The evening times., 1896-05-05
AS THE CROWDS CONE OUT.

The National is a pleasant place thi:
| week. Digby Bell ana Laura Joyce Bel
and " A Midnight Bell are all there under
one roof and ror one price OF admission
| there Is a three ply mauCement in itself. But
| tniS main Joy 10 Lne atmosphere. ugustiis
| Thomas created 4 laDaina dtmos phere win
a strong application OF magnona Cologne
and Neil burgess gave the race track at
| mospuefe Ds i.ietins OF d stfHg Oh hofser
| and d patent track.
| III "A MlunienJ BELL the atmosphere is
| OF winter, ana Tie liitlsion Is Created by
| log fires, IIrs, snow GrIILs. and COasjIng.
| " uiie Tile auditor raises MS KerclIieI 10 wipe
| the dewy pcrspira ION from his Drow DIgDy
| Iiecks snow Iidhs from hIs coat sleeve
and the sleigh bells Jingle, and The per
| spiration congedis where II Is. It's u
| perfect sumner entertainment.
| Someone two seats back Remarked what
merry cnime ali the bells Inaae, so II won
| do to Mention tudt here. However, the
| harmony or players ami play was very
| happy. Digby as Deacon IIad, The pfac
| ucai villa &c fooh- Dab, was the same suayeiy
| humorous DlgDy he was when he sang the
lines Instead OF speaking tnenI, anu danced
an nIs enJIitilces anu exits. There was a
marked flavor OF comic opera character
| izatlon III his role, which may have been
| more the manner than the man, for this
comedian Is funny III way perfectly
natural 10 him he was surrey gratIneu
at Tue warm applause winch YeiCOuied Inn
I and encouraged him through the evening.
| A the emu oi the tulrd aCo ne responded 70
| generafdemand Lor a speech.
| Ine ntipuate oil 80 niaHE successes, his
| talented wife, Laura Joyce Bell. was
| necessarily factor III the iun. she pla yed
| the old maid OF tue village, Miss Lizzie
| Grout. Sue DIDN'T ueed Tie assistance Of
capital dog actor To make u hit, but the
| HttiS canine comes III Ior share OF the
| bonors Just the same.
Etiu heuwds uIGuC Il splendid impression
| with the audience as tle country 10y who
makes mischief Tor every one. He gave
good persa nation ana contributed GanL-
ing specially OF thorough originality.
Others in the cast OF particular merit were
uertruHe Perry as tie sCaoO.ma'am, Pat
rice Spencer Is the soprano uf the choir,
Gage Clarke as Ned U!cutt and Herman
HiIscbGerg as the city lawyer.
Hoyts pay was written Il iCug time ago,
but IL is an euJGyabie tale OF New HaiuE-
shire village life. IL Bas the marks or
HUytS serious comedies which are broadly
IaTCica scenes aIterudted with wildly
improbable meloirama.
lue scenery was very good indeed and
new aud complete scJuHg was presented
for edcn act. Some pleasing speCIalJles
were introduce d III the lL:-GaCJ- EsJcC!aIIy
pleasing was The singing Of the Quartet.
i lie duuience was Iarse aud sppreciduye.
Manager kernan's ability u PICK a Win
ming stow anu sam 7. JACK ; cNUerieuCC
III selecting bright extravaganza idea and
IN collecting an interesting ARA y OF stars to
carry 1t out was tue reason u large audi
ence was amused ana qengJed last evening
at the Lyceum- The performance VIII be
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IndtInces, and there is every Indication That
just as large an autHeuce Will be as h!guiy
pleased every time.
The Bull fIgBter'' is the name selected
for the performance That 1T is catchy
name is probably the reason il was gwen
the show IN preference 10 some other Qesfg-
nation. There IS plenty of song, dance anu
speciality work, and everything is first
class.
The young ladies, OF whom there are
many, sing anc dance prettily- Especially
is this true of Misses Ruth Robinson anu
Mildred Phillips. Added u the charm OF
their art Is their cOmelincss. lie AOyne
brothers Ire UNUSUAL ) clever IN their trtuIe-
bar feats, and their ability TO make long
aerial vaults is astonishing. Robert Van
Ostrr and I'd Morris are Unique and orlel-
nal comedians. who scored 4 nat;Cring re-
ception from the front OF the fUotlghts
Clements and BARNES are very funny
people to say the least, and their aSsuml-
lion OF Ethiopian charaCi Is the source
of healthful merriment 10 these who go to
Foster and Lewis.
The clever work of the actors takes
place bet ween the two acts OF Tine Bull
Fighter" in which score aud mere OF
good things keep the audience in q merry
huInor aHd occasional uprOdrs Oh laughter.
Coon Hollow" a romance Of the Ten
neSsee mountains was played TO crow lpd
boUScat the \ cade my asst ght Thcdr1Tra
was admirably staged ana acted an es-
pecially good feature being the repro due
titI Oi btlb TIT WIN SONGS ailG dances hE
band OF clever negro men and women
Like all plays OF tie kind, the villain is
rampant In all tie acts until the last, when
!ons-sulferlng virtue triunphs and the
villain meets his death, this time IN a COT
ton press.
Miss Lizzie Evans departed from her usual
soubrette style, and played the leading
part with feeling and force In one act,
however, she reminded the audience of tie
young lauy whose name Is inseparably
linked with .FogE's Ferry
walter Kelly had than kless part as the
villain, and PLAYED il well. The Character
OF an ante-heilum gentleman of the South
was portrayed with finish and inteIHaPnra
by Gerald Anderson. Two excellent studies
or the nlountalneer, and the passionate
women who protect Illicit stills and defy
revenue Officers We're offered BY Mr. III
NJ. Maury and Miss Santie,
MISS Lizzie Harden, Miss Sallie r Ran
Miss Annie McGregOr. and Messrs Hardy F
ADAMS, William Bradley and Louis Henry
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