The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-12
THE MAINE MONUMENT FUND.
Big Bill and Bigger House ut the
Columbia YeSte rday.

The second of the three projected bene-
fits for the families and for monument
to the men who went down on the Maine
was given yesterday afternoon at the Co
lumbia Theater The house was not
more than comfortably filled, but Treasu-
rer Stein announced that many of the
seats bought had not been heard from.
and, therefore, the inference is that, in
spite of the excellent bill presented,
goodly number sighted the entertainment
after purchasing seats. The audience was
in a most friendly humor, and every turn
on the dong program was heartily APP
plauded
The bill was varied in the extreme, and
was made up of people from the Clara
! Morris company, the Miss New York
Jr' combination, 1.-The Swell Miss Fitz-
we'll" .'Tennessee's Pardner" and of a
number of local and out-of-town anna
tours. There were twenty-one turns on
| the program and only one disappointment
! though one of the people advertised sent
! in word that she could not appear be-
! fore the list was printed. Both May and
/ Flo Irwin. by strange coincidence, were
/ afflicted with trouble in the vocal cords
/ and could not fulfill their promise to as
! sist in the performance.
Little Tony, a sweet-voiced boy tenor.
/ began the entertainment and was follow
! ed by Constance Hurworth. a whistler
| of exceptional ability. F'ialkowski, the
/ bird and animal imitator, made an excel
lent impression with his work; Lew Haw-
/ kinS received earnest commentator for
( his jokes and cheers for his song about
| the Maine, and. Clara Morris appeared
| with F. c. Harriott in her sketch, Blind
Justice laughing furore was created
! by Richard Hariowe and Godfrey Stein
! with ION Probation and Annie Lowe Jo-
mas recited two selections, one of them
THE Gypsy Flower Girl" One of the
best numbers on the bill and one that
| was thoroughly appreciated was the aero
| batic skit done by the Morellos. The two
| are remarkably clever and have pair of
! well-trained dogs. Marie De Rossett also
| pleased with her zouave drill dainty lit
I tie Virginia Luckett proved to be a neat
and pretty dancer, with more than or
binary ability, and La Petite Adelaide
| was. as usual, charming.
Ned Yayburn, May Twins rag-time
man, drew all sorts of music out of the
piano playing Mendelssohns wedding
March with a darkey accompaniment
that would have made It necessary for a
prospective bride and groom to have the
aisle leading to the altar sanded The
White Squadron Drill Corps led by Flor
enee Edwards. and composed of the Miss
es Morelo. Guichard. Thomas. De Ros-
settle Cleveland, Wainwright, Lynch
Kennedy and Morello. presented one OF
the best ballet drills ever seen in this city
(. Crawford and Manning. wit builders. and
Isabelle Shelton. a miniature serio-comic
were greeted with applause and won en-
cores, while Allie Gilberts rendition of q
patriotic song brought down the house
Marion T. Bohannon, Theodore West
I man, Walter Ryder and Leon Parmet
composing the Golden Nugget Quartet
| contributed three excellent selections
while 1.-The Viyandieres," Clara Stevens
Maggie Diver and Marie Hodgson. wor
an encore. Leo Wheat played a medley
B of patriotic airs on the piano, displaying
all the skill and fire for which he is
known and winning his audience in very
short time.
Perhaps the event of the afternoon
however, was the appearance of Homer
Davenport, the celebrated cartoonst o.
the New York Journal Mr.. Davenport
| was introduced by Col. Ed Hay, and made
a few well-chosen remarks on his worl
before beginning His sketches were in
! terluded with stories of the people he car
: featured all told in such pleasant, good
humored way as to make him man.
| friends His drawings are remarkable il
: many ways, the broad spirit of burlesqu
: in most of them being highly amusing
: Each retained its likeness to the origina
/ in spite of the freedom displayed in max
. ing all humorous. Mark Hanna, Senate
} Dingley. Speaker Reed, Tom PIatt Sena
: tor SDooner and Mr. Gladstone wer
? drawn in the order given.
, I Altogether the entertainment wa
: among the most enjoyable ever given il
this city. AS a vaudeville performance i
has probably seldom been equaled, and al
5 appreciative audience greatly Increase
| the pleasure in witnessing the number
e | presented The worst feature was tn
lack of enthusiasm shown after patriot
selections. The applause was frequenu
loud. but seldom general, and the audienc
seemed to lack the energy to NANTES
pleasure or interest in that portion of tn
proceedings relating to the present condi
ton of affairs