The morning times., 1896-04-14

The Governor OF Kentucky promises TO
have such Il run this week as Will please
the treasury OF the most eXactns theater-
Anumhe of Senators and Repre- Sentatives
who have never seen Mr.. Crane in his
famous character OF the Hon. Hannibal
Rivers have expressed u wish TO see The
Senator" This play will be given one
presentation and the mana cement have
fixed on Saturday night for the event.
The seats for the only performance OF
The senator are now on sale.
Tue weather conditions, with their super
lmpregnation OF spring. and the sudden
downdropping or that period when youth
nstinctivcIy turns 10 dreams OF love, was
propitiuus for the presentation of" Made
iene or the Magic kiss with Camille
DArvllc as the uBkiSscd maiden, last
evening, at the La IA yette Square.
A large audience, the ladies handsomely
gowned in new and becoming postmaster
costumes, was present TO witness the
rendition of legendary romance. and APP
proprIately enough, the scene was Nor
mandy, and the time the month OF roses.
The almost perfect soprano voice of Miss
D'Arville, possessing wide range and sub
ject to the most absolute control. more than
satisfied the expectations OF those Who
heard her for the first time, and her old
friends realized that she had lost none OF
her operate force and attractIvencSs.
The play itself is tight and suited To the
temperature Of spring, and time of recrea-
tion. Tue entire plot is woven around the
legend that if the Baron DeCrlmni, on TIE
anniversary of lis loOth blrt hday should
receive the first kiss OF mature maiden
he would be rcjuvenatcd TO the extent or
twenty-five years. BY marrying he maiden
and receiving 4 second kiss. another quarter
OF a century would he removed. The third
kiss left n young and handsome man or
twent y-five years.
Horace W. kavcnscroft as the Baron De-
Grimm sang ngtheCcntenarian 'sSung withgo,d
effect and successfully earned out his re-
dictionary evoiutiu DR.. Gourmet. the
barun's physician. enliveucd the various
scenes with considerable hum0r. aided and
abettcd by Frank Turner a the baron's
steward and Henry stanley as the baron =
secretary.
The chief run of the evening WIS sup
Piled ny Miss Alice GaillaT,i a Mary Doodle
Il dashing widow who had buried six hus-
bands n 4 : many months and was seeking
To contract another matrimonial alliance
The Misses NIad and lIilda Hulhns as br
Gounlet : daughters did some good singing
bright acting ana excellent dancing. Fred
eriCk Ribcau. the Alss,tian artist. WAS impcr-
sonated by ". g. stewart who performed
the part of the villain without obtaining
the cnmity Of the audience.
Carmen" the opening opera OF the
second aud last week of the HinTich CON-
pany. was ma agnificcntly acted and sung
last night AZ the Grand Opera House.
Natal. in the title role. exceeded even the
favorable impression she created as Mar
guerte. Her superb Interpretation of the
tickle, fiery Spaniari together with her
picturesque dressing OF the part. added
q fascination TO her beautiful voice that
won for her an ovation 1T the conclusion
of the castanet song.
Michelena gave Don Jose" with a pas
sionate. realistic force, while the Escu-
miIIa OF De BaCker was one OF the best cGn-
Ceptions of the torrcadOr given here for
years.
Alice Jutlson and Gertrude Synneberg
made the most OF the small parts allotted
them.
The chorus did splendid work. notably in
| the fete scene of the second act, when their
concerted number with EScumillo aroused
the audience to enthusiastic and prolonged
applause.
And the orchestra never seemed TO &C.
cord with such splendid unison as last
hight, when, under the magic baton OF its
director, it interpreted the loves. 1eal-
cusies, merrymaking and death that form
the plot in the terrible beautiful opera of
Bizet.
THE Land of the Living the drama in
five acts, which was given here for the
first time last night at the Academy of
Music before n large audience, is play
full of the features and miSfortunes OF
people who can readily be supposed to
have existed, or are still members OF the
human family. There are some occaS-
ional lines of cxaggeration and few
scenes which are hardly credible, but on
the whole the play is built and executed
inside of the probabilities.
The villain is very villainous, so much
so that his very ungra;eful partis fire.
quentiy denounced from the cutlery where
his realism CRATES on the sensibilties OF
that discriminating quarter. The part Is
pi;l yed by Mr.. Myron Calico.
The hero is Gerald Arkwright, Mr. Frank
Harrington, who is of course the victim or
the villain. Gerald Arkwrigbrs wife,
played very cleyerly and artisticJlly by
Miss Lillian Price, is the prize for which
the villain plays his diabolical game, the
last incident OF which is his landing in
prison to the great satisfaction OF the au-
dieuce.
In the cast there is very cute and
bright child. Marie Ianson. who must have
begun to suty art and say pieces in the
cradle.
Mr.. Harry Webster, Mr.. John Price,