Evening star., 1898-10-08
to be discharged. So I won some distinc-

to be discharged So won some distine-
tion.
These photographs show better than I
can tell many of the scenes that l witness
ed. Here is the expedition starting from
Port Tampa here are several views Of the
different vessels comprising the fleet: here
Is the landing of the troops at Baiquiri.
These are a few of the Rough Riders, and
here are Richard Harding Davis, Stephen
Crane, Frederic Remington and other cor
respondents. This was taken as the first
gun was fred at the battle of San Juan.
These are scme of the typical Cuban SOL
diers. and a worthless lot they are. The
three bodies In this picture are the first
dead that ] saw. Here are several views
of the bodies of Ham Fish and Captain
Allyn Capron of the Rough Riders. This
Is Captain Capron's rude grave on the bat
tlefield. This photograph l prize most high
ly of ALL 1t is the last picture taken
of poor Ham Fish, and shows him on the
deck of the Yucatan when she sailed from
Tampa. l have worked hard to bring 1t
out clearly and having some copies
made for Fish's father.
That picture Of the landing at Baiquiri,
Mr. Mcintosh said, was taken only after
considerable difficulty. When we reached
Baiquiri General Shafter issued order,
aimed at the newspaper men, that no one
not directly connected with the army would
be permitted to land until all the troops
were ashore This was absurd and unneces-
sary, and. after waiting some time strip
ped myself, crawled out of window, dove
off the boat and swan ashore, distance OF
three-quarters of mile. 1 had arranged
with striker to bring my effects, and
was thus enabled to witness the landing
and get some good pictures"
"A War Correspondent is under the di-
rection of Martin Julian and Harry Doel
Parker.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE.-A novelty on
the theatrical bill of fare for the coming
week will be at the Lafayette Square
Opera House. It will be the first appear
ance here of the Smyth and Rice Comedy
Company in The Cuckoo" original
farce, by Henry Guy Carleton. 1t is hardly
necessary TO introduce either Mr. Carleton
or the Smyth and Rice Comedy Company
to Washington, for the efforts of both have
met with unqualified success in this city
heretofore. Evidences of Mr. Carleton's
br.ilancy as a playwright were seen when
John Drew came here with The Butter
flies and when Nat Goodwin made us
laugh in ambition" and "A Gilded Fool"
The Smyth and Rice Comedy Company has
a personnel which is both well and favor
ably known in this city. In it are such
artists as Frederick Bond, Edward S.
Abeies, John Ward, John Maher, Joseph
Alderman, Frank Parry. J. H. Hazeton,
Helen Reimer Nita Allen, Clara Hatha-
way, Meta Maynard and the eccentric
comedienne, May Vokes. OF these Mr..
Bond is particularly well known in this
city. He has been a local favorte here for
the past four or five years, and his re-
peatedly successful efforts in establishing
summer stock companies in Washington
have won for him warm following. The
Smyth and Rice Company will be remem-
bered. too, from the fact that their efforts
in My Friend from India" made the origi-
nal production of that play two seasons
ago the biggest comedy success of that
year. The unQuestioned abilities of the
players and of the author should provide
an entertainment in The Cuckoo well
worthy of Washington's patronage. The
theme of this farce is said to be very
unique and original, and involves a story
OF cOmplica tiOOS and eutang1pmpDtS which
are ludicrous in the extreme Although the
locale of the play is placed in France, Mr..
carleton has very wisely made the fun
Who!eSomely American and carefully avoid
ed touching upon the risque Frenchiness
which has been so notably a malefactor in
many like comedies and farces with
Partisan atmosphere.
The principal character is supposed to be
the famous Gen. Flambeau of the French
army. His real name is Bruno and he was
formerly coffee drummer, when he met
the widow Of the real Gen. Flambeau short
iy after that doughty warriors demise.
The real general was the hero of the Ton
quin war. His widow was willing to marry
Bruno, but insisted on retaining the gener-
ais name, and persons who met her as
Madam Flambeau naturally thought that
Bruno was Gen. Flambeau and thus he un-
willingly acquired this title. After her
death he meets a hero-worshiping lady of
wealth, who marries him on account of the
glory of his record. They come to Paris
to look after her property. She is not con-
tent to have her hero husband in private
life but wishes to have him restored to the
command of his old brigade and secretly be-
gins using influence with the minister of
war to attain this end. The false Fiam-
beau learns of his wife's campaign and is
naturally plunged into a vortex OF compii-
Gated troubles. The complications begin
INTERVIEWING IN the first act, and the play
has not proceeded far before the vital af-
fairs of every character in the piece are
involved in a hopeless snarl, and are not
unrdEeled until the fall of the a a
NEW NATIONAL THEATER.-A new
opera by John Philip Sousa is a theatrical
event of the first importance. The coming
Of The Charlatan" to the National The
ater next Monday is in consequence looked
forward to with very great interest by the
people of Washington. That the theater
on next Monday evening will be crowded
TO the doors is fOregone conclusion. Cnas.
Klein, who supplied the book of lei Capt.
tam has been Mr.. Sousa's aid in the con-
struction Of The Charlatan'' for Mr.. Hop
per. Mr.. Klein is a trained dramatist and
has supplied an intensely interesting and
dramatic story. Charles Frohman said the
other day that in making opera of the
story Of The Charlatan'' Mr.. Klein had
robbed the stage of what should have been
the hest comedy drama of modern times
In The Charlatan" the fun grows natural
ly out of the story and is not dragged in
by main force OF Mr. Hopper himself it
may be said that there is no comedian who
comes to Washington who approaches his
popularity with all classes of people He
is not one of those stars, either who de-
pend their own popularity and drawing
powers to supply the entertainment
throughout the evening. THE CharIatan'
requires for a proper rendition a greater
number of capable principals than did anv
Hopper opera during the past nine years
or since the comedian has been a star OF
the old company Miss Nela Bergen Ed
mund Stanley and little Alfred Klein will
be seen in the new opera while among the
new people Alice Judson, George w
Barnum, Mark Price, Arthur Cunningham
Adine Bouvier and Harry P Stone Box
hara, in southern Russia, is the scene of
THE Charlatan." Mr.. Hopper will appear
as Demidoff, the titular character, and the
special task that is demanded of him is to
transform his own daughter into princess