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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13
National-R Robert G. 1ngersolI.

atIonal-Rohert u. InetIS"it-
Colonel Robert. g. Ingersoll. VINO will
make his last apBeargiAce in Washington
for many months, at the National The
ater this evening delivering his celebra-
ted lecture on shakespeare, has Just
returned from a trip through the South
where he met with a series of oVatIohs.
While in New Orleans he was entertain
ed by the Press Club of that city, ana, on
being called upon to address the scrlDeS
of the pen, he made a number of eloquent
and witty remarks Some of the things
he said wer@:
al hate to see the brain the slave OF a
material god. hate to see money own
genius. So l think that every writer on
every paper should be compelled to sign
his name to everything he writes There
are many reasons why he has right TO
the reputation he makes. His tame Is
his property, his capital, his stock IN
trade and it is not just or fair or right
that is should be absorbed by the cor
poration which employs him. After CIV
ing great thoughts to the world lie"
know an author or his name. If he loses
the good will of his employer, he loses his
place and with it all that time and labor
and brain have earned for him as his
own inalienable property. His corpora
ton or employer reaps the benefit OF It,
81 think that one OF the results OF jour
nalism is to drive a great many capable
and excellent men out of public life. 1t
is the tendency of the modern press to
go into personal affairs-into so-called
private affairs. In saying this | have no
complaint to lodge on my own Dehali, 1or
/ have no private affairs. | am not SO
much opposed to sensationalism, for that
must exist as long as crime is considered
news. and. believe me- when virtue be-
! comes news it can only be when this
world will have become an exceedingly
| bad world.
"Our Sunday newspapers, to my mind.
| rank among the finest institutions of the
| present day. One finds in them matter
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Academy "rhe Pacific Mail"

Academy -"The Pacific Mail"
THE Pacific Mall Paul NJ Potter's
brilliant comedy success. which will be
presented AT the Academy OF Music, for a
weeks engagement, beginning Monday
night. viii be given with a cast of come
dams that is said to have been seldom
cqualed in this city
The organization numbers thirty people
all told including Marion Abbott. for
many years leading lady Of William n.
Cranes company: Helene Lowell, leading
lady ia Augustiu Days and Charles
Frohman's stock companies. Cclie Ellis.
Gerry Amos. Ellie Dinsmore, Carolyn
Cook and Adelaide Burton, the whirlwind
dancer.
Among the lady specially artists cngag-
ed are: Nine Ivan AIexa. the celebrated
urima donna soprano. whose voice is
said to have created furore in the var
i0us capitals Of Europe, and who has re-
ceiv,d the highest Endorsement from the
press OF Now York city. Philadelphia and
Boston Nine AIexa is not only great
singer but is an exceedingly handsome
woman Of magnificent figure, and IS fam
ed throughout Europe as the IaVOrite pu
pil of the celebrated Mme- Marchesi-
Naprie Cline, THE Irish Queen viii
De heard IN hey latest popular hits, My
Name Is Brady I'D Like the Country
Better if the Foreigners Didn't Run II.
I'm an irish Lady Felix Grady and.
. OF course. the old favorites, Mary Ann
Keno and Throw Him Down McClus-
key"
r T. Graham heads the list Of the gen
tIeucn Of the organization. and assOciat-
ed with him are such weil-known artists
as William Riley Hatch, the baritone;
Edward 5 Netcalf basso; Charles Pow
IN and Charles Craig, tcnors; William
Johnson. Sidney Price, Charles Patterson,
Osborne Searle, Gus and Theodore De
We're. Sam Lewis Henry NJ BiXby, l..
NJ Hartwcu and many others Mana
ger Duncan y. Harrison has given the
comedy elaborate scenery, painted by the
well-known artists, Arthur Noeghtlin,
Harley Merry and Charles Young.
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lafayette "rhe Old Homestead.

