The evening times., 1899-01-14
THINGS THEATRICAL.


THE Two Orphans was maltreated last
night at the Grand Opera House by a Ly-
ceum Theatre Stock Company cast that in
cluded the Messrs Winter, Cooper Dwyer,
Grattan, Craven, Slater. Flood, Albaugh
and the Misses Lamkin, Remark, Frank
lyn, Hammack, Bradley and Rivers. The
performance was rough, anlateurish and
generally absurd, The only kind thing
that can be said CT the presentation is in
explaining that the organization was
booked for Managers Burke and Chasa's
house before they had assumed control
there.
The perennial and ever welcome French
Maid accompanied by Anna Held and
most of the original cast, headed by
Charles A Bigelow, is next weeks attrac-
tion at the Columbia Theater. Previous
engagements CT this brilliant musical COM
edy here have proven SO uniformly sue
cessful that the management has felt JUS
tilted in arranging SO early return. The
entertainment has been freshened up a
bit and some changes have been made in
the presenting organization. Idalene Cot
ten new plays Suzette in place of Miss
Held, who appears only in her speciality.
CT new and catchy songs to her repertoire
and will wear some fetching gowns I'M
ported from Paris and created by Worth.
1t Is needless to say that Thank you
very kindly Bigelow is still the sad-eyed,
WeaZen faced waiter of the piece Indeed
the performance would scarcely be com
plete without this comedian. The ether
characters are assumed by the same ar
lists who have filled them so acceptably in
the past. The French Maid" is far ahead
OF any Of her musical sisters who have
been seen here. She is chic and decidedly
Frenchy, while there is a certain charm
about her that defies analysis She has
made many friends in the city who are
waiting TO give her a hearty welcome.
Some new songs have been added and
Herr Augustus Soheke has arranged new
ballet which is said to be remarkably eff
fective. The engagement is only for
week. with the usual matinees.
Probably the most popular comedy event
OF the season will be at the National Thea
ire Monday evening in the latest Hoyt
play, "A Day and A Night in New York
an effort brand-new as far as Washington
is concerned. but which for three months
is said TO have been making New Workers
laugh at the Garrick Theatre. The work
Is supposedly written in Hoyt's Wittiest
style, is repletee with popular up-to-date
topical songs, catch econ melodies novel
speciaities, dainty dances. pretty girls
up to the usual standard of Hoytian beau
lles-D -Deautnui scenery, stunning costumes
ana mas cast that contains TWENTY-FIVE
speaking parts. Otis Harlan. who became
famous by his huoyant creation Of the ey-
uberant Hot Stuff in "A Black Sheep
heads the company. He is said 10 hare
scored an immense hit in the character
OF Marble Heart, a Sunday school young
man from New Jersey. In the cast follow
ing Mr.. Harlan are such fayorites as
charles Warren. Villa Knox Lea DeGroot,
and Alma Kramer.
At local bookstores il is announced that
the sale OF Helen II. Gardeners clever
novel AN Unofficial Patriot" has more
than doubled since the announcement was
made that James a. Herne's Rev Griffith
davenport was an adaptation of the story
rms indication goes to show the interest
that is felt in social and literary circles
regarding the piaywright's new drama.
which viii receive its initial production
on any stage next Monday evening at the
Lafayette Square Opera House. The sale
OF seats for the event opened only Thurs
DAY ana has been so auSpicious that there
can be no longer any doubt as to the size
OF the audience that will then be assem-
bied. only one matinee will be given
during the weeks engagement and that on
Saturday.
Hlgh-ciasS vaudeville of the sort that
has been so successfully tried in o h er
cities but which has never yet gained a
footho!d here will be brought to the at
tention of the public in a new light on
Monday afternoon, when the Grand Opera
tiouse opens with specially hill as the
attraction to be offered. The prog ANNE
hall tftn
chief among them Marshall p Wiidzr
the humorist and author, and Cani Ia
ursc, viCliniste. Among the other enter
talners who Will be seen are the five Ali
Brothers, acrobats; Marie Heath ch III
lmpersonatcr; Manning and Weston yo-
caiists and instrumentalists the Dfav.s
with the funny maronettes; Duffy. Saw
telle and Duffy. comedians, and Rosaire,
the wire walker.
Among the skilled variety performers
VINO Will be seen at the Academy next
week with Charles H. Yaes Devils
Auction" none are mere noted for their
ability than are the Phantos Brothers.
ariel grotesques. II is compare lively easy
to be funny on terra firma-or at least
it is to those gifted with comic D ops psnsi-
ties-but when ii is considered that these
men are said TO create roaTS OF laught9,
"Hlie suspended on frall ladder and ira
peze ATTACHED to the loftiest point of til,
proscenium arch, it occurs to one that
the efforts of the brothers may be c,a=sed
as being high art These comedians
offer quite sensational finish to their
clever speciality, enc of the team dropping
from the top of the arch without sustain
ing personal injury.
The Typewriter's Wedding Day" ira
vesty on The Telephone Girl" and The
Duke OF Monte Carlo are respectively the
fore and afterpieces used by Bryant and
Watsons Australian Beauties . which at
traction will be seen next week at Ker-
mans Both offerings are said TO be thor
oughly enjoyable. In addition the bur
lesques, the entertainment will include an
olio contributed by some of the best peo-
pie in the business, among them being
Smith o Brien, the sweet singer: the La
velles, whirlwind dancers; Sheehan and
Kennedy, a sketch team; Winifred Stew
art. the female baritone; Hazleton and
Nedder serio- comics: Williams and Ad-
ans, comedians and others.
Corinne, the clever little woman who
heads the next weeks bill at the Biiou.
has had quite an extended theatrical eX-
perience for one of her years She began
stage work while yet child, appearing as
a sort of infant prodigy, but afterward was
elevated to better roles. Gradually the
worked her way up in comic opera until
she struck the position of star The expe-
rience terminated with the financial failure
of AN American Beauty and Corirne
went into vaudeville. This will be her first