Evening star., 1900-05-08


his reception last night attested the high
regard In which he is held. He was called
before the curtain at the end of the first
act but pleaded to be excused from making
speech because the one he had prepared
would not At in at that particular time. He
was called out again at the end Of the sec
ond act, and this time was forced to say
little more about his trip abroad and HIM
self. De Wolf Hopper is probably cleverer
at this sort of business than any comedian
In the profession, and this little talk was
one Of the hits of the show. While Hopper
was the only one called upon for speech,
all the members of the company shared in
the generous applause. Harold Blake. in
the part of Prince Doris" was handsome
opening solo was roundly applauded.
Charles w. Swain, as "Jelikoff," the dimin-
utive tragedan, makes a sufficiently good
.oil Tor Hopper. The other male parts.
Harry p Stone, the captain Of the
guards; Harry Preston, as 'Koreff" Mark
Price, as "Gogol;" Henry Norman, as the
Grand Duke" and Charles Arthur, as a
snowman. Henry Norman was forced to
respond to an emphatic encore with his
solo, The Soldiers of the Gar" which is
one of the musical gems of the opera. Nella
Bergen is seen in the familiar role of
Anna" the daughter of the travelling
mountebank She sings the part intelli-
gently and forcefully and her voice showed
none of the i'll effects that are supposed to
follow stay in London during the winter
Ida Lester, as Sophia" and Annie Cam
eron, as the Grand Duchess" were accept
able. More interest centered in the part Of
"katrinka," perhaps. than in any other in
the cast. 1t is filled by Jessie Mackaye,
who is vivacious and graceful and acts
In a highly intelligent manner. Her
chic and quaint mannerisms make her per-
formance one of the most enjoyable fea-
lures of the opera. She was recalled time
and again to repeat with Hopper their
laughable duet in the second act. The cho-
rus is entirely adequate in musical sense
and was forced to repeat several numbers.
The scenery and costumes are in line with
the lavish policy which characterize all
Hopper productions.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
After a period of darkness the doors Of
the Lafayette Square Opera House were
opened last evening to admit an audience
OF fair proportions, the attraction being M.
NJ. THESES wine, Woman and Song
The entertainment consisted of six vaude-
Vile acts, followed by an operate burletta
In one scene. According to the program,
Wine. Woman and Song" had no place
until the burletta was reached. Then, it
developed. as the author frankly admit:
the title sounds pretty, but has absolutely
nothing to do with the burletta- Whatever
suggests itself in the way of adverse crit
tcism must be tempered with the knowledge
that the greater part of the audience was
thoroughly well pleased with the greater
portion of the show. AT times the ap-
plause was actually vociferous, and so de-
leEl1lllleu tnat response naQ TO be made to
encores Some of the acts were not new
and many of the songs and sayings were in
the same class. Other parts of the olio,
however, were above the average. The first
number was given by Kline and Gotthold,
who are announced as comedy character
duettists. Next the three Racket brothers
did musical turn that possessed merit
Mazuz and MaZett have a comedy acrobatic
turn, after which the Jennie Eddy trio had
chance to make good, and 1t did so. The
trio consists of Miss Eddy and the Russian
mdsets, Itski and Phioski They sang
coon songs in costume. and would have re-
manned on the stage all evening IL the au-
dience could have dictated absolutely Shee-
han and Kennedy presented a familiar
Irish comedy sketch. The olio was closed |
by Bennett and Rich, the well-known IL
lustrators. The burletta is the vehicle on
which several additional specialties moved
along.
NEW GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-An en-
tertaining program is presented at the New
Grand this week, and last night a large
audience was interested and amused for the |
greater part of three hours. There was the
usual line of vaudeville and one or two |
novelties. The regulation turns were up to |
the standard and the novelties We're of |
character to be appreciated. the principal
hgure in the list being Camille D'Arville of |
operate fame. One of the most interesting |
features of the show was the singing of |
Baby Lund AS rule. infant phenomena
on the stage-especially the vaudeville stage
are TO be deprecated Washington has |
had several occasions to frown upon them |
recently. But this little girl is a wonder
A mere slip of thing, with the face of
great beauty, she sings in clear sust aimed |
voice that echoes all through the house and |
her command Of facial expression is mar
velous- Louis Ffalkowski initiated the cries
audience. The Metweef duo in Russian
acrobatic dancing, gave an exhibition to the |
time OF Cossack air. Eugene Ellsworth
ana Madse Burt detained the audience with |
original
Vile, In vocal selections, was charming as |
always and brought an encore Tom Mack, |
the Plack,face comedian, always funny, |
acrobatic feats of the three Onris was a |
phenomenal exhibition in that line The
program closed with Prof Macart's dog |
ana monkey comedians in an interesting |
act.
LYCEtM THEATER.-Manager Herman |
presents the High Rollers Burlesoue Com
pany at the Lyceum this week. While IT |
Is true this Is the second appearance Of the |
company mere this season, 1t proved none |
the less entertaining to the large audiences |
Whch attended both performances yester-
day. 1t is very capable organization, with
TWO Well-written burlesques Interpreted bv
a lively company made up Of pretty women. |
clever speciality artists and funny com
edians. THE Paris Exposition" Is the titleun-
der which the opening burlesque struggles. |
1t Is made after the old-fashioned recipe of |
shapely women, few comedians. sug- |
a little more to the closing burlesuue
which Is named after the big DAILY produc.
ton, The Great Ruby" In the olio there
was considerable entertainment lack
Crawford and Vera Harte delivered a fun
ny sketch. Kitty Raymond sang several |
selections and introduced an acrobatic |
dance The Washburn sisters sang their
songs with the oldtime force Cooper and |
reynolds contributed some new jokes.
THE NEW AND ANCIENT soIrTu
ne Harrison Bros. presented an enter
talnment entitled THE New and Ancient
south before a good-sized and well-nleas
ed audience last night under canvas AZ |
l4th and streets. The company Is com |
posed OF coiored talent and displays some
gay and elaborate costumes The first
feature on the bill is the representation of |
the south of the present, during which |
many amusing rag-time and coon songs |
are sung The closing of the bill is an H. |
lustration Of the south forty years ago.
showing cotton plantation and the times
or slavery. 1t Is a big show and serves to
exploit the Afro-American as an enter
tainer to great advantage. Two perform
ances will be given daily the remainder of
the week, at and s pm.
THE MIDWAY CARNIvAL-The Frank
c. Bostock Mighty Midway Carnival Com
pany, with Its carloads of trained wild an
mas and general show paraphernalia. ar