The Washington times., 1894-11-27
THE ELKS CAUGHT THE TOWN
It Mas a Temperance" Village, Too.
but They Made Big Profit.
NATIONAL THEATER CROWDED

NATIONAL THEATER CROWDED
Annual Benefit Was, as Usual, Gala 0cca-
sion-"The New South" Pleased at Al
baugha~"The Passing Show" Was Wit
messed by Mr. Lederer and His Bride.
The Elks bought IA Temperance Town"
/ and. having sold it out by the square foot at
4 the New National last night, realized hand
/ some profit on their investment in dramatic
real estate. The order selected "A Temper
anee Town" for their annual benefit, and
made of its opening night for the season a
/ distinctly dramatic and social success. The
/ house was crowded by the Elks, their friends,
and the mutual friends OF the play and the
! order
The boxes were occupied by the dignitaries
! and their lady friends and everywhere in the
/ audience the Elk, in full evening dress, with
the insignia of his order, was a conspicuous
feature.
Among the officers in attendance were
/ George A. Mason, exalted ruler: G. B. Robln7
! son, esteemed leading knight; John F. Brady,
/ esteemed loyal knight; Isaac Sharp. esteemed
/ lecturing knight; Il. A. o'Brien, secretary; NJ.
Dyrenforth treasurer; William Williams,
tiler; Jacob Held. esquire; A. H. Hunt, junior
guard, and DR.. L. L. Frederick, chairman ex-
ecutiye committee.
I The reception committee was composed of
forty-four members, OF whom noted in the au-
dience were Messrs. Frank z. Hall. George T.
Keen, 4. !. Lakenan. J. William Lee, Frank
j. Garrison, Joseph E. Rawlings, j. D..
Burns, John T. Brady, Charles S. Coomes, B.
/ c. Fenwick, w. +. Gude S. II. Caldwell,
/ George I. Budd, J. r. Cullen, John L. Burk-
art, L. A. Cannon, A. Rodier, g. G. Z. Esher,
! J. a. RUPERT. and others.
The performance was quite up to the stand
ard under the management Of Frank Mckee,
! and went of at roaring pace from the start
/ TO the finish. /. r. Stockwell rs Mink, Lee
/ Harrison as MirgO. George Ober as Uncle Joe
/ Vial and Marie Mart as Mary Jane Jones
/ maintain the humOr of their familiar odes,
/ Candeld and Richards are no longer in the
cast, but the play runs along quite merrily all
/ the same.
Canary & Lederer's Passing Show began
! its return engagement at the Academy last
night. From the size of the audience the
/ burlesque suffers little from having been
/ played here some months ago at Albaugh's.
The piece is substantially the same as be-
/ fore. Verona Jarbeau has joined the COM
pany and does a very clever "Cleopatra''
farce with Charles Ross John E. Henshaw
/ has few new gags, with emphasis on the
! ''ieW, and one or two new songs are
/ sprinkled in. Lucy Daily and a band of PICK
anlnnies were greeted hilariouslv and re-
/ sponded to several encores. Jessie Carlisle.
unless she was indisposed last night, is very
/ much oyer-advertised feature. The chorus
/ girls and the dancing were excellent. The
I cOstumiug Of the ladies is as risque as ever.
Mr. Lederer and his pretty bride. with
I whom he eloped a few DAYS ago. occupi ed a.
/ stage box. The lady is q sister-in-law of Mr..
! Seager, private secretary to Secretary La
mont.
A large audience, containing a number of
Z believers IN spiritualism and Himalayan
! AIahatmas, witnessed the performance Of Prof
! hamrl and Mrs Kitty Baldwin. advertised as
4 White AIahatmas, AT MetZerott Hall last night
The first trick was one introducing
''somatic indignation and asometous seiunc-
/ tlon, or, IN plain English, the exposure of
the cabinet trick. 1t was well done A mind
1NtAAAiAAS tAAllhAllOl lLb DIDltSSOI IOl-
lowed and was a novelty in its way Other
/ features Of the programme were Miss Kate
/ russell, ID quaint mimicry; and an amusing
! comedietta, "A Pair of Plotters:" Senor
Manuel Lopez's fine performance on the ban
durria or eight-striLged mandolin. concluding
with Mrs. Baldwin's intuitiye intimations and
dream descriptions. Prof. Baldwin will
amuse the public every night this week and
al Thanksgiving matinee.
If the well filed and delighted house at AL
baugh's last night may be taken as an augurv
OF the success of The New South for the
week the management should have every rea-
son 10 be highly gratifed. The interest in
this sterling play was in fact measured bv the
size OF the house and its enthusiastic recep-
ton.
The story is one that is quite familiar to all
theater-goers, and the playwright has used TO
great advantage the fine points which grew
cut OF the changing relations between the old
and new regimes in the South The cast.
although there are some changes from that
which first presented the play here. performed
The New South" last night with marked
ability.
The strong characters, Joseph Grismer, as
Capt. Ford, PhGbe Davies as Georgia
GWinne, Scott Cooper as Gen. Gwinpe.
Charles Nining as DR.. Lincoln. and Bebe Vim
ing as Kate and Bessie Fessenden, wera ad-
LLiAAtsDly presented AS lnGlmated, 1.-The New
South will draw well during the week.
''The Span of Life' opened last night at
Buffers BIjou to standing-room only. most
deserved condition. for it is by far the finest
attraction presented at the popular resort this
season From beginning TO end the play is
replete with most thrilling climaxes and dra-
matte action, and in the third act the ''Span
OF Life" or bridge of human bodies formed
py three men across yawning chasm over
which the heroine crosses with her child in
safety, IS, undoubtedly. the most novel fea
ture recently attempted. The cast is excellent
IN every instance. In "The Span of Life
Manager Butler has an attraction which
should continue to fill his house.
At Kernan's Lyceum Theater last evenin,
Fred Maldman's Speciality Company began a
return engagement of one week. An enioy
apie programme was presented. including the
mover military comedy skit of the Oiympia
Quartet. OF course the star attraction of
the combination is c.. A. Sampson. the strono
man. de gave an interesting exhibition of his
strength, concluding with sustaining the
weight OF Elne men on seesaw board and
MS Ferris wheel act. In the latter perform
ance what was represented as over . nm
pounds OF lead in addition to the wheel were
sustained. The same entertainment will he
given every evening this week and usuaI
maunees to-day, Thursday and Saturday.
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A committee of pastors was appointed to
assist mr. Robinson in forwarding his candi-
Qacg. The cOmmirtee iDaludad ba D.. w