The Washington times., 1894-12-16

a very jolly show Mss Maud Hobson, a
handsome woman, plays the heroine in
charming fashion. She is capital actress
and carries, with Miss Dccima Moore, Miss
Juliette Nesvilie, and, Dir. Mouxhouse, the
brunt of the play. Miss Moore as Rose
Briefly. dances and sings P.easiuSly, and
Miss Nesville is one OF the cleverest con-
eiiennes that London has sent us in some
time. Her French song has made one OF the
great hits OF the season. Miss Blanche Mas
sey, placid, peach blow creature, is the per-
secuted gaiety girl ald hes footlight chumS
are three stuGn ng looking women. the
Misses Florence L,oyd. Grace Palotta. and
CiSsy Fitzgerald.
The men in The, company are. without excep-
tion, clever. Two OF them. Mr. Fred Kaye,
and Mr.. W. Louis Bradfe!d are remarkably
good air. Charles Ryiey sings well. His sing
ing OF Tommy Atkins aroused enthusiasm.
Mr. Bradleld and Miss Moore have 4 very
fetching dance, and just before the final
curtain falls this Young man covers himself
with glory again by his performance as d
cockney lierrot. One os the hest things in
the performance is the Lie Guards quartet.
which is sung by Messrs. Kaye Bradfieid,
Hope and Taylor. The costumes are beauti-
fui. Unquestionahly, The Gaiety Girl" has
scored hit.
The most promising stars in the farce
comedy line are Ward and Fokes~- No team
in the profession ever lett the vaudeville stage
for farce comedy with such phenomenal sue
cess as have this popular Duo of burlesques.
They viii appear at the Academy of Music
ali this week i'll Charles E. Blaney'S lest
effort, "a Run on the Bank" Farce comedies
are the silver Innings of tbs theatrical horizon
When the patron is surfeited with rheumatic
tragedy. loose-ointed meIo-drama5, and
creaky operas the relief comes with the well
cone change to=tile tuneful, witty, bright,
breezy, and wefi-coastructed farce, in which
! the foliieS and foibles of life are held up as
| it were before mirror for the purpose OF
| stutfing q moral as we'll as tin-carning a tale
"a Run on the Bank teens with special
| ties of superior nature. A most commend
| able fact is that there is absolutely not jot
| or title of suggestiyelsss in the entire play.
| The singing department of the company is far
above the average. while that most essential
feature, the beauty show, is made up of
| shapey blonde, and brunette beauties. OF
course, the central figures q Ward and
| yokes. These magnetic young comedians are
| full of clever.ideas, The skit is unquestion-
ably pleasing and the company the best ever
| organized for farce comedy. The following
| is the cast i'll full Harry Blaney, Alfred
| Grant, Charles Jerome. Tony Williams, Sid
| De Gray Harry Rossiter, Joe Russell, Charles
| Lemon, Gil5ertie Learock. Maggie Daily,
| Daisy Dudley, Clara Bell, Inez Rae, Starre
| Kimball Elinor Daily, and Ward and yokes.
During tho third act r. Wilmot Eckert and
| Emma Berg, California's famous operate
vocallsts, will appear in superb renditions oil
duets from favorite operas and popular selec.
tions.
That famous melodrama "The Stowaway''
made famous by the Napoieonic efforts OF
those two ski;lFul ex-hurgaIs, Spike Hen
nessey and kid MeCoy-wili be seen at the
new Bijou Theaser orehing Monday, Decem.
ber % In the terse language of the theat-
! rical advance agent The Stowaway" is .
"corker. Like the cat it has more than nine
! lives. and ike the athful feline in the popu.
lar song II always comes back. 1t is no fisfu
existeRce that this pneular play has enjoyed
Jumping with bcurd into popularity hall 4
! dozen yea-s ago, ii has maintained its hoic
upon the ,ubIIc witii agrip that there seem:
10 possibility of breaking. It has distanced al
its rivals aad bears the proud distinction O