Next Monday evening viii bring before
the public of Washington, at the Lafay-
cite Square Opera House, Mr.. Denman
Thompson in his inimitable performance
of Joshua Whtcomb, in The Old Home
stead" That Joshua and all his farm
belongings still hold warm place in the
popular estimation. is evinced by the
crowded houses nightly in every city
where the play has been presented this
season. The reason of the plays success
is simple, for people like naturalness ev-
erywhere. Its construction is on lines so
true to nature that it wins admiration
and people seem to relish it more with
each recurring visit. The appearance of
The Old Homestead" in this city will
be doubly welcome on account of Mr.
Thompson himself. Fond recollections Of
the most tender nature will be brought to
memorys page by his quaint delineation
of the leading role. This character is one
that can reach the soul. defusng it's
beauty and truth, homely philosophy and
worth. with an art that is true and that
audiences understand and appreciate.
The engagement viii be for one week
with Saturday matinee only.
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FRIENDS OF LAST WEEK.

A great disappointment lay in wait last
week for those who went 70 the Column
bia Theater in the expectation of finding
in Clara Morris anything more than the
relic of a brilliant past. Even this class
of people must have been disconnected to
discover that talent had been washed
completely away from the wreck and all
that remained was the case in which it
had been stored. There has always been
some little doubt as to whether Miss
Morris had earned the right to be called
a great actress or not. She was the
founder of a school that has produced
but few Disciples and the principal result
of which has been to satisfy critics who
wished to merge art into the strictest
realism no matter how Tepulsive In ac-
complishing this Miss Morris stood alone.
Her Camille was the extreme of lola
esque fidelity to nature that was both
unpleasant and degrading. Still her
work was distinctly that of an artist, the
very bits that appalled, most being fire.
quently most remarkable.
But when the coming of old age COW
cred up the traces of genius Miss Nor
with a cheap imitation; a tendency to
rant, whatever the provocation. fire.
quentIy when there was none. but to
rant. blind Justice" gave her the
long-sought-after opportunity. Ken
meth Lee knows no more of construction
than a cook, and his attempt 20 write
vaudeville sketches are more laughable
than laudable. 'Blind Justice squeez-
ed an impossible situation out of an
exaggerated plot as juice is pressed out
of a lemon. And Clara Morris. first sit
ting still, then wringing her hands. finally
pacing up and down the floor was as
noisy, as stiff and as unnatural as it
is possible for a person to be. Her ar
attempts at a broken voice, her metric
system of delivering speeches. and her
continual recitative did not aid in any
way in establishing the worth of a play
that neither Eleanor Duse nor Olga
Nethersole could have made possible.
Her entire performance was an unlim-
tied drag on the value of the remainder
of the bill. and forced one 10 the con-
clusion that the time has come when
the name of Clara Morris is only use
full for the same reason that a mustard
plaster is-tO draw.
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NottonaI-.Tne RaIIet GirIn

The Ballet Girl" the latest. and what
is said 10 bc the brightest, cornucopia Of
mirth, music. beauty and melody Mr.
Edward i. Rice has ever transported to
these shores and which for The past four
months has met with unqualified success
in New York and Boston. comes TO the
New National Theat@r tomorrow evening
Tor one week
James T. Tanner. the author Of The
Circus Girl. wrote this comedy The ~
r-cs are from the pen Of Adrian Ross,
snd the music b. by Karl Kiefert with a
Few numbers contributed by Manager
Rice himself
Amusement Is what "The Ballet Girl
aims at bgl ir differs essentially from the
majority " its English predecessors with
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

team of aerialists; Ray L. Royce, premier
monologue entertainer; Alexcia, the hu-
man frog, and little Beatrice Mourelie,
with her songs and dances, are other
numbers sure to please. The Bijou stock
company, with Sam j. Adams. Billy Mad
den Clara Adams and Ruth Beecher re-
mains a feature Of this part of the enter
tainment, and the twenty pretty chorus
girls, in spick and span new costumes.
will contribute their share in their usual
manner.
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that could not be found in several hun
dred of the greatest books, beautiful
thoughts, broad intelligence, a range of
information. startling in its usefulness
and perfectly charming in its entertain
ment. The Sunday newspapers are an
absolute blessing to the American peo-
pie"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13
Iafuvette-"rhe Brtde-EIec1 >,

