Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-16
and nightly pleasing to the audience,

number of his later productions, plays the
pss- of the fndiscreet little wife, always
ready to forsake a bear of husband for
the sake of brief little Irritation and who
comes to grief when she is found at coun-
try hotel about to dine with the man her
husband has warned her against. To get
out of the muddle Miss Irving, as Lady
Jessica, constructs some of the most wo-
manly and tlimsy little falsehoods, 80 jolly
thin,' as one of the conspirators suggests.
She solicits the aid of all her friends, and
they, too begin system of lying decidedly
amusing. Mr.. Drew is the friend of all
concerned, and patches things up once the
whole truth has come out. The bear prom
ises to treat Miss Irving better-and he
should, for she IS a delightfully."- bright and
pretty girl-anu all ends gaily. Miss Bar
rymore is handsome, and, although suffer-
ing from severe cold, carried out her
part well. Miss Irving Won the sympathy
of her audience in spite of her terrible di-
Fergences from the paths of rectitude. Mr..
Drew has part of the man of the world,
one in which he particularly delights, who
gets a fine wife in the last act and starts
for Africa to fight the savages as Col
Sir Christopher Deering. THE Liars will
be the bill for the remainder of the week,
including Saturday matinee.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-After being
showed UP in Richmond since Sunday and
journey in which about twenty miles We're
made on d handcar, Messrs Ward and
Nokes reached this city yesterday after
noon, and last night they and their excel
lent company gave a splendid performance
of their farce comedy The Governors at
the Columbia Theater. The audience was a
large one, and the applause was continuous
from the rising of the curtain to the final
fall thereof. The Governors" is not new
here, but yet there has been many agreea-
bic changes since its presentation last sea-
son. New songs and new business have
brought the entertainment thoroughly up to
date, and there is not dull moment in the
entire performance. Johnny Page and Lucy
Daily occupy the attention of the audience
in every act, and their singing and dancing
IS greatly appreciated. They made de-
ctded hit in the song and dance, entitled
cinderella, in the first act, which was
duplicated by II want to be a soldier in
the second act In this latter number the
encores We're so many that Mr.. Page was
finally compelled to beg off from further
repetition on account of exhaustion. Ward
and Nokes' speciality in the third act "'Ha-
rold and Percy was a great success. of
course, and they do an amusing sketch en-
titled "A Drama in One Act" Cheridah
simpson does an attractive musical spe-
claity and a couple Of songs which meet
with great favor. The entertainment as an
entirety Is one of the most rOllicking and
attractive of its kind now upon the boards.
and Ward and Nokes should do an excel
lent business for the remainder of the week
NATIONAL THEATER-Mfss Julia Ar
thur essayed the part of Rosalind in AS
You Like It. at the National Theater last
night. and her performance was witnessed
and apparently appreciated by a gOOd-size
audience. Miss Arthur has evfdnntIv toIIan
a great deal of pains with the scenic en-
NNonment of the play, and as a production
it was perhaps the best that has aI,e,. hao
seen here. Miss Arthur herself is a splen-
dld physical embodiment of what Shakes
peare's Rosalfnd mioht hove Loa,r -
beauty of face and fgnra hei,o ra,,,o1:
able and her ease and oraca - ,,aaL
wonderfully attractive. In her readings she
Is hardly as scholarly as some who have
hans TOO asserti,a for o. iIno1 ,,to 30 Pei
ton of the character SIN bar ,,a,!fa,,r,
ance was interesffrg beca,Isa ~ r,t ~ NJ
of ROsaIinds who ha2,a LoaI, f,1I ti,'liiu ~
mark is verv Invita- Sb 80 uP ~ tiie
hans at her hest In tba hodi,'t - -, ~ Pc
landO Mr. W 6 HAIRS 0,in7,l7 ~
surprise in its tboroi,ab , oli"iLuo was
and in good 5eaI of 80 iiI oIIdlltS
Some of his innovations 9ra ~ - 10, Ia
mended whiIa others do 49, ~ LII
improvements mon Tho ,oer4 4e'SiI 70 ne
treatment Of M ha'. Cepteu me OF
Hart gave a very effactitta $50 IL "a
Florence Conron nla,.nd CeIia IN a r,;,,,t
manner, and Mrs Marcus NToriartv I i,i''t a
excellent piece of work ne WIFI, ~" ~ tt
shepherd Others in tbe caSt , li.t''.ii, nv
able. and the music which un s' aCCJplI
by IAN octet of male voices Of tbis cit,c
vas sune, in oy-oaIItn+ So VI 'i4l9 city,
"a LADY of 0naiit,,, Vii, MI - ,r;o,
night. tomorrow; nfphf and Of ~ s c5 70
matinee and Satnrda,, ,,ii't W. NJ? ." utHdS
e miii . aIpral III fygmahon and Galatea"
F II SOTTIEP\ yI-i+h .,r.,,o, ,,- !,
of scenery cast of oIrnns+ fn,t '' S[i lI'''
romantic NAV, h,tiIt ~ 80 20 - i1oliSs a
est rona6ces that ~ oIS ~ ne tI - 10
Dumas has given 70 ~, ,o,I, ~, A ~ A.
Sothern will omen nj III IafaI,,ott ~ So -. -
opera House NTondaT, The oo+b fo, 7Iu Lai
The Kings Nnsketanrii l. H. t ~ y Nh
Henry HamiIton's new I.ereio,, nF VI n.N r.
Three Musketeers IT has tgilan T .,,I1n,,
by storm. being equally The craze IN Fnii-
land as "Cyrano de Rergera r., &c ~, Era1tro
The character If C,y-rano T,as 1n4aI,bta1I,.
inspired bv D'Artagnan hnth ara C,agcorsS
both great duelIists hn+ Dnuae, bcro is
personally more attractive inasr,,,oh +ba+
he has no deforn1fty. NOR dos he 1ia h,t
in the new version wins his 1ad,- love M
Sothern will plav the ..NIuske+ear'' for. thc
first four NIGHTS and At +ha Vearns,ItI1
matinee. while for the rea+ Of the v.aely he
~, ~ s TloI,lai stoIy Gl
10 G1Te Of $500 "a bt ~ ,T I n,
and ra5coats n hra,. etoy,-i,lS of nCe+I,Io
a haantirfI eet+ino ava ~ ~ vi a .l,'
cess And more Mr. Sotbern is sean in a
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