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The times., 1898-04-24

excellent policy of playing good bills or
none at all. Two of their bookings re-
Gently failed them. and after a strenuous
effort to secure something equally good,
they decided that darkness was better
than fnveigleing the public into visiting
performances of inferior worth, This
is an excellent policy. and should recon-
mend itself TO many other directors of
theaters, both here and elsewhere.
Orchestras in the different houses con-
tinued playing the national airs last week,
generally while the crowds were filing out
after the show. At the Lafayette, ker-
mans and the Academy THE Star Span
eled Banner was sung, and every attrac-
ton in town. including Nat c. Goodwin,
made frequent illusions to the present
crisis. Everywhere these little acts met
with enthusiastic demonstrations of popu-
lar approval, audiences even joining in
singing the enspiriting choruses. The
musical directors of this city have shown
great patriotism in the existing state of
affairs, and deserve the thanks of every
one. Fanny Rice gave little metal flags
on Monday night appropriate souvenirs
of her performance. The next move
should be in decorating the playhouses in
accordance with other buildings on busi-
ness streets. This would show considera-
BILE regard. not only for the nation, but for
the patriotism of its people.
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I.Iiau-H.udeyiIIe.

Pretty Dot Davenport. said to be as vi
vacious a singing comedinne as ever ap-
peared behind the footlights, is the head
liner at the Bijou for the coming week.
Side by side with this comes the an
nouncement of the appearance of Miss
Hamburg, assisted by Bruno Arnim, in
series of operate selections woven into
comedy operate sketch, entitled
Grand Opera in the Kitchen These ar
lists are said TO be in the very front
rank. The positive appearance Of Kate
Chase Sprasue il promised. Miss Sprague
has developed a refined musical and sing
ing monologue into one Of the most origi-
nal and entertaining acts ever witnessed
upon the vaudeville stage. Her dresses
are said to be n feast for human eyes.
Of her work the New York Journal
says:
Kate Sprague renders delightful solos
on that difficult instrument, the harp,
and sings classical and operate selec-
tiOns with a weII-cultivated voice. Her
act "Just Like a Man., is witty and re-
freshingly novel"
Byron G. Harlan. possessor of the
sweetest Of all tenor voices has been re-
tanned for one more week. and assisted
by Edward Moist will present a series
Of new pictures and songs. The Brothers
Armstrong a pair Of well-known come
dians; Ford and Dot West, sketch team
of rare ability; Hadj Lessik. the wonder
ful Arab; Myrtle Trissider, the lovely
singing sOubrette; James Collins and Luz
Gle Ray, the ever popular funmakers;
Charles DeForest. in a comedy entitled
"A Barker for Day" Thompson and
Carter, with a bright comedy sketch,
and the Bijou Burlesque Company com
plete what should prove an excellent bill.
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Kernan's-"Pnrisian widows"

Webers Partisan Widows" spoken Of
as the elite of all burlesque organizations.
will be Manager Kernan's attraction at
the Lyceum next week. During the
present season this company has played
all Of the principal cities in the United
States and the result IS said TO have been
universal praise from press and public
alike. IN the company are Tenley and
Simonds, the premier character come
dams; Howard and Emerson, originators
Of illustrated songs; Letta Meridith, ,ac-
knowledged the most perfectly formed
woman Of the vaudeville stage the Cosmo-
politan Trio, in operate songs and bits Of
wit and humor; Boyce and Black, come
dians; Raymond and Clark, the refined
comedy duo; the Bornam Sisters, describ-
ed as the ''fascinators' in catchy songs
and difficult dances; Lizzie Van, the
dainty little entertainer and others. The
concluding features is original bur
Iesque by Harry B. Marshall, entitled
"A Night On Broadway" There will be
matinees Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
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offers opportunities for fun Of which that
clever farceur. Du Souchet is said 10
have taken the utmost advantage. and
which under the skilIful and artistic
manipulation of Willie Collier, that
quaintest Of comedians, is spoken Of as
being illustrated and demonstrated in
the most ingenious and altogether Iudi-
crous fashion.
The authors play upon words and
phrases which the English language and
American colloquilalisms admit IS excru-
ciatingly funny. The lines are all bright,
but, naturally enough, the star has the
best OF them, and one witty and humor-
Gus sentence follows another in such
quick succession that the audience is
said 10 be Laughing uproariously from the
beginning 10 the end Of the performance.
This H. particularly the case in the sec
ond act. where Dan Mason IS seen TO the
best advantage in his comic impersonat lion
Of Won BUlOw Bismarck Schmidt a fell
low-prisoner Of The Man from Mexico, q"
and where he Is made the victim Of the
latters grim humor in a way that is
claimed 10 be c0nVulsing. II is genuine
American humor that one sees in THE
Man from Mexico" humor which sparkles
and scintillates in every line Of the dia-
Iogue and in every situation, and which
instantly appeals TO the dullest mind,
stirring the risibilities Of an audience TO
the highest concert pitch. Wednesday
and Saturday matiDees viii be given as
usual.
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Academy-..t-aole Toms Cabin"

