The morning times., 1896-10-18

hangers on and the Boston lawyer are all
tyIa,at. but oi a slaEetype. The druggist,
the doctor, Mink Jones. the reformed
| st. Julian, old Joe, the saloon keeper,
the judge, the squire, Mrs. Jones ana
Arlbella are the reflection OF fndividuaiS
| who do or might live. Not compositeiy'
| each individually. as different from any
other man as men are in reality.
= HE season has been aggravatingiy pack,
| war,laboul poIuglorward. here mas
1 not been any spirit in The thcater-go.rs
| up To date They have gone 70 'he
tneater in a hali-heartea iasi,o,i, DO
| If the spectcr OF suinmcy loss sun, s.n, nS ,,n,
| over thein. To be sure, there nave ohiy
| heeu,wu att ractions IN town this laii winch
| wcrp calculated TO explode any especial
! amount, of enthusiasm. Chiiiimie rht
| drn, and De Wolf Hopper have been the
| onlr attractions which have the imprint
| upon them SO necessary 10 success ei'ae
| pe,ple must see them. Mcdiocrity is a los
mo investment in this profession. II may
| NOT lose much, but The manager WHO
| loses S5o n week feels that he might
MS we'll be losing $4,000 Not that all
other companies here have been heavy
losers, on the contrary, money has Deeh
| maue in several instances. But ''Chimmie"
| aud DcWOif have thus far been the oBly
"compeliers." And how Hopper did re-
calilrate )kick Webstcrl against Wash
ingtun's Cooiuess. He said they came III
drUycs and showed enthusiasm in the in-
verse ratio. The sirnilc Which an actor
usually employs i'll expressing his sensation
under such CIRCUMSTANCES, is that he felt
as II he were talking into "a wet blanket.
But if the bliGhtcd branch of mediocrity
has thus ia rdisfiSured the theatrical garden,
the rose OF hope is only deferred in blossom.
Once the bloom is on the display will be
radiant IL is probably just as well that
at this early day of homecoming and un-
packing, when the men are busy figuring
up tbeIT shortage on the summer, and the
wofnen. are fitting around the bargain
counters, anticipating heir husbands tall
earnings, that the lighter entertainments
have their day. Its the privilege OF every
dog. Don't despair, but glance over the
bucks Of promise, as II cid out by the mana
gers
At the Lafayette You will sec Richard
| Mansfield, Z. II. Sothera, L. s. Willard,
olga Netbersoie, John Hare, Beerbohm
Tree, Ada Rehan, the Imperial Opera Com
! pany, The Sign OF the Cross" and others
! OF uhis ilk At the National the bookings
| call for Joseph jefferson, William II.
| Crane, Nit Goodwin, Sol Smith Russell,
tieorgia Cuyvan, Otis skinner, Maurice
! barrymore, Miss Philadelphia" "Pud-
| "a unbead wilson, jefferson De Angels
and others of their ilk. The new Columbia
expects to open next. week. Their list
will compare favorably with the other two
De Koven and Smiths new opera, The
Mandarin.' is the initial attraction. The
list to follow is notable, an imperfect
memory can only recall Arthfr Buuchier
and wife, +. NJ. and Joseph Holland,
Heart OF Maryland" The Spor ting
Duchess and the Boston Symphony con-
Certs.
In fine. Washington will in course of
| time have everything that is worth hav-
! ing and everything that is To- he had. 1t
| must needs lie later in the season and
good and Comfortably cold, and, at least
this wear, the election must be put into
| the past tense before the stanGing-roOm
| sign will have its busy week.