Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-26

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The Royalty Tizeater. London, England.
shine. viii io Illuminate ma Wailacks Thester,
| New York nextl Monday evening, when
| this delightful comedy will be seen Tor the
first time IN America. "A Little Ray OF
Sunshine" has been running throughout
the past season ia the English metropolis.
| and Messrs. Smyth e Rice have imported
the entire organisation for the tour OF the
United states; Among the prominent play
ably known as principal comedian at Wal
cesses in THE Parvenu," 1.-The Governor"
stoop you to Lie cen d5 The Word a sae
From Life and stThe Rivals are too well
| known to need further comment; Misses
Adeilne stuart, Janet Alexander, Grace
| Messrs. Wallace Erskine, Charles Cherry,
Robert Bottomley, Herbert Sparkling. Geo.
Sumner. George Riddell, Cecil Elgar and
Philip Doody. "A Little Ray of Sunshine
! the coming season, and If it meets with
one-half the success in America that 1t has
| in England Messrs. Smyth & Rice are to
be congratulated upon having gold mine
| in their possession
Willie Collier will begin his eighth an
nual starring tour at the Manhattan Thea
ter New York, Saturday evening Septem-
Der 2, when he will present for the first
time before metropolitan audience his
latest comedy entitled Mr.. Smooth"
which. by the way. Mr.. Collier is the father
of. Mr.. Smooth enjoyed successful run
at tne tark Iheater, Boston, last spring
and 1t will be presented in New York, under
the management of Messrs. Smyth & Rice
by company Of .well-known artists.
Here's a true story with a comedy side,
even though it concerns the loss of hun
0f
of which will have to be destroyed. Wag
enhals & Kempers three-star combination,
consisting of Louis James, Kathryn Kidder
and Charles B. Hanford, is preparing to
tour the country in a repertoire of classic
and standard plays. The chief offering of
the triple star combination is to be THE
winters Tale" To a well-known firm of
HthographerS was intrusted the contract of
getting out the one and t1ree-sheet posters
The best artist in the employ of the firm
was set to work on the designs from the
copy lurnished by the management. The
words Mammoth Scenic Production" were
employed in the copy. The artist went to
work, and in due course turned out a mas
terpiece Of color and fancy lettering and
from the design. Judge, then. the horror of
the triple alliance and their managers when
sample poster was unrolled before their
eager eyes, which read in part
JAMES-KIDDER-HAN
In Mammoth Comic Production Of
THE WINTERS TALE"
me ldea OF a comic" production was too
much for Wagenhals & Kemper, and Miss
kldder promptly tainted. After assuring
themselves that the actress was obliyious
TO sound Mr.. James and Mr. Hartford
talked the matter over with their man.
ayers, in the course of which conversation
the name of an Australian town called
Damphool could be frequently heard.
/ ACADEMY OF MUsIC.-rhe Academy
WI open September with J. K. Emmett
,nt
House." Mr.. Emmett is well known &C q
comedian of exceptional merit following in
the footsteps of his father in the particu-
Iar me or work he does and inheriting his
ldthers melodious voice. Lottie ellison is
bright soubrette, who has MANY friends
here who will be glad to see her again
Fritz in Mad House. might well he
termed comedy drama and at times is
a farce comedy. There is an interesting
plot of the father devoted to the daughter
VINO, though not nsociety, and the mother
VINO peileves only in her son. who is abroad
among the best people, but turns out that
the daughter is the best after all There
are several pathetic scenes, but the piece
Tor the most part is highly amusing and is
intended principally to introduce Mr.. En-
met! IN ms character of Fritz. Mr.. EN-
met Iather made thousands in the char
acter, which was introduced in a series of
piays-Fritz in Ireland, Fritz in Prosperity
etc Fritz in a Mad House" was his last
play and was taken up by his son who
a success for his late parent, including the
CUCKOO song, the Lullaby, Schneider How
iou was! etc Mr. Emmett follows close
~ in his fathers footsteps and gives a
splendid conception of the role. and his
oancing is a great feature
THE BIJoU THEATER.-rhat Manager
HileVeS intends to have a good stock com
pany during the coming season can easily
De seen by slancing over the list of those
VINO nave been engaged. The latest re-
cfultS are Miss Annie Myers and Miss Ida
Mule of grand and comic opera fame.
Both are artists of wide reputation in the
theatrical world, and will doubtless coon
install themselves as warm favorites Miss
Myers has appeared in the leading roles of
some or the best opera companies on the
road, few of them being the Ford Opera
Company, with which she made her debut
at the Bijou. then known as Ford's Opera
House; the McCaull Opera Company. the
Wilbur Opera Company, the New York
casino, the Fay Templeton Opera Com
pany and the Lillian Russell Company.
MISS Ida Mule also has a record to be
proud OF. she has attained her present
position in theatricals by hard work and
tireless efforts, and while this is her first
appearance in the vaudevilles she is no
stranger to the public of this city. having
appeared here with Hoyt's "A Milk White
Flag Palmer Cox's Brownies" Thomas
Q. Seabrooke's Papa, Gou, Gou,'' and 9TH
ers During Miss Mules theatrical ca reer she
has contributed largely to the success Of
the following companies: E. f Rice's
opera and burlesque companies, David Hen
dersons extravaganZas, John Stetson's
production of ''Mikado," being the original
Yum Yum in the big Boston production at
the Hollis Street Theater, with Richard
Mansfield in the cast. Miss Mule carried
off the honors of Estelle Clayton's New
York production of 'Favette" others in
the cast being +. II. Sothern and Aunt
Louise Eldridge. Manager Grieves has dis
played excellent judgment in securing these
two clever artists for his popular theater
Other members of the stock company are
Carl Anderson, the comedian; Frank Mea-
der, the famous bass singer: Barry Thomp-
son, Annie Carter, Sam j. Adams Will
Thornton, Dot Davenport. Happy Chaplin
the dancing comedian; Teresa Roggiero
soubrette; Chrise Waltham vocalist; Grace
Florence vocalist: Sol Goldsmith and many
others of equal note. The orchestra of the
Bijou will be enlarged to ten musicians
under the direction of Mr.. Louis Neacker
THE WASHBURN MINSTRELS-Min
strelsy and music came into the world to-
gether, and the world has never tired of
either-that is, when they are both good.
Barry Cornwall once said all music was
reminiscent, no matter how new and to
further his argument wrote Music leaves
her soul upon the silence, but our hearts
hear and forever hoard those golden sounds
and reproduce them sweet in after hours"
So the public at times, wearying of the
ever-constant newness of amusements.