The morning times., 1895-12-01
GREENROOM JOTTINGS.

was almost entirely musical in the makeup
of its entertainment, and although there
was but one really truly" opera, stiilloca
theatcr- goers were able to digest their
turkey To the sound of catchy songs ana
jingling music at three of the principal
| theatcrs, while ut the fourth a staid New
England atmosphere pcrvnded the surround
ings ana acted as q balance 10 the light
ness Of the others.
The fact that three Of the attractions we're
entirely new to Washington, ana the fourth
was one OF those stories that but gain by the
! re-tellipg. had the effect Of materially ~
! crcasing the weeks attendance ngures
| over those of the one before, and giving IL
heart incss To the box-office handshake
, that had been cuns,,icious for its absence in
I he past.
II IL probably safe to say that Rob Roy
| drew the largest houses, alt hough the
! frisky Widow Jones" and The Merry
| World" were certainly close seconds, whlle
The Old Homestead had n succession Of
/ well illled houses.
| Taken all together both managers ana
! public agreed with the prociathation fhat
/ there was much To he thankful for.
Mr.. Nal Goodwin that popular coiliethhl
| who viii be seen AT the National this week
! in his new play, Ambition, has been guycu
| unmcrcifuily of late by the members ol his
! profession, all on account oi the result
! OF Il little piece of rorgctfulness on MS
/ part
Even IN n profession noted for well
! dressed men. Nat Goodwin is marked as
! always being absolutely accurate IN al
! IN. details of II fashionable wardroDr
| from the Piccadilly toe OF his v;irirshru
gaiter To the carefully ironcd tile when
! uvcrsiradows his beanling face. But above
all the articles OF dress his one particnI.r
care is his trousers, which, as rule, hiI
things of beauty and joys forever Trey
must he immaculate. The raZor-llke crease
must De precisely in its proper place.
While playing long stands i'll The large
cities, the Jolly comedian has little trouble
in keeping up with the fashion, as the ald
of a tailor obviated the necessity ol any
trouble on Mats part, but last season ms
company was playing series or one-nlcht
towns in the distant West, and in n short
time Mats trousers were in terrible
| state. The crease was not there, and there
was a pair or W q that almost hagged at the
knees.
But be it known that Nat Goodwin S
| Bill Nye head is useful ,as well as orDamental.
| Each night before retiring he would foid
| his aforesaid trousers exactly In he
| creases, place them between the mattresses
| Of his bed u nd lie Il WI q plea SAINT dreams.
In a rather well kno wn hotel Of "A Western
| city Immediately after the departure OF
| In Mizzoura," which Mr.. Goodwin was
playing at the time. Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall
arrived for Il weeks stand, and through a
strange coincidence were assigned Ia the
same room in the same hotel lately occupied
by Mr.. Goodwin. The morning after their
arrival Mrs. Kendall, quite by accident, dis
covered a pair OF beautiful trousers in n
pprfec; state of preservation between the
mattresses OF the he'd, and Immediately IN
formed her husband OF the fact. little in-
uuiry furnished the name of the last occupant
Of the room, and several days afterward
Mr.. Goodwin received an express ackage
containing his lost property anu this bill:
Mr.. Nat c. Goodwin, DIR. TO Mr.. and Mrs
Kendall for pressing one pair of trousers,
one dinner
The monster amusement palace known as
OLYMPIA. which Manager Oscar Hammer
stein has built for the accommodation OF
New Workers and incidentally for the en-
richmcnt OF his own pocket, has been
opened at last.
Ten thousand ..rrst-aightcrs,'' men-ab"ut
town and Others dra WI merely by curiosity,
journcyed mp To this great thrcc.headed
playhouse. where three distinct ami sep.
arate entertainments are given under one
roof and for one price of admission.
New York, ur in fact any ather city on
the face Of the globe, has never seen such
an opening night People pushed and
crowded and stepped un each other in their
| rush for seats, while the iDnumerable mir
| rors reflected the struggling mass and
| thousands of electric lights blaZed out from
every corner or spot where chandelier
! could be hung. There is a theater, music
hall and a vaudeville stage under the roof
| of the Olympia. and you pay one admission
| at the door and then take your choice or
| entertainment.
Each hall has been finished after Il diff
| ferent style Of one of the Louis of France,
and the decorations In all are handsomer by
| far than in any other New York theater.
| Some idea Of the vastDcss of the place
may he gained when il is known that in the
theater alone there are eighty boxes
The opening attraction was Excelsior
| Jr." musical burlesque much on the style
| Of II 492" and containing all the prom
| inent members of that troupe, while in the
| vaudeville and music halls "A high-class
| specially performance was given.
| Mr.. Edgar Smith. author and manager
OF the Merry World, - has had some peculiar
experiences with rural theater patrons
during he long time he has been connected
with theatrical enterprises. \ party of
| gentlemen were gathered round a table
the other night up at My friend John's,''
| as Nat GoodwiDs says. Thetheaters had long
| since closed. and everybody had counted
| up which had been very pleasant occu.
| patton that night, 50 every one was in q
| good humor. andt he conversation had drift ed
on 20 that sta .se when people feel inclined 10
| set back and twrl the thin stemmed glass
! and "reminisce."
| They had been talking about large houses
| aud small houses. and houses that wer.
| but such in name, when Manager Smith
broke in with little experience lie had w
| in the wilds of New England.
We had been playing down through til,
| coast towus," said Mr.. Smith. land had
| done about all of the large cities, when
| one night up in a little Maine town just
| south of Portland. i was standing on the
| door with an eye to keeping the paper
down. when along came rustic. and
after the ma nner of his kind, pecped in over
! my shoulder, blew on his fingers, for II
was about forty below zero. and remarked
| Purity small heouse ye eve & OF this evenin'.
Yes said t.
| Well, tain't meow use replied Reuben
our folks won't come out much arter
dark: they want brought up thet way
And that" said Mr.. Smith. "is the
| only town l know where matiIees have
the call"
| Railroad Senator's Advice.
Senator Thurston OF Nebraska, formerly
an attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad
| would have the government figure up the