The "Yoodoo Festival scene in "Uncle
Toms Cabin" which comes to the Acad-
emy next week, viii illustrate a peculiar
phase Of the negro superstitions in the
South. Once each year on st. Johns eve.
the dev0tees meet amid the dark mo-
rasses of Lake Poutchartrain. and offer
up 10 the ''voodoo'' their homage of gift
and worship. Witch fires burn. charms
and spells are woven, and the weird
chant Of singers and frenzied dance Of
the fanatics lends q grOtesque uncanny
effect TO the scene. The bright colors
in the costumes and the flashing torches
Of the worshipers are all characters
tic of the negro love Of strong effects
and gaudy trappings. Huge allgators
are seen lying about among the sedgy
pools and 6refies fash and sparkle among
the moss-g grown oaks overhead. This
scene is among the most impressive Of
the recent additions given the new YER
sion as presented by the Weber Compa-
ny.
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is a drama IN five acts by Frances Hodg-
son Burnett and Rose Eytinge. the book
of the same name having the literary
effort that first brought Mrs. Burnett
prominently before the public.
The Mckee Rankin company, "all star"
which presents this play, is said to be
exceptionally strong. Mckee Rankin.
Rose Eytinge, Nance O'Neill Andrew
Robson, H A. Weaver, Burwell Cuyler
Edward Lamb. Arthur Maitland, Ida Van
Sicklen, Ricca Allen. Alice Exams, Mrs.
John T. Raymond. Eugene Besserer
Ricca Scott and Mamie Murray making
a list Of names rarely equalied. The
management OF the Lafayette have de-
cided on a special popular scale of prices
for the stay of this company and the
regular rates have been greatly reduced.
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Easter in this part Of the country gen
orally marks the beginning Of the sea
sons end. and good attractions are quite
as scarce as good audiences. The better
class Of stars have all closed by May,
and the votaries Of Thespis settle down
for a long and weil-deserved rest. The
result of this proceeding is a dearth of
worthy combinations for the last weeks
in April. and Washington is already be-
ginning to feel the truth of this. There
were only one or two meritorious com
panies in town last week, and the bust
ness was quite monopolized by the best
Of these while the others had to satisfy
themselves with the slimmest kind Of
houses. Nat C. Goodwin put on IAN
American Citizen" "A Gilded Fool
and The RivaIs'' to record-creating
audiences, the house being sold out often
before the doors were Open THE High
wayman, a poor opera given by an eX-
celIent company, drew only fair crowds
to the Lafayette, in spite of diminished
competition, caused by the Columbia be-
ing dark. Jolly Fanny Rice returned to
the Academy in AT the French Ball,
and succeeded in doing fairly well, while
Gora Tanner and Alone in London
failed TO keep up the standard, either OF
worth or business. Flynn and Sheri-
dams Big Sensation drew strongly at
Kernans while bin rather worse than
usual had slightly bad effect on the
box Office receipts Of the Bi5Ou.
Willie Collier comes to the National
Theater this week in II. A. Souchets s,
'-The Man from Mexico and an all-staI
company Of some magnitude produce foI
the first time on any stage. at the Lafay-
cite Square Opera House, a romantic
drama entitled That Lass o o'LOwries.
The Columbia viii be dark, .'Cuba's Vow
is the attraction at the Grand and anOthei
Uncle Toms Cabin" combination is Il
be seen at the Academy. THE Partisan
Widows will be on hand at Herman 5
and an excellent vaudeville bill is sched
uled for the Bijou. The outlook for bust
netss is not Of the best but the attrac
tions are varied, the competition limited
and other details permit OF the mercuria
manager trusting that war news will no
leave his house altogether empty.
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NauonnI-"The Man From. Maine.

