The morning times., 1896-03-17

I ttllt hEltAi lNt'AAAlAlt'A 90 ObN-A7fNN-
Max Nortlau might have secured ex-
| cellcnt material in the study OF degcntracy
OF she American type at the Academy last
I night. The house was literally packed by
/ AN audience lined there through prospects
| OF seeing meiOuramd or the puTest type
! Il M. oIily exception TO II and the Me 6aLd
maud type lay in the fact that tie very
| best character artists Madame JanttG-
| schPk, being at their head.
The Great Diamond Robbery" from its
success - tie New YORK run and suhSe-
I quent road career, is a sterling proof Of
| ne fact tHat the American pubic sJlll
loves the unusual and heroic on ne stage.
Perhaps, all this Is "a reaction, taught by
| a surfcit OF so-cdlled problem plays. At
| any rate, il is patent fact that wash
| iugtOn last night testified that II IS
| thoroughly representative American city
I in this respect.
| The book or MesSrs AIfricud ard W heeler
| is a skilfuily constructed New York de-
! tcctiye story, III which + rcdtrlcS BOhd
/ plays Sherlock Holmes and Miss Lillian
/ Lawrence. Gf samDcT comedy fame, cs-
I says tue role or a real wicked young Gd-
/ ventaress with penchant for stealing
I diamonds, numbering husbands. ana DO
Jug almost any Other Old evil thIng. In
! CifIentally. IL may be mentioned that she
I does it very wei. Mr.. BOud, In his new
! character OF a gallery hero, IS excellent
} He OVeraCtS at NO point ana hdS developed
4 Il faculty Tor Cl!maNiug mriOdTaHl1tiC SItu-
atous as Well as raising comedy laughs
Mr.. Thomas Hunter. Mr.. Joseph T.
U l.
careful interpretations or the character
/ work assigned u them. Mr.. W n. White
/ car strobe vigorously across the stage and
I looked handsome, which was about all
I required OF him. Ar. Frank DeHithbOTne
/ As Count GardiaThnfT, should make has OF
! his say in Washington and get some points
! on the appearance and aCJIonS or Il real
| nobleman az any one of The legations rep
! reSenting the eifete monaTchics or the Old
/ world
Aiiss Maud Banks has a hard time Of it.
] She. f-hfaI from IVgEITul tregrgr
social drama and thrust into seethng
mCiodrama Undoubtedly she feels the
! change. She X, however, paiustak king and
! pretty young woman and made an accept
| able heroine Mention should be made Of
[ Mrs Annie YeOnlans and Fannie Cohen,
/ who Interpreted delightful bits of genre
/ life in the Metropolis.
Mime Janauscnek, as Frau Ro,enbaum,
/ the a ged fence and able all-dTOunu
/ criminal. is, OF course. the star or the
cast. Her work is strong and her study
( OF wicked old woman seemingly correct
I III every detail.
( 1t only remains for MeSsrs Palmer and
! NoieS, unuer whose mana cement The pLay
/ Is produced, to strike out few Of the
. New YorkiSns and innUendutS Whose only
/ value lie in their local application Nos
every one IN Washington U!deFStdiiuS lhe
pet political phrases OF the Fourteenth and
! skin wards OF New York city
The performance OF stephenson's and
! Golfers "DorOthy - al Aliens Grand
! Opera House last night, was not an IN
| limited success, fact which Is not al
| together IN bc charged against the handing
7 OF the opera by the Leslie Opera Company
MT. Collier has not written dHyiilIlg HrVv
I in The score nor Eas Mr.. Stephenson done
/ any tuIl-- pfrtictIlJr4y clever On tHe Ok
/ That there j. nothing cXICting in any one
| OF the musical notes is, however, a good
I rea son why the leading pee pic might La VI
! made a better impression.
/ There IS to be said ia favor OF the
/ dialogue that there is not saiaclous double
I eutendTe in il, Il circumstance which ought
To make 1t very acceptable 10 pt 0p.e "Eo
| y.tu get along without tue pho>p >plOTescenl
I sparkle OF rotten wool.
The strong point in the musical CompO-
] sition : u Concerted pieces, OF which there
are three ia the first act alone The
. tIllyhO chorus is i so rounded and SonoTOuS
/ AMI was sung with spirit and dramatic
The solos, which were well sung, were
the pretty ballad for tenor III the first
/ act by Mr. Charles Bdssett and the Wei
! come by Mr.. Fred Nj. Marston- IN the
/ second act Theensembit with this air was
! also well sung.
The leading ladies, Misses d D'Ervieux and
CsJTdHer, have very unsatisfactory voices,
| although it was said in eXteHuatiOn, tina [
tney were suffering from COlCiS. which must
| have been very bad. Their acting, which
; could not have been affected by CatarrE,
| was amateuriSh and sJage-frighJTul-
My Charlie COOte made a great deal
out of his part as sheriff officer. His
/ familiar style and good form in all things
pleased the large number Of his friends IN
| tte uOuSc.
The most grata persona of the whole
| performance was Little Ruby. phenu.nt
nal dancer, who received three encoreS.
She dances equally Wei on her feet or
hands.
The Leslie Company is large and when il
loses its present Wis inertia 1t may move
more smoothly and acceptably.
Decidedly one OF the best catches OF Ker-
mans this season IS the Boston Howard
Aethenaeum Star Speciality Company. which
is now on the boards at this popular and
always weH-fiIled theater.
The bright people in the cast come 50
seldom To Washington that they may he said
To be Stars with long periods or revolution
around the thedt riCai center.
There are nine distinct events in the per
formauCe and each one in the hands of some
| clever specialist or comedian.
| kcunO and Welch pcTIOTm what is gra phi
Caily and truly described on the bill as
"knOCkabOuJ eccent ricitieS - Misses
| Pearl and Lizzie Inman do some novelty
dancing, Mile Rosa is billed as the only
| lady veItrilOquist in the world, but whether
| Slit. is or not il not ma teridl; she is good.
| UOlph and Susie LevinO painters,
poets and SongSterS. or musicians, do (
fuli share of the performance, Annie Hart
! is very funny as the BOwery girl Joseph
and Ida Lenhaar touch the upper crust
| with keen and witty sarcasm MIR John
| + Drew Is the dancing Irish comedian who
has come TO town for st. PatnCk'S Day
| and Mr. Meyer Cohen has an excellent
! baritone whose music is Illustrated.
The Arrival OF MCGuinnes,' a scream
| Ing farce, is the Curta in ra iseT, as il We're
! 10 the glove contest bet W cen MesSrS .
! Dennis McGuinnes aud Patsy O'IIara.
What more could be wanted to make
I 1t an aH-arOund show?