Evening star., 1900-06-02

OF which was curreSpondingly disadvan-
tal;cous t. such resorts as Wildwood with
al frrsru vaudeville, and Glen Echo, whose
III ana cement has been doing its best to keep
all from being too quiet along the Potomac,
with 4 rather refractory naval spectacle
Better discipline has been secured on the
mimic war craft. and so far as couid De
judged the patronage under such unseason-
abe conditions. the era of summer amuse-
Iuent may be regarded as having opened
with much promise.
The stock company rose superior TO some
very discouraging difficulties early in the
week Special scenery was arranged for the
production of men and women, and when
the hour arrived for the rise of the cur
tain there was still work for the painter to
do. The performance did not begin exact
ly on tine. owing To the fact that some OF
the scenery for the first act not COM
pivte. And while the first act was being
played. scenery for subsequent acts was
under course of construction II was one
of the busiest first nights on record, ana
when these facts are considered me un-
doubted success of the opening Is all the
,rc remarkable.
one Tuesday night another difficulty
arose one which blarched the faces OF the
men and threatened an epidemic of nervous
collapse among the women of the company
only tnr presence of mind displayed by
olive Oliver and Charles Stanley prevent
cd tle entire thread of comedy from being
"a hopeless tungIe. In Stanley'S scene with
NJ - ollyer in the fist act Il music box is
us,'!- When the liver is expecting his gift
IT, peal forth win sweet significance. the
strains Of Il wedding march, it plays John
Iiy. Get Your Gun" All this j. the result
ui a tri X played by the Juvenile and earns
h.m iht lasting eEInity .. the wooer- Upon
this cnfn!ty hangs much of the fun The
L.. la i'm
t..u ly twe4kiHg the ear of a little statue
ri cupid on the top of the box. MT. san
ley twetked. but the music did not sound
lie maze several efforts, but 10 no avail
and the PLAYERS proceeded with the dia-
luSUe. h, ping that the orSanette behind the
scenes WOULD soon he gotten in order.
Again Mr.. Stanley tweaked. but without
ry~p"fSs. He then ventured on an original
'NPld!.4t.Cn and announced that the mis-
Cii.eE.,II> youth had rung in a tuneless
music ioN. Both left The stage feeling as
il they had been struck by lightning There
W"s eager search for the m:screant who
caused the hiundcr. Stage manager. prop
erjy man. stage hands and others fell un-
der suspicion. Mr.. Norris was particular
ly indignant and said ne going 10 make
the discovery of the Culprit personal mat
ter Il last the offender was dragged TO
thu light Of day. II was Mr.. Morris own
young son. a child with great love for
music. who had found the organette during
ti- day and ground out the entire roll Of
man essential ot is usefulness.
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at Wallack's last Tuesday night Miss Meth
ersole made quite an elaborate sneech of
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final curtain went down papers were served
OF Miss Nethers1l. giving notice of a suit
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administered l" Saph"' refers TO the
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in.. To- sue for ROYALTIES. which he claims
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hired "ilh Marcus MaN"r suit anu Nixon
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Iot suffer through any lack of litigation
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mate Mirror: nave decided 10 reilh-
quish management and to 60 upon the
stage be interested in the artistic
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ater- F"r nearly thirteen years nave
Inan;tg~d the Lyceum Theater in Balti-
more and for three years have conducted