for. As a rule, such characters in plays score
| their successes somewhere out of sight, but in
this Mr.. Henderson sat down at the piano in
full view and played only an artist could.
Miss Fetler as Marguerite otto Of the
| opera house had a difficult solo which
she filed most acceptably. Mr.. Hamilton's
Jao. Pdden. sr.. was one OF the best things in
the entire play and the scenes between him and
the son he had cast of were genuine fun. Mr..
Lyons Hdnsotto a drunkard was q bit OF
painful realism, and Mr.. Handyside was n
smooth and handsome villain. In the play are
some unusually strong situations and the inter-
est at times gets to be of the intensest melo-
dramatic quality, and then again there are stu
atoms when the interest goes nearly as far the
other way. The company was called before the
curtain at the close Of the third act and given a
large and generous applause. Again tonight.
NArIoNAL--H cares Cypress you and the
means you'd have to lift them try Blue
Jeans. In ii lies laughter, smiles and tears;
In it are varying hopes and fears, and If You
have the blues it means they're not the blues in
this blue Jeans" which being interpreted
means that Joseph Arthurs farmer play Of
Blue Jeans began its weeks engagement last
night and. as usual, went through the house
like a buzz saw. "Blue Jeans" doesn't need
any more boom than il has but as a side issue
1t might be said that the cast at present is not
the same as originally produced the play, but
IT Is quite up to the standard and with Mr..
Frederick Vroom US BdscOm. Miss Laura Burt
as Jane. Miss Jennie Goldthwaite rs Sue Euddly.
Daisy Temple and Charles Udell as Nell and
jim, the same buzz saw. the same rising sun,
Oh, roarers. the same music and stage effects
and settings. even the most critical could not
ind auGht to saw except in praise.
ACADEMY OF MCsIO--As n portrayer of ro-
mantle roles there Is actor in the country
who is more appreciated than Robert Mantell.
lie Is one of the most graceful men that the
American stage has seen. He has drifted in his
work from the higher planes OF romantic drama
toward the purely melodramatic. He does all
that he undertakes well, and ia evidently dis
posed to present what the public appears most
to enjoy. The Face in the Moonlight is a
play whose merits conspicuous and many.
Mr.. Mantell plays a dual role Victor, the SOL
der and the man OF honor, and Rdbdt, tho
criminal Mantell a comedian is an innova-
ton that the playgoers were not prepared for.
Neither, however, were thew prepared to zee
him step into the part of Hamlet when he did SO
some time ago. He surprised even his admirers
by playing Hamlet well. And now he again
surprises them by going to tie other extreme by
presenting the part Of constituencies but
merry rascal in way that would not have been
discreditable to performer whose entire ca
reer had been devoted TO low comedy. As an
expedient for developing story the close re-
semblance of two men in totally distinct
spheres is so lacking in novelty that its desira-
bility is very doubtful; but a means of show
ing of Mr.. Mantell it is eminently satisfactory.
Miss Charlotte Behrens is also graceful and
womanly in the leading feminine role. The
subordinate portion of the cast showed much
that excellent.
HARRIS BIJoU THEATRR.-Agnes Wallace
Villa commenced an engagement last night
under the most favorable circumstances. The
house was crowded aud enthusiastic recep-
ton given to tine popular actress. 1.-The World
Against Her is the title of the play she ap-
Feared in. Although seen here before, this
play never becomes tiresome, and the trials and
fluctuations Of the heroine, the devotion OF the
hero and the blackheartedness of the villain
II
too well known to need comment; suffice to say
il has plot which unravels itself after five
acts, teeming with bright dialogue and start
ling situations The scenery is good and the
specialties introduced are clever. This is es-
pecially regarding the serpentiue dance
given in the second act by the London show
people The company is fair. Again tonight.
KEnSASs LYcEUM THEATEn.-Manager Ker-
nan offers to the patrons Of his house this week
an excellent variety show. 1t is the French
Folly Company and the program is long and
varied. Saratoga Swells, a new comedy bur
letta. proved a good curtain raiser and in
troduced Miss Lizzie b. Raymond, George
Lingard, May Adams. George Topack, George
Steele VIM. J. o Brien and Lille Allyn, all of
whom acquitted themselves creditably. La
Mothe and Maynard, the French athletes,
gave q startling aeriel speciality; Allyn and
Lingard were clever in a character sketch. and
Topack and Steele produced roars of laughter
in their sketch entitled Harrison Vs. Cleve-
land" Sam Bernard was clever in his spe-
cialty, as was Lizzie b. Raymond. Eight
Bellies, an operate burlesque, closed the
show. Again tonight.
BosToS SYMPHONY ORCHEsTRA.-The second
concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
will take place at Metzerott Music Hall tonight.
Mr.. Nikisch has arranged program that can
not fail to be pleasing. including, rs it does. a
List piano concerto, in which Mr.. F. Busoni
will be the soloist, and a solo number for the
yioloncelo which will be played by Mr.. Alvin
| Schroeder. Besides these there will be given
the Peer Gynt suite, Goldmark's ''Sakuntalu''
Overture and Tschaikowsky's Symphony IN
minor. No band OF musicians exceeds in ex-
cellence that which is presided over by Mr..
Nikisch and its popularity here is very great.
A few seats may now be obtained at Metz
erott's.