The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-19
GreenrOom and Lobby.
Asst night the Stock Company com.
pieted ats fifth week. II IS plea SAINT

Asst night the Stock Company com.
pieted ats fifth week. II IS plea sunt
10 he able to add successfully"
The last three nights were OF II record
brea KING character, and the first three
of the COMPANY -breakiDg kind. Last Mon
| day. Tuesday aud "Wednesday were the
hottest Gays To- date. However. Monday
| night the house averaged up well. Tuesday
| night, however. with the entire population
on the streets for the bicycle. parade, the
company played to the poorest house OF their
season. II was not unexpected. Again On
Wednesday evening, with the mercury way.
up, an intense humidity and not breath
| oil air stirring, except under the fans, the
| attendance was light. But Thursday night
there was not an uIsOld seat. Cooler
weather set the people coming ugain. II
only goes 10 show, that, with any reasonable
consideration from the weather, the Stock
Compan has testimony Gifts fay oritisn, that
leaves no room for doubt-and few vacant
chairs.
The bill last week was very attractive
''Snowbali'' is constructed with exem-
plary clearness and conciseness, and oaiy
SIX people carry the play. Miss Chapman.
Miss Sanders, Mr.. Bond and Mr.. Findlay
were suited with ''tailor-made- nicely.
Mrs. Findiay was missed from the cast
She always Is when she is out of the bill
Tomorrow night the inauguration OF the
sixth week will be devoted to Charles
Matthews My Awful DAD and another
OF Paul wilstach's curtain raisers, Bluff"
In The longer play Mrs. Findlay will he
seen in one OF her most popular charac-
tiers. II Is generally conceded that she has
never done anything better than Mrs.
Hggs. The players feel that this is so, and
her nickname among her intimates, "hgg
sy,' Is taken from her success in my
Awful Dad" The cast is long and will ii-
clnde every member of the company.
The curtain raiser is what it's name i'm
plies, case OF Bluff" Herbert GarIi-
son. Harvard Undergraduate has been in
discreely speculative, and in his losses an
ticipated his vacation allowance. His father.
chagrnel at his wild son, told him to earn
what he would spend during the summer
The young man, at a loss to know what to
do. retires to what he supposes Will be a
secluded mountain resort and Hires out as
waiter. Here, under these embarrassing
circumstances, he meets Grace Edgeworth,
his aristocratic sweetheart, and Theodore
Swift, rich uncle. from whom he has ex-
tensiye expectations. He gets into no
end OF trouble in trying to explain himself
but when driven tn his tether's enl and
he feels black cannot be any blacker. he
begins a reckless case OF bluff, which, 10
his and everyone else's surprise. wins liim
back the good will of his uncle and the
love OF his sweetheart. The little play is
farcicai To the last detail. Mr.. Mackay
has capital part in the up-to-date var.
sity man with the apron, towel and tray
Of 4 hotel waiter. MIR. Findlay will make
amusing the character OF old Dode Swift,
the uncle and lady-killer. Mary Sanders
will lend her winsomc personality to Grace,
and William Boag will surprise his admirers
with new and distinctive character study
as Mr.. Trush, the proprietor OF the mount
ain Lctei