Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-30
ADJUSTMENTS.

1TleUuIy duUleICS was III Wthitiit6 ot VIZ ~
lumbia Theater last night when the first
curtain arose at the Orphean touch OF MT.
Minister and the other members Of the or
chestra. The Frawley company has full
filled number of brilliant promises in the
past, but in no case was anticipation
aroused to a higher pitch than by the an
nouncement of THE Dancing Girl, WITH
several new and well-known people In the
cast as we'll as some old favorites. OF the
new corners Miss Blanche Bates had been
most enthusiastically advertised Beauti,
full, Bewitching, Bonnie Blanche ba'es -
was the alliterative proclamation OF the
bill board. And in the lobby, close by TINS
swarm of Bs, We're flowers In pro1usion-
roses carnations, lilies and all the other
flora worth mentioning in the botany OF
fame. In the face of such confident prep
aratfons there was no doubling the ne"
performers success: The glare Of type, the
buzz of tongues and the perfume OIL mowers
joined in admonition of her powers, ana the
public had assembled merely for the pur-
pose of capitulation. 1t was not a question
of whether Miss Bates acted well or not; 1t
was merely a question of how well. Pos
sibly the very knowledge that her audience
was ready and anxious to applaud repre-
scented the only handicap to her perform
ance. She is dominating, rather than mag
netc; she eXacts applause as her due, and
works unfiinchingy and ardently. She
started her performance at high pitch,
and never allowed the tension TO relax. she
went from climax to climax with increased
intensity and made her exit at the close OF
the third act in a storm of passion, "mch
carried her audience with her like leaves in
Whirlwind. If she missed anything, It
was the contrast which repose would
give. She was always high strung and
alert, and there We're times when the au-
ditor wished she might have more to do;
not because the play demanded 1t, but pc
cause OF her own mettlesome mood, Whlcn
resented moments inertia Actresses OF
winsome deicacy and feminine grace, rare
and appreciated as they are, are not SO
rare as women of commanding power, and
it is one of these that Miss Bates promises
in her artistic maturity to be.
One of the strongest evidences of the
Frawley company's fitness lay in the fact
that the general evenness Of its perform
ance was not disturbed by the presence of
SO positive a personality as that of Miss
Bates The figure of principal interest in
the story is that of the Duke of Guise
bury, the handsome good-hearted fellow,
who ruins himself for q woman; a woman
whom he loves more than for any other
reason because she never bored him" Mr..
trawley realized the part with splendid eff
hcieney, and in the last act gave very
telling exhibition of methods rather more
robust than those he is accustomed to en-
ploy. Another good Characterization, one
which ranked with the performances of the
central characters, was that of David Ives,
the father of the dancing girl, by Augustus
Cook. Miss Georgia Welles was we'll suited
in the role of Nudge, the lame girl, who is
Guisebury's better angel, and Alfred Hick-
man did good bit OF acting in the comedy
part Mr., Harrington reynolds was a Wig
orous ana picturesque young seafaring
man, and Miss Van Buren,, in the part of
the dancing girls demure sister, was
Charming and capable as ever A new
member of the company was Miss Violet
kimball who though she had little to do
dd that little Well and moved easily and
gracefully.
KERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER-
There was no performance a kernans yes
terday. The Monte Carlo Girls Com
pany, which was scheduled for a week
disbanded yesterday in Philadelphia, and
consequently the house was dark last
nght Manager Herman has supplied the
deficiency and the house opened this after
noon with an excellent company of vaude-
Williams.
BlJOU THEATER.-While the bill pre-
sented by Manager Greves at the Bijiu this
week does not contain any very brilliant
stars, the performance is nevertheless a
good one. The Bijou Stock Company. after
pleasing the audience with renditIons of
popular songs, takes a big jump from rag
time melodies to snatches from grand
opera, and with such excellent vocalists as
Nina Collina and Annie Carter in the prin-
clpal roles handles I'll Trovatore Faust"
and "Pinafore" in commendable style. The
choruses We're effective and showed careful
training. In the olio Marry M. Price and
Billy W. Watson kept up a fusillade of witt
cisms to the amusement of ALL and Abbott
Dawson was good enough as a character
vocalist. Barton and Ashley We're enter
tanning IN speciality sketch and provoked
fOars OF laughter with their cake walk
Emma Carus, who sings in a deep con-
naito voice, had new boquet of songs
and Williams and Adams as the Monte
Carlo millionaires were good The Sisters
Leon, the only top liners, were excellent
acrobats, and were well received. The en-
tertainment closed with a series of illus
tIated songs by Jack Flood, Sol Goldsmith
and George H. Diamond.
GLEN ECHO.-With the rain of the carly
part Of last evening the season at Glen
Echo opened rather inauspiciousiy the bill
OF good vaudeville in the large amphithea-
ter being witnessed by only few hundred
people. The rain kept away a good MANY
more people who would otherwise have
come. To those who ventured out the va
r1ety of the program repaid them for bray-
ing the clements. a number of improve
ments have been made, and when the pres
ent plans are carried out 1t will be a per-
feet and cool resort during the hot months
of summer The lease has been secured bv
Mr.. f. NJ. Brawner. The amphitheater
privileges have been leased to Messrs Will
liam I. Rock. president of the American
Nltagraph Company, and John ]. Keit who
have arranged for some of the best attrac-
items in the vaudeville line for the season.
The bill last evening opened with Forester
and Floyd, in sketch full of bright wit,
which the audience applauded. The three
NavarrOs, two men and a woman, in an
acrobatic act, show their ability in a num-
Der of different ways The Dougherty sis
ters do some good songs and dances
Snyder and Buckley, musical artists do a
turn which is quite good. My Wifes
Hero" bright comedy, presented by Fred
Hallen and Mollie Fuller, made quite a hit
The Marshall quintette proved to be an
other good attraction. Eleanora Falk
proved to be quite a clever vocalist. The
performance closed with views from the
vitagraph. marking the first appearance Of
the invention in this city. 1t is somewhat
departure from the usual moving picture
machines, and the originality of the scenes
are readily appreciated. The management
proposes TO erect Il special building on the
grounds, in which will be located the war
graph, the machine which will be brought
from New York city. after a run of forty
two weeks at PrOctors two theaters An
Arab building will also be erected in which
Il troupe of Hadj Tahar's men will be
CHARTERED representing oriental attractions
in all forms Another building will also be
erected for the accommodation of '"Thel-
ma and other celebrated paintings. An
other Improvement that will be made will
be the installing of an electrical display in
the grottO, beneath the amphitheater. All
of the Objectionable features of last year
have been eliminated and the resort will
be run on clean lines according to the