Evening star., 1897-03-09

P. Laughney as thefvillain is good. and
while his partner In crime. tramp, t. "a.
LeDuc, Is not up to fIis standard, the PAIR
Of them make desiraiaa characters OF this
sort. E. Morrison nEa31es q assirans nero
in the person Of "chifles Norton" and
VIM. Denver, the station master at Red-
wood Station, and Dnn Williams as the
section boss, are both acceptable. Lillian
Alexander, as the station masters wlIe'
makes a virego of the oworst possible con
ception, while Miss ClaHa Moran, as Neiile
Harland," the heroine. Is winsome eri ana rhe he
to all the requirements of the part. Inc
remainder of the cast lbs acceptaoie, Win
the exception of cowboy that shouio oe
cut entirely out
Academy of Music.-'.The Girl Lett be
hind Me- is not new .by any means 10
washington people. fo Ut II nau sucb hold
upon the people, snd has made such uis
tinct hit every time 1t has peen prouucI'u e'
here. that crowded house mace II ~el
come last night at the Academy Oh NM
sic to another week of good business al the
capital. The play is familiar 10 ntaIy
every one. and SO the interest IN tne 'is,.s n'.s
subsequent to the initial presentation nes
mainly in the cast and in the way sotlie M
new members happen to interpret tamihar
parts. The scores of the play are wen
known, and every detail whlch mas m1oe
the play such a success IN tne pas. was was
in evidence last night. AS Wnoie tne cas.
may not perhaps be entirely up 10 tne
standard OF the first one seen In the piav'
but it is, nevertheless, efficient ana ac
ceptable to a high degree. w. n. S.uAh. ,.
as the commanding general, with FRANK
Richards On as Maj. Bur!eish, make paiI
of whole-souled, frontier soldiers tnat
catch the fancy of an audience IN an IN
stant Duncan Preston, as the her": ren,'ire:
ments that have made his part SO wen
known, while George B. Miller, as Lieut..
Parlow, the opposite to the hero. IN pc
ing everything bad and cowardiy taat
hp
made such success of his character as
to be hissed several times. sure sign
that the villain is doing excellent work.
Julian Barton as the sergeant ana II. III:
Forsman as the private, are good. One OF
the best character parts IL the pray Is
that of Scar Brow the leader OF the IL
dtans, and it is taken by Wiiham Lee IN
an excellent manner. Woodley Mussen as
the young doctor and Master Earl Lee
as Dick Burlcigh are also good. Among
the ladies OF the company may De EiSn-
toned Miss Adele Brock as the herolle;
Leslie Haskell, who makes great ceai
out of the part of the little western girl,
and Miss Alberta Lee, who takes the part
of the Indian girl, one of the most pleas
ing conceptions in the work
The Opera of Priscilla. The final re-
is to be given today and tomorrow at Co
lLmbia Theater at o'clock was held last
night at Metzerott Hall, and, from the In
dications, both performances will be sue
ceSSlul 10 HlBH ueSTee n lui heeoAu-
ance was noticed last evening, and every
member of both cast and chorus entered
into the work with spirit that speaks
well for the artistic success OF the pro-
duction. The opera is to be given Under
the auspices of a special committee, of
which Mrs. w. c. Hoge Is the chairman,
of the D. A. R., the proceeds to be used for
the benefit of the continental hall fund.
one or the other of the matinees are Mrs.
Hobart, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Letter, Mrs.
Sprague Mrs. Lindsay and Mrs. .. S.
Grant. The opera will be finely staged
direction of Mr.. Macomber of Boston, who
directed at the first presentation of the
work. The rehearsal Hast night showed
that Washington hass some excellent. sing
ers. who are not only capable Of singing
the parts assigned to them, but of acting
them we'll Mrs. I Nellie Wilson Shir-
Cliff. the Priscilla; dE1lis Howard, the
John Alden: W. H. oconley; as Higgins
Grace Servis. as Restoration: Edna Scott
Smith, as Barbara; Edna Does Faith, Co
rinne McFarland's Prudence and Bernard
Ryan's Gov Bradford Kere all good, while
the singing of the chopus was particularly
fine. Mr.. Howland, who comes to Wash
ington especially to sing John Alden, is a
well-known newspaper man, attached to
the New Bedford Standard, and he also
power.
The Biograph.-The last week. of the
Biograph at WillardEfiaH- will be marke
ty some extremely interesting pictures
The week opened yesterday afternoon. and
1t would seem from the large audiences
| that completely filed the hall at both the
go and the 4:3O performances that ar
! added interest had been given this most
entertaining machine. There was also q
| large audience in attendance last night
| and all of the pictures met with warm
| welcome. AS this is the last week, those
|
| tion that stands admittedly at the head
| of like contrivances, should make visi
| to Willard Hall and witness the splendid
| portrayals of life and action that are daily
given there. Mr.. Whiting Allen, the ge
| NAL manager of the Biograph in this city
| gives short interesting descriptions of eacf
| picture while the film Is being placed II
| the machine, and these add materially t
| the interesting and entertaining Qualitie:
| of the performance. Among the new pic
| lures which will be seen toward the latter
| part of the week are several fine views o.
| scenes during the inauguration period IL
| Washington, and possibly one Of the mag
| nificent ball room at the pension building
during the height of the festivities at thu
| inaugural ball. Among other views ma,
| be mentioned the Empire State Express
| going at the rate of eighty miles an hou
| on a clear stretch of road, the Pennsyva
MIA Limited winding In and out amoni
| sharp curves in the Allegheny mountains
and a score of others equally pleasing ant
|
| cinderella" tonight.-A production O
the old legend of Cinderella" will be givel
| at Carroll Institute Hall tonight, and viii
be followed by an excellent program b,
the elocution pupils of Miss Jessie Good
The staging of the old story has been don
in a splendid fashion, and 1t will be put OF
with all the accessories of scenery, COS
tune and mechanical effects that it call
for.
Dr. Rogers Series of Lectures.-A cours
of three illustrated lectures will be give
by DIR. A. G. Rogers at the Ryland NJ.
Church Wednesdays. March ~, II and 2
which will be DR.. Rogers last appearance
in South Washington. The lectures to /
given on the respective dates are ''Th
Scarlet Letter. The Hoosier Schoolma.
ter" and Ben Hur,' in all of which d
Rogers is well known.
1.-The Sun of Greece."-A lecture for IL
benefit of the wives and children of til
Cretan patriots will be given at Caro-
Institute Hall tomorrow night by d
Daniel Quinn of the Catholic Universit,
. Dr. Quinn's subject will be The Sun
Greece" ard as he Is an alumnus of II
, University of Athens and one of the be
known Greek scholars in the eastern pa
of the United States. hisstalk will be inte
esting in the extreme. The cause for whic
, 1t Is to be given should induce a packe