Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-31
ADJUSTMENTS.
"EL CAPTAIN"

Sousa'S eel Captain was presented
twice At the Academy Of Music yes
terday matinee and night, u good
| business. The many admirers Of De-
Wolf Hopper, who created the role.
missed his Individuality. yet the inter-
probation Of Mr.. Edward Eagleton was
in every way clever and oiIinently
satisfactory. and his fine work was
duly appreciated. The caste as Il whole
was Well balanced and in the hands OF
competent people
Miss Micheiara, the prima donna
soprano, has = line voice of rare COM
pass and her rendition of Isabel was
enthusiastically received. MIR. Wiiks,
whose face and form are familiar as
the much abused and long-sucfering
Nerado; Miss Rosa, as Princess Mar
| sshan2a, and Miss Miller. rs Taciturncz.
deserve special mention. The chorus
was composed of good voices, and the
action was smooth and picturesque.
The stage settings and costumes were
| elaborate and evidenced n careful at
| ;cntion 10 detail
LILLIAN RUSSELL.
| Next Saturday night Lillian Russell,
| Edna Wallace Hopper and Thomas y.
Seabrooke and n large company will
present La Belle Helene Mt the Acad-
cmy of Music. Manager Lcdner states
| that the Helene of HOrtense Schneider
and thai of Miss Russell are not to be
| regarded from the same view polnt.
Lillian Russells stage work is always
! risidly correct. showing more interest
IN the vocal score than in the tcXt.
perhaps. but always scrupuously ac-
curnte in action and expression. She
| depicts Helene = queen in department.
which WAS not altogether the Schnei-
der habit. hence there are no apologies
to be made for the performance. That
this radiant Helene is no turtle-dov
Paris soon discovers while discours!rr
nfhis low Miss Wallace, too, has
carefully refrain-d from infringing on
the Inns ri good taste and propriety,
in spite Of all temptations to be
title French. Her pas seul in the last
act Is daintily executed. Mr.. Thomas
Q. Seabrookc. the comedian of Mana
ger Lcderer's company, gives dec;d
edly uG-,o~date idea of JuDiters old
time auGur. Seats now selling.
w. H. CRANE.
That exceedingly popular actor, Will
liam II. Crane. is to be seen at the
Academy of Music next Tuesday night
MI. Cranes engagement is for two
| nights. and While here he will be seen
III two OF his most successful comedies
The first of these is "A Virginia Court
| ship" and the recommended lions that it
brings with ii are many The play was
during the ten weeks it claimed atten-
ton there its receipts amounted TO
over 100000. The play is described as
costume comedy and the period of its
action is the carly portion of the GEN.
fury. The second play, The Head of
the Family Is modern comedy and
| is fresh from highly successful run in
New York. Its characters are capitally
drawn and in it Mr.. Crane is seen TO
great advantage. The New York critics
were unanimous in praise of the work.
and of Mr.. Cranes delineation in II of
| an old professor, whose wife rules him
and her household with an iron hand.
"A Virginia Courtship" will be given on
| Tuesday and THE Head of the Family
on Wednesday. Both plays vii! be
handsomely staged. Sale of seats COM
mences tomorrow morning.
THE PHILIPPINES BY a FILIPINO.
Ramon Reyes Lala. the native Fill
| pino who lectures in the Lyceum course
next Monday, April 3rd, with stereopti-
cen accessories. VIII by his mere pres
ence, show an American audience that
| our conception OF the country's new
| possession in the East has been dec!d-
eddy Inadequate. Mr.. Lala is highly
| educated, speaks English with ease and
grace, is feet II inches tall, is of light
olive complexion, and Is an accomplish
| ed musician. But for the color of his
skin one would take him for n scholar
ly and refined European or American.
| lie is really cultured COSMOPOLITAN.
| having lived In nearly all the great
cities of Europe. His home Is Manila.
but he was driven away several years
ago on account of his fearless protests
against Spanish oppression, whereupon
| he repaired to our own shores and be-
came an American citizen. lie knows
what he talks about. and knows how to
talk about it. Outsiders NAV get tick