Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-05
PINAFORE BY CHILDREN.
The National Theater Crowded to Wit
ness an Excellent Performance.

ness an EKCeuent performance
A larger audience never filled the New
National Theater than that which assem-
bled on Saturday afternoon to witness the
juvenile performance Of Gilbert & Sullivan s
"Pinafore," which was given for the bene-
fit of the National Homeopathic Hospital
The performance was worthy of the audi
ence. for it went through without a single
break, all the little ones sustaining their
parts with the ease and dignity of profess
sional singers The tuneful melodies of this
charming opera were given with excellent
effect and proved that the children had been
carefully drilled as to the musical score,
while the acting and stage business of both
cast and chorus showed that nothing had
been left undone to make the representation
success. In fact, new set of scenery
had been specially painted for this occasion.
to add to the attractiveness of the represen-
tation. The leading parts of Josephine and
Ralph were taken by Marie Howe and Lee
Cox, both of whom gained great applause
for their excellent work. Little Miss Howe
sustained the same character at the per-
Torrance that was given last spring, and
even then showed remarkable talent, both
In singing and acting, but her performance
Saturday was an improvement upon that.
She has gained in ease of manner and grace
fulness of movement, while her voice is
broader and clearer, and she sang the diff
Ierent SOLOS with excellent enect. Especially
noticeable was her rendition of THE Hours
Creep on Apace'' in the second act. Master
Cox has a voice of remarkable purity and
sweetness, and he made a manly looking
sailor, fulfilling all the requirements of the
part and acting with spirit and effect. In
his scenes with Josephine he responded to
all the stage business and made the love-
making quite realistic. He showed the re-
suit of careful and earnest preparation, and
both in solo and concerted passages was
effective. In the duets Refrain, Audacious
Tar" and Farewell, My own" the quality
of his voice was particularly apparent. Mas
ter Paul Sperry was a manly Captain Cor
coran and sang and acted with much spirit.
He received an emphatic. encore for his eX-
cellent rendition of the song Fair Moon
at the commencement of the second act.
Fred Hazard, as Sir Joseph Porter, seemed
to have a full comprehension of the humor-
Gus dignity of the part, was clear and dis
tinct in his enunciation and sang the ad-
mirafs music most effectively. Harold Ira
cy gave the same careful and artistic rep
resentation of Dick Deadeye that gained for
him so much credit at the performance last
spring. Burton Garrett was as effective as
Bill Bobstay as at the first representation
lowed his spirited singing of "He is an En-
glishman." Walton Goodwin was an effec-
tive Bob Beckett, and little Minnie West, a
tiny mite of four years, was the cutest mid
shipmite that has ever been seen. Miriam
Stodart repeated her success as Little But
tercup and sang and acted with excellent eff
feet.
Eelen Winter made an effective and cum
ming Hebe. and her one little song ELECTED
great applause. The two aunts, Ethel Tay-
lor and Mabel Foster, looked remarkably
sweet, while the marines, j. Schnoop, NJ
Horne, A. Sullivan, j. DAILY and L. Castell,
who are members of the Gonzaga College
Cadets. put up very effective silent drill
The chorus was large and effective and
did all of its work in the most satisfactory
manner. Burton Garrett gained additional
applause by his excellent singing of the
'Tar's Farewell between the acts and re-
ceived. perhaps, the most pronounced en-
core of the whole performance. Little Will
lie Collier danced a sailors hornpipe in the
first act in manner which was remarka-
BILE in one so young, and between the acts
a hornpipe was danced by Emma Heinrichs
and a sailors dance by Mabel Owen, Lizzie
Rudd, May Madigan Marguerite O'Toole,
Annie May OToole, Ethel Atkinson, Elsie
Lower, Willie Collier and Arial Chapman.
All the principals received a large num-
Der of floral tributes, but the most extern
sive was large floral ship, upon the base
of which was inscribed H. M. S. Pima
fore" This was sent up to Josephine at
the end of her solo in the second act, and
was altogether too heavy for the little lady
to manage. Capt. Corcoran came calamity
forward, and between them they managed
to get it over the footlights. amid the ap-
plause of the audience.
Great credit for the performance is due
to Prof. Harry Wheaton Howard, the musi-
cal director, who brought both cast and
chorus to such a high degree of vocal ex-
cellence; to Mr. Willis b. Magruder, who
so intelligently directed the stage manage
ment; to Prof ]. H. Vermilya, who super
intended the arrangement of the dances;
to Mr.. Halstead p. Hoover, the pianist. and
Mr. A. A. Sousa, who acted as assistant
stage manager Praise should also be given
to the ladies of the committee under whose
direction the performance was given, par
ticularly to Mrs. Harrison Dingman, the
chairman. and Mrs. A. f. Childs, the treas
urer. both of whom were interchangeable in
their efforts and were constant in their at
tendance at all the rehearsals. The chorus
included the following children: Helen Bir-
ney, Beulah bernstein, Estelle Ellis, Emma
Heinrichs, Marjorie Keefe, Nellie Martin,
BERTHE Muth, Kate Tourney, Alice Wood,
Sallie Wood, Pauline Bliss, Bertha Cole
man, Agnes Geyer, Marie Hodgson, Louise
Ketcham Sarah Morrison, Frances Sander,
Ethel Wardle. Lille Wood. Marion West,
Palmer Ballenger Sylvester Cassell, Hor-
ace Custis. Berkeley Geyer, Alfred Hamp-
son, Ralph Johnston, Harry Lowe. Ollie
Pollxinhorn, Francis Sullivan, Frank Tuck
er, Harry Wardle, James Brney, Gregg
Custis, Jesse Finley, Earl Goodwin, Charlie
Hendley, Clarence Lewis, Willis Magruder,
Harry Stevens, Paul Tharp, Otto Veerhoff,
Martie Watson and Horace Winter.
So great was the desire to witness the
performance and many were unable to
attend that it is not unlikely that 1t will
ho rapaated at no distant day