Beginning tomorrow night at the Ma
tionai Theater viii be seen THE Man
From Mexico" and, judging from all the
enthusiastic encomiums said TO have
been showered upon it by the New York
and Boston press and public, the weeks
engagement here should be all too short
10 satisfy the admirers Of Willie Collier
and his efficient company.
The farce is said 70 be full of almost
iuterminably humorous and ingenious
complications, surrounding the escapades
Of the man in the title role. who has
had a wrangle with a police officer after
an evening Of conviviality. serves a thir-
ty days sentence on BlackweITs Island
as a result, and. TO prevent any scandal
deceives his wife with the announcement
that he is going to Mexico for a month.
His prison life under an assumed name.
The times., 1898-04-24
PRESS AGENTS ROUND TABLE

zone of the best and most joviaI good
fellows in the world is Willie Collier"
said the press representative OF ''The Man
From Mexico" pair Of days ago. He
is good-Iooking young chap. TOO. and
has but one physical defect. he is color
blind. Sometimes this leads into serious
trouble for the comedian. but more often
the results are simply funny. y case in
point occurred a few weeks ago when we
played One-night stand in Pennsylvania
The theater had been occupied by a 10
cal patriotic association the day before
and We found their stuff Iittering up the
dressing rooms in frightful shape. We
managed 10 keep our costumes from get
ting mixed with theirs. however until
the second act of the play. when Mr..
Collier comes in dressed as a convict
The lines before his entrance lead uD
to ii and his appearance generally brings
a laugh Well. as / said. the prison scene
came last and someone got of a sentence
about here he comes in his sOmber
dress and then he came. The audience
laughed, too. but not in the right way
and the remainder of the players after
getting over their surprise had to exer-
else great care to keep from going into
commissions. For Collier. in his color
blindness. had mistaken a cast-off cos
tune made of the striped portion of an
American flag, for a convict suit and
looked like a caTicature Of Uncle Sam
more than anything else in the world
They haven't stopped twitting him about
it yet and well I was so far ahead of
the show that / couldn't see 1t and I'm
not willing to vouch for It's truth but IL
sounds well and I suppose that's all you
want"
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Yes. I'm going to shelve A Gilded
Fool " said Nat Goodwin, as he hoped
off his bicycle the other day, Iedolent in
perspiration and a reddish black sweater
as we'll as some other garments There
never was much in the piece. and it has
to go. An American Citizen will also
follow in the way of the tIGIe-worn al
though it has been a very close and dear
friend to me for the last three years or
thereabouts. Next year will find me using
Nathan Hale exclusively, or at least only
interrupted by an occasional performance
of The Rivals Yes, we have had an ex-
cellent week in Washington md have. in
fact done we'll all over toe country. I
like this city. though, and if / were go
ing To- And in a few moments the
jovial Goodwin was imparting his affec-
ton for Washington in a manner suffi
ciently eloquent TO make the heart of
The times., 1898-04-24

Lafayeffe-"Thnt Lass % Lowrie's.''
In the production OF THAT Lass o.
Lowrie's" at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, Washington viii have another
FIRST night" THAT Lass oLowries"
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native glow. but which hardly afforded
food for an interview
The times., 1898-04-24