An unusual amount Of interest is be
ing displayed in the coming of The
Bride Elect John Philip Sousas latest
opera, which will be given here for the
first time at the Lafayette Square a week
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Godfrey Stein stood in the wings of the
Columbia Theater Friday night. waiting
for his cue. when &c was captured by the
interviewer. DO you know he said.
much as "The Private Secretary might
THAT few people appreciate this vaude-
willie business. 1t is the most smooth run
ming pleasant labor in the world The
people are all just as nice as can be. fire.
quently whole families working together.
and the enmity l had heard they felt for
recruits from the legitimate does not eX-
list az all. ] have never been treated more
kindly than by them. Ii has been Il new
experience for me and 7 have prOfited by
it-sav I have prOtited by IT. Most of
these folks are more artistic than any
one dreams. And they draw salaries for
it. too. What do YOU think Proctor gave
Minnie SeliEman Cutting? one thousand
three hundred dollars q week. And there
is no expense TO be borne and no risk
to run. ! am. personally, coming back
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Bells" and many mcdeys, songs, dances,
and limitations are given. Some pretty
and viyacious young women figure in the
entertainment, and the plot running
through it is said to be funny in the eX-
tTeme.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

'Oue of thesfunniest things that ever
occurred to me happened in this city
q few days ago" quoth merry Ada Lewis,
II The Widow Jones. at her hotel yes
terJIay 4 met q local newspaper man
just as a number of friends and myself
were coming from supper and he asked
me what We were doing. Someone laugh
cd. and said that 1 was celebrating my
engagement to a member of the party
And that poor deluded fellow. nearly ran
himself to death to get that absurd story
in the next morning. The result is that
! have a trunk load of congratulations
that l have no right 10 and about eight
kilograms for the man mentioned all
from best girls and all threatening breach
OF promise And I've no more thought of
being married than of missing the meal
now being served in a downstairs din
ing-roOm that closes in three minutes
And she ran out of the room To live up TO
both.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

As good an example of overriding as has
been given in many moons was the Caleb
Swan of James NJ Brophy, in -Tennes-
sees Pardner." The exhibition was all
the more shocking in this instance be-
cause the part is a beautiful One-a role
that requires only thought and repOse to
make il charming. But someone had prob
ably told Mr.. Brophy that he had fine
voice, with unlimited lung power, and ne
determined to test both. The result was
not pleasing, and it might be well if Mr..
Brophy determined to try the strength of
his lungs on a penny-in-the-slot machine
next time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13
TINY TALKS.

