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The times., 1897-04-04

Mss OLGA Netrcrsule VIII Dc seen next
week at the Lafayette square in the role
of Catmel ia which size las never yet
appeared ia Washiugtou This is Tie role
in which sLemade such tremendous senSa-
tion ia New York at th- beginning OF last
season. crowding the Empire Theater,
played on the Friday night of er engage
where 1t was produced, for several months,
and after that touring the country. and
repeating II 70 the most enthusiastic audi
euccs camille" tr she way. viii be
ment at the Lafayette. Carmen will be
give1 cI all the other evenings, except
SATURDAY. and it VIII also he the Saturday
matinee play. The Saturday night bill
7riH composite Of acts from various
successes.
The times., 1897-04-04

Joseph Herbert is truly Il remar ka bic
fellow He has a great head as well as
eXcrucia ting face and pair of gro
tcsque legs for he not only dances and
acts the principal roles in most of the
New York oUeratiC and burlesQuc successes,
but he writes them as well. He is fun of
ideas. Last week he gave Weber and
Fields an idea for their Broadway Music
Hall. He calls it The Lobsterscope" II
is Il burlesque on the vitascope and the
biograph.. 1t is thus described: "A black
curtain was hung across the stage and the
pictures were shown by living sub
jects, whose ANTICS We're Illuminated from
the gallery by a calcium, which did not
shine in a steady glare, but in fits and
starts, giving the peculiar vibrating eff
feet Of the moving picture machine. The
views" given included a dance by the
Beaumont Sisters boxing match anu
1.-The artists dream" in which a frantic
artist was seen brushing the chalk from
, Iithograph of May Irwin. As each pic
ture'' neared the end of its showing, n
black cloth was thrown over the figures
and the light was turned out, thus causing
them to vanish as if ny magic" The funny
possibilities of the thing seems to be in
finite. Again be it recorded, Joe Herbert
is wonder
The times., 1897-04-04

Will play in i t the part he created as far
back as 1886, that OF MIR Spencer Jer-
rlyn." Miss Harvey Will be found eX-
cellent as Mrs Spencer Jermyn-' When
this play was first produced it was CON
sidered to be ahead OF its time. but now
the critics declare it quite up TO date.
For Mr. Hare's work in it he was warmly
eulogized by such writer's as Lord Lytton
and Bret Harte The Hobby Horse will
give place to Caste on Tuesday evening,
and to "A Pair of spectacles' on Wednes-
day. The full roster of the company, not
including auXnaries. is as follows MessrS-
Charles Groves. Gilbert Hare, Fisher
White. A. Grenville, Frederick Kerr,
Frank Gilmore, Charles GoOld, E. vivian
Reynolds, W. NJ. Cathcart, and Misses
May Harvey. Mona X Dram, Laura dc
Gilvray, Susie Vaughan. Nellie Thorn
and Edith HewIins The tour, Mr. Hare's
second American one. is under the direc-
tion of Mr. Charles Frohman.
The times., 1897-04-04

Papers from the far West bring crafty
ing news Of Otis Skinner on his trans-cOn-
tinentaI tour. Mr. Skinner has been met
by the largest audiences that have greeted
any Of the prominent attractions, and tile
critics are echOing the Eastern voices which
proclaimed this artist the foremost Of the
romantic ami classic actors on our stage.
Wnilc Mr.. otis Skinner is making fame
in the West, his brother, Mr. Charles
skinner, of Brooklyn. known in the the
atrical profession as the author Of ''Viilon,
the Vagabond,' - and tie adaptcr Of The
Kings Jester" has made Il commended
coup with new book, Mature in a City
Yard" of it the booknIan saws: Mr..
Skinner combines philosophical calm with
the poets freshness OF feeling and fancy.
Imagine Thoreau transported from his
home in the woods to a densely populated
city, and compelled to substitute a Brook
lvn backyard for his beloved Walden Pond,
and you Will have some idea of the contents
of this book"
The times., 1897-04-04

