Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18
AMUSEME NTS.

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The week just closing was not event
fuI one. Sol Smith Russell is known ard
esteemed so thoroughly that his work has
come 20 be regarded "a q matter Of course
"A very delightful. ggu.aI. and beneficial
matter Of course. The Girl in the Bar
racks made another jab at The puslic 9
moral solar rIcSus. There viii be a couple
Of more rounds at the leading theaters mex
week The French farce in its most vio-
lent form has been raging as an epidemic
ard it is not unlikely that the playgoers
VIII come out Of IL with a strong appetite
for substantial things. as a man comes from
a case Of typhoid fever People who are
willing to make distinctions and analyza
art iItepcud rHtly Of morals are Uuan nous
in tho opinion that Tire Girl in the Bar
racks" vas clever play. and that MIR
Mann and Mss IiTman are clever perfor-
u,rs- The Grand Opera House took a hand
On CO." race I'gu.cn tuiS week. and gCCom-
rrda,.d auditors Of 50 many different com
ple Niuus that the house from the stage
looked Ike Il slice through u,d-fash-
Toned layer cake There were crowded
houses all week The I.GtGvcr-c SQUARE Of
fsrsd a rural pay with some Ingenious
ideas WIN Ja-trr 40 tiuE ami STAGE man
aCyD"ut II might have br.u r2oTc Of
success As FL was. it pleased . large mum
Der Of people. hrTUEuS and ;hr R.jau WcT-
as usual doing ghe;r hest ia kceY, up with
Tho fearfaI I,arsian pace which the legi;i-
mate houses have set
Tho offerings for next are Mile Fiji"
~ IHH Cr.IU IT,. The CT From Maxim's''
at The National "McFadIeu's Row Of
+ -'S'- as tH. NcarneEr uoIit, vaudeville
at tn Grand. Dainty Duchess Company
a, EsrH2n'S. and variety at the bljou.
COLUMBIA THEATER-.aIue Fiji"
which viii hold the boards a the Co
lumhia next week, is said to he the
brightest, Cieverest and most thor
oughly amusing Of all the French
farces 50 far revealed on the stage and
the unusually capable company that Man
ayers Brady and Ziegfeld have provided
for its Interpretation by their uniformly
clever work raise stil higher the level Of
excellence found In the piece. Fiji" is the
c. nVentional French farce. with the old
subject Of divorce. hut in this instance the
spice has been added to the dish with
generous hand. aud the dialogue fairly bub-
Comtc has married a Bosom girl daughter
"t a wealthy but Shrewd widow from the
hub, who 50 constructs the marriage con-
tract as to prevent the impeCuniOus and
debt-hUrdeued s0u-tD-Iaw from spending
the dowry. This arrangement results dis
astTouSly. and the first act of the plav
nndS the eXtravagaut young couple head
"ETr-heeIS in debt and beSieged by credit
'TS principal among whom Is a money
lender, Mendoza by name, VINO is q verita-
bic modern ShyloCk. Between the viComte
be fixed up by which q bogus divorce is to
be secured, and while a widow C?J the ex-
wife Is to dispose of her dowry in such a
way is tn put it within her reach and then
lemarry the vicomte, To whom she is vio-
lently attached 1t is arranged to obtain
divorce on statutory grounds, using an
IMAGINARY correspondent. But the hus-
band substitutes the name of a former
lady love, Mile. Fiji. a chanteuse Of
the Folies Bergere- In the second act
the real Fiji appears in the bach
elor apartments of the young husband
and IS caught by the wife. who visits her
husband surreptitiously. and what was in
tended TO be a mock divorce suddenly be
comes serious effort the Wife'S part
at least. 10 rid herself Of her. she sup
poses. Unfalthful spouse The American
mother. having by conceaIng herself in
the same apartments, discovered the de-
CepuOn being practiced on her, halts the |
divorce proceedings. and when the serious
character of the rupture is sought to be
impressed upon her by her daughter, only |
Laughs, believing that they are still trying |
10 impose on her. Just as the wife is about |
70 slope with another man. in order to Gre
ate a scandal and give her husband ground |
for q divorce, a reconciliation is effected |
and peace once more reigus- The poker |
game in Fiji" is immensely funny Fiji
Is Senu-re!y clever. and. notwithstanding
It's f0tnam- gained reputation, not SO au-
cacI'us as To call for police Intervention.
The cast IS one Of the most brilliant ONES
seen ii mis- city III comedy for some time.
curing rs it does. Nessrs. AUBREY Bouc.-
cault, Hare Davidson. Thomas Burns and
IN" AiisS,S Alice JUdSon, Jcannette Lowrie
and Marie Wainwright
NEW NATIONAL THEATER.-Fun.
c"IHE-iCatiuuS and farC.cal froics will be
the general order Of things at the New Ma
t-oual Theater next week. when Charles |
Z rH4fUHu presents his latest farCr-cOrned,- |
success. "IL- Girl From Naxin's." a bare
outline Of the story IS as follows. \ re-
Si-ljt5te old doctor. named PetypGnt /
finds himself one morning asleep under his
"WE sofa AMI almost az the same time it |
Is discovered that there is a strange wo-
Sa1 turns out q" be- Moulin Rouge dancer
whose acquaintance he made the night be-
-'Fr Fittn intoxicated in Maxim'S restau-
rant te has told her that she is too young
AcT To his own home without rc4Ifziro,
%Ld- y" - dong His friend Prurn3rga
drops III 10 see him. and PetypJnt becomes
frantic With the necessity Of ararrfno m
gil OUT of the house before his viz 5iec(,,.-
tF~ ler- IeIyu1rt'% uncle a general yyho
- '7"h way for the past ten years in !
~ - ,"ihr[ H. explaining that I've wishes
lEp'Hi and his wife TO assist a+ the for
MAJ marriage Of his GEe generals! d4rre,b
Ter at IN" family chateau, down in IN.
country he thinks the girl from Maxfrn's
= ~ POM We and she accepts his in
t',e'el-l. ana d;=Es PetyPout along with
AeT- In the second act the dancer j. ~
EEE'4ttF "i "A provincial gathering. where sha
az -4SE l.,yiS. uses slang and dances
.-1 '@i'th. az Of which are accepted bv
, ne '..ilyS present TO be the Partisan fash
ttst Oh tAe hour. and they frv In 10 f;{,
WIS. ]u-t Ito be in fashion 90 The T,l.+.,,
~. ~ =" ne makes AeT appearance and com
~ I"i-'" IN quick succession cans
$3.50 -. z. US F'arS Of laughter before the
-s.-.@-"I web IS eventually uuwoz-sr
~ . , S'~t includes w. J. Ferguson Alfred
Ntt.h. k9bt Hickman Joecnhfnc III
Gertrude Witty MaTme Ke 49, I Raa
! - Nt- blanche CERT and Marie BaTi,},t,n
NEW GP,<-D