Tell you the story of my past life?
What contract, Now. honestly. what
do you WANT" Clara Morris. the ceIe-
brated actress. asked these questions
with something like the rapidity Of
flying comet as she left the stage after
her sketch was finished last night. She
was informed that she could take her
own subject. Well" she continued. let
me begin by saying that have met some
of the incest people in this line of work
have known since my debut as ballet
girl some years ago. Still. if I get strong
er and feel that can stand a whole
evenings labor again. I may return to
the legitimate. To do that, though. I
must have a good. new play with a
strong lead that does not require a wom-
an of twenty 10 play it. have ceased
being twenty, and l know it. There is
Like. one of the best things ever writ
ten. and no one else has ever made a hit
the part of a girl just home from the COR
Vent / wanted to do the mother while
was with Augustiu Daily. but he would
not have that Nearly eveFyOue wants
me TO revive my past successes. too. and
there is some chance of my making a
farewell tour in them Thee is a great
demand for them Three times I have
left home without my Camille ward
robe and three times 1 have been forced
10 send back for it
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Word comes from Montreal. Canada. to
the effect that n week ago last Saturday
lemons Black Crook company. which
was seen here about six weeks ago, was
arrested for giving an immoral perform
ance. Washington was not unduly shock
ed by the entertainment, and, as the show
has not been changed since leaving this
city the inference is that Montreal has
either become afraid to leave her morals
out over night. or, as is more likely, the
trouble was only a pTetense to get even
with the comedian who caricatured the
Prince of Wales during the opening bur-
lesque, Americans in London" In either
case however. Mr.. Jermon should get out
a three-sheet Autograph. representing his
company being charged with presenting
an indecent performance, for use next
season.
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the ceiling. The portions of the drama
that will be vigorously applauded are
those that have been used from time inn
memorial. The climax of the first act, in
which the unconscious rOiSterers frOltc
around a stricken mother and daughter,
strong as it is has been brought into
requisition a dozen times or more from
"A Partisan Romance" to Jim. the Pen
man." The Interruption of "A marriage
ceremony. around which the plot Of the
play revolves. is only an Improvement
of the much-scoffcd-at stories Of those
standard writer's, Laura Jean libbey ana
THE Duchess And yet 1t IS these sit
uations that will receive everywhere what
commentator the production calls for.
The revolution that will follow the
knowledge that the stars role is Shat 81
a sCoundTel must not be deprecatei N
spite of the fact that Herbert I.ricey
played the part here, one was able to
guess that Fletcher really was val
lain, and how the blithesome matiuee girl
will reconcile herself to this can only be
Il matter of conjecture. Even the hand-
some Herberts melodious voice, and the
nourshing condition of his mustache.
should not excuse the brutality of a
character the posseSso~ of which Is re-
quired to knock down a woman and TO
BLACKBOARD his attianced wife.
Altogether. it may be readily under
stood that clyde tltch mas MADE a great
mistake in writing a dana for the sake
of its novelty The sort of play hat
managers can afford to stage nowadays
must be the result of a close calculation
of how long it takes to read a page OF
matter, and how many RACES 30 IN an
act. 1t must be the product OF u cos
tuner and wigmaker; must have at
least ten chances for the hero to be ne
roic in each act. and must, above all, ad-
here in the main to everything else Of
the kind that has gone on before.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Belle Livingstone. who was seen last
week at the Bijou. ranks among the best
performers the season at that house has
brought forth. She is an expert mimic.
clever at character work, and has the
happy faculty of carrying an audience
with her from start to finish. Moreover.
she has a fine face and a handsome form.
both aiding in no small degree in max
ing her work attractive. Her portrayal
of three parts, distinctly different and
vet each enough like the other to provide
room for plenty of sameuess. was praise
worthy because of the versatility display
ed. In makeup, expression and manner
ismS each was unlike the rest Miss
Livingstone has been seen with some of
the best companies on the road and her
departure into vaudeville has not chang
ed her for the worse,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

NO. am not a southerner," says May
Irwin And until lately never heard u
negro sing in my life 1t just struck
me what coon songs ought to be and I
went at them 10 make them as charming
as possible That's all and I think that's
the best way
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Out Of an otherwise excellent company
brought to the National last week by
May Irwin, one is forced to pick Marcia
Treadwell for further consideration. Miss
TreadweIl is chiefly remarkable for the
opportunities she does not see and the
consistency with which she ignores every
particle of meaning in her speeches. The
role of DIR. Louise Laredo is one that adj
mits of practically unlimited character
work. 1t need not be played like a clown
nor is it necessary to overload it with de-
tail. but the room for laughable and
pleasing delineation is practically unlim-
tied. 1t might resemble the woman suf-
fragist in "A Contented Woman. or
1t might be thoroughly unconventional,
but there is no reason why it should be
put on a level with the thinking parts
in the chorus and made to serve merely
as an artistic but useless ornament. Miss
Treadwell is not the original DR.. Laredo.
Alice Johnson having been seen in the
part in New York city.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

