Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24

hold the boards for the coming week at
the Lafayette Square Opera House. In his
latest effort Blaney has given the public
great scenic production and an expen-
sive cast. The story of the comedy
branches out into new lines avoiding the
well-beaten paths of plots of the past,
and is brimful of sharp darts of witty
sayings, lightning flashes of repartee and
pleasing Incidents. AS the story runs. two
old department store proprietors, Smooth
and Slick, and a clever female drummer
Hasa Bargain by name, are the especial
people around whom the plot revolves
The humor of the story is contagious and
the audience is kept in roar from the
rise to the fall of the curtain. Miss John
stone Bennett as Hasa Bargain, a female
drummer, is by virtue of her mannish style
and air eminently fitted for the part and
avoids exaggeration, preserving all the
honchalance of her role with the same
grace and charm that won for her success
IN the old days of Jane" Mr. George
nc hlcha ar IN the character OF Smooth has a
nne or comedy decidedly congenal to his
tastes and ability. Eugene Garfield as the
elevator boy gives the vagaries of that per-
Sonage true to life. Mr.. Tony Williams
handles the part of Silk, Junior partner
with his old-time skill MIR. Willis p
oWeatman, we'll known to all lovers OF
mlhstrelsy as superstitious negro is
prominent throughout the entire play
While the Imperial Quartet is encored time
ana time again. The entire cast consists
OF competent artists, and the effect is
heightened by the addition Of thirty of the
prett1est girls imaginable, who are bargain
DAY buyers, and help to bring about good
results. Fine singing and clever special
ties are interspersed throughout the com
edy. The special scenery is realistic and
beautiful, and the performance will be the
best seen here this season.
NEW NATIONAL THEATER.-M Miss
Viola Allen, an actress of ability and splen-
u ~ repute; We'll known to the theatcr pa
debut as a star at the National Thcater
Monday evening. The play in which she
VIII appear is Hall Gaines adaptation OF
ms own very original novel, The Chris
tlan, 1mpersonating the heroine GLORY
Quay!e, {. character in which she is ex-
pected to make an extraordinary success.
"hen the announcement was first made
that Miss Allen was TO star in The Chris
tlan much curiosity was expressed as to
new Mr.. Game could make q successful
play out OF a story SO seemingly badly
adopted for transference to the stage. In
what manner would he make a syn1pa.
thetic personality of John Storm and vet
maintain the integrity of both the charac-
ter and the story? In what aspect would
he picture Glory Quayle? These questions
will find a practical answer at the National
Theater Monday evening, when Mr.. Game
Will be here to witness the result CT his
work. coming from the Isle of Man to be
present on this occasion, and to aid Mr..
Walter Clarke Bellows who staged the
play in directing the rehearsals.
The characters in the stage story, and
the artists cast to interpret them, are as
follows: The Hon. John Storm. Edward ].
Morgan: Father Lamplugh, r. j. Dillon;
Archdeacon Wealthy, George Woodward;
Lord Storm, Mervyn Dallas; Horatio
Drake. John Mason; Lord Robert IRE.
Myron Calico: the Manager, Edgar Nor
ton; Brother Paul, Frank J. keenan,: Par
son Quayle, Guy Nichols; Mrs. Calender.
Mrs. Georgia Dickson; Polly Love Ethel
Marlowe: Betty. Carrie Merrilees Nettie,
Edith Merrtlees; Lefty, Bessie Dunn; liza,
Perdita HudSpeth.
The scenery will be elaborate. It was
painted from photographs and sketches
The music hall scene will show the interior
of one of the most famous places Of
amusement in London. The costumes will
be appropriate and rich. In the first act
Miss Allen will wear a stocking-cap, a
ManX-knit Jersey sea-coat, 6, short
skirt and sea-boots. the dress so carefully
described by the novelist in the story. Her
later costumes will be elaborate and beau
,iful in the extreme. Mr. Edward j. Nor
gan, who will play the part of John Storm
appears through the courtesy of Mr.. Daniel
Frohman of the New York Lyceum Thea
ter, he being loaned to Miss Allen to create
this role Only one matinee performance
will take place during Miss Aliens engage
ment. Saturday afternoon.
ACADEMY OF MUSICIAN Enemy to
the King" which is remembered here as
one of e. II. Sotherns most emphatic sue
ccsses, will have hearing at the Academy
next week, presented by an entirely new
company headed by John Griffith. An
Enemy to the King is a romantic drama in
four acts Ly r. n. Stephens. In the all
absorbing story the author has put himself
in sympathy with the epoch, successfully
reproducing the speech, manners and cos
tunes OF the sixteenth century. The scenes
are laid in the picturesque time of Henry of
Navarro, the hero being a Huguenot cap
tain upon whose head a price is set. The
father of the heroine is held in prison. and
to secure his release the daughter must de-
liver the hero into the hands of the enemy.
Repulsive as the task is to her, she under
takes t, and is befriended on her Journey
by young nobleman. who is none other
than he whom she seeks to destroy. When
the two fall in love, and she discovers that
her knight is the kings enemy, she repents
her bargain. In the end. however, her IA
Their is released and her lover receives a
free passport. In Offering An Enemy to
the King at the Academy of Music the
management not only presents the strong
est love story-a story which develops the
loftiest and noblest traits of human nature
but Il series of beautiful pictures and cos
tunes which are historically correct in ev-
cry detail.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER-Bry-
ant x Watson bring their American Bur-
lesquers to Kernan's Lyceum next week,
commencing Monday matinee. This is the
same organization that created such a flu
rore throughout the country last season
and was probably the most talked of at
traction on the road. 1t comes to us under
the same management, but with a fresh
assortment of good things that should in
crease the excellent impression left last
season. There is no comedian pa ying the
vaudeville houses that is better or more
popularity known than Billy Watson. He
heads the comedy element of this combina-
ton and a lively week is undoubtedly in
store for the patrons of the Lyceum. The
entertainment to be presented will consist
of two burlesques and olio containing
some high-class vaudeville talent. The
curtain will rise on the unique satire Gen
eral Levy's Military Social, in which w.
3. Watson will be seen as General Levy
The olio which follows will introduce Miss
Mildred Murray. the singer of catchy
songs; Monroe Sisters, condolences of the
first caliber; Dick and Kitty Kumins, the
comedy sketch team and burlesque boxers;
WATSON and DMpre. faYorites eYerNwhere