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| Darkest Russia, Grattan DOnnelly' =
melodrGma, which has uphcavcd two thea
ters, IL not two continents, turns out to
be a shocker and thriller Of great magnitude.
| People conspire in It, and are arrested, aud
20 to siberia and turn cut to be innocent
aud are released; and there are wolves. and
villains in high places. and a comic Amcri-
can. So that when the animals are killed
| with musket shots and the Vaccinations Of
evil men defeated. and virtue rewarded, as
! they are, always are In real life, the JOY OF
! audiences is extreme The villains are Kissed
| before that, when their schemes seem about
| 10 prosper The corpulcnt lady who plays
/ the amusing role of the minister's wife Is
admirably successful in moving her hearers
! TO laughter, and Kisses at wlll and the re-
! lciclngs or the galleries over the adroitneSs
| OF the humorous American are loud and con
! tlnuous, The third comedian of the cast,
| Nine. Carina Jordan. does really excellent
| work and presents French dialect which
| Is uncommonly good. Other notable menu
| bers OF the generally competent company
| arc Robert T. Haines, who shows strength
| and discrimination in the part of Alexis
| NaZimo1, VI. J. Jordan, who should remem-
| Der that there are times when even Russian
military officials DO not talk at the full
power Of their lungs, George Norton and
Selma Herman.
The performance Is good enough 90 be
improved In many ways few of which have
been limited at. The tall gentleman who
plays the minister Of police, the husband Of
the comic lady referred to, has evidently a
very troublesome pair OF cuffs, which he
retains through all the vicissitudes OF his
exile to Siberia; but enc would not wish
t. criticise his taste in GUNS.
The piece is mounted with unusual mag
nifcence. and the costumes are varied and
apparently correct. Darkest Russia" pleased
two large audiences yesterday at the Creigh-
ton, II may be seen for the next three nights
at Boyds with matinee on Wednesday.
Wives that are neglected by their hus-
bands aud left at home to sit and NOPE
through the long evenings while their hus-
! bands are detained by business" or go to
| lodge meetings" or "sit up with sick
| friend" and that are advised by people to
go and do likewise should learn about the
| experiences OF Mrs. Paillard. who, believing
! herself to be a neglected wife, went out
with a noighbor. Mr.. Pinglet. on one occasion
| to make a night OF It," They would go to-
| the theater, and then to a quiet restaurant
| Tor a nice little supper; they would have a
| jolly good time all unknown to Mr.. Pallard
| and Mrs. Pinglet. Well, they went. And
OH what a time they hadl What a de-
lightful cyclonc night And Mr. Paillard
was mixed up in 1t too and Mrs. Pinglet
heard about II. II would take columns to
tell all that befell them The whole story
Is presented in THE Gay Parisians." which
mas just CelGDTdtCu us ZuUtu performance AT
Hoyts thcatCr. New York, and which will
be presented at the Creighton for three
nights, commencing Thursday. October %,
the sale OF seats commencing this morning
at o'clock This production is offered with
The original cast and scenery. w. ]. Fergu-
SON. the noted character actor. is the Mr..
rnslet. and is said to make this messy old
would-be roue. a delightful creation Charles
Frohman. under whose direction the farce
Is presented. has put a thoroughly clever cast
Wells aud Mrs. L. j. Phillips. The usual
Saturday matinee will be given.
Once more "Trlby," that interesting story
Of deeds hypnotic, will be told before us
after a triumphal visit to the antipodes. the
amented passing away of the author of its
being but adds to the interest with which
his charming creation is regarded, and in
viewing once more this most popular produc-
lion his death will be dOubly regretted. The
interpreting company is announced az be-
ing. In many respects. the same as when last
seen in this city. The engagement will be
or two nights, commencing with matinee
at the Creighton, Sunday, October 20.
Yesterday afternoon, at the St Mary's
Avenue Congrega tional church, in the pres
Cnce of a good-sized audience. Mr.. w. T.
Taber gave his ffty-fourth free organ re-
cital and began the series for the present
season. The organ is fine instrument,
pVsSSsSes SlCpS vi SOOu uuallly ana re-
spends quickly to the players touch, but
1t needs the soothing influence of tuner.
Mr.. Taber is artist who deserves quito
different appreciation than he is receiving
II Is strange that no church in this great
city values irst-ClaSs organ music enough
to make ii well worth his while 10 devote
all his time to his art. AS a rule his play
ing was above Teproach. but he failed to
reproduce the spirit of The Evening Star"
The bass-clarinet sounding stop which car
ried the melody was too coarse for the task
set for 1t. The overture 20 "Rienze" was
wonderfully well given.
Mr.. VIII McCune sang the aria ut Is
Enough" from Elijah" by Mendelssohu
Mr.. McCune sings we'll. his voice has a
pleasing quality, his intonation is correct
and if he would be more steady In his
rythm he would rank a most skillful
singer. His rendering of the aria was very
satisfactory If we look upon it as piece OF
sacred music to be sung in a church or
concert. But Elijah in the bible and In the
oratorio Is a specific character, a personal
lily. He is not essentially a singer-al-
though the word prophet" originally
meant "poet"-he is man, and as an in
dividuality an aggregation of extremes. At
one time he busted himself restoring to
health a widows son. At another in slay-
ing i50 prophets of Baal In this aria he Is
broken and Respondent at first, but as he
remembers how faithful he has been he be-
comes angry and intensely bitter as he re-
calls that the king seeks his life. Yet he
wants to die, but not that way Again his
great heart softens; he Is the man of God
once more. No one should attempt to sing
Elijah without studying his character In the
bible.
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