The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-06
Grand-Naudeville.

The bill provided for the pleasure OF
Manager Chase's patrons this week at the
Grand is neither so long nor SO preten-
| tious as was that shown up to last Sun
| day. No theatre, however, can be ex-
| pected to have nothing but best per-
| formances. and. in e. quiet way, the en-
J tertainment under discussion is interest
/ ing and enjoyable. Certainly. none more
interesting and enjoyable could be de-
| manded at the price.
AS the inevitable headiiner, Lydia Yea
mans-Titus appears Gin group of melo-
| dies and limitations and a real lace dress
! She begins modestly by announcing that
! the first of these limitations will be of
Adelina Patti. Then follows a series of
| selections that develops no marked ability
until the young woman reaches her pristine
| baby act. This still is excellent, as are
| many of the various bits that come after
| it, The Sutcliffe Family does little bag
I pipe playing and Highland fiinging be-
| fore proceeding to a rather good acrobatic
! turn" in which the female member of
| the organization distinguishes herself by
| thrusting her body through several small
| steel rings. Dick and Alice McAvoy have
/ a novelty in their skit "Casey's Corner
| and were well received yesterday, while
{ the trained horse Bonner is put to the
, PAGES" with wonderful results. Occasion
| ally the exhibitor makes mistakes in try
I ing to smooth over those of the animal.
7 but. all considered, Bonner Is as thor
| oughly taught beast as ever has been
! seen here. De Veaux and De Veaux fur
nish the usual combination of Puck" and
| Paul Dressler in an unusually clever
fashion. Haines and Pettingill contribute
screamingly funny dialogue, and Sey-
mour and Dupree indulge in a twenty
minute specially that-in mcrit-narrows
down to Mr.. Seymour's jumping. Tie
| Grand is assured of desirable business.
Ching Ling Foo heads another all-star
bill next week.
Academy-"The Man-o'-Wxr's Man."
Thomas E. Shea began his seventh en-
| gagement in this city last night at the
Academy OF, Music. presenting James Har-
kins' THE Man-o' Wars Man" The play
has been done here during the greater por-
ton of each of these seven engagements,
and still is demanded. 1t is considerably
superior 10 the ordinary run of melodrama
superior in consistence and strength and
continuity-and yeSter-eveEing it was
greeted with the usual heartiness by an
exceedingly large audience Mr. Shea con-
tinues in the part OF Jack Conway, while
his support. which includes Henry Tesla,
is practically as it was year ago. The
mountings are handsome. "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde" tonight.
Kernnn's-"Gny Morning GlOries."
Watesed by tears of laughter and famed
by gales of applause-if tts audiences in
attendance really did not laugh until they
cried or generate cyclones ny clapping
their hands. at least they gave excuse for
the employment OF some such metaphor
Sam Scribners Gay Morning Glories"
budded and blossomed yesterday at Ker-
mans. The sprout OF the flower proved to
be an amusing skit. entitled Mile. Charm
ions Reception" while the olio leaves are
Bessie Taylor. Serio-conlic; Black and
Frank. sketchists; Harry Walters. mono
logist; Dryden and Leslie, comedians and
dancers; Webb and Hassan, acrobats. and
Grant and Grant, black-faced performers.
The end--the top of the stalk is called
"Helen's Fate; or, the Cruise of the Gold
bug" The gatherings that watched the
growth of the Morning Giories" were
large.