Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-06
ANU SEMESTS.

Albaugh's.-"The Old Homestead was
the attraction at Albaugh's last night, and
as always, it drew well, though without
Denman Thompson as its leading spirit
there is a kind of lonesomeness about it
which even the very excellent successor he
has can not entirely remedy. The play is
the same as 1t has always been and there is
always a freshness and balsamic odor to
those who live in the turmoil and the mar
row confines OF the city. Mr.. Odell Will
Jams Is the Uncle Joshua of the play now
and he does a great deal toward making
us forget the other one, and to those who
never saw the other one he is Uncle Joshua
himself. That is saying a great deal In
the cast are Miss Henrietta Irving as Aunt
Matilda Blanche Bayne as Rickety Ann
Lizzie Farrell as Maggie O'Flaherty, viii
Cressy as Cy Prime, Thos. Wood as RUDE
Whitccmb. Fred Sanford as Happy Jack
W. W. Allen as Seth Perkins and J. L.
Morgan as Eb GanZy, he with the whistle
The musical features Of the play are not
only prominent III excellence, but they are
most attractive to the audience.
New National Iheater.-At the New Ma
tional Theater last night Americans
Abroad proved one of the most deligkCfuI
attractions that the season has afforded IT
Is a conspicuous example of Sardous won
derful power. He is far beyond the mere
ingenuity which dgglomerateS extraordinary
situations and abnormal Chara CterS for tn.
purposes of passing diversion. There is. of
course, humor in abundance, but there Is
also sentiment The spirit Of the production
is not one Of ridicule or burlesque fond AS
the Gallo wit is of taking Off the peculiar
ties of other nations. Sdrdou is an artist
not a cartOOniSt-and in this play he gives
d story fun OF deliCdcy and humanity With
a daring which would lead a writer pos
sessed of less genius very close to failure.
he presents, IN the last act. an emotional
scene which is tragic i'll its intensity He
leads up to a point where IL is impossible to
see how the happy denOuement which the
word comedy promises will be reached
without "A collapse in the interest But the
descent from the exalted mood into which
the auditor is led is as gradual as the as
cent and the result is harmonious and salts
Tying. The Lyceum Company is an ad-
nirable organization. Good stage lovers ar,
rare, and J. Il. Gilmour is one of the few
He is manly without being boisterous and
though intense is not lansuishing j. T.
Polk is comedian Of previous reputation
ana the picture of sturdy Am ricanism whig I'll
ne gives is entertaining and not coarse. Owen
Fawcett makes great deal of the cnarac-
ter of the butler with the very remarIahl4
vocabulary, and Mr.. George Alison makes a
pleasant impression. OF the ladies' Miss
Maud Harrison holds the center of the STAG
most of the time Her acting has thu. finf sh
which bespeaks earnest ambition and care
full study under favorable conditions. Miss
Gertrude Rivers is graceful and pretty and
Miss hlnnlaId Efforts are effective as
they are energetic. A good house was pres
ent and tonight a number of people of i'm
portance will grace the proscenium arch
Academy.-lf Washington mas ever seen
a better exhibition of the black art than
that given by the wizard, Kellar at the
Academy this week il does not recall the
fact A good audience was in attendance
last night. and that ii was utterly mystified
by the remarkable exhibition goes without
saying. In the first part of the perform
ance the usual straightforward tricks are
presented. but with unusual effects and
this is followed by Illusions, spirituaIistic
manifestations, thought reading or trans
ference and physical impossibilities. One
of these. called "out of sight" is all that
the term implies. Mrs Kellar occupies "a
chair in full view of the audience and this
Is drawn up by wires several feet above
the floor. Then without any curtains con-
cealment or other subterfuge pop goes a
pistol and the chair is empty and falls to
the floor Where does the woman 20?
Another is a game OF euchre played by two
persons in the audience at a distance from
each other, whose hands are called by cards
from an empty cabinet on the stage That
Is TO say, there is nothing in the cabinet
except pack of cards. for IL isn't large
enough to hold a good-siZed baby Mrs
hellars reading blindfolded of the numbers
or bills, mathematical problem working
and naming cards are really wonderful ex-
hibiuons. As fast as she can falkland a