The Washington times., 1895-02-12
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AS THE CROWDS COME OUT.

Ao lHE SNUNDS SUIE OUl.
''The Girl Left Behind Me- has caught up
and was present last night in all her peren-
nial charms at the New National Theater.
There was a remarkably large audience there
to give her rousing reception.
Everybody in Washington knows the play,
and the more they see Of it the better they
like It, That is because it is a thoroughly
American play-so American that the aborig-
ines play important roles-and is skillfully
and picturesquely put on from the spectacular
point OF view.
The third act, as usual, carried the house
completely away and more especially its last
scene, in which the gallant Twelfth dash in
to the rescue of the beleagured garrison-a
sort OF siege of Lucknow put on the stage
This was loudly and long applauded.
Inc characters were taken, Gen. kennion
by Mr.. Arbuckle. Major Burleigh by Thomas
Oberle, Lieut.. Hawkesworth by James E.
Wilson, and Kate Kennion by Maude Harri-
son. Miss Harrison acted admirably.
The Girl / Left Behind Me" is safe for
good audiences throughout the week.
The new comedy drama at Aliens Grand
Opera House is refreshing in the special
respect that 1t is something immeasurably
above the irrational compositions, or COM
pounds, which, by misnomer, are known as
Irish plays. The hero in Chauncey Olcott's
Irish Artist is not peasant buffoon, in
knee-breeches. who talks dialect atrociously
and incessantly.
1.-The Irish Artist is strung on fairly
good story There is seduction and repara-
ton, long-lostheir. and marriages galore in
the denouement.
The audience is. however, mostly con-
cerned with Chauncey Olcott. He made a
palpable hit with his first song. "Katie Ma
hone" People left the theater humming and
whistling it. His other songs are bright and
catchy.
Mr.. Olcott has an excellent tenor voice, a
goodly stage presence role which requires
spirit and viyacity, and he quite fills the bill.
Miss Efle German plays the Irish widow
expectant admirably. She is quite 'gay" and
made fine impression. The other import
ant persons in the drama are little Tiny Bar
ton, who is clever; Jerry Sweeny, Luke Mar
tin; Sir Robert Dean. Daniel Gilfether; Ed
mund Dean, G. F. Gothold; Kate Malone,
Miss Emma Il. Curran, and Maggie Cronin,
Miss LA Irvine.
The play was witnessed by very large
audience.
Modern ministrelsy reached high-water
mark as presented by Hi Henry's Minstrels at
the Bijou Theater last night The curtain
went up on picturesque scene modelled after
the Moorish palace at the Worlds Fair. The
costumes were new and pleasing to the eve
and the premiers well to mention the names
OF Larry Mack. Matt Diamond and the kings
of end men, j. Marcus Doyle and Frank Nc
Nish-calls forth host OF pleasant recollec-
tions of these inimtable fun makers.
The olio was replete with bright music, we'll
rendered songs, and what is rare nowadays,
plenty OF new jokes and good ones like those
which convulsed our sides when negro min
strels were novelty.
Larry Mack sang local topical song, which
was one of the best things of the olio and
Marcus Doyle, in "Hurrah for Casey" and
Frank McNish, as the swell, were excellent
Master Edward Percy, boy soprano from
R. Doyle Clarke's English Juvenile Opera
and used his remarkable voice with the ease
and skill OF veteran singer
Mr.. Hugh McVey gave an exhibition of
cane juggling, and afterwards of Indian club
swinging. In both he was wonderfully dex-
ferrous and graceful. His skill seemed but
the commonplace of habit, and the twirl of
cane or the simultaneous motion of three
clubs flying from hand to hand was but
child's play for his nimble fingers.
The three Rexford brothers, acrobats and
tumblers, kept the mind In maze of bewil-
derment as to their exact position and place.
One, mere boy. was very clever and rivalled
his older associates in their acrobatic feats.
Who that has ever seen jolly Frank McNIsh
In his "Silence and Fun has been able to
keep his sides from shaking? Funny as ever,
nimbie as ever, the original McNish was
again the favorite of the show.
Each and every feature from its merit de-
serves mention. Part third opened with
full military band and Hi Henry, the cornet
monarch of minstrelsy. He rendered with
his usual mastery of his instrument bril-
liant original fantasia, entitled 'sDelecta."
and iadIcatad To the Hon n Nono fpba
beautiful gold cornet which Mr.. Henry used
was made In Mr.. Conn's band instrument
factory, and this dedication to the maker of
his instrument was indeed graceful.
march of gladiators. an imitation OF
statuary representing the soldier in different
mo 1els of famous statues, and the best min
strel show OF the season was over The house
was we'll filled and the frequent and hearty
encores evinced the pleasure and enjoyment
of the auditors.
Mr.. Stoddard told his audience at the
Academy last night that he had lectured $50
times in this city. His audience might have
truthfully told Mr.. Stoddard that he could
lecture $50 times moro and not exhaust the
desire of Washington people to hear him.
1t was Paris last night, and Mr.. Stoddard
took his old Washington friends with him
over those ever new scenes, teaching them
the history, architecture, landscape garden
ing, and sociology of great city in a few
hours.
Mr. Stoddard's word pictures are always
drawn with quick, sure strokes, and with
descriptive power which can put an epoch
into an epigram, if need there be.
The mechanical part of the lecture was per-
feet. as ''Stoddard night always is. 1t is
a relief, after witnessing amateur attempts to
run stereopticons, to sit before the Stoddard
canvas and enjoy his swift, clear and beauti-
fully colored views.
Tonight "Paris" will be repeated.
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