Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

case many defects would have TO he elimi-
| voted 70 nra,,ort f.,,,ts f,o,, nredominatins
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| IN the sum total barbara frletchie
| proved to be an ice cream soda melodrama
| 1t was interesting in some points in the
| ea,,a NOV +b.+ +ab1a.ux ,,iyapts are inter
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| es'ils' II iiiuueeu 'oi"e poti io.i' " -
| as the motionless canvas winch SHOWS w ASH
| ington crossing the Delaware will awaken
i the snectator tn a glow of natriotic feryor
| M, .;.,o - -, ,,;,,, -, !. ,,,,s ,,l,yal
| 80 wa: -. iii s - as, a,l;
| pS MISS Marlo"e' Is lar from peii's ie'i
| cation of the artistic prospects which ad-
| mirers have long regarded as hers The
| r1o1 hoe Tho VERT of irnoc,,ousness and
| - mas nv " -,
| oeihohsfates 10 iuii oeSree NIL Wy oe
| Fitch's splendid facility in securing attrac-
| tive stage pictures Yet in this era of free
| high schools there is something pathetic
| in the dumb resignation with which the
| playgoing public accepts the most fragrant
| historic or literary perversions. The alter
| natives of the Barbara F'rietche situa ton
| are these: either IongfelloW's poem pre-
| pect or else it needed this summer-girl
| tragedy to show people what Longfellow
| ought to have done. From the sturdy old
| woman. who loved her flag even unto death,
| to the sidewalk flirt who forsook home and
| family and trampled on her own sense of
| loyalty for the sake of handsome
| stranger, is a melancholy degeneration.
| Most war melodramatlStS have at least the
| dencacy TO wait until peace is declared or In
| prospect before permitting their herolnes to
| marry gentlemen of opposite political con-
| vlctlons whose chief purpose IN existence
| mas Deen the slaughter Oh tneIr iathers
| protnerS ana other male KIN Yet the play
amused, IL the WORD amuSe may be ap-
| piied 10 production Win SO nea'S d Wor-
| tailty llst, IL surrey oid not ealty. Inc au-
| olences throughout the week were large
! ana approving.
| Atid hdo d series oi iirst-nisHt hisIiaps
l "!iich niaue ~eeh ; business IS ol any mas
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az, he ,,.r, tir ho a''a;to ", it
| baart md asIad fnr iTs n,Inion % tn 1nbirb
| of two audings !, nraferred tbuS yiving ax
| ira yaIne for each admjssinn foe and az tho
| same tina pettInp the hanaft Of Waiuabie
| criticism Manager +, G White docs NOT
| regard his week in Washington as ANYTHING
| more than a series of dress rehearsais He
has entire faith in the play although he
| does not regard it as vet developed TO its
| best possibilities And all who have seen
| Miss Holland are confident of her ability as
an actress
| The Lafayette Square will be dark next
week. The Strakosch Opera Company con-
| Guided its engagement a week earlier than
| was originally Intended, as the patronage
| was moi in any sense commensurate with
| the manner in which the OPERAS were he
| ing produced The Strakosch company goes
| to ANNAPOLIS and thence through MARYLAND
| and Pennsylvania. The LAFAYETTE was to
| have Julia Arthur in a short linn. and her
| illness is a matter of some disappointment
! Her husband p b. Cheney expresses
| doubt as to whether her health will permit
her to return to the stage As Mr. Cheney is
a man of much wealth Miss Arthur need
consult only considerations of art and per-
| sonal comfort. Miss Arthur closed her sea
son in Philadelphia last Saturday night
All the members of hep company received
| two weeks salary in advance. The Three
| Little Lambs" is booked for a return en-
gagement at the Lafayette.
| At the Academy of Music Mans Enc
/ .
| drama was the attract The Academy
| me usual Iheatrical annlication of the word
| Tn. negro entertainer has come TO fill an
| undisputed place in theatricals, and he
will be seen IN gala array at the Academy
nc ~ =, or. tit,,i ;,o,. t - ~
iiIt vaildaviiie menu Nnxt week Cissie LOT
tus will doubtless cause the ticket specu-
lators to gnash their teeth in impotent
| wrath over "hat might nave peeh II tlie
| r. natr"ns Tbero are many neonIe Who
| would enjoy seeing the biograph restored
| to the position it lost when the Behman
| show took possession OF the mousse.
80 re; ~, Tvs. ~ 80, "a tbrnpnh, IT,
! M iiJ4 , ~ -. 49,, ~ i ,,iiIa,,toa -
as the electric motor has sI,nerseded the
| 80 o .tie ~, t'ah as at,;m 80
| NJ 1i' ,a,t 80 LII 80
.iie W eouDi 80 no VII Nv "' d,
| - me ~ m irtinI NJ 49, nil ~
| iauy WIN tne uiitdliieu iuiies Mn oiie req
| eusiy at tle auulehCe' al ai ahs4e VI ninety
| degrees IheGe VIII De other Siap-sticks
ana other rulnes. But they Will not seem
| the same.
| kernans Iheater pursued the even tenor
| of Its way with snow Whch was neither
| as good as the best nor as bad as the
| worst
| Next week brings in gaety and song, with
| those two eminent comedians. Frank Dam
| iels and May Irwin. both in the field, with
new offerings which cover the entire musi-
! cal range from coon to classic.
|
| George w. Tyler. one OF the active prin-
| cipals of the Liebler & Co. enterprises, was
| in Washington this week. He talks inter-
| as.ino,I,, TT +ha Lotto f,borl., Cogb,or
| eS'hiss aoou1 'iie iate Niai 100 oos 'i,'ii'
| whose performance In lhe Royal BOX, as
| well as in preceding dramas. is so admir-
| ipe,v remembered CoehIap had his fauIts
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Inc lrlehushlp winch "ouiu uehs inns would
| be only hypocrisy. But with his faults
| there came that genius which wins forgive
| ress
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| L nave had my dlsappomtments at the
| hands of Charles Coghlan," said Mr.. Tyler,
| in a casuaI conversation which ipcident.l,,,