The morning times., 1896-10-20

follow her as she glides about, a veritab!e
queen or night. The second dance. is the
armament In this the Kaleidoscope plays
upon her waving draperies, figuring all
effects OF color, primary and combined
clouds, stars and mOonbeams.
=, The fire dance is even more wonderful.
She stands over the transparent plate.
Ihe light touches the hem OF her robe us
q spark might. She shakes il but the
!isht grows rs flame might in seizing on
the soft stuff She tries to shake lt off
but in shaking IL she seems to fan il and
In trice she is enveloped in a volume OF
fierce tapping Flames. The Illusion is per-
feet.
In the Nile Lilly she manages her draper
les with "a skill that produces lily nearly
the heiSht OF the stage. The last dance
was an illustration OF the original light
and drapery dance as Miss Fuller first
conceived it.
The early part of the evening was de-
voted TO prOiniscuous vaudeville bill.
II could be Improved with rearrangcmeI
and considerable pruning. The best fea-
lures were Louise Montrosc's '.McEaIiy''
song, the juggling of Fielding. Fred. Hal
lens dancing and swift and Chase's musical
act. Mr.. Hallen should eliminate the po-
htical feature Of his sketch. Ii is scarcely
in good taste where the prejudiccs Of one
are certain to be divided.
The large following which Dcnman
Thompson accumulated during the years of
the popularity OF bis Joshua Whitcomh"
him in his new venture, The Sunshine uf
Paradise Alley" which was last night
produced at the Lafayette Square Opera
House. The play. or rather the entertain
ment, for the authors diSciaim any beast
of more than dramatic form. proved as
cheerful! and attractive as its title in
dicated.
Sunshine" as il is 50 much easier to
caU it, than by the balance Of its BURDEN
solAe appalla,ion, is many things besides
a play: 1t is series of dramatic pic
ures OF slum-liie; it is :" glimpse to the
half who attend the theater of how the
other half lives; it is bright and cheer
ful, but sometimes sober and sad, for the
sunshine occasionally goes behind the
son, and it is occasionally preachy.
The gist OF it all is The healthful iE-
fluence OF one active good girl on a set
OF lowlived city Characters. The girls
as Sunshine, and her field OF work is
Paradise Alley. She is emincntly success
ful in her rcfOrH work. and word and nx-
ample result in different set of creatures
ut the last curtain frOm the types in the
earlier portion of the story. Mcssrs. Thorn
SON AMI Ryer have built up an entertain
ment or moral value and entertaining
faculties which should please all who found
The old Homestead n standby.
There are four acts or pictures. They
are truthful and realistic in action as ell
as color. The first represents an East
river pier with the water and Brooklyn
Bridge beyond. The second and third pic
lures are Of the alley neighbOrhood. The
former shows the interior OF n room in
the slum quarters and the latter is
reproduction of Paradise alley itself The
fourth scene is Bronx Park. an exquisite
autnmnal picture, brilliant in Reasonable
color.
-Four casts Of characters are given, one
FOR each of the pictures" but the pr:n-
cipal personages remain the same through
ont. The chief fun-n!akar was John n
Griffin as John James O'Graiy, liquor
-FN L-.N1 nj hos .t.N..Va
temper and good nature. were as uncer-
tain as April weather. Side by side with
this character must be rldced l'e excrIIerI
impersonation of the Widow McNally. by
ural as life a:Iu neat as art could make il
John Walsh did good work as Jimmie
Powers, who had matrimonial designs up
on the widow. but could never counle fha
courage With the opportunity to pronose
sunshine is an improbahiy good creature
" no has not before heen upon earth since
the good Samaritan's days. But Bernicc
SorcroSs made her vinSome and good n c
her lines demanded. Lizzie MAY Ulmer
deserves scommendationf for her Performances
NJ Mrs. M"Nanv " no cried v-hn,, her hnS
oand drank because it made him lively
and when he didn't drink because il made
him glum. "
1t will be long time before there will
De zoo much OF "A Romance of Coon Hol-
low for the Washington pubic Last
year this love story was voted a success.
This year it comes back to the Grand Opera
House with greater majority. 1t has
already been reviewed both as Ia its merits
and defects. Looking at it again perhaps
IL would DC better to classify il among the
tragedies, understanding the fact that
There are marriage and death in the last act
The people in the play are well up in
thelr rocs, or, as IL is put technically,
they know their business. This is Da rticn
larry true of Miss Minnie Church. as the
winsome little lady with the magnificent
II Drp,.
man villain, who is yilainous all for love
and revenge. Miss Braincrd will make n
capital Medea when one of these DAYS
Euripides gets show on the modern stage
AS Wild mountain girl she has a splendid
conception OF her part, and does it from
beginning To end like n sympathetic artist
Miss Church portrays type which n Bret
iiar'e Would Lave found and immortaiized
in the East. She looks the part of Georgia,
and is beside a uniain flower differing
from the other mountain maiden q; the
show. as Mcdea. for ms ance differs from
one OF fattl kosa's pretty girls. Nor aIe
there any fireflieS ON Miss Louise Arnot as
the coy woman, who goes in to win and
succeeds.
Eugene Powers as the protector and a a
topical songster is quite good Tie DIanta-
ton band and the African accompariimants
the whole way through are excellent. and
and especially l.: II. Blondcll as Remus.
Tho colored people in the show are with
out exception clever.
The scenery is good, in truth n great deal
better than one SECS in most rIiciodrnnas
All round "A Romance Of Coon Hollow,
is ar excellent thing to hear and sec all
this week.
The story OF when London Slecps ne
told ut the Academy Of Music last nieht
had in it number of Sving pictures nf
the dark side admirably reproduced
1t was Il recital of the triumph OF in
nocence over guilt, virtue over vice the
true over the bad, and its first presentatinn
in Washington had flattering reception.
Mr.. Edward Walter, as the villain i'm fhe
plot, received the Kisses of the audjcnc,.
as the heroine and the hero, respectiyeIy
Miss HudSpith and MIR. Lea n,ier Blanoan
Obtainedthe applause Unequal measure anil
in each instance as the evidence of n,eri,
oriouS acting. 1t is a melodrama. the Omen
ing scene OF which is laid in q circus. hnt
which is afterwards transferred to tho
abode OF the wealthy, with the lady in ~.
case in constant peril, and vet in tht, hands
of her friends and the subject always uf
timely rescue.
Mr. Harry Bewley as Sammy Bly,b and
Miss Ella Blake in the role of q circI,s
rider, had upon them the Responsibility v of
furnishing the fun, which duty they dis
chargedquite creditably, while Miss Fiorent,.
Ashbruok, as the woman with n mast"
sustained that difficult character with pro-
formed. l-l7....
There was variety OF catchy scenes and
songs, and the daring feat of, the. white