The morning times., 1896-11-03
RETURN OF aISSADA REHAN
"Miss Philadelphia" Is tbe Principal
Novelty This Week.
Peter Daley in "A Good Thing"
"The White Slave" 1.-THE
World" and Vaudeville.

| Washington ana bhe lihaleUt opera iiouSe
| last night was the occasion for large
| audience composed literally of the social
| element which affects discrimination i'll Its
tastes, and thus distinguishes the events TO
| which il extends its patronage. There nave
| been several large and well dressed
audiences thus far this autumn, but not
any comparable to last nights assemblage
| in ultra fashionableneSs. 1t was the first
occasion for an outpourng since the SMART
| set has come back to town, and the ops
pcr:unity was seized in general manner.
The DAILY engagements for many Il season
| within n season. 1t attracts To TIE theater
people who come only for Rehan, and
| few of such foreign notableS as Sara and
| Sir Henry. These people are always con-
spicuous to the first nighter becaus" they
| are not familiar to him. and though they
| would be counted blase they betray i'll their
rapt attention and ingenious delight how
seldom they come under the players spell.
| or the performance there is little to be
| said ut this time. The play was Shakes
pcare's flaming OF the shrew.' an es-
tablishment in the Daily repertoire as Sc
cure as the star or the director himself.
| Though a palpable divergence from the
original form of the comedy. the Daily
| version makes it contiguous, continuous,
and possible for diverting stage presenta-
! ton. Alta Rehan as Katherine, the ShFcw,
. is wholesonely artistic as ever. Sub
| stantialiy her reading is the same as we
| have known it in the early days Of its
| presentation. when the fine fire OF her
rebeiiuos rage was Il revelation.
Personally, this superb woman is more
| attractive than last year She has relieved
| herself OF Il tendency to fleshincsS which
last year manifested itself. and threatened
her effectiveness. Happily She is again
the 1.-the, graceful creature, who gratifies
the eve while she delights the intellect.
She is deserving OF Agrppa's tribute 10
Octavio; she is, for all. a>woInan whose
virtue and whose general graccs speak
THAT which none else can utter
| There was general and affcctionatc re-
gret for the absence of poor jimmy Lewis.
| whose humor has long been a sweet
flavor III the DAILY productions. The clown,
Grnmo. was as intimately identified with
| Mr. Lewis as the shrew with Miss Bchdn.
and the young man To whose lot it fell To
follow the comedian had in the premises
| "A prejudice to overcome, which IL rs 10
his credit to say he did III a measurable
degree His name is Dean Pratt He
| is an amateur of but n few weeks pro
fessioual experience, but his debut is more
| than promising.
George Clarke repeated his weiIcon-
| slered performance OF PctruChio, dear
| old Mrs Gilbert as Curtis now shares
| alone the seniority of the company, and
! Edwin Stevens played Christopher Sly with
more flavor and tone than last year. His
| hibulOus tinker is rreditable alike To him
| sell and his association. II was Il matter
| OF disappointment thai an opening bill was
! not selected which. would give the handsome
aud accomplished Iuvenile Of the company,
| Charles Kichman. larger opportunities His
| appearance III the leading roles is Il pleas
ure deferred which will be- eagerly antici-
patcd His success in London last spring
was as marked as the favor the English
accorded John Drew.
|
company were welcomed heartily. notably
our own Frederic TrlIcsicll, as NlncentiO;
| Herbert Gresham, sydney Hcrn"rt, Edwin
Varrcy, and Mare 81. John. The appoint
nients were tasteful and elaborate, a. be
comes Mr.. Days reputation
| TuugIi5 tlion Bone "iraults Comedy, Lon
don y Ssurunce," :" with Miss Rehan as Lady
Gay Spanker, will be produced fay. the
first time III Washington by Mr.. Ialys
company. Mr. Alhaugh has connected. II s
thcater by special wires with the tcl'-
| graph offices, and the election returns viii
hc read The thcatcr will be kept open
ms long AS the audience desire t. remain.
The proof of the pudding Is in the eating
saws the old saw. and it, rs true cr
the theatrical pudding, Is thc connection
| OF the chef. II is especially true Of Miss
Philadelphia" the spectacular cNtrava-
| gt,iIza which was last night presented al
TIE New National. The verdict must b,
read III the faces of the guests who tast,
! the pudding.
They liked it well 1t had i variety ol
: effects upon the taStcrS. Some Claprcd thcil
| hands some laughed, some "hrickcd. sum'
shook with 4 raroX ySn # glec. ncari.
| every one exhibiting some evidence "l
pleasure. Sometimes these manifestation
, caIne in a crowd and then second thtt
| was taken in the Samc place ana tEt'
happened frequently. or /" he plalh
tier" were numerous rncorcS.
The story is So thintha when ii appeared
sliced in three actsit disappeared entirely
IL began something like this William
, Penn came on earth again. Toward th'
end he got in front If 4 lime light ray
and said he must be going. The show j.
Whit happened between.
Ii was dressed in three elaborate sets q
: scenery and cnlivencd with Ii" end ol
speciaitics. Willie Coliicr and Inez Ne
f. | cuzAer had their names III big type III
each end Of the cast. but, though they
were Conspicuous in the merry melee. they
t. were net the alpha and omega ana III th'
| rest rolled in tleir featured selves. Tbcr
= was Louise Allen. who can do low
comedy turn with rcatrcsS and aispatci
and dance like Il hurricane with her hus
band Penn. sr.. played by joseph coyne
was the one character on the stage tha
:. acted. He kept within his character ever!
u minute and evolved much dry bumor iron
: his opportunities. Budd Ross gave con
:: -inuuus performance" of Il tramp. and h
!; was funny every minute. Harry watson
e. trick bic ycle act is mrch improved since las
seen.
:; The main merit of the performance
= was the entire absence of drag. II Wen
/ with the rush of an inCipient cyclone every
:: moment the curtain was Ip. There wert
4. all sorts of SpeCiatics for all sorts of tastes
|: and if one was less pleased with one thar
!; another he hadn't time to rcalZeit for th'
q acts succeeded each other with the rapid
u ity Of the courses at 4 lunch counter III
=. tween trains.
4. The orchestral work is a feature of tii
q, house orchestra the company provided al
:. orchestra of thirteen ladies. whose ia
=, - nliarlty with the difficult changes of tn,
q" acts added much to he SmoothnesS OF IN
performance In the finale of the frs
act a uniformed ladies' brass band wa
r introdu Ced. TIL G management has. ir
Vi fact strained every effort to make Mis-
II Philadelphia big show. They hav,
succeeded in making it big and good, a
a well. as denoted by the laughter ami ap
II plausc which greeted nearly everything
p. That the White Slave. Rartlcy CamI
is bells famous romantic drama, maintaiT
j. its popularity was demonstrated last nel
by the enthusiastic reception OF the pa
ny an audience whch filled the Gran
Opera House in nearly every part.
The perrormanretCwaS III every wa
$, worthy of the pl;iy. The cast winch. I,