successful career in the town Of its
nativity. after ttrce profitable seasons.
The first production OF l s95 was made
at the National, where William H. Crane
gave Martina Mort0ns His Wife's Fa-
ther, y January II The next week at
the Academy Charles Hopper, who returns
here in "Chinnie Fadden" next week,
produced The Valcof Avoca. D The Grand
that autumn had two first nights. There,
on September =, Robert Downing put on
Sardou's Helena and the 9TH of the
next mouth saw theinitiatory of Belasco S
Heart Of Maryland -
Next To 1892 the largest number Of pro
duetions FOR any number of twelvenonth
was made last year, when SIX new plays
saw light. The first of these was likewise
the first production for Manager Albaugh's s
new Lafayette Square opera House There,
on January y, The Lady Slavey" Ieaped
To fame. on March 30, at the Academy,
His Absent Boy was given a trial
May %, at the National, Mary Saunders
starred for one week in Her Brother
Bob In the autumn of the wear, that
. is ut the beginning of this season, Downing
gave In Search Of Happiness" at the
National, and barrymore tried his "Roa r
ing Dick Company at the same house,
November 8. The Lafayette was the
scene Of Gilbert Parkcr's Seats of the
Mighty" given November 23, by Beerbohm
Tree.
The lists for this year are yet a blank
and the fiIst play to write its name on
the natal register Will be The Mysterious
Mr. Bugle," the first night Likewise for
a first night at the Columbia.
The times., 1897-04-04

The National this week has Madame
Sans Gene" These performances VIII be
the final ones of this success, ana these who
nave missed these excellent performances
previously Will do well to afford them
selves the pleasure Of seeing an admirable
play and an admirable actress III the
leading role in the person cf Miss Kathryn
Kidder Next year Miss kidder has an
important dramatic venture, the nature
Of which is not yet prepared to announce
We may in justice at least say. that 1T will
doubtless be something very worthy, not
calculated merely to anIuse, hut 10 ma ke
for the highest interest of the stage The
concluding performances of this play will
he marked with the same !avtshnesS as to
detail, with handsome effects, which are
enbodied in the tapestries, brio -a-brac
and general makeup Of the play. MI James
Cooper VIII play Napoleon. i'll the place of
Cook: Miss Francesca Lincoln, the Queen.
and Miss Catherine Campbell, the princess.
Mfr. Harold Russell still plays Lefebvre and
Wallace Shaw, FOuChe.
The times., 1897-04-04

To the Grand this week comes THE
Ups and Downs OF Life" 1t is a meIo-
drama of the highest order. it tells
beautiful story. which is rendered inter
estiBg and natural in the arrangement
of it's powerful scenes and by the excel
lent language in which it is told, full
of pathos and feeling. hrimful of
comedy keeping the audience in Ioars Of
laughter. 1t never grows tiresUme and i'm
presses tho audience more and more as the
play progresses. Oliver BY ron as Vivian
Ransome mas a raTt well suited to him,
and Kate Byronhas been highly comrnendcG
for her roilickinE frnpersonation of Jane
Judkins. the Irish girl Fred Warren is
said TO he immensely funny in AIphonzo
Smith r F. Russell will be seen rs Noel
Norman and Miss Gertrude Dion McGill
as Alice. 4 feature of the play will be-
the great fire scene. The piece is well
mounted, with new and beautiful scenery.
The times., 1897-04-04

Clement Scott is the most hated and most
respected London critic, in London. The
rest of the world do not understand the
hatred. Most of us read with ayidity
enIan nations from his pen, not merely for
opinions, but for style improvement. Out
of an envelope the other day floated a
scrap OF paper. 1t has been put away with
affection, fate must have been liberatehi ii
at this time It's a paragraph on Caste"
ana ii is timely as well as an exquisite bit
OF appreciation
The times., 1897-04-04

Not a new play was tried last week.
This is exceptional. There are, however,
a number of new plays in sight. Wash
ingtnn passes on n new play tomorrow
night. on the tn. in Brockton, Mass,
will be given Il new McNally farce, The
Good Mr.. Best" to be played by the Rich
and Harris stock farce comedy company.
On the 27th, at Daly's New York theater,
will be produced The Circus Girl. y 1t
is one of those successful" English musical
comedies. 1.-The Wedding Day is set for
The times., 1897-04-04

Next week is holy week. Perhaps the
theaters will feel the depreSSionin business
that hitherto marked it. Perhaps
not. The marked difference has been work
ing away from the religious observance.
AT the Columbia there viii be "a week of
..rThe Prisoner OF Zenda," the National
will have return week OF the popular
"Chimmie Faaden," and the Lafayette has
olga NethersoIe in repertoire.
The times., 1897-04-04

COLUMBIA The MysteriousM Mr.. Bugle. y
LAFAYETTE-Jom Hare in repertoire
TnurStiay matinee at 1880, Castle square
Opera Company in "Falka."
NATIoNAL-KathrynK X idderin Madame
Sans Gene Tonight, Concert by VIII
Halcy's Washington Band.
'Chauey's Aunt"
GRANB-Mr and Mrs. oliver Dowd
Byron, in Ups and Downs OF Life"
mJOC-J. {. Lewis, il Isl Plunkard -
LYCEUM-Weber's Olympia.
The times., 1897-04-04

dissatisfaction, for the latter half of this
drama had not been tried beforethe public,
and consequently had no right TO he re-
warded. Prof. Erich Schmidt has now
folio wed the example Of Heyse, andhas also
resigned.
The times., 1897-04-04

