Evening star., 1900-12-11

OF Yuba Bill. thesEta0e driver. and Frank
Dayton who plays thu schoolmaster. fully
sustain the charaaterstof the two heroes OF
the drama. F. Al Yelyington. who is for
the nonce Juan Walters Mexican and
murderous villain.s does his part we'll He
was constantly and vigorously Kissed by
the gallery L.. j. Loring. who plays the
judge, makes his role quite amusing to the
audience. James Cooper who is "Bummer
Smith, the father of M liss. is very good
indeed. Ida Rockias the INSCRIPTIONS ad-
ventures and Elm Gardiner as Clytie Nor
pher, the rival Of Mliss for the affections
OF the schoo!master, are both fairly good.
There will be matinees this afternoon and
on Thursday and Saturday.
CHASES NEW GRAND-Tt is undoubt-
edly serious matter the providing of bill
OF vaudeville week after week throughout
the season and without exception to main
tain a standard Of excellence that is un-
usually high. But Manager Chase, 1t seems,
has solved the problem. No complaint has
been neard regarding the satisfactory ma
ture of the entertainment afforded last
week The program offered yesterday was
equally as pleasing, If not more SO. The
evening was filled with laughter and ap-
plause, and there were few, II any, dull
moments. The attraction for the present
week is the Behman Show. and, all in ALL
1t Is unquestfonably a good one. The lead
ing number is a farce. entitled Money to
Burn, presented by the four Cohans. Each
OF the four Is clever. They present form
OF amusemeHt that is unique and which
calls for display of intensified agility. The
Cohans made friends with the audience in
stanter. and everybody was loath to have
them leave the stage. Maude Caswell and
Arthur Arnold, in sketch entitled "The
Acrobatfc Girl and the Clown" perform
reats OF jumping that are in the nature Of
a revelation. John Kernel, the favorite
irish 1mpersona tor has brand new budget
OF jokes that tended to keep the house in
an uproar. Fake and Semen make good"
n IN more ways than one. The Olympia
ter Randall. M ]. Sullivan and Hugh Mack,
nave a military comedy sketch, entitled
Ihe Independent Colored Cadets" They
exhlbit commendable proficiency in the
manual OF arms, sing well and wind up
with burlesque minstrel performance A
human trapeze Is formed by Zeno, Carl and
Leno, their act being new, original and we'll
executed Yorke and Adams have been
e%ntirely % new and as interesting as before.
The concluding number is given by Ramza
ana Arno, eccentric comedians, who intro
ouce novelties that are really novel.
kERNAN'S LYCEUM. - Williams I'M
perlal Burlesquers is the attraction at Ker-
nan Lyceum this week. opening to large
audiences yesterday afternoon and night.
The opening skit, 'McNally's Reception.
was given with considerable dash and
humor, the comedians being clever and the
ladles pretty. Singing, dancing and humor-
Gus situations were continually In evidence
and as result the audience was pleased
most or the time. The closing musical bur-
letta, On the Beach," afforded the chorus
opportunities to appear in fetching cos
tunes and taking songs while the princi-
pals worked hard and met with favor The
less said about the olio the better, petite
Blanche Newcomb, in costume songs. being
ABOUT the only redeeming number All the
Specia!tles are old, and the farce presented
by cam, Bulla and Ruffell dates back fully
thirty years.
NEW BIJOU THEATER.-"A Hot Old
Time. made famous by the Rays opened a
week engagement at the New Bijou Thea
ter yesterday to audiences of fair size AL
thoush the ridiculousy funny fellow, john
ny Ray, is missing, the farce is given with
a cleverness that reflects credit upon the
actors having the principal roles to inter-
pref. Ihe fun was almost continuous and
the laughter corresponded During the
action of the farce specialties were intro
duced which We're well received Aldrich
Libby sang pleasing budget Of songs.
Hayes and Bandy danced well. Pearl Re-
ware made a pretty soubrette, the Glad
stone sisters sang popular songs and
danced cleverly, while Gracey and Burnett
performed their old turn with the usual
tumutuous approval from the audience