Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-07

Kew version of AT the French Ball."
adapted from the German by Mr.. Fred
er1ck F. Schrader, Washington journalist,
Who is not an amateur in such work. The
play Is In two acts and prologue and
its motif Is that money doesn't buy hap
piness, the parties thereto being John s.
Terry as Lawrence Patch. shoemaker
and his wife. Nancy. Miss Rice. Nancy has
an idea that money is everything. and
her husband. to teach her that it is not
sends sen her out on an expedition among
his rich customers, with a closing at the
French ball. which. by the way, was only
so in name. In fact. the play is SO clean
that scarcely any fault could be found
with it. 1t Is funny, too and Miss Rice
is that very unusual quantity in stage
equations. really funny woman. She is
a Womanly woman, too pretty and plump
piquant and proper. Her living pictures
in cabinet were especially attractive and
were show in themselves. The few spe-
cialties OF music, singing and dancing were
eood and not too frequent to be inappro-
PIRATE. among those noticeable in her sup
port We're MI Terry, Mr. Mack Mr.. Dona-
nue., Mr. Bradshaw and Misses Maud Bag
ley. EuSenia Jeffries Miss Guise and Miss
Gautler. Ar. Schrader, assisted by Miss
fiices Wit, has made a very bright and
catchy dialogue, and some of the business
OF the play Is so unexpected and so effec-
tive as 10 set an audience going at a great
rate and keep it there. Miss Rice can do
ana say things that are apparently most
too much, but she gives them the right
turn, ana always succeeds in making her
women hearers laugh, which. of course,
means success.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-A new five-act
emotional melodrama by Arthur D. Hail.
The Guilty Mother" produced for the first
time IN Washington at the Grand Opera
House last night drew a large audience to
that playhouse. The story is in its entirety.
an interesting one, and there are some ex-
ceedinSiy strong situations that are well
worked up particularly the card-playing
scene, the murder and the climax to the
last act. The story is one of unfaithful-
ness, crime love and comedy, very c,everly
i,,l and calculated to keep up the
interest of the beholder to the end: but
there are times in he play when the action
seems to wait until some special bit of
scenery has been put into place. The
scenery Is really good. and the TRANSFORMED
ton from the ball room to the ruined Oak
ley Towers is a clever piece of stagecraft
The banks Of the Thames with which the
play opens, Is also pretty stage setting
particular. Henrietta Vaders, who was for
quite time Tom keenes leading lady, was
the guilty mother, and displayed intelli-
gence and force in her work. The heroine
Gabrielle the daughter of the guilty moth
er. was portrayed by Eleanor Merror, who
filled every requirement of the part Adelyn
Wesley. as Cleo Duparc. an adventures.
who is assisted in her schemes by
Therese Newcomb, Carrie Dodson and
Anna Cole were also good in small
parts The heroship of the play may be
seid to be divided between Lord Cumber-
land, by Carlton Wells and John Rutland a
detective. by NJ. NJ Murray. H. Rees Davis
gained the favor of the house at the cpen-
ing of the play by his good work IN the
character of DR.. Macmorris and Harry L.
Barker. as Paul Verril, the wrongei nus
band, who finally forgives. was also good
Edward Ames did a fair character part
The comedy was supplied by Ella Baker,
VINO did as funny turn as a ma;d-of-all-
work as has been seen here; Christie Mac
Lean. as Shrimp a production of the Lon
don wharves; Murray Woods. as "Merciful"
Mickey, London pickpocket of the old
school, and Thos. Meeson. the youthful
lover of Kitty Jumper. the maid The
courtship of this latter couple was one of
the hits of the play.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER-Webar
and Fields Vaudeville Club BurIesuuers is
the attraction at kernan's Lyceum Theater
The show is made up of good specially and
burlesque people.and is interesting through
out Among the excellent specially per-
formers are Lewis and Fields, Cook ana
Sonora. Charlotte Ray and the Panther
Brothers. The latter are athletes of high
rank and their feats drew frequent ap-
plause. THE Girl from China" is a musical
traVesty on some of the more popular at
fractions of the day. The '.Lobsterscope''
was introduced to a Washington audience
Ior the hrst time, and appeared to make q
hit The gallery was noiser than ever last
night, and a threat was made to ring down
the curtain if the noise did not cease
THE BIOGRAPH.-The ninth week of
the Biograph at Wizards Hall opened last
night to good houseful of pleased peo-
pie. There were several new views present.
ed, and, as usual, they were appreciated
fully. for there Is nothing more pleasing to
Biograph audience than new views
Among the striking new ones is a view
taken from tughoat's deck at the en-
trance of Boston harbor, showing a pilot
N ,ireyc
OF Marshal Wilder, the noted little humor-
tst, giving one of his funny acts The re-
duction In price to - cents has proved to be
most popular. Exhibitions at 2:3O 10 and
S:l5 pm. and a special exhibit Sunday at
S:15 pm.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The program for the second concert by
the Boston symphony Orchestra In the La
fayette Square Opera House next Tuesday
afternoon is an attractive one. 1t opens
with Dvorak's latest symphony From the
New World" a beautiful work. written In
the summer of 1893. shortly after Dr.
Dvorak's arrival In this country 1t is ex-
ceedingly interesting because of the effort
en- the part of a foreign composer to write
what he considers American national mu-
sic. and the composer shows a touch of
his Bohemian nature by taking the themes
Of this symph, ny largely from negro mel
od!es from the southern plantations. While
Its superb oIchestration marks 1t as a
classic. 1t Is remarkably free from the dry
and hard passages too prevalent in the So
called classical music. The second orches-
trail number on the program. from a pop
uiar point of view. will quite likely make
the startling effect of the entire evening
1t Is the Grieg Suite, peer Gynt." made
up of four movements. each in it's turn de-
scriptive, and easily comprehended by the
average lover of the best in music. 1t was
this selection which created a tremendous
furore at the New York concert by the or
chestra in November when the enthusiasm
If the audience literally compelled from
Conductor Paur that almost unknown fea-
ture of a symphony concert-an encore.
Griegs exceedingly melodic treatment of
the story of peer Gynt'' IS as admirable
a bit of descriptive music as has been writ
ten in the present century. and whenever
played by the Synl hony Orchestra has al
ways aroused the most tremendous enthu-
sias SIN. The closing orchestral number will
be Beethoven's overture. 'Egmont." This
overture ranks as one of the greatest ever
written, and at the close rises to one of the
most tremendous final climaxes in all or
chestral music. The soloist will be Mr..
staudigl. one OF the leading bassos of the
Damrosch-Ellis Opera Company. Mr..
Staudigl will sing an aria from "Acis and
Galatea," and a second aria from Spohr's
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