The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
THE PASSING SHOW.

The Lenten season has not had a very
notable effect upon the attendances at the
! aires throughout the country, the receipts
/ showing that diversion of subdued ma
/ ture, if theatricals at large may be SC
termed. is not out of accord with the Len
ten Ideas.
In the metropolis the week was an ex-
ceptionaIly good one. several new plays
drawing immense crowds at every per-
were well patronized. In the West return
dates have been in demand for such attrac-
tons as Viola Allen in The Christian, "
James A. Herne in Sag Harbor." and
James O'Neil in THE Nusketeers' Miss
Allen has been playing for two weeks in
Minneapolis and St Paul. and since this
is her last season in The Christian" such
desire has been shown to see her as
Glory Quayle that the Standing Room
Only sign has been the rule at every per-
Torrance in both cities.
It is an ill-wind that blows the indefati-
gable Langtry no free advertising. and now
comes the word that THE Degenerates''
was closed by the police OF Cleveland on
the 2lst. The authorities had notified the
House that strict censorship would be
placed on the theatre, and that it might
result in the closing of the house at a
moments notice. True to the warning.
the censor was present at a performance.
with force of police under his command.
1t is current gossip that if Mrs. Leslie
Carter had not been i'll after a single
performance in the city by Lake Erie,
where she played to a large audience in
''Zaza.' she would not have been permit
ted to continue the engagement.
Maude Adams in gold is at last an &C.
complished fact. That is, that is what
those most concerned assert, but from
other sources it is gathered that the most
vivid imagination would be necessary to
see the least resemblance to the dainty
Juliet in the statue, which is the work OF
Miss Bessie Potter and which is to 20 to
the Paris Exposition as typical of the
American girl. After the exposition the
statue is to be exhibited through this
country.
During the four weeks which Mrs Fiskc
spent in Chicago she played to large
houses from the beginning to the end. and
the Grand Opera House, was packed tn the
doors by audiences which were delighted
Win neT Tenull!Ou OIL BECKY sharp III
st. Louis. at the Grand Opera House also,
she has been scoring a like success. the
press Of both cities wing with each other
in their favorable reviews of her work.
Boston has been enjoying a new play by
Sydney RosenfeId, called Master and Pu-
pill, in which are introduced Louis Mann
and Clara Lipman, with an effective sup
port The play is an adaptation from the
German. 1t had only the single weeks
run, however. and the rest of the season
will be given over TO THE Girl in the Bar
racks" The good people of the Hub will
not have "Sapho" This season. but will be
given an opportunity TO see "Coralie and
Company which goes there soon.
y. c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott have
been for two weeks playing al the Chest
nut Street Opera House, at Philadelphia,
to the largest business they have ever
done in that city. The play has been
When We We're Twenty one" and they
will continue it until the close of next
week, when Julia Marlowe will fill the
same theatre. The business at all of the
principal theatres has been unusually
good, and the vaudeville houses have been
packed.
Baltimore, always a good investment for
a production. has been reveling in THE
Princess Chic The Girl From Maxim's"
and What Happened to Jones'" all in
the same week, and at all of the perform
ances Of each play there were crowded
houses.
Throughout the South the travelling
cleaners have reaped a goodly harvest
Richard Mansfield crowded the Tulane, at
New Orleans and the minor lights did pro-
portionately well.
The lesson OF the week is that good
plays, well staged. well interpreted, are
what the mass of the people want. and for
which they will pay, and that plays of the |
''Sapho' order will never have long runs |
anywhere in decent communities.