Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-06
ADJUSTMENTS.

COLUMBIA THEATER.-That very old
friend IA Scrap of Paper" and a charm
ing new acquaintance, Miss Alberta Gala
tin, joined their efforts to entertain the
audience at the Columbia Theater last
night. "A Scrap of Paper is one of the
comedies which everybody is supposed to
have seen at some time or another; but to
take 1t for granted that everybody has seen
1t well acted is a different matter-and in
that respect the stock company offers in
ducements that are out Of the ordinary.
The performance had an advantage over
most of its predecessors In the fact that
the material upon which the actors are
employed is thoroughly seasoned. And,
charming as the sprightly farces have been,
the substantial int. est which the story OF
this comedy-clasSic presents proved well
come variation. The piece gave to Mr..
1Dgersoll chance to impress his abilities
such as he has not previously enjoyed dur
Ing this engagement, and he used his OPP
portunity with marked effect. The Colum-
bia Stock Company has set high stand
ard. and it was gratifying to see that Mr.
1ngersolf and Miss Gallatin are qualified to
do their shares toward maintaining it. The
play has been handicapped in its more re-
cent professional explorations by a COM
bination of mediocrity on the stage and UNI
due acquisitiveness in the box office. Not
Withstanding the prejudice against the
phrase which advertisers in other fields
have industriousy created, it is proper to
state that in this case the public gets
something just as good for less money"
The entire cast played with an efficiency
which demonstrated that its resources are
by no means limited to ultra -farcicaI pro
auctions.
KERNANs LYCEUM THEATER.-rhe
last week of the season at Kernan's Ly-
ceum Theater was opened last night by
the Colored Sports City Show, which pre-
scented performance that pleased the
So H. u.
lighted beyond measure the occupants Of
the sky parlor. In fact, the galleries were
a part of the show, and drew as much at
tention from the occupants of seats on the
lower floor as cid the show on the stage.
The Colored Sports Reception" a rather
pleasing burlesque, opened the perform
ance. and gave ALI Weather and Billy
jackson some excellent opportunities for
dancing and the latter in his own peculiar
line of comedy. Bethel and Jones, a regu-
lation negro team, was the first feature in
the olio, in place of the Freeman Sisters,
who were i'll. Zoe Ball, .ser.o-comic, fol-
lowed, with some pleasing and catchy
songs, and Harry Eaton and ALT Weather
put up dancing turn that was feature.
Inc cartons, In some exceptionally good
work and Billy jackson, in a couple Of
efforts that were funny, and some more
that were not, led up to the event of the
EVENING" cake walk. The contestants in
this feature were all above the average,
Jul bclhel anu jules OutSHOue their rivals
and carried off the honors
THE CINEMATOGRAPHE- regular
holiday audience was in attendance upon
the exhibitions of the Cinematographe at
Willard Hall yesterday, and all three of
the performances of the shadow actors and
actresses and scenery We're patronized by
a crowd that the hot weather could rot
keep away. The Cinematographe is one of
the most advanced instruments for the
showing Of moving photographs, and it's
achievements are familiar to nearly all of
Washington's amusement-seekers. The
pictures shown include all of the old views
that made a hit when the machine was
exhibited here early III the season. as well
as some new ones that do not fail to ex-
cite the admiration they were scheduled
to receive. One of the features Of the
Cinematographe display is the showing of
view backward, or running the films be-
fore the light in the opposite direction from
that in which they were meant to go. The
effect is ludicrous in the extreme and can
not be described. In fact, judging from
the applause each picture that is shown
this way receives 1t would be a stroke of
policy to run all the pictures in this man