The evening times., 1896-02-01
COMING TO THE THEATRES.

Roland Reed the favoritc comedian. VIII
be the attraction at the Lafayette Square
beginning Monday evening. He Will pre-
sent The Politician"
The story deals with the Vaccinations
of gen. Josiah Limber. a scEcIning pohti-
clan. WHO hits upon Peter Wooiey as
,on,promiSe candidate for congress.
WOoley is anything but politician.
He is rich. satisfied with MS manner OF
life, thoroughly domestic, ana IcNCs hl>
home ana garden patch But Limber gets
the woman on his side, and finaliy per
svasiCs NOoIey to let his name be used
IL is used in the noiscSt style.
The interest eliminates i'll the tird act,
which represents the antt-ioom or the
convention hall. Linher works like
a EorSe and carries the day. Woo!ey being
declared the nominee. The ioverof Woolcys
daughter is nominated 10y the other slGc,
which causes thcircnCacCnentt to he broken,
and Limhcr falls in love with Nooleys
niece. while her aunt sets hcrCapfor Liniter-
All these complications are Strengthened
out in the last act, which takes place IN the
dining room in Woolcy's house. where eleC-
tion returns are received. Mr.. Reeds ConI-
pany includes Miss l. adore Rush. Miss Maud
White, Mrs. May Myers, Will X. Bernard,
Charles Wingate, Sheridan Tupper, John
II Bunny, Julian Reed and James Doug
lass.
\ unique character. a full-blopded. vet
culleee-hred. Sioux Indian is the central
-
Northern Lights which comes fresh from
its New York and Boston success TO the
Grand Opera House February j.
1t is a strong. breezy vigorous story.
with a clever plot laid in Montana in the
stirring times of 1876. The other principal
characters are an army surgeon. love mad
and science craZed: a pre-natally coward
iZed son Of bluff. fighting colonel. gov
ernment scout. the twD wives of the sur
geuu. a bright little girl OF the garrison.
a sort of 4 daughter OF the regiment. and
two Eastern capitalists and spectators.
4 martial air pervadcs the piece and the
pomp and panoply OF war is seen from first
to last. but the story is so deftly handled
that this serves only To heighten the in
terest.
Only in the last act is q battle actually
seen. and it is so realistically done that
it is one of the strongest features of the
play. The company is strong one. and
the scenery for the entire production is
carried by the company.
The first production of THE Derby VIM
ner.'' the big comedy drama reflective Of
the exploits OF the race track. will take
place Monday night next at the Academy
Of Music for a weeks engagement.
This play is the original Derby Winner
ana saw the light of day in an American
newspaper office-The Sporting News of ST.
Louis-Alfred II. Sphinx. its author mama
ger. having draniatized it while building
the South Side Electric Light race track of
ST. Louis, the only one in the world.
title OF his play. Sir Augustus Harris of
London stole il bodily. and sold the Amer
ican rights of his production to the Froh-
mans of New York.
THE Derby Winner" is full of interesting
| comedy characterizations. such as are seen
in rapid succession in 'Charieys Aunt"
and its welldeveioped story. revealing
plot that is conceded to be strong in sifua-
| ton. Of exciting climaxes. and OF bright
| entertaining dialogue, is full OF human
interest. Its hero. Nilt West. is manly
| fellow. who owns Il string Of race horses.
and he goes through fire and wafer meta
phorcallv speaking. 10 win IN the slrf. and
| ca nture the girl he loves. He is put To
we're test. hut finally succeeds. his filiy. the
Missouri c;irl winning the ST. Louis Derby.
and his best girl Alice Mobiles.
company OF clever artists is in the
cast Among them are Eddie Giguere.
from Fanny Davenport company: Mr..
blanche Boyer. the stars of last year ''Po-
lice Patrol company: Frank Macdonald.
and Mrs. Frederic Ormonde OF the Mason
Manola company; Rosemary Conroy, SOU