Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-27

during the past week. "It was with a sort
of trembling said Mr.. Small. that We
opened in New York. but we had faith in
the ability of Mr.. Wolfe and the courage
to put it to the test of metropolitan fire,
and the results. both artistically and finan-
cially. of the weeks engagement were graf
ifyingly surprising, For The Corsican
Brothers" and David Garrck' we had no
fear, Mr.. Wolfe being already established
as a most excellent Interpreter of those
roles, and. although as Hamlet he had en-
Unused the faculty and students of Cornell
University to high pitch by his reading
and acting of this most difficult role and
had received warm praise in every city
where he had appeared as the Melancholy
Dane, yet New York Is welded to her idols
and to none more than to Booth, the great
Hamlet
knowing this and that every new aspirant
for honors as Hamlet during the past owen
ty years has been most numerically Slated
in New York, it is no wonder We were all
on the anxious seat Wednesday night. The
house was crowded and not free adnis-
sion given, except to the critics. The en-
thusi IN was great and nine curtain calls
were given the star. Thursdays papers
were all favorable and most of them in
dorsed the efforts of Mr. Wolfe and &C
cepted him as a new but correct Hamlet"
In the company supporting Mr.. Wolfe is
Miss Corrine A. Parker, a Washington girl
of beauty and talent, whose work with this
company has met with need of praise
most gratifying both to the lady and her
fren.s as indicating talents that will place
her high up in her chosen profession. Mr..
Wolfe's engagement in Washington will be-
gin next Monday, October 2, at the Lafay-
cite Square Opera House.
PARTISAN WIDOWS CoMPANY"-At
Kernan's next week Mr.. Lawrence Weber
will present his Partisan Widows Com
pany." which will give clean and refined
burlesdue The following roster of vaude
vile stars will show the power of the or
ganiZation: Manhattan Comedy Four, four
singers and comedians: Anna Suits and
company in the electrical novelty, THE
Dream of the Cake Walk Bert Howard
and Leona Bland the music Rube and Kid ::
Hayes and Brandy. novelty buck dancers ::
Anderson and Engleton, travesty stars, in
a comedy sketch, also producing Shakes
pearean characters that are clever pieces
of acting; Russell and Tilyne, eccentric
acrobatic sketch artists. and Ruby Marion.
solo cornetist The comic opera buretta.
"A Tin Wedding concludes the perform
ance There will be three performances
daily, matinee at 2:15 pm; evening SIS,
and midnight performance. during the
presence of visitors to the Dewey celebra-
ton.
DELMORE AND LEE.-Chief among the
many features on the program at the Bijou
next week will be Deimore and Lee, in
their sensational act of the period, intro
ducing their revolving ladder, on which
they perform the most daring feats twenty
four feet in the air and Jess Dandy, the
Hebrew character comedian. in his side
splitting budget of Hebrew songs and
jokes. Others to appear are the excellent
comedy team Ellsworth and Burt. present
ing their original comedietta, entitled DO
nestle Pets the Whitney Brothers. nov
city musical artists, in number of selec-
tons on variety of novel instruments;
West and Williams. in a bright connection
of good songs and funny stories and the
Bijou Burlesque Company in a snappy bur-
lesque from the pen of Manager Grieves,
introducing number of old and new IA
Vorites.