The times., 1897-04-04

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CuLUMBIA-'TheM MysteriousM Mr.. Bugte
LAFAYETTE-John Hare in repertoire.
rnurSday, matinee at 1880, Castle square
Opera Company in "Falka."
NATIoNAL-KathrynK X idderin Madame
Sans Gene Tonight, Concert by VIII
Haley's Washington Band.
"Chaney's Aunt"
GRANB-Mr. and Mrs. oliver Dowd
Byron, in tips and Downs OF Life
mJOC-J {. Lewis, il Isl Plunkard "
LYCEUM-weber's Olympia.
Yesterday FOR the matinee girl, all week
for girls in general. And the lords of the
heart feminine have packed their pluucs
and stifled their sighs, and are gone TO
fields that are green and pastures new
t. act theiI love rhapsodies all over again
10 the exquisite JOY OF other matinee girls
ana oti.eI girls in general. Bat IL was
I, treat while il Iasted. Love, sweet iGyi-
HcSeutimcntal wooing-hasn 'Lfloatcd wash
iuguun puosCeniums 50 freely in months as
ii did last week.
Ned Su,hern won his hearts desire
with intrigue, fUavado, swords and soft
whispering Henry MilIers was the
conquest of soft whisperings, conscious
rectitude and patience, or the passing OF
the binding goSSamcr and the untanglinG
of the knotty sken Of fate. They are
two oonuiviuE, arden Z, eloquent, ideal
lovers. and the girls rewarded them with
the homage of signs and such conventions
OF feminine beauty as the play houses sci
dom see.
The hovS are gone. but many dressing
table is icher this morning for EClttait
of Henry Mulcr's lme open coUuUenance,
or Ned Sothern ; face, with Its soft, dreamy
ewes Such men as these are fortune
to their photographers Many shop win
dovvs displayed pictures of the two pla5 crs
and their harvcSts were rich.
THIS week romance gives way to comedy
IL never rains. but it pours, and so we
liad two romantic plays last we shah have
three coHedies this week. The offering
is very interesting, and in all respects
promising There is an out-and-out first
night of a new farce, high class dress
comedy returning to the house Of its ma
ti,itv. ana an English comedianin a roper
toire OF amusing pieces.
The Columbia is closing its season in a
blaze of glory. IL has been, and until
the end will be, of the most deSlrabie
quality But a peculiar interest attaches
to tomorrow nights event. 1t will be the
first premier for the pretty, little thea
ter The Mysterious Mr. Bugle' has been
well Herahed, and readers know the I'M
port of attraction. The cast is strong,
with Joseph Holland Annie Russell, and
A gnes Findley
This is Riadelaine Lucette Ryiey'S first
unreserved excursion into farce She has
written many successful comedies just bUr-
dering ON the farce line, but this is the
only piece in which she has given herself
1r,.s. scope TO make as ridiculous fun as she
chooses. She ought 10 do very well The
third act uf An American Citizen" as
played by Nat Goodwin, proved that. It
was through and throgh as fine specimen
of clean-cut, high-claSs farce as could be
asked If she nas written three acts such
as was this one, she viii eclipse herself and
with single coup wrest from the brow OF
the French dramatists the laurelS which
has 50 long rested there for their pre-eni-
nence As farce-maKers. Three dress re-
heaI sails were given ia Pennsylvania the
last half Of the week, and the company
comes into town prepared for finished
performance.
Sans Gene" comes home again this
Nyeek to the National Theater Wasting
ton is the home OF this successful comedy.
At the Grand then Albaugb'S) ii was first
produced November 3, 1894 Here in the
city Of its debut it is to be played for
the last times this week Miss Kidder
owes her life as a star 10 Sardou's Ma
poleouic piece. and the comedy owes Its
success in Il large measure to her Not
alone t. her acting, however. but to an I'M
Etinted generosity in dressing the com
edy 1t required a large confidence III
self and IN play to make the investments
demanded by Nine Sans Gene but Miss
Kidder. with feminine instinct and mas
culine bravery. dared risk a fortune, ami
her harvest has been a hundredfOld. II
CLOSES next Saturday.
Il is seldom we have chance to laugh
with MI Pinero. Sometimes his strange
views of life and its remedies provoke
laughter but he seldom goes deliberately
t. work a the undisnified task OF fun
making said George AIDE: Give Arthur
Wing Pinero a quantity Of stationery and
the seventh commandment, and he is
liaDpv" Ave. verify But his "Magis-
trate~ was a deliberate piece of broad
fuuning. and this week at the Lafayette
John Hare viii present another Of the
Plitishar's cniueuics.. The HChhy Horse.
Eut this like The Magistrate" was
written in Pinero's early days, quite ten
years ago, when his stomach was in or
der and he didn't see life through smoked
glass He has deteriorated since then He
is now sad dog. but full of royalties
The English comedian also brings re-
vivaI OF Caste in which he was the
original Sam He has been promoted to
EccIeS. and his son has succeeded him
as the boy. When George Fourth Was
King" is a new short piece to be seen with
"a Pair of SpectaCles.'
Tie Academy has a week OF Charley
Aunt" This delectable farce has proved
that the adaGe, Laugh and grow fat"
applies not only to audiences but to box
offices IL has fattened more mOney-tills
than a few and the end is not yet. The
Old Lady, from Brazil. where the nuts
come from" is gay and clipper, and
good for some little while Of earthly pros
perity TO come.
MIR. and Mrs Oliver Dowd Byron are the
central figures Of a new play by Mr..
BYRON. 1.-The Ups and Downs OF Life"
1t is a TnelodraIna, Of course. That is
the only type OF niar IN which he gives