Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11

not too much for this country And vet
When the capacity of a circus for sweeping
the small change out of Il community is
considered, there is a glimmer of comfort
America may in this way get even to some
extent for the manner in which foreign
stars have assisted in the expectation CT
gold
Every now and then 1.-The Rivals has
been dished up as a particular treat for
lovers of substantial amusement And such
a treat 1t has proved in many cases that
the question, what shall we do for a ca st
OF that play presents itself with an un-
welcome shock. The death of W. j. Flor
ence obliterated much of the charm from
the character of Sir Lucius OTrigger. -
and now the death of Mrs Drew depriyes
the public of the one woman whom the
present generation would tolerate as Mrs.
Maiaprop THE Rivals without Mrs.
Malaprop is almost as grotesque an i'm
pc ssibility the proverbial "Hamlet',
without the title role Those who knew
Mrs Drew personally show that eloouence
OF eulogy which only sincerity can frame:
ana those whose knowledge of her was
gained only across the footliphts will
mourn her no less truly one of the COM
faratlvely few people who were sufficiently
&C mpetent and sufficiently honest in pur
Icse TO maintain the dignity of acting as
legitimate profession.
1t Is announced that Senator Hanshrouph
Is TO collaborate with Mr.. George Broad
hurst, the author of number of prosper
Gus 1arces, on "a drama of washington life
The failure of Augustus Thomas to make a
success of THE CAPITOL does not prove
tnat there 's not a chance for a successor
10 Inc senator. The topic is tempting
ore, and it may be regarded as newt hIe
that the Washington play" will rival
the wv ashington novel; in frequency.
theater in New York is peing cerionsIv die.
cussed There is sometl ing yery aJiurinp
In the idea of a playhouse conducted With,
cur reference to the sordid dictates of a
managerial Spectator and in serene indif-
terence to the demands of the excitement
loving throng. But h.re is no good nrr
pose to be served in sinking money in sta ee
performances which bore people, and thai
IS loo OFTEN regarded the sole and lepiti
mate purpose of enterprises such as ibis
seems to be. A judiciously managed estah-
lshment of this description would he !.
pIessnne' Out 1ud1cious management with
artistlc perception Is scarce combination
MI T. D. Frawley Is winning golden onin-
ioiis On tne racine coast. His comedy COM
rahy is placed by the San Francisco critics
III une same level with that of Augustin
paiy' In TACT. some of them consider II the
better OF the two The Chronicle. in sneak
ihs OF performance Of 1.-The Great I'm
SHOWN by the Frawley company, saws: The
,,r aMiey company keeps growing, very nat
uraily. In fnisl. and style 1t was given a
ElSh and refined stamp when II was organ
l@ed- That refined stamp has been main
tanned and. with the acting together. the
psopie nave become much more valuable.
Inc play hardly needs criticism now Suf
nee IL TO say. 1t is as witty ard bright a
production as any of that series in which
Aoa Rehan and John Drew were the lead
az s nsure ,.; ~ Is absolutely as well played
&C mpany To-Day, and the fact that IT is done
by our own stock company acting in San
Francisco large part of the year, at pop-
dnC- to- =
value OF the presentation. For three months
we have had at the Columbia Theater such
productions as prove that novelty alone
make; a great deal of tie difference be-
tween nigh and, popular-priced shows To
Tut 1t frankly, the Lyceum Company of
New York, when II was out here last. had
re1ther the balance nor the variety Of tai
ent Mr. Frawley has around him. There IS
rot an actor or actress among the prin-
cipals who Is not amply equipped to take
an equivalent place in New York TODAY
we really have in the Columbia a comedy
tLeater quite superior to eny stock thea ter
III the country and in the Frawley COM
ptny an organization without an equal ont.
side Of New York. and Only in speo iaI cs ses
In New York. The season Is drawing to q
s s,ose , ana we shsli miss the always bright
people and the refined performances. for
mat kind of entertainment mrst give Dlace
10 very dinerent attractions. There are NO
o'her rra"iey companies travelling around
During an engagement in a western CITY.
some years ego. when A. 8. Lipman was
starring in THE Burglar" he v,as ona H.,
sitting with his feet up in the window of
the Motel at which he was stopping, when
the clerk. who had been attentively watcn-
ing MIN and the clock for some time, re-
marked that as re had a matinee. he Womb
respectfully advise that 1t was about time
Mr. Lipman started for the theater.
Lipman. with his mind Tar away, paid no
particular attention to what had been said
6ot. hzIR
clerk again repeated the suggestion This
time Lipman heard him. realizing that II
| was fact that he did have a matinee.
mind-jumped from his seat, and, seizIne
his hat. made a frantic rush for the thea.
ter. only to find on his arrival that the