Evening star., 1898-01-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

| De at the AaIayette square opera 11ouse
all next week. presenting the brilliant COM
edy Of manners, "A Marriage Of Conven-
isnce" Matinees are announced for We'd
Lesday and Saturday, and the sale of seats
begins tomorrow morning. 1t is needless
to say that fashionable playgoers will have
their innings during this engagement. for
| John Drew Is a very fashionable pet, In
| deed, though. unlike most fashionable pets.
he is admired by all judicious playgoers.
| All will be elegance in front of the foot
| lights, and the same thing will obtain back
Of them. for the play has an exquisite
| Louis Quinze background. with painted
| panels and the ornate gliding and sxpen-
| sive furniture belonging to the period
| about the middle of the eighteenth CEN
/ tury. 1t Is said to be the most beautiful
| stage sstting, though having only single
| scene for the four acts, in which Charles
| Frohman ever framed the work of his pop
| ular and polished star. The costumes are
| declared to be accurate and beautiful, and
| no detail has been overlooked, from the
| cut of the brocade coats to the fashion Of
| the snuffbox or the design of the silver
| embroidery on the back Of glove. "A Mar
riage of Convenience was made into Eng
| lish by Sydney Grundy from "Un Marriage
Sous Louis XVI of the elder Dumas. Its
story concerns a marriage between a clever
man of the world and a young noblewo-
man, his cousin. newly from her convent
! school. 1t Is a marriage Of convenience,
arranged by the old folk so as to unite two
| famous names and two great fortunes, and
| the young couple have never seen each
other until the day of their wedding. or
course, they are not in love with each
other. The girl-wife has, however, formed
a romantic attachment to the protner.a
butterfly yourg cavalierIor 1avoIi.e rue
schoolmats, while the husband Is In the
mcshes of an affair" with a lady Wen
known to fashie nable Paris. The marriage
begins with an agreement, whlcn Dotn
think to find charmingly convenient, that
ool, f, xNr in
following individual pleasures within CON
ventional limits. The business OF this DAINTY
play is to show how the husband ana wl1e
repent the heartlsss. bargain, ana inoulge
Ia a pretty game of wooing, which finds
sweet and safe ending.
OTIS SKINNER-Of the actors now
playing romantic parts. there Is no one at
the present time who Is actively before the
public who has a better standing In the
estimation of the best critics In the coun-
try than Otis Skinner, who comes 10 tne
New National Theater next week. SKINNER
brings to the character he is presenting al
of the fire of youth. and gives to 1t manly
beauty, and he does more-he gives to the
impersonation all of the knowledge and
technique which comes only to the actor
after years of study and association with
the greatest artists. The play which Mr.
Skinner will present is new one in ro-
mantle comedy. 1t Is called prince Ru-
dolph." and 1t has been one of the few
dramatic successes of the year. prince
Rudolph is an adaptation, by Mr.. skin
ner himself, of prince Otto, one OF the
most charming of the earlier stories from
the pen of the talented author, Robert
Louis Stevenson. In making the dramati-
zation of the novel, Mr.. Skinner has, per-
force, made some charges, but they have
only tended to strengthen the play. Those
Who are familiar with the story will recog-
nize all the people who appear from cur
tain to curtain. The play is said to be very
handsomely put upon the stage. and the
company which Mr.. Skinner has in his sup
port is reported to be a large and exceed
ingly well-balanced organization. 1t Is
headed by Maud Durbin and Frederick
Mosley.
SHANNON OF THE SIXTH."-To those
who witnessed the production of Shannon
of the Sixth" in this city last season no
word of introduction or praise need be said.
Sufficient. it is that it did appear here, and
vas alike praised by the press and public.
The theater was crowded at every per-
formance. which is the unqualified indorse-
ment of the people, certainly, from the box
office standpoint Without doubt SHAN
non" Is more or less a scenic production,
and a large share Of the interest Is CEN
tered on the finale Of the third act the
great cannon sensation. which. by the way,
Is undoubtedly one Of the most realistic
results ever produced on the stage A beau
t!ful, helpless girl is tied to the mouth of
an overcharged cannon, the fuse is lighted,
and she is about to be blown into atoms,
when the gallant sweetheart of ths perse-
cuted heroine arrives in time to prevent the
impending catastrophe, and the curtain
falls on scene of happiness. instead of
the expected horror. Shannon of the
Sixth" with Mr.. w. H. Power as Lieut..
Lawrence Shannon, the great cannon
scene, the magnificent costumes and seem
cry and the company of unusual merit, will
be encamped at the Academy next week.
"a PARIS MoDEL."-Manager Rudolph
Aronson promises a meritorious and very
funny performance in the complete pro-
duction of Jane Mauldin-Feigels success
full three-act comedy, "A Paris Model" to
be presented at the Columbia next week
1t is said the story is unique-its handling
is natural. There is nothing dragged in
for effect; there are no unnecessary char
acters among the eighteen in the cast
The company has been carefully selected,
and is made up Of actors who are indi-
ridually known to the theater goers of the
country. "A Paris Model will make you
laugh and your nerves tingle with pleasure
1t will help you forget the cares Of every
day life; give you an evening Of pleasure
and give you Zest for the morrow In the
company are Leo Ditrchstein, William
Bonnelli, Felix Haney, Lorimer Johnston,
Edward Morrison, Howard MESSENGER, JO-
seph F. Watson, Joseph Harrington, Will
liam Avery, Mile. Pilar-Morin the cele-
brated French artist; Maud Haslam, Caro-
line Cook. Mollie Revelle and Nina Freeth
1.-THE GAY MAsQUERADERs."- The
attraction at the LyceUm next week will be
1.-The Gay Masqueraders.'' a burlesque or
Ganization which is said to be decidedly
above the average. The company is COM
posed of people Of merit, and the entertain
ment presented is novel and bright through
out. The curtain rises on an elaborate
burletta, entitled 'The Sporty Widows"
This serves to introduce the entire COM
pany in a grand medley of popular numbers
The olio which follows is composed of THE
Great Sparrow" the comique eccentriques;
Prof Brown and Miss Lydia Carmelle, in
Producing their original Comeophones; Lo-
renze and Allen, comedians; Baker and
Lynn. the comedy sketch artists; the cleo
trio Clark sisters, singers of catchy songs
and grotesque dancers; Mason and Heaiy,
the funniest pair on earth, and Mr. AL
Weston, the favorite descriptive singer
The performance closes with an original
burlesque, entitled IA Jay at Coney Is
land" This part Of the program is en-
bellished with extravagant scenic and elec-
trlcal effects. while score of pretty girls
in natty costumes increases the interest.
"HYDE'S COMEDIANS."-T managers
Of the Grand Opera House have completed
arrangements with Hydes Comedians for
the week of January 81, and rely upon the
mere announcement of the fact to insure
the patrons that this being their nineteenth