The times., 1898-05-26
COMING TO THE THEATERS,

Held by the Enemy holds the fort at
the Columbia for four more performances,
and both the size and enthusiasm of the
audiences prove that the stock company
has achieved a regular Dewey victory
with Gillette's greatest war play Bar
rows, as the war correspondent; Ingersoll,
as the Federal Colonel; Mackaye. as the
gallant Southerner; Furiong. as the faith
full old darkey; Kearney as the surgeon;
Miss Haslam. as the heroine; Miss Mayo
as the soubrette and Mrs. Findlay, as the
SouVlern spinster. the personihcation of
family pride. have all made individual
hits, while the ensemble work of the COM
pany approaches perfection. The noun
ting of the play, too. and the realistic ef-
fects. which are compared to those in the
! best road productions OF the piece. have
redounded greatly to the reputation of
the management, and 1t is evident that
Washington's stock company is to be run
on scale comparable with any in the
country.
While 1t IS probable that the present
bill might hold the boards proftabiy for
| another week, pursuant to the plans for
ceed it, and the parts for the following
Offering have already been distributed
Next weeks presentation will be Martha
Mortons domestic comedy, Brother
John" which was played successfully by
William II. Crane a couple OF seasons ago.
James O. Barrows will assume the title
role for the local production and II
| should fit him to nicely. Brother
| John is a slow-going but sensible old fell
| low, whose stock of sound. common sense
| serves to save his family from the conse-
| querces of It's foolishness, resultant from
| desire to shine in swell society There
| are a number Of excellent parts in the
| play. which will serve to introduce the
! full strength of the company Miss Ele-
amor Browning and several other ladies
! making their first appearance of the sea-
! son. The sale of seats opens this morn
ing at the box office
! 1t will not be ''all quiet along the Po-
tomac" this Summer so far as Glen Echo
! is concerned, for on Saturday night the
/ Parry Opera Company will begin a season
| at that popular resort which promises to
| ill the picturesque neighborhood with a
| concourse of sweet sounds instead of the
| fierce alarms of war that are disturbing
most of the Summer resorts. Last year
| Glen Echo proved itself formidable fac
/ tor in the Summer amusement field, with
| no greater attraction than a ladies' or
chestra and pickup vaudeville bill.
| Therefore with such an array of day and
! night offerings as are promised by the
new managers, Messrs. Allen &s Towers,
| ii should be one of the most popular re-
| sorts around Washington. The Capital
! City has long needed a suburban park
! where plenty of good amusements are
combined with fresh air and picturesque
scenery and Glen Echo promises to fill
| this long-felt want.
The opera company which will occupy
| the big amphitheater nightly with rem
| ditions of popular repertoire is organ
! lied and personally directed by Mr.. Will
! liam Parry, the noted stage director of
| the Metropolitan Opera House. New York.
! In Gotham they say that what Parry
| doesn't know about staging opera, light
| or heavy. is not worth knowing, and it
| is safe to predict that the production of
| The Mkado," with which the season
| opens Saturday night, will be complete
| in every detail. The outfit brought from
| New York two carloads of scenery cos
| tunes and properties, SO that there will
| be nothing lacking in the pictorial fea-
| lures of the performance. The cast in
| cludeS such clever people as Marie Cole
ridge. Airline Crater Viola D'Armon, Sc
| lima Rough, Marie Toughey, Oscar Gi-
rard. Frank Deshon, George Brodericlk,
Walter Cunningham and the original
| Herald Square Quartet
PAINS very latest spectacle, "The Bat
| tie of Manila" will be seen at the Base
ball Park on Decoration Day, Monday,
! May 30. and in full accord with the
| prevailing patriotic spirit the inventor is
! said to have gone to unusual lengths to
make his newest exhibit the most elab-
| crate he has ever attempted All the
! details of the famous victory of Ameri-
can arms are claimed to have been fol-
| lowed minuteiy. The scene depicts the
/ Bay of Manila, the foreground showing
| the historic fort at Cavite and the now
| famous arsenal and covering space of
over 300 feet in length. The stage affords
unlimited opportunities for the move
ments of the fleets. In the exhibit over
| twenty ships are to be seen In action
| undergoing all the maneuvers which they
did on the historic day of the battle. Each
vessel Is said to be an exact duplicate
| of the original which took part in the
| engagement. The realistic effects that
have been made use of in making this
| display an exact reproduction of that
fight described aS being more start