A delightful bit of real comedy was
that done by Jerome Sykes, as Constable
Foxey Quiller. in THE Highwayman.
From a part reminiscent of o.her and
better ones he constructed a legitimate
character work of the highest order. The
little details generally forgotten III sucn
work were carried out in the full, and
aided in making the one promising Iii
in the performance really enjoyable. lie
seemed to mt into the characteristics o.
a strangs role and give ease anu 1inisiI
TO all of it. His little by-words. Have
a. care: have a care, says FoXey Quiller,
showing his intelligent teeth" Always
suspect a man with a big appetite, and
''If ever | saw jail-bird whiskers, them
is those" We're heartily laughed over,
and will be remembered quite as long as
Frank Daniels Am l a wiZard?' The
Highwayman" without Constable Quiiier
would nave been as fiat as a homemade
biscuit. and Constable Quiller without
Jerome Sykes would have been flatter
still.
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There Is an excellent story going the
rounds on Frank Daniels. whose Idols
Eye" played the banner business of the
year few weeks ago at the Columbia
Theater. The tale Is very timely and
what IS more is absolutely true. 1t seems
that Daniels has a friend who is strongly
patriotic and who has been fairly worry
ing the life out of him TO enlist The
comedian. however. has still several
weeks of a very successful season to
finish and did not relish the idea quite as
much as pure love OF country would have
dictated. And so the friend worried him
night and day until he became heartily
sick Of the whole business Then an idea
struck him and, one afternoon when he
was being troubled more than ever. he
sprung it. After the patriot had talked
some time Daniels interrupted by asking
If his comrade would do likewise ii he
enlisted Overjoyed the gentleman re-
piled in the affirmative. matters we're
quickly settled and the two set off TO the
nearest recruiting station There both
signed applications and after a formal
examination the friend was admitted
Good, he exclaimed. I'm willing to
make this sacrifice TO get you in Dan
iels laughed. What's up. queried the
astonished volunteer. The entertainer
was about to reply when the recruiting
officer replied for him. You're too short
by an inch" he said. Rejected And
it is said that the friend is anxious for
war TO start so that he can begin pen,
nance for making a fool of himself.
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Another clever woman gone wrong"
Is what one might easily say of Cora
The times., 1898-04-24

Save for some amateur affairs, the
Columbia Theater will be dark again
this week While this narrows the
field of local amusement considerably. II
also reflects great credit upon Managers
Luckett and Dwyer, Jwho, at considera-
BILE pecuniary loss, are carrying out the
The times., 1898-04-24

The latest war joke is a wonder. Cor
don and Hughes told it last week at
Kernans and it fairly brought down the
house MARK Hanna has moved into
his office. away from tie sround-fioor of
the building in which ne WORKS. said
Miss Gordon. 'sWhy?" was asi1ei. Be
cause" replied the original speaker, ''he
can't do business 'on the Level
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This is a world of great expectations
from small foundations and perhaps one
was not right last week in not being sat
isfied with the support vouchsafed Nat
c. Goodwin. This is not saying anything
against the greater part of the cast for,
while it's work in "A GiIded Fool was
disappointing most of the members were
excellent in the other two bills. But one
is likely to think that company play
ing with a comedian like Goodwin should
be as perfect in it's smaller portrayaIs as
in its larger ones. This was neither true
of "An American Citizen nor The Ri
Vals" In the former, particularly, the
Otto Strohle' of Louis Payne was a miss
ing factor that grated on the nerves of
a critical observer. Mr.. Payne has no
more idea how to conduct himself on the
stage than would a yearling calf and he
seemed quite as awkward. His attempt
at an accent was simply ludicrous and
his absolute disregard of small points
was painful. Worse still there was alb
solutely no intelligence in his reading.
That "colosal' on which so much de-
pends might have been spoken by a par
rot for the meaning 1t carried. Alto
gether Mr.. Goodwin did not get a gem
in engaging Mr.. Payne and only the ap-
preaching end of the season prevents one
suggesting a remedy.
.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-30
EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

