Evening star., 1898-01-18

Manning, who does an excellent character
turn; Samuel H. Forrest. Paul Barnes,
Thomas E. Neal. Eva Vincent, Martins
sister, who is also ane of the character
hits of the play; Edyth Corby as the soci-
ETY. belle VINO is dragged down to the nire
and afterward raised again, and BERTHE
Dyer, who. with Pam Barnes, might pass
fer the hero and heroine if such thing
existed in the play. THE play itself is a
contrast between the poor mans home and
the rich mans palace in the first part and
IN the second a quaint story of the rise of
the poor laborer. Martin McShane, TO afflu-
ence ana influence. A number Of pleasing
specialtles are introduced during the ac-
ton, among which may be mentioned a
quartet, which was iencored again and
again; James H Manning and William
Barry III songs, pleasing song and dance
Dy TOUR members of the company and some
good limitations by Miss Berthe Dyer that
were received with every mark of ap-
proval. The hit of the evening was made,
however, by Master William Weston, who
was 1orced to sing half dozen selections
before his audience could be prevailed upon
to stop applause. Master Weston possesses
an extremely sweet and melodious voice
ana VIII continue to please all who hear
nm throughout the week. In he prologue
are introduced four very clever children
BoDby and Emma Barry, Lydia Trenaman
and William Weston, who constitute the
rising generation, and the quartet are the
means OF much fun during this part of the
performance. The piece is adequately
staged and everything in it savors ef the
solid, clean production that Mr.. Barry has
e,aeapored erat;a, 10 put on. "The Rising Cen
GRAFTON Will continue every night this
week at the Academy, with the usual
matinees.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-There was a
dehshted audience at the Grand Opera
House last night to see H. Grattan Donnel-
~ woman in Black presented under the
a!rection or Jacob Lift. Helen Blythe as
Madame Zenda and James Lackaye as ST.
mon krautzer, the district boss, did their
usuaI excellent work, while Della Stacy
ana John McVeigh in their song and dance
feature at the Ivy Green carried off the
honors of the evening. The play is a IA
m1llar favorite to the patrons of the Grand
opera House 1t moves spiritedly through
quickly changing plot. into which is
threaded amusing phases of the political
as John Crane acted well the part of the
respectable millionaire, ambitious for polit-
1Cai honors. and Walter Walker as Frank
mansfield, the handsome and virtuous hero
OF the whole thing, portrayed the charac-
ter nicely. The ward gang of political
toughs was done to a nicely by Messrs
McCready, Shier, Mulholland Wilcox and
Hawkins. Mildred st. Pierre in the part of
j1nlp, the newsboy waif who turns out to
be the son OF Millionaire Crane and the
Woman in Black was applauded at
every turn. The stage settings were strik-
lnsly realistic. In the third act, placed in
Mad1son square. the scenes of an election
night in the metropolis were reproduced
most effectively. The stereopticon threw
up the various bulletins and the portraits
OF the rival candidates: the excited crowds
sCrged to and fro and yelled their ap-
plausc; the politicians discussed the re-
turns. and the newsboys, running in and
out through the crowd, sold their extras
with din and vim that made the scene
almost as good as the real thing.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER-Ro-
bie's bohemian Burlesquers opened at Ker-
Yly,'c 1s,cf ot,,1,t
of the features of the show proved enter
tanning; but the entertainment taken as a
whole is a disappointment, and some prun-
Ing is necessary before the combination is
entitled to a place among the leaders. The
performance. however, is pleasing in spots,
and many of the chOruSes are well rem
dered. A musical skit, ION Board the Bo-
hemia,' opeIed the ievening's entertain
nent. 1t IVES the medium selected for in
Producing the strength of the company and
was acceptable in many ways. The seXtet
of pretty girls executed several choruses
and pleasing dances of the tobasco order:
in fact. they interjected enough spice into
their part of the entertainment to season
the remainder. THE Ho Bo Prince" de-
signed to amuse, closed the performance.
and was laughable. The costuming of both
burlesqIeS was extravagant. Incidental to
the burlesques the specalties were intro
duced. Tie Martere Sisters sang them
selves into popularity, while Fields and
Wcoley, the German Ambassadors. came up
=
smack strongly Of Weber and Fields. Flo
Jansen, assisted by a boy in the gallery
made hit, and the applause which well
coined the little vocalist was tremendous.
He merited every, handicap. for his voice
is of the best. Billy Van and Vevi Nobriga
received an ovation, and Jere Mahony is
too well and favorably known a descrip-
tive vocalist to need comment. He was up
to his old standard of excellence.
BIJOU THEATER.-There is an excellent
performance at the Bijou this week. and
many of the specalties are of the highest
class. This is especially of Hallen and
Fuller, who present for the first time 4
highly entertaining musical sketch, en-
titled "a Fair Exchange" Mr.. Hallen,
who was for many years the senior of that
Well-known comedy duo Hallen and Hart.
is to well known to need comment, while
Molly Fuller, whose success as the Twen-
tieth Century Girl, established her reputa-
ton as star long ago. After an enter
tanning first part by the stock company
Mile. Falesca did a sensational act on the
trapeze. and later showed her versatility
by rendering number of popular songs in
Il pleasing manner. This little artist COM
bines a pretty face with marked ability
The Les Voujeres, the French eccentric
singers and dancers. were the real Parish
enne article and contributed materially to
the success of the program. Their tiny
daughter. Mile. Funny, with her trained
Mexican dogs. assisted in no small way
Stewart and Gillen, in a laughable sketch
tween them was exciting and very much In
earnest Hattie Stewart is the champion
woman boxer of the world Ramza and
Arno introduced the latest English sensa-
tional clowns and. with the antics of the
Blondin Donkey, created roars of laughter
The Boston Comedy Quartet was well re-
ceived, and Mile. Little proved herself a
pleasing soprano. The performance is in
dividually and collectively the best yet seen
at the Bijou.
ODD FELLOWS HALL.-Dr w. R,
Price, LIB, lectured last evening at Odd
Fellows Hall before good-sized audience
on "Hypnotism." The speaker made a
number of experiments. for the purpose of
amusing those present. but with the object
of showing the benefits of hypnotism. He
claimed that the science was very useful
for many purposes, including the breaking
up of bad habits. Several persons who
were afflicted with headache and neuralgia
were treated by DIR. Price, as was also a
boy said to have been a cigarette fiend,
and each claimed to be cured
WESTWARD HO."-Next Friday even
Ing Col. John P. Clum will deliver a lecture
entitled westward Ho' being a brilliant
description Of the great and boundless
west, accompanied by many stereonticon