The Washington times., 1895-03-26
AS THE CROWDS COME OUT.

The Washington world of fashion and
feathers turned out last night to greet
Mr. E. II. Sothern, in Jerome X. Jerome's
new tbree-act comedy entitled "A Way to
Win a Woman" The author has very
discreetly not ventured to say it is the
! way to win a woman-or anything else,
for that matter.
Among the people who occupied boxes
were Marquis Imperat and party; the
Brazilian minister, family and party;
Baron Ketteler and party, and Mrs. How
land and party. The British Ambassador
and the Misses Pauncefote occupied orches-
trail chairs.
The local fashionabes were everywhere
in the audience. So large was the crowd
that many ladies adorned the orchestral
rails during the performance.
Psychologically, or better, psychically,
"a Way to Win a Woman is all right;
officially it is all wrong, but that does not
prevent it from being a strong play. Re-
morse and the forgiveness and love of a
pretty woman are not a receipt in full for
the crime of this hero, who is, OF course
Mr. Sothern The interest OF the play
centers in Mr.Sothern as Harry Hal
ford" and Miss Grace Kimball as ''Madge
Carruthers,' the woman who is won by
the questionable moral methods OF her
lover
There are not many other characters in
the cast from which TACT one looks for gen.
eral competency, and ii is quite apparent.
Mr. Sothern is so well known as a success
in all he ventures that il need scarcely be
said that he was voted a success last night.
The story is well told by all the narrators
The play will be repeated tonight.
1.-The Country Circus has come to town
again, and it is here very largely. The
production of that name under the man
agement OF Messrs. Jefferson, Klaw Er-
LANCER i s now the sterling attraction at
Aliens Grand Opera House.
Nothing is perhaps more welcome on its
return here than this highly entertaining
comedy within a>comedy, a fact which was
well attested by the crowd which attended
the opening performance.
This time the play comes in enlarged
form, with first-class ring performance,
thus rounding out the reality of circus
on the stage. The street parade, with the
brass band and elephantine accessories, was
as usual just as magnificent and full of
detail as on terra fiTTna in the rural dis
tricts. People enjoyed the ''show" i'm
mensely. This kind of taste is the first we
acquire in the dramatic line.
Among the clever people in this populous
play are Miss Rose Lee, Prof. William
Conrod, La Bella Tina, C. W. Wood, Lu-
ciaro Tatali, Muldoon, Billy Conrad, Sadi
Hassin Ben Ali, all of these presenting
specialties. In the cast are Messrs. Martin
Cody, s. Z. Chester, Fred Clarke, Miss
Amy Stone, Mrs. S. K. Chester, Miss Ken
yon Bishop, and others.
In ''u TroYatore" the Marie Tayary
Grand Opera Company made a sensible Sc
lection with which to open their weeks
engagement at the Academy. Nearly
every body knows not only the melodies, but
the concerted pieces and choruses of the
opera, so that any audience here is
competent judge as to whether cast OF
'TFovatore" meets the exactons of the
music
The company sang the opera quite ac-
ceptably. There perhaps may be some
difference of opinion as 10 whether Mr. A.
l. Guile is an ideal Manrico in physique.
but there can be none that he is thoroughly