The times., 1898-05-27

vim or humor. Mr.. Robson sung a pecu-
liarly comic ditty, entitled THE Chestnut
Girl. The unique vocal and instrument
tai accompaniment 10 this together with
the manner in which it was given con-
vulsed the house. Digby Bell assisted
by a picked sextette. rendered next 80
See the Little Lambkins Play in excel
lent voice and Nat Goodwin forced the
audience to laugh until its sides were
splitting and tears running down its COL
lective cheek with q volley OF original
jests that ended In clever limitations of
Sir Henry Irving, Joseph jefferson, Mar
shall P Wilder and Mr.. Robson.
Chauncey Olcott next brought his Jeau-
tifui voice TO bear on his primary success.
When the Robins Nest Again" The old
charm still clings round the song and the
resonant tones OF Mr.. Olcotts fine voice
brought tears to many eyes. Jefferson
De Angels supplemented this with an ex-
cel!ent story and Mr. Goodwin gave one
of the brightest of recent airs, Hit With
a Brick in an inimitable manner that
made one forget its unpromising IL
tie Eugene Cowles's singing OF Annie
Laurie" was undoubtedly the most looked
forward-to feature of the entertainment
and its magnificent rendering justified
all expectations. Several bits of humor
from Mr.. Martinetd and Mr. Collier; a
charming madrigal, The Imp in the
i w me- given Dy MT. Hopper. come
Where My Love Lies Dreaming" sung by
triple quartet consisting of Chauncey
Olcott. Eugene Cowles. De Wolf Hopper
II. c. Barnabee, William H. Macdonald
Digby Bell, Van Rensselaer, Wheeler, VIII
liam Philip, Edmund Stanley. Charles
Hopper. William Fitzgerald and Grafton
Baker; and a ditty with solo dances
which gave the end men a chance to
4 show their agility brought the minstrel
/ portion TO a close.
| After Victor Herbert had led MS or
! chestra in an American Fantasie." the
/ curtain lifted again on Ma Onliest Girl -
/ an Ethiopian farce. in which Messrs De
4 Angels, Collier. Charles Hopper. and
! Williams took part. The piece was an ex-
| ception TO the rule of the evening in that
| it was not only dull, but decidedly reui-
| niscent of other and better things. Il
/ proved poor mixture of several differ
| ent kinds Of nonsense. in which only the
| novelty of seeing such performers in such
work proved interesting. An orchestral
rendering of The Serenade" was fol-
/ lowed by a burlesGue. written by August
us Thomas and entitled THE Art of
Maryland" While not at all coherent and
not nearly so good as the one used for
"In Gay New York" the piece scored
heavily. the amount of professional slang
! used and the excellent work of the cast
| carrying It. William n. Crane gave a
dignified though really humorous. por-
| trayal of Gen. Kendrick: William H Mac
| Donald and John E. Kellerd followed suit
| with able bits Of travesty. De Wolf Hon
per was funny Maryland, and Messrs.
| Bell Hale. Lackaye. Woodruff. Greene.
| Frawley, Saville. Lincoln Klein. Lipman,
| Grismer. Cowles. Wheeler Thomas. and
kemble played small roles and suped to
excellent advantage. Many bits of wit
were cleverly spoken and everything in
the burlesaue was extracted by the pro-
| ducing company.
Joseph Holland and Fritz Williams next
introduced artistically a rather pointless
pantomine. entitled 'L'Affaire Dune
| Me.odie-" Both proved wonderful capac-
ity, their powers of silent impersonation
developing grace and naturainess rare in
such labor. The manner in which each
whistled the air that formed the plot oi
the little play was the acme of art in
itself. Both responded to a curtain call
5. l.. Stud.ey then led the orchestra tr
one of his own marches and the entire
company appeared in an after piece
Called Perfect at Ten" This was purely
professional bit. designed to give the
audience glimpse of stage land. and II
succeeded admirably. Gibes and quips al
one another provoked constant laughter
while the mechanism of the theatre thus
brought out proved interesting The
makeups of Digby Bell J. E. Kelierd
Alfred Klein and George Barnum as Man.
ayers Palmer. Daily. Charles and Danie
Frohman were nothing short of the won
derful. Wilton Lackaye. Francis Carlyle
AL. Lipman. Harry Connor. Burr McIn-
tosh. T. Daniel Frawley, Joseph Grismer
John Saville and Charles Klein were
given their first real chances of the even
ing and lost no opportunities. The sketch
appeared to be a glimpse of the Lambs
| inside life and pnfoNinO
A choral rendering of the Lambs Nat
ional Anthem, written by Victor Herber
and Clay NJ. Greene. brought to a clos,
what was undoubtedly the most remark
able performance of its kind ever giveI
in this country. There were few presen
who were not delighted with the enter
tainment and any number of good wishe,
followed the club on its continued journey