The evening times., 1899-04-29
THINGS THEATRICAL.

| Encouraged by the reception given Lost
| Twenty-four Hours" this week at the CO.
| lumbia Theatre. that erudite, director, +.
Daniel Frawley, Is Just completing ar
rangements for the presentation on Mon
day night of William Gillette's clever COM
edy. "All the Comforts Of Home" This
piece, which was last done here at the Ma
tionel with Joseph Wheelock and Lillian
Lawrence in its principal roles. is rather
remarkable as an example of excellent
stage craft. The subject treated had been
handled long before Mr.. Gillette was old
enough to hold a pen and has been made
| to serve ever since, but the author Of
| Secret Service takes the topic SO adroit-
| ly and withal SO brightly that its effect
upon audiences could not be greater. ''All
the Comforts Of Home" will be acted at
the Columbia by cast which will include.
beside Mr.. Frawley, Selene Johnson, Harry
| Corson Clark. Mary Van Buren. Georgia
Welles. Ada Levick, Godfrey Stein. Alfred
/ Hickman. Alice johnson, Charles King,
Harry Gwynette. George CASTOR, Thomas
Phillips. J. B. Hollis, Frank Matthew,
| Henry Kingsbury, and Mrs. Bates.
| In speaking of Arthur Pineros impor-
tation. which is to be presented by the
| Lyceum Theatre Stock Company next
week at the National, "Harper's Weekly
OF March rs had to say:
"Trela~ny Of the Wells is probably one Of
| the best Of the present generation of English
| comedies. Its success in New York has been far
| greater than its success in Tondon-a fact which
| is the more remarkable because the strong local
flavor Of the play less fails of effect with
US. have been inclined TO attribute its success,
like that Of Pineros The Amazons,'' to the fact
! that the literary and dramatic fnesse Of the play
! is such as an American audience is especially ft-
( ted TO take hold of; but Mr.. William Archer,
/ who ought 10 know. if anybody docs. attributes
its success TO the fact that it is acted much bet
| ter here than in London. Certainly, the Lyceum
! Company is the best of its kind have. II
! the play is not strong enough outside Of New
York to go by itself il will be very surprising.
| for in spite Of the assumptions of metropolitan
! journals. intelligence to the drama exists in
| several places outside of New York.
Such praise from so conservative a pa
| per means more than would the ordinary
| commendation, and leads one to expect a
most diverting series of performances here.
| The original New York cast is being
brought from New York, and the presenta-
! tion seen on Monday at the National will
| be identical with that given at the Ly-
| ceum.
When Frederic Bond presents Willard
| Holcomb's clever sketch, Her Last Re-
! hearsal," tomorrow afternoon at the Grand
| Opera House, the piece will have return
| ed to its own. 1t was originally offered
| something like three years ago on that
stage by members of the National Theatre
Stcck Company, of which Mr.. Bond was
then the star. William Boag was seen
| in the role now filled by Washingtcn's for
| mer favorite while Mary Sanders. known
| in private life at Mrs. Percy Winter. play
! ed opposite local boy in the part al pres
| ent being assumed by Dallas Tyler. Her
| Last Rehearsal was q success from the
moment Of its production. Mr.. Bond wit
messed its performance and liked it so
| well that when he arranged to go into
| vaudeville last summer he purchased the
! work for his vehicle. In it he was seen at
| Proctor's and Keith's, being well received
in both places. He now returns TO the
Burke & Chase theatre with the comedi-
| eta. and will probably be greeted heartily
by his many friends here.
| II Is stated on the best authority that
W. E. Crandell, who plays the part OF
Marks with Al w. Martins tUGcie Tom
Cabin company next week at the Acade-
nv. is a lineal descendant of Judge Abra-
| ham Marks, Of West Feliciana Parish.
| Louisiana, whose surname J Harriet
Beecher Stowe took the liberty of using
| in her great novel The judge bears no
made famous by Mrs. Stowe. but the des-
| jgnation of Lawyer" has stuck to him
| since the earlier productions of the piece
| He is now eighty-three years of age, but
still hale and hearty. Mr.. Crandell is
| said to provide an excellent portrayal of
the grasping attorney and has been highly
| commended throughout the country for
| his performance. He is assisted in Uncle
Toms Cabin by what is said to be an
l ,..t1 ,.l,
| G.. Barlow.
| BE vulgar an it please you, but be-
seech do be entertaining quoth that
pointed wit, DR.. johnson, and the line
might with profit be adopted as a proverb
| today. Many things have been said against
| the suggestion and piquantry Of Karina,
| who will be heard with Rose Sydell's
| London. Bellies" next week at Kernan's,
but no one has ever been heard to claim
| that her work was not artistic and enjoy
able In fact during her engagement at
Hammerstein's Olympia two years ago
Karina was compared by several New York
critics to Fougere, the famous Partisan
| chanteuse Certainly the singer to arrive
here on Monday is more beautiful than are
any of her rivals. and. since good looks
adds to any class Of performance. she is
probably more pleasing. The London
l
ment at Kernan's.
Sadi Alferadi, the Russian equilibrist;
George Allen and Lotta Delmain, who pre-
sent their laughable farcelet, Never
Again." Maud Caswell and Arthur Arnold.
eccentric English noveltyists; William and
Edith Browning, comedians; Collins and
Ray, travestyists; George Diamond. bari
tone: Robert Roy Mackey and Alex Co
roum, wrestlers, and the house stock COM
pany are to provide the entertainment Of
fere dnext week at the Bijou. Manager
Grieves claims that the bill will be the
equal Of any that has preceded it and there
seems to be no reason for doubling his as
sertion. The people named above will ap-
pear twice a day until next Sunday.
NURSES TO GRADUATE.
Programme of Exercises to BE Held
in Rankin Memorial Chapel.