The special matinee at the lafayette
Square opera House by the castle square
Opera Company Of Philadelphia. ON next
Thursday afternoon, is awakening wide
spread attention. and all musical wash
ington will attend. The coming Of this
meritorious Organization OF talented sing
ers is but sample Of what Washington
will enjoy all summer. The cast includes
Edith Hasau. LiZzIe MacniChsl. Anna Lich-
ter. Bessie Eairurain William Wolff, oscar
Girard. Thomas Persse. william O. stew
art. Arthur Woulev. and "a cb0rIs and
orchestra Of one hundred
The times., 1897-04-04

The crystal Maze. at 42T Seventh street
northwest, is nearing the end Of It's stay
in Washington. II has been one Of The
greatest successes OF its kind that ever
came 10 this town, and those who have not
vet seen that mystifying and novel amtISe-
mcnt resort ought 10 do so now as long -
the opportunity lasts. Every one who
has visited the Maze has been highly de-
lighted with the fun they experienced,
ana we can only advise every one 70 visit
it before the last opportunity slips BY,
which viii be very soon.
The times., 1897-04-04

. ana IL is said completed within hat period
twcnty-one pieces of dramatic work, which
Included comic opera librettos, one-aCt
sketches. dramas and comedies, before she
had the slightest encouragement from
the managers. She was woman, was the
customary remark, and women were com
monty said TO Possess no sense Of humor.
In spite of all this, however, Mrs. Ryley
errditabie because it has been achieved in
spite of many obstacles.
In the new Play which Mrs. Ryley gives
to us tomorrow night, she has the good
fortune TO have associated wit h her in the
principal roles, two of the most con
splcuouSly capable actors we have upon
the American stage, Miss Annie Russell
and Mr. Joseph Holland. Miss Russell $
stage appea RANGES have unfortunately been
infrequent OF late, and she is probably not
as well known to the majority of play
fUers as is Mr.. Holland. She has, however,
enjoyed the distinction of a stars promi
hence ever since her men orally artistic
performance of the title role in Tennysons
Elaine" Her most recent appearance
was made in the dramatiZatiOn of Bret
Fartc's story sue" The play can hardly
hc placed among the successes, but Miss
Russclls performance of the title role
gained her the highest commcndation, aud
was looked upon as a most artistic achieve
nent. For several years Miss Russell has
been regarded as being. beyondall question,
the most charming ingennc on the Amcri-
can stage She Possesses youth and rare
charm of personality, and she is the rep
IcSentatve of tyre whiehis regrettahy
rare among professional players. As the
heroine in the new farce, we shall look for
the same old quiet self-rossession, the old
The times., 1897-04-04

sousa is coming again This always
is good news Next sunday is the day,
and the Lafa yette is, Of eouIse. the place
John Philip is etUrning from Lis LIans-
continental tour, preparatory TO settling
down by the cool Atlantic for the sum
mer. He viii play a concert Of popular.
attractive music and the flavor OF his
own compositions viii aGG TO the pleasures
Of the program.
The times., 1897-04-04

John Hare opens his Washington engage
nIent tomorrow night at the Lafayette with
Pineros The Hobby Horse Mr. Hare
The times., 1897-04-04

Easter Monday, with Jefferson DeAngelis,
Lillian Russell, and Della Fox. 1.-The
Man From Mexico a new farce by the
author of my Friend From India" will
he tried the same evening. There is moth
ing dun about the outlook. And all the
pieces have their basis in mere utter
nonsense 1t shows that the public be-
lieve the theater place for diversion and
relaxation and for nothing else
The times., 1897-04-04

Mr. aud Mrs Oliver Dowd Byron are Il
portion of circle conspicuous in American
theatriCals, Mr.. Byron is melodIamatiC
actor OF note and an author of several
successes in this style of play. His son
is Arthur Byron, who plays boys in John
Drew's company. Kate Byron is a Miss
Crehan, She is one of three Irish sisters,
who have made names for themselves on
the American stage. One of her sisters
is with Nat Goodwin, Miss Hattie RUSSELL
the other is tie most distinguished woman
on our stage, Miss Ada Rehan. The three
Crehan sisters have the instinct OF com
edy, and it is in this line of playing that
they have made themselves famous
The times., 1897-04-04

