The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-03


marked by no event OF more than
ordinary interest. The Seattle the
- alter was dark practically all week,
tho only attraction being Hoyts "A
Rag Baby" which closed two nights
engagement Sunday Despite the prom
ises made for Dunn q Ryley's "all star
east In this play, "a Rag Baby" proved
hardly more than an ordinary attraction.
No play with two such clever comedians
o. Mathews and Bulger in tho cast could
b bad, and "A Rag Baby" drew crowd
"a houses on both nights but II was dis
tinctiy below tho Mathews and Bulger
standard.
At the Third avenue the attraction was
"sapho" the play In which Olga Neither
sole achieved notoriety and obtained I'M
limited newspaper advertising at New
York There is nothing offensive In
"sapho' as presented at the Third ave-
nue, but the play In OF q low tone in spite
Of tho fact that It contains a moral. and
the American stage would not suffer II
"sapho" and other deodorized French
dramas were never presented
This week will be decided contrast to
the one lust ended In tho local play
houses There will be no dark nights. At
the Seattle buriesuue will be the pro-
gramme for fvc nights. The Evil Eye"
the latest effort of Charles II. Yale. who
rave tho world THE Devils Auction and
The Twelve Temptations" opening an
engagement there tonight. At the
Third avenue Uncle Toms Cabin" n
perennial favorite with theatergoers all
over the United States. will be the bill
for tho entire week.
Between now and the close OF the theat-
rical season several splendid attractions
will be seen at tho Seattle theater. nota-
bly, the refined actor. John Drew, under
tho management of Charles Frohman In
Haddon Chambers Tho Tyranny Of
Tears" a charming comedy OF temper
ament," and Nat c. Goodwin and Max
inc Elliott in their latest success. when
We Were Twenty-One"
z RNEsT HOGAN, tho famous negro
u minstrel and colored composer of
"rag-timc' songs who has Just re-
turned 10 the United States. after q very
successful professional visit to Honolulu.
II soon to bo seen at Seattle In new
play written for him by Allan Dunn. en-
titled "a Country Coon" He viii appear
ct the Third avenue theater.
Tho Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Of
Honolulu. devotes an entire page 10
Hogan and his early history, and credits
him with being the first to introduce gen
ulne coon" songs and dances and tho be-
wildcrinE rag time to the Hawaiian cap
ltal. Honolulu has gone wild over rag
time" says the Advertiser.
n UsSEi.L and Drew's production Of
N QUO Nadis." with Its wealth Of
scenery, African lions and excellent
company. will be the attraction at Cor
dray's theater Portland, all this week.
commencing tonight That Portland the
alter goors viii md II n most excsllent
attraction Ia the verdict OF all who saw
the play In Seattle AZ the Third Avenue.
~. ~ ~
r HERE IL n bit 81 pleasing realism I'm
the setting of THE Tyranny Of Tears"
In which John Drew. who IL now en-
route 20 Seattle, has been seen In the
East. that has attracted good deal of
complimentary attention eissw here. ard
will no doubt do likewise here, and which
has a personal interest for MIR Drew aud
tho members OF his company not generally
known IL has been revelation TO loss
fptunate companies. aud has been the
sauroe OF considerable amount OF envy,
Mr. parhury, the part Mr. Drew plays Ia
Hsddon Chambers comedy Of tempera-
meat. Is a novelist. and three % the four
acts ~ the play are lsid la hls stady OF
course a noVclistS workshop is almost
necessarily a place log book shelves and
books and In the present instance Charles
Frohmans enterprise has shown the pub
10 very far frem a mere infinite roaltEa-
ton q it Re rc.istcd The temptation to
resort 10 tho old and even NOW often
sdaptsd e1pedieut u painting tho shelves
and books CD canvas walls or drops
Instead a force ~ his best carpenters were
set e. work 10 buHd tho massive. pra,u.
cat ard ornate book eases that nU much
spaca on the stage
For the nrSt nIsht ~ the t3a, ir Now
Yafk thasa ,asss we're nIsl ~1fh f.al
hsaAn brought from cNrryWhefe. without
Aay anxiety as TO their literary contents