The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-29
MANY fHEATER-G OBRS OUT
All the Attractions Drew Large
Houses Last Night.
''Ciimmie Fadden'' Made Friends
and Maggie Cline aSpeech-Other
Plays Wen Received.


Plays Well Received.
Ttiere were not more successes OF sub
| staUtIal timber in New YCIk city last sea
sou than one could count On the finger,
Or OBe hand. In fact, 1T is stretching Tue
limit to designate u success for each
| finger and nth for the thumb. What
ever New YORK approves for u teason il
| usually looked forward 10 eApectantly al
one or the events or the season IN " ash
ington- Though local Judgment is Let hLb
servient to Gotham fads, local interest i,
| aroused i'll appreciabie mca suTcs.
TGatis why u larscaLaience came ca gerly
| anu expec -antIy u TIE New haIlt MAI i i.
| a.er last night. 1he attraction wa one oil
| those OverM Ielnnuk sucl esAs.s wulcu fas,
| seasoO iiad view Aerk by he Aese. 1he
prooucuOn was tile hay which augustus
\ iisofnas made out oil Edwaru W. Town
| seDd series Cr s.ories known an tie Chm
me a0deO Siories.'' Some tfeuoattop was
| felt lest tue play should not succeed ouI
| or New York ci.y. Chianmic Fadden Is q
| bowery boy, iIis 0ialccl. manner and very
4 self are tile OutgrowLn OF tire kaSS Sue
| which is as oiffefe0t from the rest OF the
/ city as the COster 4Larters are from the
baiaUce al London. He was very eviden,I y
understood ana appreciated last night. line
large audience received TIM with marked
| favor. but Washington iscosinopOiitan, and
It's people have had DOCK acquaintance with
| the BOwery boy. -f.t l..-.
The success OF the play is not entirely
attributable to the originality OF the char
| acier, which Is M IOwDreBd's contr1Bu-
ton. The drainattst had scaDt1 material
/ to work from in the sketches. They told
4 q mcager uDdramatic story, serving merely
to suggest characters, though none OF them
/ other tnaD the hero are new to stage land.
| The play is an integral work in Itself and
1t is well constructed
The TirsL ann OF tue dramatist was, vi
/ course, u give conspicuous niche u
Chimnie- 1nen he clustered in all his
associates: Miss Fannie, de Duchess; Small
| Bots, His whiskers and tile others. The
story In The background is well exploited.
| Inc desideratum Of Coiierels dramatic stOry
/ welded to individual characterization Is
aruslcaliy achieved. II Is neither vulgar
| takes place on the Bowery but II Is Qulckiy
| shifted TO aristocTatic quarters and the
| tone Is high class and digniried.
The presenting COMPANY is. with the ex
| ceptioa OF three MINOR ACTORS, Tue sane as
/ appeared during the New IorK run, Charles
| hopper In the title role realized a type
| OF howery Boy satisfactory to every one
| who lad not DULL an IDEAL from the stories.
/ In the disparity Ne is in no wise to blame.
| lie gave the slang and yulsahsms OF
ChimInie wiJ1 graphic real,sIu out nicely
| tempered with removal %. Their ha rshness.
| The local slang vocabulary Will doubt
| less b. enric.i.l Tor d rev weeks with the
| lncisive ''See?' and the resentfui ',Wot
\ tell!'
|
| ever. be credited 60 Marie Bates, as Mrs.
| Murphy. Here Is a consumuate piece of
| character work. IL Is study OF a reeK-
! ing SUM woman entirely given to the JOYS
| OF her bottle. Miss Bates gave her role
| color. breadth, fine shading ami pathetic
human touch at times which Completed a
thorough piece OF characterization She
made ner triumph, inore's the wonder, in
! two small scenes. Bat IL was complete
as TIE art that sustained 1t.
Beth Frank!yD pia yedthe Duchess: Fannie
| Dentam Rouse, Mrs. Fadden; George Nash.
| small Bots and Louise Dale, Fanny.
The company is excellent not only in the
persons OF those meptioiied but Throughout
the long cast.