From the tone of the New Orleans papers
it would seem that Eugenie Blair ana her
stock company have installed themselves
firmly in the graces of the Crescent City
theatcrgoers. She began spring season
there two weeks ago, presenting "The
New Maglalen'' Last Monday she gave
The Ironmaster.' She will, this week
give Camille and next week, "Frou
Frou' Meantime, Mr Downing is not
only directing the productions, but has
opened d school of acting, so that any
would-be tbespiIns, at the mouth of the
Mississippi, who haven t been washed away
by the flood, and are still desirous OF
theatrical laurels, may learn the rudiments
OF the craft
The times., 1897-04-04

A good play well played and mouIted
with care and beauty is always strong
The times., 1897-04-04
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The times., 1897-04-04

The ensuing week will mark the seven
teenth of the BiOgraphs successful run
at Willard Han. Never before hasanamuse-
meat lasted for this period in Washington
ancat The same time iuCrGasedin popularity
Many Innovations have been made in the
program since the Biograph first appeared
here, and considerably more views are
shown at each performance Beginning
tomorrow fifteen OF eighteen new views
viii tie added % the list, although all cf
the more popular OF those shown viii he
retained Among the new ones which
VIII be shown here for the first time are
The Dancing DaTkies,' showing fam
iIy of pickaninuies around q huge wash
tub, eating watermelon and Ligging. new
view OF Niagara Falls. taken from Table
Rock; a magnificent portrayal OF the
Yale football team at practice New Eng
land church after the services, several
new army scenes and ocean steamships
as they pass Sandy HoOk bound to sea
The times., 1897-04-04

The Academy begins spring season at
popular prices this week to continue for
four weeks The orchestra chairs will
cost but 70 cents, instead OF 81. Never
theless the attractions will be kept up
to the standard. It will be in the nature
Of spring comedy season, as each Of the
four weeks will be given up to popular
comedies. Tomorrow night and all this
week the bill will be ''Charley's Aunt,
which has not before been presented here
at less than standard prices. Next week
Hoyt's A Texas Steer will be the at
traction. For the bird week Edward Har-
rgan will be seen in one of his char
acteristic comedies of New York life. and
during the last week Burt Haverly and
Laura Bigger will appear in Hoyt's A Trip
to Chinatown This will be profitable
opportunity to see these pieces at low
prices. The Academy might well advertise
that it is giving bargain season
The times., 1897-04-04

James A Herne, who gave to the Ameri-
can stage those two wonders of native
pIaymaking, Hearts of Oak and Shore
Acres" has written another play, for
which he has chosen the beautiful title
1.-The Hearthstone. There is a whole
story, u simple. idylliG, domestic story,
just such one as Hernc would write, in
this unpreten tious but expressive title.
The times., 1897-04-04

Herewith is presented portraits OF three
people conspicuous in TOMORROW nights
first night at the Columbia. Madelaine
I.ucette Ryley, who wrote The Mysterious
Mr.. Bugle," and Annie Russell and Joe
Holland, who VIII play the principal parts.
Within the bIief period Of two years ms.
Ryley has lcaped from obscurity cat least
as a dram atisO, and today she is easily
the foremost woman dramatist of our time
Since the production Of christopher Jr,''
which achieved so pronounced n success in
the hands of John Drew Mrs. Ryley has
written and delivered plays which have
been accepted by Nat Goodwin, E H
Sothern, John Drew Herbert Kelcey, and
Annie Russell, for production in this ooun.
try, and one for Charles HawtIey, for pro
duction in London. From this it may lie
inferred that MIS- Ryley is about the busiest
dramatist in America at the present time,
and that no work from her graceful pen is
permitted to lay upon the stocksvery long.
This charming woman is weflremembeTed
by regular playg0ers as a successful comic
opera prima donna, who, after some years
Of stage work tired of the life, and veamed,
as many professionals DO, for the luxury
of local habitat and the comforts OF 90
mesticity, denied her by the arduous duties
Of her profession. Having decided taste
for literary work, Mrs. Ryley turned her
attention to playwlightfng. She possessed
in marked degree the dramatic instinct,
and her knowledge of the technique of the
stage was thorough. She, therefore,
brought to her work as playwright
completeness of equipment, which is un
usual among those who venture for sue
cess in writing for the stage.
Mrs. Ryley wrote for nearly seven years,
The times., 1897-04-04

attraction, and when it happens that the
piece is musical farce success is as
sured. Isl PlunkaTd," the attraction
booked for this week at the EijOu. is
just such a production, and active prepa-
Tations are being made for big houses.
The play itself has stood the test OF
years, and new fitting of catchy music
and fresh jokes should make it as near
perfect as possible.
AS to the east, Farmer J. c. Lewis
is at it's head, and back Of his name comes
those Of Sadie HassOn, the clever ex-star;
". j. MhHiken, Minnie Bernard. Otey Shat
tuck, Frank FarreI. GTae" Whitney, W II
Snyder, ID. Collins, Frank Camp, II A
Tuttleand bandof twenty pieces. Thefun OF
the piece Is spontaneous, its plot is clever
and the list Of specialties long and high
class. The show probably Scasts as many
novelties as any on the read
The times., 1897-04-04

