The times., 1898-07-07
THINGS THEATRICAL.

After proving their ability to cope with
players have veered around with the tide
of popular taste to the production of
light and lively trifies, such as are the
delight of theatergoers at this time of the
year. Laugh and the world laughs with
YOU is saying especially appropriate
to midsummer, when mankind seeks rec
reation and forgetfulness OF the discom-
forts of the day In the enjoyment of an
evenings entertainment In Washington's
coolest and most comfortable theater Hi
larious yet harmless are the farces Offer
ed by the Columbia company, and all are
played with a dash and abandon that is
delightful. James O. Barrows and Will
lam Ingerson are repeating their last
Summers success in innocent as
Lamb" at present, while the rest of the
cast gives excellent support.
For next week the offering promised is
nothing less than repertoire composed
of all the pieces produced this season
The great popularity that has attended
each has made Ii desirable that all be
given another hearing, and melange
has been decided upon being the best
means for their reintroduction. On Mon
day evening the beautiful production OF
won at Last will be repeated; Tuesday
and Friday The Mighty Dollar" the
most successful of the nor-weather pre-
sentations, will be the bill; at the We'd
nesday night and Saturday matinee per-
foImances "Esmeralda' is to be revived; !;
Thursday will be given 20 Brother
JOHN and innocent as a Lamb is 10
be offered Saturday night. The original
cast will be seen in these revivals, and
the business done should oe by far the
largest of the year.
AS a patriotic climax to their excellent
production of ''Ermine" at Glen Echo,
the Parry Opera Company nightly sings
THE Star-Spangled Banner" with vocal
volume and a spirit of enthusiasm that
fairly raises the spectators and makes
the great amphitheater resound with
wild cheers and applause, This rendering
of the national anthem has been fea-
ture of every performance of the sum
mer season, but what makes TINS week :
chorus notable is a little international
pantomime that is enacted on the stage.
As the first soul-stirring strains sound
forth there appears to the right the
familiar figure of John Bull, bearing the
British coors, which are greeted with
more enthusiasm than they have received
on this side of the Atlantic for nun
dred years Then the cheering is in
creased as, on the opposite end of the
platform appears Cuban patriot in cam
paign uniform, bearing aloft the lone star
banner of the newborn nation. But when
the tan figure of our own Uncle Sam, L
tired in regulation red. white and blue
comes down the center of the stage
| waving the glorious banner which has
never yet gone down in defeat before q
| foe. enthusiasm reaches such pitch
| that the noise threatens 10 raise the roof
| Then the stirring strains of Dixie send
| the spectators away in a patriotic glow
! that is well worth the trip, aside from
the excellent performance of the opera
| and the thrilling spectacle of Prof. Stew
| ens's balloon ascension, which precedes i
! every evening at 6 o'clock. The hftiett
| performance of the Parry Company vii
| be celebrated with the distribution oi
! souvenirs tonight.