II is safe to say that tie only person
at the Lafayette Square Opera house last
night WHO uid rot AXE Magic cline was
the villain. She pursued MN in heart
less fashion. and AT the end caught up with
him. and what she did wasn't done
by halves Perhaps, even the villain
lkeu her and only pretended not To be-
cause tie pay wouiun lerInit Inn 10 ga >
so. Leaslwise every one else uIu. si,
made friends OF every one IN The play e2
cept that villain, and then proceeded to
make rriends with tie audience
There Tire bnii iEarEs OF an expert
ment about Maggie Cines present. enter
prise. she never before gave any eriucucs
mat she could act anything but u ram oi
pugilstic- blows and vocifeiate Incidentally
win Tie lover OF caifope. she neNeI
tefore even had presented herself to the
audience of a theatcr which affects high
art ana culture. What reason was there
success last night and many VI LIE pla yers
about her assisted her materially 10y good
work. But the entire company Is hanui-
capped by play which suggests the
n,, Il nautical hafiu OF Mary Era,-, rather
rather than the supposed skill OF Clay
McUreene
The play is called ION Broadway" II
might as well have been called anything
else. IL Presented the star in four acts
aud as many songs The songs we've al
good. but hone Will achieve the fad of
Every one knows 1t. IL refers to little
encounter in which McClosky was involved.
Maggie sang well and she acted with
surprising skill at many points, Her
sense OF uufnor was continuauy III evidence.
Her part is suggestive or r. Hopkinson
SMITHS woman, Tom Grogan. As Mary
Brody. Maggie Cline is represented as the
rugged daughter or a worthless contractor
II e ca mot do his work so she unsiertak es it.
She becomes involved with numerous diff
culties suggested by the villain, but with
the assistance OF the draniatist she gets
over all the obstacles. crusnes them beihea IN
her sturdy heel, AMI is happy as can be
by the time or the last curtain.
joint. sparks displayed his best capabili-
ties in the character part OF the drunken
father. Mr.. sparks is seldom seen in WASH
ington. He is a strong fayOrite in New
York, and is in continual demand As a
Stun waif. Helene Thill contributed a nice
those whose efforts especially commend
them to the god graces OF the audiences
which will this W eek go to the Lar ayetteare
George II. Howard. Ben T. Rinculd, James
A Leahy, Harry Bradley. and Jerry Hart
The best compliment To star and support
is that they carry the day in spite OF the
conditions of Mr.. Greene = work. The niaE-
ageinent have dressed the star in some
expensive Costumes. and the pla has several
line settings A sensational scene or nie,o-
dramatic strength is that in which the scat
foltsug CoIlBpses. There will be the usual
Wednesday and Saturday niatinees.
"A Summer Girr' began a weeks en-
gagement at the Bitou 1heater last night
with good aUdienccto applaud her. She
was not typical ummer girl. Tor she had
the advanta ee OF being thoroughly In love
with her admirer and from first to last
was his ideal, albeit the intrigues OF her
enemies Tor n time clOuded her title.
Miss Effie Darling as Madciine Ashley
took the role a nd was admirably supported
by Niron Letting wen, who, as Philip
Ellsworth divided honOrs With her, and
shared the applause.
Sprightiy Joe Totten, the imam with
a fad.'' was a splendid Felix Flyte, while
Miss Florence Stanley, a woman with n
note book" Miss Cara Douglas, a woman
with a virtue and Miss Jessie Darling,
woman with a hope" quite met tile
public expectations.
george X. Sprague, a ypical man with a
business:" A. II. Hastings, who had pur-
nose and gave the lovers most OF tneir
trouble. a nd Alfred Burlace, whose unfortu-
nate wee added TO the general discom-
fort sus6aine tne remaining reading cnarac-
tiers in a st vie which was quite up TO date
The cast is a good one and Manager
Whitesen may be congratulated upon the
auspicious opening OF the weeks Program.
A pleasing finale was the INTRODUCTION OF
several entertaining subjects through the
medium OF Edison's greatest marvel, the
wonderful vitascope. A realistic fire scene