Weber's Olympia Bmlesqne Company VII
he Manager Kernau's attraction at the
Lyceum this week, This organization 3.
made up entirely Of meritonous talent
The opening burletta is entitled Ii Hun (
Chunk's Reception The oliO which fol
lows includes PaIey's KaletechnOscope-
This is descIibed as one Of the best am
mated picture machines, twelve excellent
subjects being Illustrated, the Durman
sisters, two pretty girls, who viii enter tain
with several rag time melodies, the
Whitney brothers, expert musical artists.
TeaIey and SimOnds, the Celtic wits the
John Good Dance. executed by SIX shapely
girls in becoming costumes. UdeH and
Pearce, eccentric comedians, and Miss
Lizzie Van, singer Of catchy songs The
concluding feature of the program VIII
be a burleSque, entitled The Greaser.'
III which VIII appear Miss Letta Meridith,
who is said to be the most perfectly formed
woman On the American stage.
The herald., 1897-11-12
IRRIGATION DISTRICT BONDS
The Little Rock Creek Wants Con-
firmation of a Second Issue

The matter of the confirmation of the
second issue of bonds by the Little Rock
Creek Irrigation district came up before
Judge Van Dyke yesterday. j. a. Graves,
of the law firm of Graves. O'Melveny
and Shanklin, is the one land owner in
the district opposing the confirmation,
and he was yesterday represented by
Mr.. Scott of the firm of Lee & Scott.
The irrigation district is in the Ante
lope valley and comprises 41oO acres,
$500 of which are highly improved, and
are divided among about 200 land hold
ers. Mr.. Graves owns 1900 acres of raw
land, which he holds by virtue of deed
from the Atlantic and Pacific Fibre I'M
porting and Manufacturing company of
London, England. The transfer was
made about the time the United States
government instituted suit against the
Southern Pacific to have returned to the
government domain very large tracts
of land, and which suit was decided ad-
versely to the railroad company by the
supreme court of the United States not
very long ago. By the remedial act of
March 8, 1887, congress gave to citizens
of the United States who had obtained
land from the railroad company the
right to prove that fact and in such case
they may obtain title.
These 1900 acres were not originally in
cluded within the boundaries of the Lit
tie Rock creek district. and when the
boundary lines were extended to take
the tract in Mr.. Graves protested, for
the reason that his land would not be
benefited and he would suffer taxation
without return. Later, however, he
Withdrew his protest and made no
further effort to contest matters until
this application for confirmation OF
bonds was made. The bonded indebted
ness of the district is $l30,00O. About
five years ago the first issue of 5000
was made and confirmed, and the pres
ent application is for confirmation of
the second issue of $4,000.
The case was submitted on briefs to
be filed.
The herald., 1897-11-12
OLD LASSELL HAPPY
Before Getting His Ranch Though He
Must Reimburse Campbell

Old man Lassell is to get his ranch
at Downey again returned to him-but
on conditions.
The case was concluded yesterday, and
Judge Van Dyke held that the agree
ment between Lassell and Campbell that
the latter should care for the old man
during his lifetime and that Lassell
should make conveyance of his ranch
had been entered into in good faith. The
agreement, however, being verbal, was
not one that the law could recognize, and
as each of the parties desired its RECESSION
the difference was narrowed down to
one of terms. The court thought that
Campbell ought to be allowed the ex-
penses of the foreclosure suit, by which
Campbell obtained title: also for moneys
loaned and for the value of all perma-
nent Improvements on the ranch.
Counsel on either side We're instructed
to file briefs setting forth their ideas re-
garding the amount due Campbell by
Lassell, on the basis as set forth by the
court. Whatever amount may finally
be awarded will stand as lien against
Lassell's ranch, and considering his fee
bleness and great age. and also that the
ranch being thrown back on his hands
by Colby in a previous similar suit
placed him in an awkward financial pre-
dicament from which Campbell rescued
him, it is not unlikely that his ranch will
be sold over his head. Unless, indeed
the old man has a third crack at it and
makes the ranch over to yet another
party on condition that he be guarded
and cared for during his few remaining
wears