Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-
Same gay ballet.
Fluff and gauze.
Same old laughter
Same applause.
Same Dan DAILY
Others, too
Same big audience.

Same Dan DAILY
Others, too
Same big audience.
Nothing new.
1t Is thus the blase parsonage whose wan
behring's into the by-ways of pleasure afford
have sung had he been In front instead of
on the stage The clever weaving together
OF familiar material to produce novel effects
has been the Casinos stronghold for some
trademark on It, and that is sufficient to
invite the confidence of people who ask
only to be amused at the theater. Mr..
George w. Lederer, the p. 7. Barnum of
musical comedy, has employed his GUS
tomary articles with the usual results. 1t
Is to be doubted whether THE Founders
is OF caliber which would have attracted
extraordinary attention as an original ven
ture. But as an ephemeral incident in a
long career of frivolous entertainment, it
gives present satisfaction and invites ex-
pectation for the future. 1t has a plot
which scrutiny will reveal, but it is com
paratiyely unimportant. One of the fun
NEST characters on the stage is d. L. Don,
who impersonates the leader of a German
band. This German band was not only
comic. put very useful in shutting off the
demands for encores when the management
found 1t absolutely necessary to go on with
the performance. AS 1t was, the entertain
ment ran very close to the hour when the
last car question begins to assert itself. For
TINS the encore ffends were chiefly respon-
sible.
The Founders is presented chiefly in
three dalects-German, Irish and the Dan
Daily drawl The Irish Pasha was a char
acter of particular interest last night be-
cause Mr.. Richard Carroll assumed it for
the first time last night replacing Mr..
Thomas Q. Seabrooke. Mr.. Carroll was a
little nervous at first but gathered conf
dence as the evening progressed and the
manifestations of approval from the audi
ence increased. Dan Daily is the same unique
entertainer, whose methods have become so
agreeably familiar. In spite of his extrav-
agant stage tumbles, his work has an ele-
ment of legitimate solidity which makes
the impression 1t creates lasting and agree
able; However absurd his acrobatic inter-
ruptions may be, he somehow holds them
In key with the line of character which he
has made distinctly his own.
Mabel Gilman is another figure whose
dash and sparkle helps to keep The
Founders from declining into a fat con-
cocuon. She puts an enormous amount of
energy into all she does. Miss Phyllis Ran
KIN plays the part of the actress whose
costume the demure Quakeress borrows in
order to lure her errant young husband
back to his Philadelphia Preside She is
all mat the part requires and it is not a
small part by any means. Harry Daven-
port port pays the part of young man in
loVe without making him the mawkish Cad
VINO ordinarily materializes in this depart
ment. He is agile of foot and sings with
more than the ordinary ability.
some OF the singing and dancing special
tes are novel and all are clever. The
irish Pasha's song with its naive avowal
mat there are only 100 girls in the world
Tor him. and the trio which satirizes the
Queer 4it newspaper personal, were among the
alts OF the entertainment. Mr.. Harry B.
smith mas written some of his best lyrics
TOT the piece, and Mr.. Ludwig England
er music is easy and unpretentious
lhere IS much in the show which from a
moralists point Of view, deserves unuuaH-
ileu censure. The theme, that of innocence
plunging into the vortex of Partisan So
phistcat1on is necessarily suggestive and
me me complications and dialogue naturally
evolved frequently transgress the borders
OF propriety. This has been stated of ure-
Vlous entertainments with the apparent re-
suit OF increased patronage, and there is
perhaps no just reason why THE Round
ers should be deprived of the benefit of
the advertisement.
NATIONAL THEATER.-The upper part
OF the house enthusiastically greeted the
dramatized story of "Phroso" at the Ma
tonal Theater last night; elsewhere it was
colby received or with quiet amusement
Messrs Rose and Esmond have taken An
thony Hopes charming little tale and pro-
duced "a hackneyed melodrama with stab
blnSs, oaths, mObs, villains, the good old
secret door, pursuit of hero and heroine
and the inevitable rescue in the nick of
Time. e course, many of these elements
We're used by the novelist but meIodrarna
in his hands is made delightful. Last night
1t was made ridiculous. Those who mad
read the book sighed as they saw their
dear illusions Knocked skyWard A large
audience was present and it was disposed
to be friendly. But ii was pushing friend
illness TO the extreme to expect approval of
such patchwork of cheap heroics. AS
those VINO have read the book are aware
the story is of a young English lord wao
buys an island and is met with opposition
by the inhabitants from the lovely Lady
Euphrosyne down when he goes to take
l,n f.,-
thrilling experiences, and of course he mar
ries the Lady Euphrosyne who is turned
from hate TO love. All that is a matter of
course. But in the novel it is done so deft-
~, the barriers are beaten down SO charm
lngly, that the reader walks by the side
of the lovers in Neophalia. But in the
play-Miss Tyler is utterly unsu;ted to the
role of PhrOso. Its demands are too great
for her power of expression. Within a Ger
tain range Miss Tyler is delightful. But a
delicate voice, suited for signs os love and
gentle raillery, becomes strained and thin
when attempting the expression of the
itatiOns Miss Tyler did not present the
"Phroso" of Anthony Hope. That "Phro-
So was no petulant school girl, or saucy
sOubrette. The company assisting Miss Ty-
Ter did its best to give apparent verify to
the piece Mr.. MacLean as Lord Wheat
ley, the purchaser of the island tried to he
an up-to-date Englishman in an unusual
situation. Mr.. j. II. Benrimo as Mouraki
Pasha, the Turkish governor, was as smooth
and silky as We have been taught to be-
lieve the polished Turk to be, and it was
not until he lighted cigarette that he was
at once recognized the villain There
was another villain. Constantine but he
set free the lovers about IL 80 O'Clock sud
denly recognized the maid who had oean
logging his steps for three acts as his
wife, and thus reformed he was heartily
forgiven and became almost as Interesting
as Lord Wheatey. Humor was given to
the play by a cosmopolitan courier. who
spoke with an accent, an English valet
who was cockney, and Denny Lord Wheat
ley's young cousin, with exurberant spir
It's. Alice Chandler had a small part in
Beatrice HipgraVe, but played it with dis
erection. The scenery elaborate and
highly creditable.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
-Hoyts "A Contented Woman" with
Belle Archer in the title role, was presented
before an audience of ample proportions al
the Lafayette Square Opera House last
night. "A Contented Woman" the play
not the personifcation of the title role, ia
familiar to Washington theatergoers, so
that a description of it is super1uous. 1t
may be characterized as one of Hoyt's best
and wittiest satires, which is saying con-
siderable, and, in the main, it was pre-
sented last evening in a manner calculated
to bring out the finer points in the produce
n afa