The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-27
THE NEW GRAND THEATRE.
Miss LOTUS scores a Hit at the Pop
ulnr PLAY House

uinr Play House.
1t is no wonder thar Cissie LOTUS did
not want TO leave New York or that New
York did not want TO lose her Apprecia-
tion is always gratifying to an artist and
while a great many weird productions
have come TO this city claiming a metro
politan endorsement they know a good
thing over there when they see and hear
it, and il Is a safe statement that long
before the close OF her engagement at the
Grand Washington will be quite as unwill-
ing to lose Miss LOTUS as was New York.
On the official programme she is de-
scribed as a mimic. and it must be as
sumed that she assents 20 that descrip-
ton; but il is erroneous. nevertheless.
She is much more than that She does not
merely initiate this or that actor or act
ress: she is them-or they. whichever it is
and she recalls some Of their tricks of
voice and manner which you may have
forgotten. but which. nevertheless. is in
stantly recognized. Perhaps the greatest
charm is in The contrast between her nat
uralness Of voice and manner-together
with an absolute lack Of make up-while
she is Cissie LOTUS and the decided man
nerisms Of the subjects or objects OF her
limitations. II is far cry from Sara
Bernhard through Ada Rehan. Edna May,
Julius Steger, Chauncey Olcott, Fay TEN
pleton and Lefty Lind to Dan DAILY and
May Irwin, but that is the gamut that
Miss LOTUS ran YESTERDAY and it is i'm
possible to say that one impers Onation was
better or more realistic than another.
Ii is improbable 70 try TO describe any
one OF them; that would simply be to de
scribe the different people. They must
literally be seen TO be appreciated
The rest Of the programme was some
ness OF the three Mortons. who were billed
to appear. Their places. however. were ac-
ceptably filled by Miss Marion Johnson,
who rendered two selections on the violin
with orchestral accompaniment
Mason and Francis, in a sketch entitled
The Rube and the Soubrette." and The
Great Golden, in feats OF prestidigitation
completed the first part Of the programme
The latter made his entrance in a blaze
Of glory cmanatrug from a flaming bowl
produced from an apparently empty hand
kerchief and rnystihed his audience quite .
ar much BOY he explanations Of his tricks !
as by tho tricks themselves.
In the second part The three Murray
brothers furnished an acceptable variation
from the usual musical comedy act for
which they were billed by clever dancing.
singing and playing on Instruments other 4.
than those Of the freak order usually en- +
ployed by eccentric usicians Two of
The -Four Dawsons" illustrated fourteen
different styles of dancing, and the other .
two-fr0m the nursery Illustrated the re-
manning styles. Then came Tissie LOTUS.
and KreiseTs Dog and Monkey Circus
closed the evening" entertainment with /
a series Of animal acts including a ser
peutine dance and cake walk and tight
rope walking by a blind folded dog
Afternoons % and evenings for
The rest o. The week
For next week an all-star cast Is prom
User. headed by Mr. and Mrs Edward NJ ltou
Royle and company Ia a new sketch and
Including Solaret in drapery dances Little
Elsie 10 songs dances and representations;
the Bachelor Club B. a comedy, singing
sketch: Mary Madden. mouologist. Louise
Cunning scotch balladist and Hanson
and Nelson dancing sOubrettes.