Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-23

ing ingenue. Jessie Busley, as Miss Maude
st. Trevor, the music hail singer, Is act
ress Of marked ability. Francis Carlyle as
| the Earl of Burferd makes most accom-
piished villain, while Sidney Herbert is no
less effective the scoundrel of a money
lender. The scenic effects are on a most
elaborate scale. The audience last night
was large and highly appreciative. 1t is
propaoie that the play will score success
IN washington quite commensurate with
that which it attained atsthe Drury Lane
Theater In London, whence it comes.
CHASES NEW GRAND.-The custom
of vaudeville manaSerssto include in their
program of entertainment a one-act farce is
followed this week by the management Of
Chases New Grand with success. THE
Highball Family as presented by Mr.. and
Mrs RoEle, is very laughable feature of
a program of varieties. The Highbau fam
hy-husband, wife and mother-in-law-pro-
coed to get hllariousy Intoxicated, the two
ladles IN order to cure the husband of his
convivial habits, and they make things live
ly for half an hour. They succeed beyond
their fondest hopes in shocking the hus-
oand, who Immediately swears never to
take another drink. smash another dish or
come nome late and beseech the butler
from the front door to bring lot of key
holes Beatrice Foster and Seth Smith
contributed in large measure to the success
OF the piece A new comedietta by Herbert
II. Winslow was presented by MIR. and Mrs.
Charles y Ellis, under the caption of IAN
Artst Dilemma Mrs. Ellis makes a very
attractive lrtShwoman and sparkleS with
humor. Mr.. Ellis sings when Mrs. Ellis is
not amusing the audience, and the comedi-
eta is success. This weeks bill is a good
one al the way through There is Frank
Cushman, with some old-time negro melo-
dies; Hamilton Hill, the Australian bari
tone, who last night was given two en-
cores; Wilson and Warning. in their latest
farcical frivolity; Almont and Dumont. who
term themselves instrumental hussars,"
and De Witt and Burns, eccentric acrobats
and equillbrists. Howard Thurston card
manlpulator, Is certainly one of the best
who ever concealed pasteboard or picked
the ace of spades from empty air. Some of
his tricks with cards are marvellous.
HASHIMS ACADEMY OF MUSIC
with bill of general merit. supplemented
by the attraction of new scale of prices,
vaudeville entered it's eighth week of
success at Hashim's popular playhouse yes
teroay afternoon and evening The expan-
sion OF med1um-p priced house ter ritory, judg-
ing by the generous increase of orchestra
circle patrons, will prove a popular innova-
tlon. The vaudeville offering embraces ten
NUMBERS OF pleasing excellence. Casey and
LeClalr Irish artists, opened the bill in a
character sketch of good features, but too
great length. II. V. Fitzgerald, 1.-The Amer
lean Fegoi, made a hit with his rapid
change act, In which line the original alone
IN MS peer In presenting his melodrama
fitzgerald assumes eight different charac-
ters, makes two-score changes, and does all
without taxing the auditors imagination.
Johnson, the renowned trick bicyclist, per-
forms only difficult featS among which the
sealing OF obstacles and ascending fights of
stairs are new. His star performance of
ascending flight of ten stairs in successive
leaps and descending in a single bound is
the most difficult of the kind in vaudeville
He accomplished it last night only after
plucky persistence which entailed the ruin
OF one tire and the practical wrecking of
second wheel. Those old favorites, Mr.. and
Mrs. JOS. Downing. scored well in their
act military drama, "a Forlorn Hope"
Composed of stirring incident and climax of
the border brand of drama, the DoWlings
easily score as big success in their present
twenty-minute bit of excitement as they
ever did in the field Of melodrama. Press
Eldridge, the humorist, of the bill draws
many laughs with monologue mainly adj
dressed to the fair sex. Three Brothers
Melrose live up to their billing as "phennn-
enal' acrobats For athletes of strudy ply
slque their turn is hard 10 excel. Their
Snappy' clean-cut work only missed by a
little being the hit Of the show. Moreland
Thompson and Roberts appeared in a sketch
in which their voices We're heard to good
advantage. Marie Leslie rendered coon
songs acceptably and Dunn's perfected
moving pictures We're better than the ordi-
nary. Josephine Sabelfis replaced in the
bill by Mile. Carrie, the English comedienne
KERNAN'S LYCEUM.-The attraction
presented at Kernan'S Lyceum ,Theater This
week by Houck and Fennessy styled The
HANDLERS" is a good show in every part
Instead of opening with a burlesque or
farce, straight variety hold the stage for
SIX turns. and then the ladies have a
chance in a piece entitled 1.-THE Queen of
the Holland DANES" Pretty costumes and
handsome girls are to be in the prin-
opal parts and chorus, while the clever
Burke Brothers furnish a continuous flow
of rough comedy. The opening number on
the bill Raymond and Clark were received
with favor in their eccentric comedy The
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turn was so good that the audience gave
them encores until the four singers retired
exhausted The Three Dunbar Sisters, in
pretty dresses and taking songs and dances
We're also loudly applauded. very clever
sketch entitled Twenty Minutes on a
Georgia Plantation" was presented by Bo-
nita and Grace La Rue and three little
plckanlnnies. The scenery was elaborate,
the dancing and singing up to date, and the
principals and assistants put SO much gin
ger into their work that big success was
scored. The familiar turn of the Burke
Brothers, assisted by the wise donkey, went
as well as ever. The illustrated songs of
Dora Devere were of the familiar order,
but being well presented were received with
loud applause.
NEW BIJOU.-The Sam T. Jacks Bur-
lesque Company at the New Bijou this
week lacks the qualities that made the title
a great winner in seasons gone by In
stead of presenting two strong burlesques
at the start and finish, the show is con-
spcuousy weak at both ends. Somebody
ought to apologize for the looks of the
chorus. The olio is fairly strong Mile.
Beatrice is a clever contortion dancer and
pleased. Pete Griffin, billed as the cham
pion buck and wing dancer, came very
close to filling the bill, he has a Won
derful collection of steps and works we'll. |
Lew Reynolds and VIII Boyd presented bur-
lesque comedy in a fetching manner. The
Simpsons. James and Flora, gave a good
musical turn, and Julia Natus followed
along the same line, giving solos on diff
cult instruments. Ben Mowatt and Son,
the king and jack Of clubs juggled Indian
clubs in such clever manner that pro-
longed applause followed their exit The
Oriental Pas-Ma-La and the living pictures
heightened out the olio, but while the idea |
was good one the numbers failed to en-
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