Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-12

ume and intelligence, and showed the
amount of training that has been bestowed
>upon 1t. Another feature of the evening s
work demands attention. The beautiful In
termezzo from "C&vaiSeria" has seldom
been played in Washington more beauti-
fully than 1t was last might, and but for
the lateness Of the hour 1t would have Sc
cured double encore. The orchestra was
augmented for the secession, and. besides
its splendid work in sthe intermezzo, played
all the music without the slightest fault.
ACADEMY OF Observation-Disclosures her
age and the fact that tbs is her beginning
in heavy tragedy, MISC Bertha Creighton
does remarkably we'll as Juliet in Shake
speare's love TRAGEDY Romeo and Juliet"
In portions of the play her work is of a
superior quality. This ID notably the case
in the balcony scene, the soliloquy before
taking the sleepingp draught, and, in the
last act her suicide OIL awaking and finding
that Romeo is deadl In the balcony scene
especially her girfiSA figure, graceful car
rage and soft, passionate words of love
secure strong applause for her.
With the exception of Miss Creighton
and Walter Mccullough as Mercutio. the
first part opens with apparent stage fright
in a number of the cast. Duncan Preston,
as Romeo, seems ito be in the clasp of this
hobgobifn All of them warm Up, however
and work with life and will. Preston has
the material for Romeo. The man re-
ceiving the most applause for his work was
Walter Mccullough. The merry DISPOSE
ton of Mercutio was carried out fully by
Mccullough When carried away by death
in a duel, the audience regrets that he
does not still appear in some character. A
fault to be found with Mccullough is that
his enunciation is not good as he could
make it. He is better in this, however
than Jerome Anthony, as the Friar; Wal
ter Creighton, as Benvolio and others
More distinctness in enunciation will in
crease Miss Creighton's work in favor.
David Hanchett, as Capulet, is an example
of clearness In his words. His reading of
his lines is good, his voice clear and ring
ing.
The house was well filled Four of the
boxes were occupied, one of them by
party in which was Commissioner of Pen
sions Evans. The favor with which the
audience received the tragedy and Miss
Creighton has encouraged the management
in believing that high tragedy at popular
prices is In favor.
Ladies with high hats were generous in
removing them at the Academy last night.
They started custom which will be APP
preciated Almost without exception ladies
with high hats removed their headgear
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-'"The Side
walks of New York" made an immense hit
at the Grand Opera House last evening.
Every part of the house Was\crowded and
uproarious laughter or applause followed
the many hits of the evening The play
combines side-splitting burlesque amid
that never allows the attention of the
audience to flag. 1t is built on popular
lines and is bound to prove highly success
full wherever it goes.
A striking feature of the performance is
the dive of Paul ]. Tustin, who holds the
Fox medal for high diving. He plunges
1rto shallow water from a height of thirty
feet. The jump is highly exciting to the
audience, as Tustins dive is from shot
tower, and is taken to save the sister of
the scoundrei Sarto, she having beer
thrown into the river to cover up the
crimes of the villains of the play.
The cast throughout the play is good, and
many parts of it are excellent. VIII F.
Denny had but little work as the wealthy
broker. but his descriptive songs, given as
a specially, made a decided hit. Neil Nc
Neil as the hobo and Chas. w. Young as
the negro servant of Pemberton were ex-
cellent burlesquers. and their presence on
the stage was always accompa MED Ly up
roarious fun. Harry n. WEIGH and Andy
and James Casey caricatured Tammany
Hall policeman, to the amusement of every
one. Terese beagle. as the Italian girl
showed herself to be q splendid actress.
ana Maggie LIE Clair and Andy Gardner
were immensely successful in Irish paris
L. X. Willard sustained the part of the
crafty Italian well. The Sc ttine of the play
IS very good varioas famous local. in
New YORK being realistically portrayed.
BIJOU.-W ashingtonians are not slow to
recognize merit and the loyal support they
are giving the new venture at the Bijou
was long ago predicted. There were MAN.
who doubted the success CT a continuous
Performance, but they are hard to find now
surely the large audiences that patronze
the Bijou each day and night bear testi-
mony to the success of-the enterprise
There were good audiences at both the
matinee and night performance YESTERDAY.
But this was also to be expected for what
with 5o-cent show at the modest price of
10 cents, there should never be anything
else That very funny farce entitled Mr..
and Mrs. Barnaby Bibbs'' was we'll pro-
dIced by the Biiou Stock Company end
provoked much merriment. In the clio
Gibbons and Barrett sang several parodies
on Well-known songs, and n. NJ Herbert
DID a grotesque dance which was clever
ara original The Three Cages presented for
the first time a. roaring sketch. and when
Charne Banks came on with his comedy
creation the audience fairly went wild
Ward and Brown, the Language Butchers
mad a clean German specially, and the De
Greaus repeated their success of the pre-
vious week on the trapeze. The Cineo-
matograph, with a number of new views
Is given at each performance and has
proved an attraction in itself This nor
ton Of the entertainment is well worth the
price of admission.
THE LYCEUM.-There are few older or
better-known burlesque companies before
the public than the Rentz-SantIey For
many years 1t has been recognized as one
VI the ieaulnS entertainments in its line and
ever strives to maintain its reputation.
This year 1t has fairly outdone itself and
the show presented at Kernan's last night
was one of the best of it's kind seen here
this season. "A World of Pleasure" is the
name of the buresque, which continues
throughout the evening, each step in the
unraveling of the plot being punctuated by
some clever specially. 1t is a new idea and
proved a clever one. Lottie Elliott danced
gracefully in the club room where the big
wager was made, and Joe Sullivan was en-
tertaining before the great bank robbery
was committed. Frank Hammond selected
the deck of "Hustler's' yacht to give hts
n.onologue, and Bewley and Barney, had
new and original speciality. Tyrene and
Evalyne gave a sensational dance just be-
fore the rescue of the princess, and Harry
S. Marion had no trouble singing himself
into favor without the help of stage set
ting. Sullivan and Weber contributed
comedy skit and Lottie Elliott presented
her famous skipping rope dance. The fea-
ture of the show was the artistic bag
punching of Frances Namon. This clever
little lady kept the bag going for some
minutes and reminded one forcibly of the
performance of F'itZsimmons.
Fine Cars. Fleet locomotives.