Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-30


the sole representative of legitimate the
atr!caI entertainment here for so many
weeks will close its season three weeks
from tonight The efficiency of this organi
cation has been shown by the fact that it
, made "A Virginia Courtship. which is in
trnscaly a very deficient play, interest
ing and attractive. The determination to
close so prosperous venture is due to
judicious fear of destroying the fine i'm
preston the company has made. by one
OF those hot weather collapses, which,
when they occur. complete and so
distressing. The future of Miss Percy Has
well has become matter of much con-
Germ since her introduction to Washington
audiences. For in spite of the fact that
Miss Haswel has been seen here before,
she has not until this summer shown play
soers what she is really capable of doing
She has for some time been associated
with W. II. Crane. and the parts she has
had, While involving artistic responsible
ties. have not been calculated to impress
her individuality. Indeed, in some of his
recent productions Mr.. Crane himself has
been obliged to put forth his very best
eEGeavors in order to maintain his distin-
Gui-hyd reputation as an actor and a pro-
ducer of plays.
The season of outdoor amusements may
be regarded as fairly under way in Wash
ington. and the numerous resorts, easily ac-
cesSihle, both by rail and by water, leave
a wide field of attractions from which to
choose. Glen Echo has estab ished relations
with the vaudeville syndicate. and ought,
with methods of practical modern manage
Leut. to rank away up among the countrys
summer parks. Good railway service is an
essential to such enterprise, and on nu-
rlerOuS occasions this important detail has
been sadly neglected. To place people under
the necessity of riding to the end of the
line in order to secure places in the cars
for a return trip to the city represents
process of mid extortion, which is as irri-
tating as ii is petty.
They managed TO keep the Columbia The
a.or comfortably cool these nights by the
rrocuse distribution of electric fans in
divers parts of the auditorium. Two
Of these atmosphere churns are To-
ca: ed al the right and left of the procenium
opening and on the stage apron. One even
irG during the present week a draft blow
iuS from the stage caused the drop cur
tam. il was being raised, to eaten
corner of the small table upon which the
whiriiEg fan was paced ana IL was upset
The machine fell into the orchestra with a
crash that startled front row occupants
and frightened the big bass fiddler out of
a whole page of sharps and fats which
should have been contributed to the cur
tain music called for in the orchestration.
Tie ian landed almost at the feet OF the
bass violin player, minus its wire guard,
hut its knife-iike steel arms continued to
deal out imitation zcphyrs with pre-
slstcncy that threatened every minute TO de
molish the strings of the big instrument
The musical interim thus unccrenonlouSiT
caused was amply filled in by the antics
% the German musician in his eff
forts To- get himself and his gigantic fiddle
out Of harms way Py chorse' tink me
/ vos a goner.' was his explanation TO
the musical union contingent alter the act
was over.
he uf Charles A
Shaw, formerly of this city, will be pleased
to hear of his appointment as secretary
treasurer of the Metropolitan Grand Opera
Company, with headquarters at New York
city. Mr.. Shaw was treasurer of the
American Theatcr in New York last sea-
sol. and was connected with the New Ma
uCEal ThcHter in this city for twelve years
He was the originator OF the summer stock
{, mpany. which has proved so popular
throughout the country.
jed r Shaw, his brother, also formerly
of the New National Theater, was recent
IL promoted to the treasurership Of the
Bros way Thea,er.
Mark Twain's speech at the welcoming
banquet to Sir Henry Irving in London
kept the table In roar. Among other
things he said:
Il find my task very easy one, as |
have been a drama;ist for thirty years. l
have had ambition all that time TO over
left behind him 400 dramas when he died
l have behind me 40. and l am not yet
dead
The creates; Of all arts il to write
dramas. Ii is a most difficult thing. Ii re-
quircs the highest talent possible and the
r&reSt gifts. No. there is another talent
that ranks it, for anybody can write
dramas / had 400 of them but TO get one
accepted requires real ability, and have
never had that felicity yet. But human
naiure is so constructed, We are 30 persist
ent, that when We know We are born to a
thing We do not care what the world thinks
about il. We go on cXpo ting that talent
year after year as / have done.
Il have done a world Of good in a silent,
private way. and have furnished Sir Henry
living with plays and plays and plays. And
what mas he achieved through that iniiu-
euce? See where he stands now-on the
summit Of his ar, in TWO worlds.
His position 10 unchallCngCd. and it was
] who put him therc-th&t partly put him
there.
q am to be followed by Mr.; Pinero-
profession. He has not written many
plays a. have but he has had that God
given talent. which L lack, Of working them
of on managers.
With Sir Henry Irving showering bou-
quets at our feet at banquets and in inter-
views We had every reason to be proud and
satisfied. But now comes Mr., Clement
S>n-i. the fault finder, the brutal critic,
the saycr of uuallOyed "nawsty things"
giving US doses OF syrupy concentrations
in his London Universal Magazine article.
Mr.. Scott not only expresses his apprecia-
ZION for his kind treatment here in an alien
land. but adds: The only sights, rebuffs
and gratuitous insults-unnccessary and
brE,al-that l received in America were
fIem English artists, and they were I'M
pariouabIe."
AT the Players. the Lambs and the
I.otus clubs 1 found complete absence of
all that petty jealousy. the sneering, the
s,audering, the miserable backbiting that
We discover in modern Bohemia. In New
York today there the kind of pals
and 'chums' and dear boys that used
to find in London in 1862 They try To get
on together, and not ashamed to roll
logs for a companion in distress
OF the American public Mr.. Scott says:
IVA they will not endure is the self
q vertsiug, MISUNDERSTANDING actress,
whose whole career is Reclame. Reclame.
Re- !anc, They don't want immoral plays
or nasty plays. or dull and dirty plays. or
any vicious form Of art any more in New
York than they do in London. But in
every city in the world there is a crowd
found who will follow crazy creature
Haunting the flag of immortality in order
to collect vaSdbondase and rasamufins.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.