The times., 1899-11-21
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GFand-N audeviIIe.
"A burned child breads the IRE" GEORGE
Rosey' : ''Seue gambiaH' overture is the only
thing African on this weeks bin at the
Grand, and it cannot De said that the afore-
said bin suffers by the change. liz fact.
with the exception OF one undesirable act.
no more enjoyable programme Of the sort
has ever b1eu carried out in Washington
The mirth of two exceptional audiences yes
ter;5ay more than attesting the fact. Burke
& Chase are i'm for another profitable Pc
Rod
The first number recorded on the easeIs
Is contributed by Maddox and Wayne who
style themselves "a pair of aces" Despite
their Introduction OF a deal OF old mate
rial the aces really are too good for
opening cards. and should be placed where
Trey viii have better opportunity OF win
ming the pot OF public appreciation
Adele Purvis OrTi is rot Latin mCrto but
woman and her work is considerably out
Of tie ordinary. Miss OuTi's slack wire
walking is not half bad while her serpen-
tine dance on a revolving globe seems both
difficult and novel. Billy Link. the black
faced comedian who follows. is clever
little fellow. but, excepting for the cli-
max OF his 'RubberneCk' song, he offers
nothing that would be valuable outside Of
a collection Of antiques This Is almost
true, too, OF Gerald Griffin whose sketch
Silence Is Golden" is reminiscent OF
The Silent system and OF a scene from
Pink Dominoes, besides lacking contl-
uuity and balance. II is an amusing trife
however. and wen acted Mr Griffin him
self is a capital comedian. while Lydia
knott's impersouation is Of a grade that
tai relations between the TWO. And Charles
Drake IS passable.
Doherty's white poodles are carefully
trained They will please especially az
matireeS, where they ars sure TO be judged
cute, cunning, and lust TOO gorgeous.
The Jack Marshall Quirsette proved TO be
composed Of the only hye rivals the Cherry
Sisters have ever known. The organization
really is TOO dreadful 10 be taken seriously
and yesterdays audiences found this fact
a saving grace. Nell Burgess introduces an
inefficient company in a condensation of
The Widow Bed0tte" and evckes roars OF
laughter though his fmpersoEatton Is the
only credijable bit in the turn" Tbs
BiOgraph shows some interesting pictures,
thus completing an entertainment that at
the rate of admission is simply marvellous
Academy - ''1IcFadden's Row OF
FIrts."
The authorship of .'McFadden's Row or
Flats, which was viewed by a large su-
dience yester-eveniug at the Academy of
Music. is attributed to E W Townsend
and John Fowler MT. Townsend is
newspaper writer, whose creation. Cnimmie
Faddsn. won some note for him. He is
altogether too clever man TO be guilty of
GIFPh a ,F u
bad ana aged in the variety sketch line
as is this Offering. just who is Mr F0,.-
Ter depOnent sayeth not, but if he really
is responsible for the Spectacular fartical
review blame the programme is the
pOssessor Of remarkable memory ard z
well-kept scrap-book. for he has brought
into use almost every Lme-worE JOKE and
incident the stage ever produced. ones
ancient, familiar friends. MIR. Siapsticll and
Mr. SiphOn- Settler. are much in evidence
throughout the plays three acts, Briefly
and chaTitably, 'Ncradden's Row OF
Flats is luminous example OF the man
ner IN which an audience can be Caj0led
into laughing AT absolutely inane sayings
aud trite music hall gags However. 10
is worthy OF note that the big. assemolsge
at Manager Raplcy's downtown house
found keen enjoyment in the performance
The company that Gus Hin has enga aged
OF its kind. Paul e. Quinn is an acceptable
Irish comedian with lad habit OF imitar-
ing half dozen contemporaries; Charles
\. Morgan is allowed TO perpetrate the us
ual caricature of a newspaper man; VIII
liam NJ. Thomas is a good feeder" for the
jests OF the head tuumaker. and Lizzie
Conway does some very excellent work as
the proprietor Of a Laundry and a huge
bunch OF property money. which the two
irish comedians aforesaid endeav0r 10 win. .
together with her hand-.here, That's the
intricate plot. Bobby RalstOn and W. A. /.
Robinson, two djminuJiye rib-tjckiers. pro- .
vide deal OF enjoyable humCT M Raj
stCns specialties being decidedly clever. .
The -Four Emperors OF Music" are heard .
to excellent advantage on number Of in /.
sJTUmenjs of various designs. They easily {
are the feature Of the entertainment Har- .
~ Watson's tramp-bicycle --turu' is as
amusing as it is ancient. NetJie DE Cour- /.
sey sings several songs fairly we'll Six /,
sCubrettes with real serio-cOwjC voices as {
sist in the stage pictures even if thes do mol
add melody or beauty 10 the performance /
-'AlcFadden's Pow Of Flats is provided [
with . very full complement OF scenery /
some OF IL admirable.