Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-29
AMUsEMENTs.


love and honor. has an entirely new at
mosphere away from the swashbuckler
school Of stage literature yet is full of the
intrigue and adventure needed to excite the
imagination and stir an audience to
frenzy of delight Next Monday evening
at the National Theater we shall be treated
to the latest Sothern production, the Song
OF the Sword" a play in the period Of 1to,
lad In northern Italy during Napoieons
first big encounter with the Austrian
troops. The perils and escapes from every
sort Of danger attendant upon the fortunes
Of war as they relate to one Captain Egal-
lte OF French HUssars are the scenes that
mold the audience SpelibOund, and no less
in the picture through the various situa-
tons Of excitement is the heroine, the
t0ntessa I'll Aiouza. one of the most beau
tiiCt characters created by an actress
These parts are played by +. II. Sothern
ana Virginia Harmed. respectively. At the
opening of the play the intensity of the
hatred the woman has for the man is
only cqualed by the intensity of the love
she feels for him at its close. He is the
enemy of her country, a spoiler, a vandal,
whose ambition is to ravage the homes of
sunny Italy, without heart. This is all
she realizes until when danger threatens
and he Illustrates how much greater than
the bravery of a soldier is the courage OF
man. Through saving her honor he must
lose his own life. And here occurs, ii Is
claimed. the greatest courtmarttal scene
witnessed upon the stage Crowded with
color and agow with animation, the spec
taCle presented realizes a more effective
canvas than Messonier ever conceived.
one moment, a roar of voices, the shouts
of the soldiers. whose hearts are with their
beloved captain, the next painful silence
as the evidence is given that is to decide
his fate. 1t is a fearful moment In the
center OF the thrOng stands Napoleon. i'm
passive. almost brutal in his stern resolve
to have shot at sunrise the trueSt OF his
officers, all because he allowed woman
to escape. The tension Of this scene is re-
moved in an instant The OGtDoStS report
the arrival of the Austrans Even while
the last words of the court-martial are
being spoken shots are heard. NapoleonS
life IS in danger. 1t remains for the man
he has ordered to be shot to save his life,
and by doing this the latter falls into the
hands of the woman he had only short
time before allowed to so free Nothing
more absorbing have Mr.. Sothern and Miss
Harmed previously appeared In, and the
company Of necessity for this big produc-
ton is greater than ever. There viii be a
matinee this week only on Saturday.
THE FLOOR WALKERS."-"The Toor
Walkers" is the hand by which Ward
ana Nokes' new fun show will be known
this year 1t Is not what they call their
which gives them merit but the goods and
the people who serve them. For six years
now the excellent offerings Of these ca
pable comedians have been seen and the
organization furnished by E. d. Stair for
their support. First we saw their fun
served in banking Office next in hotel
office, and now the scene shifts to a char
1tY bazaar with all manner of goods and
booths attended by dainty debutantes, and
the whole under the personal supervision of
Percy and Haro a. who mask as pro-
iessional floor walkers. The production will
be superbly staged-in fact, the claim is
advanced that in all the annals of musical
farce nothing has ever equaled the scenic
and electrical embellishments of this years
review. The company, too, is larger than
ever before, numbering forty people and
Inc udlng a s principals, besides the stars
such artists as Lucy DAILY. Margaret Daily
Nokes. the Chicago Ladies' Quartet. Hattie
Bernard, VIII West George Sidney and
John w. Early. There will be a fine cho-
rus or pretty girls under the musical d.
rectlon OF Mr. Herbert Dillea Ward and
Nokes come to the Columbia Theater for
one week, opening Monday night.
RANsONE AT THE. NEW GRAND.-In
honor of the opening of Congress next
week the New Grand will offer a polite
vaudeville bill superior even to the cxtraor-
binary program that has won universal
c"mmerdation this week. To say that It is
healed by John W. Ransonc is % make
clear at once the warrant for the positive
assertions already made. Mr. Ransone will
present his successful imperSOnatiOn. In
which he appears in the guise of the dis
rnSulShed leader of national politics. Sen
ator Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio The ART
OF the actor in cOunterfeiting the charac-
ieristic attire and I'm simula ting the voice
Of the distinguished statesman will be ap-
parent and will win greater success than
MS Croker. TIE Ruler of New York" re-
Ceived mere at the Grand several months
ago. His PORTED but harmless illusions
undoubtedly will he especially pleasing to
those o. the senator's cnnfreros who NAV
happen to hear them. The second excep-
uonal offering will be Francisco Redding
and Company. This coincidence will pro-
dCce the brightest dramatic ecfntillation In
n
Mss Reddin% has been provided with a
sketch far better than her recent success
"A Happy Pair" and its laughtcr-proyok-
ing comedy and brisk situations cannot be
excelIed. The Nawns are billed to give
their sketch, "A Touch of Nature" which
critics in other cities have been pleased to
regard as the best dramatic delineation of
irish character on the American stage to-
day. The Cecilian Four will be found to
be a charming quartet of handsome young
women whose voices will supply ample ex-
cUses for any unusual praise that may be
accorded them. That kind of good-natured
and rough comedy that occasionally serves
as appetizer for higher things Will be
contributed by Morgan and Otto. the Ger
man comedians 1t may be said further CT
them that they are genuinely and deserved
ly popular. Judge. the balancing marvel, Will
be seen In his wonderful feats on the
unsupported ladder Among the new SET
of biograph moving pictures will be shown
the PRESIDENTS inspection of Camp Wikof:
Gov. Roosevelt heading the New York di-
ElSlon OF the Dewey land parade: the West
Point Cadets parade; and the usual
comic pictures from actual scenes.
"a HOT OLD TIME."-The magnet at
the Academy the coming week will be the
Rays, Johnny and Emma, in their big,
bright misunderstanding comedy. "A Hot old
Time" which is merry melange of sattr-
ical nonsense Of the day that affords a
reasonable excuse for the Introduction of
numerous situations. clean cut, unique clar-
acters, plethora of music, singing and
dancing, and vast amount of new stage
business. Since the company has been seen
here 1t has been rewritten and brought
ur-to-date by that trenchant young writer
George NJ. Cohan, and ii is promised that
everything is new and of a bright and
eNhilarating nature. Prominent of the com
pany of players this season are the RAYS
Johnny and Emma. Quevita Vincent 7
Bernard Dyllyn, Hayes and Healey. Frank
Lalor, Emma Francis. Albert Ellis JuIictfe
Roslyn, Minerva Adams, Frank Ainsworth
Adele Morgan, VERNE Ross, Beatrice I:ice
and Thomas c. Leary.
REILLY & WOODS BIG SHOW,-vau-
deville In Its best, brightest and most at
Iactve form will be the Offering neyt
week Reilly & Woods Big Show is the
attraction, and the high standing this com
a NO. l.nI