!. NEW YORK, July 2s.-The significant ne; changes in most stocks are a fair indication ot the neglected condition of the days market The prospects of early peace with Spain. the assurance of cheap money and the already se- cured crops are not sufficient to induce buy CTS to take stocks. Holders are equally averse 10 selling at the existing level. Such market naturally invites aggression by the better ele- ment but tke professional maneuver of sell ing short some one stock or group of stocks which Is particularly vulnerable has again and again failed to make any notable impression or the general list which continues inactive. apparently waiting for business conditions to change either for better or for worse. Dealers in stocks keep one eye perpetually the grain fected to-day some feeling of relief over the reported rains in the corn belt but on the other the dollar mark. which was the magic touch stone in all of last years bull market, is one of the unsatisfactory elements in the outlook. II IS only in response to foreign demands the grain markets and the granger stocks move together and the future needs of for eign* countries and the dimensions of foreign crops are not yet sufficiently defined to indi- cate what the market for our surplus grains will amount to. The dullness of to-day's stock market was varied only by the manipulatve movements of the industrial specialties partic- ularly Rubber and Sugar.
 Sterling exchange showed a heavy tone early in the day, but anticipations of gold engage ments for import were disappointed.
 Bonds were relatively more active than stocks, and the demand quite widely diff fused for all grades below the gilt-edged issues. Total sales, $2. .250 coo.
 United States new fours advanced A and the threes when issued B per cent in the bid Total sales of stocks to-day 2O7.SOO shares, including: 10, 700 Atchison preferred; 5000 Bal tlmore and Ohio; 6200 Burlington and Quincy: T, 800 Manhattan; 3900 Metropolitan; 5S34 Rock ferred; S2O0 Tobacco II. 455 Peoples Gas: 46 100 Sugar; H'2Oo Rubber; 5000 Rubber preferred.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-30
DUN's REVIEW OF TRADE.

NEW YORK, July 29.-R. c. Dun & CO 8 Weekly Review of Trade will say tomorrow:
 Big business In January Is expected but big business in July means more It Is the month of all others when trade Is naturally light New engagements are ordinarily deferred and men wait for the outcome and movement of crops. But more business Is being done this year than in any previous July of which there are records The payments through clearing houses have been 5.S per cent larger than in 1892, the year of greatest prosperity heretofore. and for the month thus far 6.6 per cent larger than last year and S.4 per cent larger than in 1892. But these records and the others have to be judged in the light of heavy declines in prices since 1892. so that the volume of business transacted is about 20 per cent larger than the volume of payment indicates.
 Considering that the purchases of nearly half the people depend on the success of agriculture and that the prosperity of the entire trans size of the crops to be moved. it may be said that is the reason that the promise of general
 The official report of iron production for the first half of 1898 shows an increase of over half year and what is far more important the con. sumption in manufactures appears for the half en eae ons 5hs s months officially reported, the consumption has been 5,sas. .s45 tons. against 6sos, 7ol produeed aver produced. It is we'll to remember that in June. when production declined because. of stoppase for repairs. the decrease In unsold stocks was 42l6 tons weekly. The orders received are surprisingly large for the season covering 5000 tons at New York for rails and 10. 900 taken at Chicago. and a noteworthy demand for struc- tural forms at Philadelphia and increasing de- mand for bars. with enough to keep the plate mills busy for long time: larger demand and for bars at Chicago. including one order for 5000 tons implement stuff. and an excellent struc- tural demand and the heaviest demand for plates ever known at Pittsburg. Sales or Beso semer iron have been heavy. reaching 25,0c0 tons at Pttsburg, without change in prices
 Wheat receipts for the month thus far have been 7,3os, 3as bushels. against 10 652,O44 last year, but prices have declined 111e cents and farmers are holding back their wheat in the hope of higher prices. The exports for the week have been 1907 S15 bushels from Atlantic ports, flour included. against lS, 7Ss last year and from Pacific ports 126,117 bushels against 429, 291 last year making for the month SS33. 193 bushels against 7.342, 467 last year.
 The sales of wool show remarkable in- crease in large transactions for which no prices are named. four being quoted at Boston covering 2,600. GOO pounds. and the aggregate at the three chief markets has been 7.039. 300 pounds for the week and for four weeks 1s,sls,- 200, of which F, 5l1 400 were domestic.
 Failures for the week have been 225 in the United States, against 2S6 last year, and 70 In Canada against 2S last