Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-03

spect. Sne mas covered the decollette char
acter of her earlier roles with a robe of
modesty which is decidedly becoming. AS
"Papa's Wife she has interpreted, after her
own fashion. a character which is very win
nlng and gives play to the inherent chic Of the
FrenchWoman. She also has an opportunity
to display variety of bewitching Paris
gowns. She is pretty and dainty, vivacious
in flashes and in earnest all the time.
she shows the result of study, Of sus-
tanned and conscientious effort, and has
improved since her appearance here in
the fall in the same play She essays some
acting in ''Papa's Wife, and rather am
bltlously Tor fedglng chanteuse. She
1mpersonates young girl getting tipsy on
cnampagne-an ungraciouS part. loaded
with opportunities for overriding The fact
that she only inspires drollery is evidence
OF her success. She deserves encourage
ment and received it last night The pay
Is. In its present form, not so risky as the
title and the fact that 1t is founded upon
Two French vaudevilles might suggest. 1t
smacks of the French not too much: one
might say, as the flavor of the garlic rubbed
In the dish in which the omelette is served.
Charles A. Bigelow. he of the squeaky
iau&h OF merry memory. carries the show
when Anna Held Is resting and shares the
burden with her. too. To look at him is to
laugh and his face in action might move
a sphinx. to smiles. He received a due
proportion of the applause last night. Miss
George Marion. Miss Agnes Findiay and
Mr. Edward Abeles do the work in the sup
port of the two stars. The chorus is good ;
there are some handsome costumes and
dancing. and the show as whole is, as
musical comedies go nowadays, clean and
entertaining.
THE NEW GRAND.-The bill at the New
Grand this week is not remarkable when
compared with some of the previous offer
1nes at this play house, yet there are sew
eral novelties worthy to be classed as spe-
ciai attractions. Among these is the little
farce, Captain Impudence' put on by
EDWIN Milton Royle. Selena Fetter Royle.
Seth Smith and Beatrice Foster. The
sketch Is a bright one and all the parts
are taken with intelligence and spirit. Ed
win Royle has part in Captain Shields
which might be called the title role, that
allows him ample opportunity, Of which
he takes flu advantage, while Selena
Royle. as Mrs. Twigg, designing widow,
Is thoroughly enjoyable. Little Elsie who
Is billed as "a pocket edition Of Cisse
LOTUS is one of the cleverest juveniles
seen in this city. She gave limitations of
May Irwin, Edna May. Dan DAILY and Anna
Held in way that established her firmly
In the good gracas of her audience. An
other pleasing turn is the singing of Scotch
songs by Louise Cunning. who was recalled
time and time again to give such old ia
vorites as Coming Thro' the Rye" Annie
Laurie and Robin Adair.'' 1.-The Bach
eior club, a sketch serving to introduce
Robert Pollard, George Brengle John Con-
molly and Bergh Morrison, a quartet that
Is much above the average, was enjoyable
while Hanson and Nelson did singing and
dancing turn, the latter part of which was
as good as anything of the kind that has
been seen at this house. Solaret scored
heavily in her dancing specalties, entitled
Might, "F'irmament," Fire and The
Lily" some the light effects gained be-
ing particularly fine. The Kramers pleased
in bicycle riding act that was not espe-
cially noteworthy. and Mary Madden ap-
peared in monologue. in which she intro
duced several coon songs.
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-To Judge from
It's years of existence, "A Black Sheep
might reasonably be expected at this late
cay TO tottar across the stage brOken-dOwn
and decrepit. Like a certain feline, how
ever, 1t continues to come back with unin-
ierrupted regularity, and last evening
1risked and gamboled about the boards Of
the Academy of Music for all the world
like a lambkin Of tender age and unusual
aslhty. Among the best of the hatchings
OF the Hoyt incubator "A Black Sheep
possesses strong drawing powers and will
probably retain them for long time Like
the other Hoyt farces, there is little to the
production that is based on common sense,
put as the author says, the purpose is TO
teach no moral in particular, and ''ha hopes
that he has done ii we'll" "A Black Sheep"
Is such an old, old friend, tried and true,
that recital of the story would not be
warranted at this time. 1t IS not much Of
story, after all, but what there is consul
lutes satisfactory platform for Il number
OF clever specialties, if nothing more Otis
iiaflan' who created the torrid character,
Hot STUFF is not with the present com
p%ny, but George w. Allen tries hard, as
ms successor and succeeds fairly we'll in
alSlnS the mercury in the Thermometers
Zig BIZ D"vcre is featured as the clitor
OF the Tombstone InScription'' q charac-
ter whose principal power les in mis- ability
10 use a shotgun quickly and accurately
he production is entertaining to saw the
least and Is Interpreted by an all around
cd Nlr1yr W.
stated to be in opposition to grand opera"
are given by George W. Allen, Charles
l.andie, Alice Holbrook, William Drvara
Tom and Lulu Becson. Lille Kenwick,
Adelaide Nye, Barry Maxwell and Bertha
Boardman- Between the first and second
acts Mr.. Charles Zimmerman, musical
director for the company, introduced a vio-
III solo, 'Rhapsodie Americana"
KERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER.-An
clever show can be seen this
week at kernan's Lyceum Theater in the
Jolly Grass Widows" The opening bur
lesque, The Widows Wedding Night is
richly mounted and acted with q einyery
dash that buries the little faults from sight.
carrie Fulton and Mile. Dikn are seen
10 advantage in the more prominent parts
while the male performers are continually
OH the go and create lots of laughter in
a legitimate way. The concluding bur-
lesque is also given with considerable dash,
but crude hOrSeplay preGominates and for
this reason did not receive n very factoring
reception from the large audiences. The
olio will stand favorable comparison with
any OF the shows that have visited this
mouse the past season. Reynolds and
Page were the first seen ard were well re-
ceived Paulo and Dika, the wcl-known
French couple. followed with their old spe-
cialty but new songs were introduced and
much applause and laughter Will
son and Halpin have an act crowded with
really new Jokes and songs and as the
characters of tramp and farmer were well
handled. several ercores were demanded
Pat and Matte Rooney possess many of
the eccentric. laugh-provoking touches OF
their Well-known parent, and their act went
WELL Hayman and Hayman
closed the olio with Illustrated songs that
were new and well presented.
B1JOU THEATER.-Several weeks back
tho May Howard BurlesQue Company made
such strong showing at the Bijou Thea
ter that Manager Wellington succeeded in
securing a return date. Yesterday was the
day for the shows second appearance and
the managers shrewdness was clearly dem
when the two immense audiences
No departures from the for
mer program were noticed, but everything
was SO good that the repetitions were re-
ceived with the same old enthusiastic
laughter. The two burlesques are mounted