Evening star., 1898-09-27

| WHat may be called lightning-change
! vaudeville sketchng There is no plot to
"A Female Drummer, ,'sfwhich the author
| very senslbly annoHncaR on the program,
| and there could bessome very good work
| done with what is; left by judcous and
| generous use of thespruning knife This is
| particularly true of the greater part of the
| second act. which iSyonly redeemed by Miss
Bennetts portrayal OF the modern "salas-
| lady of the class superior alike to sur
| rCundings and customers The first and
| last acts are very clever, but the excellent
| company would have carried them succ ass
| Iuly even had they been otherwise. AS
| WOOD y: smooth. the gay old senior men,
| Der of the firm of Smooth, Silk & Co. Mr..
| George Richaids fairly won the honors of
| the whole performances and from rise to
| fall of curtain he held the interest of the
| audience. super StitiousS the colored porter
| OF the frm, as portrayedsby Willis P.Sweat-
| man, was another warm favorite and the
| Buttons of Eugene Canfeid and the Carrie
cast of Miss Lizzie Melrose were good por-
erayals or the tough young people indig-
| erous to Greater New York Charles A.
Burke gives a characteristic touch to Mr.
| Buyer, the representative of a rival house
| Ihe rest of the cast Is made up of fairly
| good-iooklng girls, with singing voices that
| chlme well together. The singing of the
coiorad quartet which was minus a second
| tenor last night, and was, therefore, a trio,
| was particularly good the bass voice of G.
w. flcketts, a tall mulatto, being of re-
! markable quality. In the last act the
| scenery was very striking and the vaude-
| vile speciaities were good, Miss Bennett
| @ giving a portrayal of American types, her
tough girl and stage-struck female being
well received. There will be matinees We'd
nesday and Saturday.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-Despite strong
counter attractions the Academy last night
held large audience. The play, AN En-
| e1ny to the King, is of the romantic, cos
tune type, and was successfully played by
| e. H. Sothern few seasons ago in the
higher-clasS theaters
1t was produced last night with the same
beautiful and complete scenery used by Mr..
Sotnern, and the costumes are new and
handsome Every detail of presentation
mas beei carefully furnished and the audi
ehce misses but little more than Mr.. Soth-
ern himself from the performance. An ex-
lraorulnarlly excellent company of actors
interprets the roles and the plays dramatic
situations and cimaxes are effectively
handled. The applause bestowed frequently
and energetically upon the actors demon
strated the audiences enjoyment The sue
cess which met the play at the National
not long ago Is duplicated at the Academy
ana the week should be a prosperous one,
John Griffith is the principal actor, and to
him Is committed the task of playing FIR
nanton De Launay, a Huguenot captail
ana ne is a worthy successor of Mr. Soth-
ern His acting is full Of virilty, intelli-
gcrce and finish. In the intense passa ges
OF the play he won unboundcd applause
and after the third and fourth acts he was
brought before the curtain. As Julie d
ehiioii, MiSS Marie d DeaulIul
young woman, was most pleasing and flied
the eXacting part in every respect. Time
and opportunity should ripen her into high
er spheres of dramatic action. The comedy
was largely supplied by William H. Stew
ems. an earnest. painstakins artist, who
made good every scene committed to his
part. w. j. Bowen, the scheming secre-
tdry, Guillaume Montignac, WIS a villain
worthy of the Kisses he drew from the audi
ence. Erie c. Doty effective tie
Vicomte De Berquin. Others deserving of
mention are viii A. Southwick, Laura Mel
son Hall, Margaret Campbell, Grace
Vaughn and Kathryn Purnell
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THE ATER.-The
American BurlesquerS entertain ed large au
diences at both performances at kernans
yesterday. 1t is reallyFthe hest effort yet
put forth by Messrs. Bryan lnd Watson
and the company is not only a large, but
during the performances when the enjoy
ment is marred by the int oduction of
broad jokes AMI crude susgestiveness. This
was particularly noticed of w. +. Watson,
a n altogether too clever comedian to resort
to such questionable methods 10 win favor.
But the performance otherwise is tirst-clas
and the opening burlesque, "kC shl Kosha,"
is an excellent mixture of ricn costumes,
effective tableauX and rare fun. In the oliO
Mildred Murray sang several new songs in
fair voice. Leslie and CuTdy had some
funny parodieS on popular songs and Wat
son and Dupre received Il 1lattering recep-
ton. Their cakewaik was ludicrous Perry
and Burns uncorked bottle of new jokes
and were excellent Hiber mans. Dick and
Kitty kumins presented. an athletic sketch
and wound 1T uo with rafting boxing
bout After the Sisters Monroe had con-
tributed a neat song and dance, the closing
burlesque. "A Goose Chase, was presented
In this the dance of the Turkish maidens
was lasciviouSy lovely.
SPANISH-AMERICAN . WARGRAPH-
Last evening the first exhibition in Wash
inc Of In Sr,nr jSh- 4 nric
given at ITO F street A good and
thoroughly interested audience assembled
and many Of the moving pictures of the
war with Spain reused intense enthusiasm
and much applause. These views We're
taken at the seat of war, and are full of
the real life and detail which animated the
actual scenes. The subject of the war is
taken up from the earliest suggestion of
threatened outbreak, and is carried logi-
cally through the scenes of troops embark
ing, warships upon the seas and other
various military movements. Troops dis
embarking at Baiquiri awakened real out
bursts Of applause. The soldiers in this
View march with regular tramp from the
troop transport across the wharf. The
passage at full speed of the Oregon is,
likewise, one of the most interesting pic
lures. There are numerous other inspiring
Illustrations. The management is adding
rev views constantly, and a perfect enter
tanment is offered the Washington pub
lie The announcement is made of regular
matneeS every afternoon.
"a MISFIT MARRIAGE.'-f man
should go before magistrate or minister
accompanied by a young woman, his sweet
heart and her mother, widow, intending
to be married to the former and find on
leaving that the marriage ceremony had
united him to the elder instead of the
younger lady it might be imagined that
good many embarrassing complications
would arise, which in the hands of the
skilful dramatist could be turned to anus
ing account. Something like this forms the
basis for Du Souchets new farce, "A Misfft
Marriage which will receive It's first pro-
duction at the Columbia Theater Monday
evening, October 3. Those immensely
funny plays, My Friend from India" and
THE Man from Mexico" from Du Sou
chefs pen, make it certain that extra
ordinary interest will attach to any new
farce by that clever American author
Word comes from Smyth and Rice, the
managers, that rehearsals for the piece are
going splendidly in New York this week
and the Indications point to another big
success.
CHILDREN IN COURT.
Judge ScOtt's Comment Upon Hearing