The evening times., 1896-03-03
AS THE CROWDS CONE OUT.

Although Dcwolf Hopper shines as one
OF the brightest of the comic opera stars,
and while he has placed himself in his own
| exclusive niche in the stages tower Cf
fame, vet much Of the deserved celebrity
to which he has been treated is due TO the
merry company lie ever has around him.
To select a good company is an art, and in
this Mr.. Hopper has always shown himself
an adept.
Wang as produced al the New Ma
tional last night. by this very funny man and
| his assistants. seems to have accumulated
unto itself additional sp,endnr as II has
| tumbled about this terrestrial spheroid. The
music is every whit as u!elOdIous. the dia-
| lngnc as unique, and the scenery and cos
1 tunes as slrtkiii. rs when the opera was
| some wears younger. II does not grow
old, at least in The hands OF Mr.. Hupper's
company.
Matay:i, the crown prince of Siam. is as
signed TO Edna Wallace Hopper. the pretty
and charming young wife OF the star. Miss
Bertha WaltZiuyer took the part Of the
stepdaUghter, Marie. She has remarkably
pleasing voice. the best in the whole com
pauv. and in her nilk-riaid costume is one
OF the pre,IieSt women on the stage. An
equally. pretty girl and an interesting
singer is Miss Ida Lester. who took the
part of Gillette. the daughter.
Edmund Stanley. as Lieut.. Jean Boucher.
Thomas $. Guise. Alfred Klein. Alice Hos
mer and Louis shrader are all interesting
and clever. Among the other members of
the support are: Augustus Coletti. Harry
p. Stone. Marie Dirkes b onnie May. FI"rine
Murray, Carrie Jamisnn. Louise Harlow,
Carrie HeuStis. Leunl Dueth.
According to his invariable custom. Mr..
Hopper reCited Casey" not. however,
untlI the audience had given repeated aud
flatterine eilcOraS. The recital was pre-
ce,ied by a short Hopperesque speech That
was just as funny as the man himself.
The audience was one of WashiDctOn's
most representative assemblies, and filled
the spacious Iheater from orchestra to gal
lery. Wang" will be presented every
night this week. with the exception of
Thursday and Friday nights. when DIR.
SyntaX" will take ii splace.
Hermann. with his magic mirth and
mystery. appeared last evening at the La
fayette Square Opera House before large
and appreciatlve audience.
His Tirst act is flooded with marvellous
and bewildering sleight OF hand and magic
performances. such as only Hermann is
capable OF producing. From an ordinary
pack OF playing cards he develops cards
bearing his own picture, which he distrib
utes To the audience.
Then comes the TTilhy act. This is one
of Herrmanns old tricks under new name.
but none the less unfathomable. with the
beautiful Nine. Hermann as 'Trilby'' and
her husband as "Svengali.'' Under his
hypnotic influence she lies suspended in
midair without visible support.
The "Asiatic Trunk Wonder is as mys-
terious as ever and demonstrates the fact
that locks and bars offer no resistance TO
the ma gician.
The Artists u Dream" is charming piece
of work. where the figure i'll an oil paint
ing is made to leave the canvas and appear
upon the stage in full life.
Nine. HcTrmann'S weird dances are n
new feature. audi it is safe to say that in
point of spectacular beauty and grace of
in Washington. Again and again the cur
tain fell upon the dazzling scene. only to be
raised in response 10 the hearty applause
of the spectators.
The finale, when the closer you watch
the less you see.'' is where the magician per-
forms some of the cleverest of his tricks.
He akes from n silk hat numerous articles,
including live duck, which struts about
the stage and breaks the silent wonder of
the audience with lis quack. Then. destroy
ing the hat. he replaces 1t in as equally
mysterious manner.
Wednesday ma tinceiu the principalrole upon
the reproduction of that pleasing spectacu-
lar ballet. "Cinderella, or the Good Fairy
and the Little Glass Slipper which was pre-
sented last evening ut Aliens Grand Opera
House.
The play is quite as entertaining as the
story. and attracted q large crowd at the
initial performance. New scenery has been
painted expressly for the occasion. and
Prof. Sheldon Omits no details that will add
to the charm of the production.
These young people are deserving of espe-
cial mention FOR meritorious performance:
Misses Edna Hurst. Pansie Wilson. Ida
Tretla. Mills Newton. Nellie Hunt. Virgie
LucLett. Edna Harris. Lille Hughes, Cora
McCarty and Master Walter Haines.
The play will be repeated this evening and
Wednesday afternoon.
Hal. Reid's Human Hearts, is the at
traction Hon. II c. Miner presents to Wash
ingtOn theatergoers this week. 1t began at
the Academy last evening and scored de-
cided success before well-filled house.
The hills and plains OF Arkansas are the
scene land OF the drama. il was a good Sc
lection of locality by the author, one not
heretofore overw orkcd, and filled with in
teresting types OF men and women, that the
playwright used with discretion, and that
the actors Dor, raycd well. Mirth and sorrow
walk hand in hand through theplay.
Mr. Reid himself assumed the hero's role.
That worthy'sname is Tom Logan. a typical
son of A rkansas. with all Of the virtues Ofthe
average stage hero, John German played
the difficult part Of Toms half-witted
brother, Jimmy.
There are two comedy parts In the drama:
One of these, n tramp. well sclOoed in all
the arts Of his profession. istaken by William
Robbyns, and the other by WiiliuHI Snsetlley.
who appears as a colOred man whose heart
is a greatdeal larger than his feet.
The chief executive Of the State is repre-