The evening times., 1898-10-08
THINGS THEATRICAL.

u1NuO i nGA h1OAu.
Burr Mcintosh arrived In the city to-
day, looking as bright and active as
though he had never known what 1t was
to have a regular collar and elbow wres-
tie with yellow fever in Cuba.
Mr.. Mcintosh opens his starring at the
Columbia next Monday night in Lottie
Blair Parker's comedy, "a War Corre-
spondent."
When seen by The Times man the new
star said: II am delighted that my man
ayers arranged for our opening to take
place in Washington. i think the play
will please you. 1t is well written and
will be well acted. 1 have the part of a
newspaper correspondent. and l promise
you that my performance will represent
him as he is-a gentleman and a scholar"
Washington has many times demon
strated its pride in it's distinguished son,
the greatest of bandmasters, John Philip
Sousa. The enormous sale of seats at the
National for the next week for the en-
gagement of De Wolf Hopper and his
merry company in the March Kings
new comic opera, THE Charlatan," is
evidence that his hold on the local popu-
lace is as great as ever.
The best musical critics are said TO
have proclaimed that the score of the
new piece is the very best that the COM
poser has written There is in The
Charlatan," of course, the inevitable
march, but there is much besides-num-
bers that Mr.. Stevenson, of Harpers $
Weekly; Mr.. Henderson, of the New York
Times, and Mr.. Martinez, of the New
York World, have pronounced to be the
best heard in comic opera for many
day.
An important production took place at
the Baltimore Academy of Music on Mon
day night, September IL. 1t was the first
presentation on any stage OF Ihe
Cuckoo" a new and entirely original
farce by Henry Guy Carleton, the au-
thor of Ambition" 1.-The Butterflies, "A
Gided Fool" and other well-known
plays The piece is in three acts, and has
its scene laid in Paris. The participating
organization is the Smyth and Rice
Comedy company, and includes nearly the
exact personae which created the popu-
larity of My Friend From India" two
seasons ago in New York city. THE
Cuckoo Will be seen here next week at
the Lafayette Square Theater.
Williams and Walker, with their ag-
gregation of negro entertainers, is the at
traction that will appear next week at
the Academy Theirs is one of the most
original attractions on the road. II offers
| a distinct departure from the old-time
form of entertainment. Strictly up-to-
date il still contains enough OF the old
time plantation pastimes to appeal to the
lovers of the antique. The entertainment
given is said to be made up of series
/ of clever specialties, operate choruses,
| singing and dancing, merriment ana
melody, fun and frolic, with general
potpourri of all the versatility and talent
! of the modern negro.
Managers Lederer and Mcconnell claim
to have spared neither time nor expense
! In making this aggregation the best of Its
! sort that has ever appeared upon the
stage The cast includes Williams ana
/ Walker, the originators of many OF the
! popUiar coon songs of the day; Hodges
| and Launchmere, duettists; Lord Bonnie
| the great manipulation of the drum ma
J ior's baton; Goggin and DAVIS, acr1pils' ;
! Carl the colored magician; mallory
! Rrothers and Macy Brooks and other
eouaIlv well-known entertainers ne
! company is equipped with expensive
| scenery and costumes, and mas peslues d
! chorus of dusky maidens. The atlractloIi
/ is playing all of the tirst-ciass lhedttfs ,
! aud will four the country for limited
! number of weeks, when the entire ot
! ganization will be transferred to Engiaha'
Manager Herman announces Abe LeaV-
hrs Rentz santley Burlesque Company
as his attraction for next week. For
wears this organization has been looked
! upon as being among the leaders OF hlgh-
IL md
has been literally patronized by local the-
aterpoers The roster of the company
! for This season is said TO be the strongest
| of its history. In addition to the aoliity
! of his principals, Manager Leavitt Is spok-
! on of as being renowned for engaging only
/ Young and pretty women for MS chotus'
/ and the feminine contingent OF the RehlZ
! Saptley, as a result, Is inNarlap!g pleas
! ing. T..
! founded on the Cuban war. and is entitled
! Yankee Dewey Dandy" is followed by an
! olio of vaudeville people, among them
! Iottie Elliott, Van Leer and Barton,
! Barth and Fleming, the Sisters Engstrom.
/ Johnson and German. the Walker Sisters,
! Dick Ward. Charles Robinson and others.
/ The performance closes with the ne"
! sensation, "A Nights Frolic.
hin of unusual excellence has been
! prepared for next week by Manager
/ cirieves of the Bijou Theater. He has
| secured for his headliner Josephine Sa-
! bel. the international chanteuse. This
VIII be her first Washington appearance,
! and she is sure 70 create a furore, her
! artistic work having provoked the admi-
ration of critics in all the cities in which
| she has appeared. In addition to her
worth as singer she is said TO possess
! the most magnificent wardrobe of any
woman on the vaudeville stage, every
dress she wears having been creation
of ''WoTth's," the celebrated Partisan
tailor LeClaire and Leslie, the protean
| sketch artists, will produce their sue
| cess. "A Society star" Bertha Wagner,
assisted by Herr Bruno Arnin. will pre-
sent their clever travesty. Opera in the
| Kitchen and the Musical Ravens" offer
their many novelties. Lowell and Low
ell. eccentric comedy acrobats: William
| son and Stone. exponents of the swell
coon;' Guilbert the equilbrist; Ida How
ell and Clark Gibbs, assisted by his son
| Clark Gibbs, jr.. are among the others on
| the bill The Biiou Burlesque Company
have been actively rehearsing Il new mu-
| scal melange, with which it will begin
! the entertainment.
SfpucI. With nm Trnn Pine