Evening star., 1900-12-26
ADJUSTMENTS.


the first time here in the play in which he
has won his greatest success-'The Pride
Of Jennico." Mr.. Hackett had this play in
rehearsal when he was last here. and it
was first given on any stage December %
last in Baltimore
AS may be supposed, 1t Is dramatiZation
of Egerton Castles romance, the work Of
adaptation being by Mrs Abby Sage Rich
ardson and Grace l.. FNurniss. The scenes
are laid in continental Europe and the Pc
riod is toward the close of the last century.
Mr.. Hackett appears as Basil Jennico,
young Englishman of wealth and position,
who lnherits enormous estates In Hungary,
there to meet and marry renowned prin-
cess, Marie Ottilie, of Dornheim. The ad-
ventures which befall this couple form the
main thread of the story. Daniel Frohman,
Mr. Hackektts manager, has provided that
star with what is said to be splendid sup
porting company, and the play mas been
favorably received in most of the large
cities of the east. 1t ran for twenty weeks
al the Criterion Theater, New York In
Mr. Hacketts company Is Bertha Galland,
who has scored a remarkable hit as the
Princess Ottilie. The only matinees Will
be on New Year day and Saturday
MARIE BURROUGHS IN BATTLE OF
THE STRONG."-Th sale of seats and
boxes for the engagement of Marie Bur-
roughs in The Battle of the Strong at the
Columbia next week will open in the morn
ing, and the regular theater prices will pre-
vail Already much curiosity has been
aroused in the coming engagement of Miss
Burroughs in this latest drama atization OF
popular novel. Curiosity is about evenly
divided between the star and the play. Miss
Burroughs has the reputation of being one
of the most beautiful as well as talented
actresses on the American stage She has
scored many successes, but her mperSona-
ton of Guida, the leading character of The
Battle of the Strong" is said to be the most
pronounced hit of her career Readers Of
the book will remember the gallant fight
against adverse circumstances Waged by the
heroine of the Island of Jersey where the
scene of the play is laid. In the trying cir
cumstances and thrilling situations which
surround her there is a splendid opportunity
for strong emotional acting, and 1t is in this
line of dramatic work that Miss Burroughs
is particularly capable, and in which she
first won great favor when she appeared
with Mr.. E S. Willard in The Middleman'
and THE Professors Love Story" The
author Of THE Battle of the Strong is Gil
bert Parker, who wrote THE Seats of the
Mighty and other literary successes. The
management has surrounded the star with
a company of unusual excellence, at the
head of which is Maurice Barrymore, and
includes Holbrook Blinn, Frederick Perry,
Charles Lane, Franklin Garland, Taylor
Granville, l.. p. Hicks Augustus Halbach,
Elizabeth WOodson. Jennie Reifarth
Blanche Alexander and others. the produc-
ton employing about one hundred actors.
"a GILDED FOOL"-Henry Guy Carle-
tons noted play, "A Gilded FOOL origi-
naly presented with such great success by
Nat Goodwin. will be next weeks offering
of the Lafayette Square Stock Company.
Like "Aristocracy," which is being pre-
sented all this week, "A Gilded Fooi'' is
edy drama, possessing interesting plot,
a possible story and brilliant dialogue. In
deed few comedies produced In recent years
possess the literary polish bestowed upon
loI Npaif EI-i o1n
OImonde will impersonate the gilded gen.
teman next week. Percy Haswell will be
the young lady who wins his love, John 7.
Sullivan will separate the young man from
NEST of his money and the other members
of the company will appear to advantage
There will be a special New Year matinee
in addition to the usual two matinees.
OPERATIC vAUDEvILLE.-The new
year and century will be ushered in at
Chase's New Grand with a bill which will
include, among other headline features
condensation of Flotow's beautiful opera,
"Martha.f adapted to vaudeville and
brought up to date by George Broadhurst,
author of What Happened to Jones" and
other equally successful comedies. This
extraordinary act employs singers of un-
usual attainments and wide prominence.
They are Myra French. late prima donna
of the Carl Rosa Grand Opera Company,
London; Elvia CroiX-Seabrooke, meZzo
prima donna, long a favorite and pretty
SOubrette; Edgar Iemple, the tenor, well
known here in Washington; Jay C. Taylor,
the baritone, and Henry Laurent, the
comedian The operate feature is not the
only headline of the New Year bill. Al.
Leech and the Three ROsebuds have made
one of the biggest laughing hits of the sea-
son. Leech is a comedian of marked re-
sources, while the Three Rosebuds are
maidens dainty and clever, who assist him
in his songs and comicalities. Mark Suli-
van, the clever humorist, Will be heard in
a new monologue. Ida Van siclen, the
handsome comedienne, assisted by her COM
pany, which includes Wallace Campbell as
leading man, will present "A Sporty Edu-
cation" Theo Westman and Lily Wren
will be seen for the first time here In
dainty rural comedy entitled I'm Hayin'
Time" The three acts completing the bill
are Rosaire the European marvel; Morten
and Elliott, in musical oddities and novel
ties and Maud Mcintyre. the entertaining
SPORTING F'E."-"Sportlng life"
the English melodrama which was pro-
ducad at McNicker's Theater Chicago, last
season and ran twenty weeks in that house
with continued success, is announced for
the Academy New Year week. Sporting
Life, play of English authorship and
locale, is said to have quite upset all ira
dition as to scenic embellishments The
great display of the scene painters art was
all accomplished in New York, but ten of
Americas best-known artists We're en-
ployed for weeks in It's execution. 1t is
most picturesque in design and massive In
construction, as may be judged from the
character of some of the pictures Some
Of those Of more than ordinary beauty are
the training stables at Newmarket the an
cestral home of the Earl of Woods tock
Epson Downs race course on Derby dav
the Earl's Court exhibition by night, Cow
ent Garden and the interior of the National
Sporting Club, London, during a spirited
glove contest.
kERNANS LYCEUM THEATER-At
kernans Theater next week Sam Deyere's
own Company, under the direction Of Sam
Devere, will appear. The company this sea-
son includes such clever artists as Mitchell
and Cain, producers and comedians: Mamie
Remington and her rag-time brunettes: the
Rozinos, in their novel and spectacular act
the Weston Sisters, singers, dancers and
boxers; Russell and Barney. mimics and
character change artists originators Of the