The most over-advertised of the many
poor performers in this country whose
influence with the management secures
them three sheets instead Of immediate
discharge is Harry lie Clair, who was
with Miss New York. Jr.." last week al
Kernan's. That such an esJimable lady
as Miss New York proved to be was not
ashamed of such an escort may be put
down as due either TO native modesty or
financial corruption. Mr.. lie Clair is at
flicted with chronic enlargement Of the
head that prompts him 10 a continual in
Fiction and that may also be responsible
for his habit af assuming the center Of
the stage at any and all times. He is with
out any doubt the loudest, cOarsest and
least desirable Of sO-called female i'm
personators." The specially he presents
in the olio is old enough to know better
while the one thing for which Mr.. lie
Clair may be admired is mis- courage in
reciting verses 50 poor as those that
have been written for his turn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Nearly all my friends have died. one
by one" Miss Morris said sldiy after
awhile. Henry Watterson is almost the
only one left. We used to be a merry
crowd. Not a member Of our little in
formal association but was well known
everywhere. There were besides myself
John CockreH. James A Garfield. who
afterward became President. and a dozen
more. Many a pleasant evening we have
put in after the play. all at the table.
they with their beer and / with my cOf-
fee 1 could tell you some interesting
stories about them Many and many a
pleasant hour We spent together. and I
think of them often I cannot retire from
the stage l have spent my life in just
such work and in just such company.
and I cannot give it up now Painting
and knitting are all very well. but they
are out of my line, and I must stick TO
that"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Rev Hugh Johnston, the minister who
delivered a sermon against the stage in
the pulpit Of Metropolitan NJ. f. Church
not long since, has been transferred to
another community. There has not been
much regret expressed over Mr. john
ston's leavetaking, nor, if the truth must
bf, told. did his new charge seem anxious
10 welcome him. Somehow Mr.. JohnstOn's
sensation seems to have gotten mixed up
with a boomerang.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Effie shannon, whose beauty and talents
have raised her to a position OF distinc-
ton on the American stage. comes OF a
theatrical family. She began her the
atricaI career at the age OF ten. as Little
Eva. under the management of John
Stetson- Later she appeared with Law
renee Barrett and Oliver Byron. and was
a season each with Rose Eytinge. Robert
Mantell and II c. Miners silver King
For two seasons she played light comedy
parts in AuSustin Days stock company.
and some years ago she Joined the Ly-
Ceum Thedter Company, playing import
ant roles in all the successes of that IA
nous organization. During Olga Neither
sOle's American tour Miss shannon play
ed opp0sites 10 the star and last season
she was leading woman with w II
Crane.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

From Colonel Robert c.. IngersolIs
press agent we learned last week that
Colonel Ingersoll is sublime on any topic
and for this, on one especial subject, he
will have much to answer for. But the
Demontheues of the present century is
gaining wisdom with years and seldom
now does he speak on a subject which
would weaken a faith in a good thing
which he knows can only work to excel
lent ends" II may not be SO. but To the
average reader this seems rather an in
suit to the orators past ideas. one is
rather at a loss how to account for it,
Has Ingersoll failed to increase his press
mans salary or have they Quarreled, or
has the agent simply decided TO so it
alone? Has the great agnostic become a
fakir. a backslider or has he quit the
creed, which. right or wrong, he ad-
vanced with seeming sincerity, for the
sake of the money in it? Both friends
and foe await the answer with consid-
cradle anxiety.
And speaking of press agents brings us
back to last week S discourse on that
ancient and honorable body BY delaying
tI,s !, 2
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The many friends IgnaciO Martinetu
has made in this city were both surpriS-
ed and delighted last week to find that
the Improvement a year has made in him
is almost beyond calculation. From u
mere acrobatic comedian he has develop
ed into character actor with a kew
eye for inherent humor and rare intelh-
gence in the Interpretation of his lines.
Godfrey Stein. a Washington boy and
brother to Treasurer Stein. of the CO.
lumbia Theater is fast making Il record
for himself as Il character actor. Mr..
Stein was here with the Columbia Stock
Company all Summer. and in ten or
twelve parts he proved the care and de
tail which he observes in all his work
as we'll as his remarkable versatility. He
is easily the equal. if not the superior of
the late Charlie Coote, ana has the added
advantage of being n native of this city.
A great dscord in the otherwise har-
manious performance was the Marcia of
Hattie Waters in The Widow Jones last
week at the Academy. There is practi-
cally no business in the part and its value
to the production depends upon the
sprightuncss and wit displayed by the
entertainer assuming ii. The lines given
Marcia are characteristic of John AIcNal-
". bubbling with wit and satire. pointed
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As the interviewer left Miss Norris a
little figure. still dressed in a dancing cos
tune stopped him. 1t was La Petite
Adelaide, the wonderful child dancer. who
was so long with the Casino productions
Il want 10 be interviewed she said
You can say what you like about me. IL
there's nothing better say that Mr.. Dwy-
er"-pointing to Manager Dwyer-''aud [
are going bicycling tomorrow. 1 told him
the other day that I hadn't gotten a
mash note in Washington. so he sat
down and wrote me one. And the hour
/ got that five others came. Talk about
mascots-what do You think Of that2'