Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-12
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traction, and she was never more pleasing
than at the present time. AS she appear
ed in La Perichole'' last night her voice
had its accustomed richness and sweetness,
and her acting was remarkable for VI
vacious grace which surprised even her cid
admirers. While La Perichole" Is one Of
the old timers in light opera, it has not
shared the misfortune Of other good light
operas by being done with such persist
ency as to place it in the category of the
hackneyed. AS Is invariably the case with
Miss Russell. the star is well equipped as
to costumfng and cast. Her toilet in the
second act was delight alike to critical
femininity and undiscriminating but APP
preciative man. Digby Bell was liked, as
he always is. and earned the marks of es-
TEEN showed him by his performance as
Don Andres. Annie Meyers sang Guade-
lena with the beauty of voice and accuracy
1t is no small undertaking to find tenor
to sing opposite to Lillian RusselIs So
prano acceptably, and the manner in which
Richie Ling does this is a matter for con-
whole. good one-whether good enough
to justify an advance in the scale of prizes
is a matter which the playgoer, familiar
as he is by this time with attainments Of
himself At the close of the first act
curtain cal! was given Miss Russell, and
she was lavishly the recipient of flowers
and applause The approval elected by
of opinions hitherto expressed, that Lillian
Russell cannot grasp and convey a humor-
Gus idea. La Perichole'' will be the at
traction until Friday night, when 1.-The
Grand Duchess will be presented.
New National Observation-Disclosures Sol
Smith Russell comes to town with one of
his plain plays for the people, it seems as
If the doors and windows had been left
open and the whole place was filled with
fresh air and the fragrance of the fields
q 10 n al lnu'
at the National last night, with Mr.. Russell
as Hosea Howe. and different cast from
last time, and time before, and time before
that, but the people were there to laugh
at "Hosy'' and weep with him just the
same as If they had never heard the play
before. 1t is always SO with these homely
and simple plays of Mr.. RusselPs, and his
affectingly sincere and simple way of pre-
senting them, and no actor is closer to
the heart of the public than Mr.. Rus
sell is. In his company are many
good people Miss Kate Ryan as .'Hosy's"
quhar Miss Boniface as Martha Howe,
Miss Ford as Virgie Rand, Mr.. Charles
Mackay, whom we have all known in the
Summer Comedy Company of two seasons
past, as Jack Farquhar, Mr. Sullivan as
the villain. Ward Andrews, Mr.. Hudson
the hotelkeeper. Mr.. Tasting as Charlie
Rand, Mr.. Smiley as the elder Rand. and
Mr.. Allen as Nelson, the waiter. Old
friends, all of them, these mimic people,
who live over again for us every year in
new forms and faces, but always the same
friends, and always welcome as 'Hosy'
makes all the world welcome to Peaceful
Valley"
Academy of Musc.-Quite a big audience
for bad night appeared at the Academy
last night to see FreenIanS Fun Makers in
"A Railroad Ticket" one of those not I'M
usual farce comedies which at present APP
peal strongly to the popular taste. This
one is like most of them in the character
and quantity of the plot-that is to say, in
the first act some one on the stage tells
some one else on the stage what it is all
about. the audience naturally overhears it,
and then, with the plot planned out nicely
SO as not to interfere with the fun. the
specialties have their innings. and the song
and the dance. the quip and the q,irk get
in their fine work, and for three acts the
audience is treated to an oloa podrida
which provokes more or less applause. In
"A Railroad Ticket the leading speciality is
singing. and the audience is given more
songs, solos, duets and ensembles than it
would get at a concert besides various
dances. VIM. Blaisdell is the ticket agent,
and hts man. Chips (Mr. J. I. Kelley. and
his typewriter, Bessie Shorthand (Miss
Hattie Waters), make 1t pretty lively for
everybody else. Miss Alice Carrie, one of
our summer opera favorites. is Mrs. Clash
er, whose husband breaks her proud spirit
by allowing her only $500 a week. Harry
in tho play. The young ladies Of the cast
are decidedly chic. and they enter into the
play with the highest spirit.
Buffers Bijou Theater-As a production
of scenic and mechanical surprises, THE
Tornado" which blew into the Bijou
Theater last evening, was certainly every
thing which had been promised. There is
a tornado scene, of course, which tears
things to pieces, and trees, fences, houses,
and everything in sight soar away into
space. In the second act the collision of
two ocean steamships is well carried out,
and at the end of this act great ship is
represented as riding gracefully on the
waves, while a rescuing party are seen in
a life boat searching for a man who has
been lost overheard. The cast is compe-
tent, and was greeted last night by a large
and enthusiastic audience.
The Womans Clinic Benefit.-The enter
tainment at the Church of Our Father for
the benefit of the Womans Clinic last
evening was well attended by an appre-
ciative audience. Encores were frequent,
and all the selections We're rendered in an
piano solos, and proved by them that she
is pianist of more than the usual amount
of merit. The singers who took part were
Mr.. Pearman. Miss Lila Heiberger, Mrs.
Maude Talmadge Mr.. George Terry, Miss
Matte Wade, Miss Marie Allen. Mrs. Berry
of Kentucky and male quartet, COM
posed of Messrs Cough, Grimes, Asmus-
sen and Cronin. The Misses Katie and
Matte Gaegler, Miss Laura Eichelberger
and Miss Ethel Howard recited in a credit
able manner, while a whistling solo by
Mrs. Clifford Howard proved unique and
attractive.
Kernan's Lyceum Theater.-The Lyceum
was crowded last night by the admirers of
Bob Fitzsimmons, VINO came to see the way
In which he punched the bag and incident
ally give an exhibition of the manner In
which he intended to do Corbett. Manager
Julian offered 500 to any man who would
stand up to FitZsmmons for three rounds,
but no one was inclined to take the offer
Charles Steele and Alec Brown gave a
three-round exhibition that was hummer
from start to finish, Brown winning easily.
Hen Jackson and Joe Shorter, two larger
sized boys, then met, and, after two very
snappy rounds, Jackson succeeded in put
ting his man to rest in the third. The
Julian company is quite an attractive ag-
gregation In the olo. Howley and Doyle,
a clever song and dance team, pleased the
audience, as did the descriptive vocalists,
Joe Howard and Ida Emerson. Bobby
Mack, the Irish singer, put some new words
in a pleasing style to few of the old ia
miliar tunes. RAMA and Arno gave a
comic horizontal bar act. Fftzsimmons'
offer of 500 holds good all this week. Again
tonight
History of Notwithstanding the
Indictment weather. large and apprecia-
tive audience gathered at Waugh Chapel