Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-24
AMUSEMENTs.

Lafayette Square Opera House.-Tr1lby
began its second week at the Lafayette
Square Opera House last night, with a
large and brilliant audience. despite the
fact that the big houses of the entire week
previous led some people to imagine that
the supply Of 'Trilby" admirers had been
exhausted. There were several handsome
theater parties in the mezzanines. and,
Notwithstanding Du Maurier is an English
man. to all intents and purposes, and we
are now sparring at England, a lot OF
statesmen were at the play and seemed to
enjoy 1t all the way through me play
was as 1t was the week before, with the
exception of a new Taffy, or rather an
old Taffy. to succeed Mr.. Burr Mcintosh
of last week. This was Mr. Charles Relgei,
who played the part in the beginning, and
whose work last night was as nearly per-
feet as it could be. and Mr. Reigel is physi-
cally as well the Taffy of the book.
Aliens Grand Opera House.-of the ia
finite changes which theatrical capitalists
have rurg in Du MaUricrs literary sue
cess, "Thrilby," which opened week S
engagement at Aliens Grand Opera House
last night, is far from being the least i'm
portant While the novel ard its subse-
quent adaptation for the stage form a
rather slender thread upon which to hang
an entire evenings fun. the appearance in
the cast of people whose efforts as merry
folk are always successful and the intro
ducton of some scenic display and at
tractive novelties in dancing, serve TO in
sure the performance to a certain degree
against any impression OF monotony.
There is a wealth of resource, both In
authorship and in the stage equipment,
which makes the fact that the heroine of
the studio is becoming very familiar in
deed at times an entirely subordinate con-
sideration. Willis Sweatnam Is black
face humorist who has the faculty of Sc
curing mirthful approval without apparent
effort, and Mark Murphy is successful in
the same way Hibernian dialect artist.
Carrie Perkins Is a scintillant quality in
the armament of lyric comedy, and she
assumed the title role in the burlesque in
a manner that was satisfactory to her
friends and appreciated by the audience.
"Thriby'' is a recognized factor in the
popular entertainment of the present time.
Some very pretty music is introduced, and
the topical lines have the merit of observ-
ing more minor properties of meter rhyme
and grammar than the scant decorum of
burlesque is ordinarily regarded as de-
mandiag.
New National Overwhelmingly Aunt
comes again to the New National Theater
with its prestige as laugh-maker as its
for existence. The play is SO well known
as a meteoric success that it needs little
comment beyond the chronicle of its adj
vent. 1t is likely to remain for several
seasons, delight to the class of people
who love to laugh aloud and an incontro-
Vertibie rebuke TO any ambitions which
may be entertained for the refinement of
modern comedy.
Academy of Music.-Miss Helene Mora. so
well known in vaudeville for a voice that
would have made Svengah go wild with
fronzied delight. could ne have hypnotizel
1t to his own purpose, made her first APP
pearancc in legitimate comedy at the Acad-
cnly last night, and, of course, scored a sue
cess for the play because she sang i'll it. It's
title is "A Modern Mcph.sto," and its au-
thor is Robert J. Donnelly. 1t is of the
conventional type, with lady ard gentle
nan villain tAllSs Bourne and Mr.. Black
the MTphlsto) Chinaman as assistant
villain tNr. kendricl0. pair of lovers
tMr. CaZ"nreuy" and Miss Field, a good
al gel NI:1s Mora), all assistant good angel
(NLr. DaNtGGc), q comedian tMr. Carlin), an
unhappy father tMr Driesep and a board
.nS house keeper Miss Davidae). The play
crs vary in merit, 5 all players do. blu;
they are quite as good as the work they
are called on to perform. ard Miss Mora
seems quite at home in the drama. AS
singer, however, she makes her hit a
pleasant feature of the evening was the
presentation by the ElkS of pair of great
floral aEtlers. Col. Ed. Hay made a grace
tul speech. ~ which Miss Nora responded
quite as gracefully.
Kernans I.yceum Theater-A packed
house and unc@ISinS applause attested the
manner in which Sam Devere's own Com
pGny was received at Kernan'S Lyceum
TFeatCr yesterday afternoon and evening
The company embraces some of the best
known specialists in the business, and they
were all in good form. The comedy duo
Price and Steele opened the program with a
whirl, and kept the audience in great good
hUmor over thrir comedy work. Richards
the man with 4 double voice, and decided
novelty, came next to hearty applause
James and Fanny Donovan, known as the
Irish Crystals followed IN a character
istic sketch. Lillian Western was next on
the program, and received 4 hearty recep-
ton. Sam Devere then came on, and. of
hi H..
humor and had many new songs and jokes.
Her Other Husband" a funny sketch by
Flynn and Walker, was given in n happy
vein and pleased everybody The lovers of
picturesque buck dancing were given 4
treat by Conwell and Swami. Ward and
Curren are good singers, and We're well re-
ceived Omene closed the oio with her
harem dance. The performance closed
with the farce Home Without a Mother-in-
Law" which created lots of laughter. Matt
nees every day this week.
The Cornell Students Concer:.-Judging
from the newspaper notices, the concert of
the Cornell Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs
at MetZerott Hall Thursday evening will be
musical treat. The St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch says: The glee club won instant
favor with their genuine college songs, and
the careful training and preparation the
boys had received was shown in the beau
tiful blending of their voices. The Tinkers'
Chorus from Robin Hood and Kate
Reilley,' by Mr.. Miller. seemed to be the
faNorlteS with the audience, although Mr.
PiSSel made himself Immediately popular
by singing for an encore Robyn's Answer
the composer of this excellent ballad being
present and greeting with enthusiastic an
plausc the singers artistic impersonation of
his composition. The chestnut songs of long
ago were conspicuous by their absence, and
all the selections were new and had the true
college flavor. The banjo club could not
nave been improved upon, and the exquisite
shading of the mandolin club, combined
with the perfect time in the soft and deli
cate passages, brought forth a double en-
core after their first selection, Loves
Dream After the Ball."