Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-17
ADJUSTMENTS,

Albaugh' SHERMAN afforded abundant
amusement at Albaugh's last night. He
undoubtedly ranks shoulder to shoulder
with the greatest magicians the world has
seen. and in addition to his dexterity he has
a certain grace Of manner and a quiet hu-
NOR which add Immensely to the interest
and attractiveness Of whatever he may be
doing. Both his elaborate mechanical
tricks and his legerdemain proved delight
fully mystifying. His spiritualistic seance
was sufficiently surprising in its manifesto
tons to satisfy even searcher for genu-
inc psychical phenomena if they had not
been presented for merely the sleight of
hand that they are. The illusion After
the Ball. is very beautiful, and 1.-The Es-
cape from Sing Sing is an interesting and
startling feature of the program. Hermann
never fails to entertain large audiences.
possibly because he never fails to have
something new to offer.
The New National Theater-The clever
comedian, Eddie Girard, appeared at the
New National Theater last night in con-
junction with II. V. Donnelly and a COM
pany of comedians and speciality artists.
The title of the absurdity which they pre-
sent this season is The Rainmakers," but
as a matter of fact neither the play nor
the title are OF great consequence compared
to the catchy songs and bits of humor and
inspiriting dances which are showered un-
stintingly through the performance. The
pursuit of novelties for this class of per-
Torrance grows more keen every year, and
the firm of Donnelly and Girard are not in
danger Of being left behind. This is es-
peciallly the case as some Of their most
striking features are original with them.
The costumes are rich and the girls are at
tractive. The company has with it some
very good voices, SO that popular music OF
every type is agreeably and effectively pre-
scented. Eddie CARVE does some very neat
black-face comedy work.
Academy of Music.-The navy has not
had as extensive representation on the
stage as the army, but 1t affords fully as
great opportunity for good action and ef-
fective staging, and the first Of the modern
naval dramas, THE Ensign" when II made
it's initial appearance in this city, immedi-
ately scored a popular success. Last night
at the Academy another naval play, en- Il.
tied 1.-The White Squadron" proved very
entertaining and received liberal applause
from a large audience There is plenty OF
patriotism in the lines and that always ex-
cites enthusiasm. The plot is well defined
and the action is spirited. The company
headed by W. A. Whitecar is efficient and
is assisted by a large force of supernumer-
aries. among which are marines from the
Washington barracks. The scenery is ef-
fective and the tableau at the close OF the
second act presents a fine naval spectacle
introducing the white squadron of U. S.
Harris Bijou Theater.-Dore Davidson
and Miss Ramie Austen In by the World
Forgotten" drew a large audience at Har-
ris' BiJou Theater last night. Miss Austen
is beautiful woman and clever actress,
and In this play she has an opportunity to
DO some good work. Mr.. Davidson and Mr..
Vernon Ramsdell rendered efficient support
and Earle Lee and Dave Lewis introduced
attractive specialties. After tomorrow night
The Dangers of Great City" will be pre-
scented.
Kernan's Lyceum Theater.-A large au-
dience greeted John and James Russell at
Kernan's last night and the program was
thoroughly enjoyed. The combination in
cludes John F.. Drew. comedian; Aiburtus
and Bertram. club tugglers: Bessie Gilbert,
female cornetist; the BraatZ brothers and
the Gurnellas. All the acts were well per-
formed. and the closing farce "Clarfce"
presented all the members Of the company