Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-07

An Excellent Performance at the
Academy Saturday Night.

The thunder storm of Saturday evening
prevented many people who had tickets
from attending the final performance of
.'Pinafore' by the little folks for the benefit
Of the National Homeopathic Hospital, yet
tho house was well filled, and those who
risked a wetting were delighted by the work
Of the children. The opera was given by
the original cast, and each of the principals
showed the improvement that comes from
repetition. There were no bitches of any
kind. and the production would have done
credit to some older organizations. Miss
Marie Howe, as Josephine, did exceptionally
well, and her clever acting and singing won
Tor her round after round of applause. She
was abundantly favored with flowers. Lit
tie Helen Winter and Miriam Stoddart, as
Hebe and Buttercup, delighted the audience.
They picked up their cues and acted their
parts with surprising ease and grace, and
the prompt And so do his sisters, and his
cousins and his aunts'' of Hebe was quite a
hit The lads were all very manly in their
nautical togs. Frederick Hazard, as the
Admiral, sang his lines neatly, and was
quite as patronizing as any Sir Joseph who
ever trod the quarter deck. Paul Sperry
was an ideal Capt. Corcoran, and showed
an intelligent appreciation of his part. The
Ralph Office Cox was excellent. his high,
clear voice sounding sweetly in the graceful
DTS assigned the part. His acting, too, was
spirited and effective. Harold Tracy as
Dick Deadeye and Burton Garrett, the
Boatswain,. were easy and clever, the lat
ter especially delightirg the audience by a
song introduced between the acts to ac-
company the chorus hornppe. This was a
decided hit, particularly after the success
OF little Willie Collier. when he surprised
the audience in the first act by his wonder
ful performance in turning off a genuine
sailors hornpipe in very tarry style
Minnie West was trifle smaller than her
mldshipman's spyglass, but she got off her
only line, AYE, aye, SIR" and received a
nrOmDtneSS
completely smothered her tiny form. The
chorus was strong and smooth, and the
gallant marines did good work in silent
drill
This performance closed a series of three
that were in every way successful, and
which reflected great credit upon the ladies
OF the Homeopathic Hospital under whose
auspices they were given. Praise should es-
pecially be given to Mr.. Harry Wheaton
Howard. the musical director; Mr.. Eugene
Davis. the stage manager; Mr.. III. r.
Hoover, accompanist, and Prof. j. II. YER
milya, who had charge of the dancing. The
| cast, besides those already mentioned, in
cluded Walton Goodwin, Boatswain's Mate;
Amts, Ethel Traylo- and Mabel Foster;
van, j. Daley and +. Weller.
The chorus was composed as follows:
Sisters and Cousins of Sir Joseph Porter
Helen Birney, Pauline Bliss, Beulah Boern-
stein. Bertha Coleman. Estelle Ellis, Agnes
Geyer, Marie Hodgson. Marjorie Keefe
Louise Ketcham. Nellie Martin, BERTHE Muth,
Frances Sander, Kate Tourney, Ethel War
die. Alice Wood Lille Wood, Sallie Wood
Marion West,
Sailors-Palmer, Ballenger James Birney
Arthur Birney, Sylvester Cassell. Gregg
Custis Horace Custis, Jesse Finley. Berke-
ley Geyer, Earl Goodwin, Alfred Hampson
Charley Hendley, Ralph Johnston, Clarence
Lewis. Harry Lowe, Ollie Polkinhorn Harry
Stevens. Francis Sullivan, Paul Tharp
Frank Tucker. Otto Veerhoff, Harry War
die, Horace Winter