Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-22

pany in its excellent performance of
Alabama" Her Atonement" has not won
much favor. but BLACK Patti has attract
ed good audiences. The excellent Yaude-
vile program at the Grand has drawn a
large number of ladies and gentlemen, and
the Lyceum and Bijou have had their usual
patronage
Next week Frawley's Company will turn
to farcical comedy and will present Lost,
Twenty-fOur Hours" with Mr.. FrawIey
himself in the leading role. 1t will be his
first appearance as an actor during the
present engagement of his company but
those who remember the excellent work he
did with Mr.. ". II. Cranes company. are
prepared for good and refreshing light
comedy from him. At the National Alice
Nielsen and her excellent company VIII
play a return engagement of THE Fortune
Teller "A Daughter of Cuba Will be
the attraction at the Academy. the Grand
will present an unusually attractive Vaude-
vile program for ladies and gentlemen ana
the LyceUm and Bijou both offer good bills
COLUMBIA THEATF,R.-"From grave
to gay from the dainty, pOetcai drama
of '.AIabama'' to the lively, laugh-lnfec-
tiO1ls farCe-COmedy of Lost. TWenty-four
Hours" will be the startling change OF
style of plays at the Columbia Iheater
next week The Frawley players have
proved their abilities in melOdrama, doIneS-
tic comedy and the idyllic play, so that
there is considerable interest in seeing how
they will handle tOuch-and-gO farce. Lost.
Twenty-four Hours" has been seen only
once before in Washington, when Robert
billiard played it at the Grand Opera
House hut il is stated that Manager Fraw-
ley has adapted it to the tastes OF MS pa
irons by eliminating a good deal OF the
slang and suggestive lines which Hilllard
injected into the original play. rms mas
Il. - t. cold JtirE -
the least from the effect OF the piece, Whlch
has been thereby transformed into hlgn-
class rather than a rough 1arCe-conleuE-
Mr.. Frawley presented it successfully In
San Francisco last season, when 1t MADE
the biggest hit of any farciCal play he ever
produced there. Additional interest Will be
given to the play from the fact that MI
Frawley will assume the principal role of
Dick Swift this being his first appearance
on the Washington stage in several sea
sons. Local theater-goeTs remember with
great pleasure his excellent work in the
Lyceum Theater production of Sweet
Lavender and his irnpersonation of the
bashfuI Lieutenant Schuyler in VIM. H
Cranes production of THE Senator:
therefore they are prepared to believe that,
as the San Francisco press asserts. FraW-
ley is delciOusly funny In this character.
The brother, a sort of private secre-
tary.'' will be played by Harry COrson
Clarke, who will have abundant opportuni-
ties for the display Of that dry humor
iugtOn playgUers. Mrs. +. NJ. Bates plays
the part of a missionary woman, while
Georgia Welles will be her exceedingly
prim daughter. Mary Van Buren, viii be
Mrs. Swift and Selene johnson will play
that lively lady. Bertha Dacre, who causes
most Of the complications until her mar
rage to the Frenchman, impersOnated by
MyrOn Calico, is announced CfeoffreV Stein
will have the part of a lady killer one
AdOlphus Smiley, while Corinne Parker will
be the typical parlor maid. Alfred Hick
man, Frank Matthew. Harry Gwynette and
IhOmaS PhllllpS Will complete the cast.
Interest in the contest for the free trip
10 Europe, offered TO the person turning in
the largest number of paid seat coupons
at the close Of the season. is becoming
more and more active. Every coupon is
considered as vote. and may be contrib
uted 10 the favored contestant by deposit
ing 1t at the box office. where the names
and number of coupons collected will be
registered every Wednesday and Saturday.
There viii! be final performance of Ala
baIna tonight.
NATIONAL THEATER.-Alice Nielsen
Will on Monday evening again appear in
Washington with her splendid organization
and in Victor Herbert and Harry g.
Smiths extraordinarily successful comic
opera, The Fortune Teller this time AT
the National Theater. When few months
ago Miss Nielsen made her debut as an
operate star at WallaCks Theater she did
50 supported Jy every accessory that ex-
success Of her New York en@rgCTGcnt was
instantaneous and permanent and when
She went on tour prosperity unremittingIy
attended her. II is said that her engage
ments In all the large cities east OF the
Missouri river have in every case been the
largest from a money point of view attain
ed by any attraction this year with the ex-
cepiiOn Of Richard Nansfeld's phenomenal
accomplishments with ''CyranO de Ber-
SSTdc- Miss Nelson's opera, THE For
tuht IelIer was written by Victor Her
bert and Harry B. Smith. These two au-
thOrs are widely known Throughout the
country and have already Jointly given to
the stage The Idols Eye The Wizard
of the Nile and The Stsrenade.' Mr.
Smith is not only the most successful. but
most prolific writer Of lyrics and Hbretti
in this country. To use very hackneyed
phrase, his books are too numerous 10
mention In The Fortune Teller he and
Mr. Herbert have certainly achieved a mas
IerpIece- Not only have they provided the
star, Miss Nielsen. with a cOngeniaI singing
and acting role. but they have given her
tnree clever comedians. Richard Golden
Joseph Herbert and Joseph Cawth0rn. lib
ertI opportunities for the creation of finn
while Eugene Cowles. the une0uaIed basso
has part which suits him exactly and has
In the three songs, '.Idleness.' The Mag
var Serenade' and Gypsy jan numbers
which grandly exhibit his wonderful voice
MISS Nelson's company. in cast and ensem-
bic, II Is said, IS exactly the same as when
II appeared here before. The production
Is JUST as elaborate and every detail = Kill
attended to with the care that character
lied the delightful entertainment on It's last
presentation here. The engagement; of :h.
Nielsen company will be for ii week. but
only one matinee Will De .'lven which ,,:lI
be on next Saturday afternoon.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-"A Daughter of
Cuba a comedy war drama written by
Jean MawsOn, makes its first appearance in
this city at the Academy of Music Monday
night and Will remain during the week.
The play is Of thrilling nature and deals
with our recent trouble with Spain Jean
Mawson. the authOresS and principal ac-
tress. was formerly newspaper writer.
and her experience as such has given her
an insight into human nature which she
has taken advantage OF in writing beauti-
ful story, well connected and without the
customary aggregatiOns generally found in
play pertaining to war. Miss MaWson' $
connection with the stage has also bene-
nted her, inasmuch as she was enabled 10
make the production herself The scenic
enects are realistic and beautiful espe-
claily that of the block house in front ~
Santiago The play is in five acts the storI,
being very simple. In the action of the
play are the departure OF the volunteers for
the front, the landing below Santiago the
soldiers in the trenches before FL Canev
the skirmish line, the retreat of the Snan,
iards and the capture Of the block bouss nv