Evening star., 1898-10-26
AMUSEMENTs.


Read and Frank 8. Pixley. To those who
went through the stirring days that fol-
lowed the struggle between the north and
south the carpetbagger is an historical per-
sonage and one Of the most interesting that
this country has ever produced. The play
The Carpetbagger'' deals with a retired
Chicago auctioneer. who is made governor
of Mississippi. He goes to fill the posi-
tion with every business instinct alive to
its Observation-Disclosures developed and
sharpened by the hard knocks Of the
world. He finds himself in the midst of a
people untouched by commercial warfare
tender. chivalric, with the simple kindness
or children. Gradually business methods
that heretofore had seemed to him per-
fectly legitimate begin to appear shady, and
by comparison his immediate associate
adventurers and adventuresses of the most
pronounced type, stand revealed in all their
dishonesty. At that time the prejudice be-
tween the north and south was SO intense
mat the southerners did not hesitate in
their gentle way. to let the governor feel
the immense distance between them He
faiis hopelesSly in love with a beautiful
southern widow, who is also beloved by the
governor pohtical rival, hero of the
war, and daily the feeling between the two
men becomes more strained There is a
mysterious murder and unjust accusa-
uon, which results in a duel Of intense
dramatic interest. 1t is not a duel in the
ordinary stage sense combat between
hero and villain, but struggle between
Two men equally in the right and com
mandlng respect and sympathy The play
Is nun OF comedy, the fun predomlnati11g
an other elements MIR. Murphy has been
ia'isn IN the expenditure for scenery and
the company IS said to be an entirely ade-
quate one, and includes Miss Dorothy
Sherrod, Miss Eleanor Merron, Miss Helen
Soriette, Miss Aubrey Powell, Mr. Ogden
Il AVID,
Maniey, Mr.. Olney Griffin, Mr. Ralph
THOMAS, Mr.. Jerry J. Snyder. Mr.. Charles
Corbin and MIR. Robert Gage.
THE BOSTONIANs."-Chi amon, tho
oehghts IN each theatrical season are thn
OF the Bostoniaus who have
d appeared mere tor over ten wears TO crowd
eu houses at each engagement and with in
t a'toLis t Oh no dlmlnutlon in interest III
tAe forthcoming season at the Nationa.
next week. L he list of singers who VII,
dppear at the National next week includes
such Weii-known factors in the muslc,
Wors as Henry Clay Barnabee. William H.
4aacDonald, Jessie Bartlett Davis Hei.
bertram, William E. Philip William Broo-
erlck, George rockingham, Harry Brown
and w. ii. Fitzgerald. Josephine Bartlett.
Lioyu RAND, Carolyn Daniels, Charles H.
1iawley, Norman Champion and S. L. Stui-
icy, musical director. the repertoire fo;
the engagement has been arranged as fol-
lows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
FRIDAY nights and at the Saturday matt
nee The Serenade" will be rendered
Thursday and Saturday nights the bill Will
be Robin Hood" The theme and story OF
the last named opera is too well known to
comment upon, and The Serenade," which
was nrst heard here last season, bids fair
20 become equally as important an opera
III the repertoire of this company '.Tn,.
Serenade' is an excellent type of modern
comic opera, with ample opportunities to
exploit the full strength Of this fayorlte or
ganizadon Its story is furnished by a
series of adventures in Spain during the
eighteenth century and the roIicking spir-
Its OF brlgands and monks, the dashing
OF peasant girls in tiukling bo-
Zero; the iudlcrous adventures of a jea Ious
old duke and his rival Alvarado. and the
uenShtIul masquerade of his ward Dolores
and 1vonne, danseuse. as boys, all COM
blne to make an entertainment laughaDle
and attractive. Seats for the engagement
go on sale tomorrow morning.
"A BRACE OF PARTRIDGEs."-Nex
week, at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, will be seen the English comedy
success from the Strand Theater, London
"A Brace Of Partridges.' The piece is
by Richard Ganthony, and has come to
this country under the direction of Messrs
Charles Frohman and Albert Gimer. the
latter prominent LONDON manager. Ii
opened its season at the Madison Square
New York. where it had a sue
cessful run Of many weeks, and where
of New Workers have laughed
at it The players are all English, and none
OF them has been seen in this country be-
fore. Mr.. II. Reeves-S Smith, one of London
foremost young actors, heads the cast
and has rapidly become a favorite in this
The story of the play is one %
mistaken identity, and is treated In an en-
tirely new manner. There is young man
named Partridge who is entangled in q
money lending transaction, from the con-
of which he is compelled to fee
In country tavern he is accepted as his
own cousin, another and wealthier Par
fridge, whom he SO closely resembles that
even the landlords daughter, in love with
the second Partridge, doesn't discover the
mistake. He is taken home by the parents
Of the second Partridge to engage in an
advantageous matrimonial alliance, falls
In love with the girl selected for his cousin,
and in the end weds her after going
through a hundred complications which
keep the audience in roars of laughter.
WILLIAM II. VESTS BIG MINSTREL
JUBILEE will be the attraction at the
Academy of Music next week. In no class
of theatrical amusements is there such
Keen rivalry as in minstrelsy. Not even in
the circus is there such competition. This
Is true because minstrelsy is n distinct de-
partment Of the stage and the Ministries
have a world Of their own in which rival
ries are fought out Independent Of all otner
dramatic organizations. That has this sea-
Of William H. West from all for
mer associations and the formation of his
own organization under the title of VIII
liam Fl. Vests Big Minstrel Jubilee. Fol-
lowing Mr.. West in Importance is Ezra
Kendall, the most popular, most gifted and
most quantity humorous monologue artist
that the American stage has ever known.
Carrt Il Johnson, wko is the ideal song and
dance artist; Tom Lewis, the favorite de-
lineator of Ethi0pian comedy; Mcmahon
and King, in their ludicrous act, entitled
"A Hot Time In Coon Town" the great
who has developed ventriloquism
into absolute novelty: Charles NJ. Ern-
est, who does a remarkably strong special
ty with Mr.. Lewis, and the Freeze Broth
ers, famous tambourine spinners, are a few
of those who, with Mr.. Kendall, constitute
the olio. In addition to these the musical
department boasts such names as those of
r. ]. Jose, the leading balladst of this
country; Clement Stewart, H. w. Frllman
the basso; Charles Kent, baritone; Ed. Cor
man, Joseph Garland and others. This de-
partment is also given special strength by
a complete operate orchestra, under the
of Robert Carmichael. Both the
first part and the afterpiece, which is Il
spectacular presentation of Mr.. Vests
Remember the Maine" are aided by elab-
crate scenic effects.
THE EDISON WARGRAPH.-The Span
war is well presented this
week by the moving pictures at Metzerott