Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-27

personality the people want, and they are
happy only when she is on the stage; which
is most of the time. Miss Irwin knows
the line of work that suits her best and has
the good, hard, common sense to stick to IL.
l. is sincerely to be wished she will not
be infected with the tendency Of the times
and essay Juliet. The farce gives her all
opportunity and latitude to entertain the
audience in her own way. and this she does
admirably. In each of the three acts she
brings out good longs. In the second sec
ton there is a cakewalk to an fnsidious
tune that rings in the long after the
final curtain. The company Is large one
ard quite capable, several excellent spe-
oialties being introduced. The audience
filled the theater.
THE NEW GRAND-A slight figure Of
medium height, with a funny, deprecating
little bob of the head as she comes on the
stage, and shy, ANA flourish manner, was
what the audience at the New Grand saw
last night after the applause with which
ii greeted the appearance OF Cisste LOTUS,
the English mimic. She can hardly De SAID
to have an impressive stage presence.
After all the noise made about her. she was
disappointing she stood waiting for the
flourish of the orchestra and the greeting
of the people to cease. But once an mi
tation was begun all shyness and self
consciousness disappeared. The girlish fig
ure became a woman's. The sweet little
tones of her voice became full and flexible
wonderfully correct ear was disclosed
with an equally wonderful ability to realize
the conception. Ada Rehan. Fay Temple
ton, Lefty Lind. Chauncey Olcott. Julius
Steger. Edna May, Dan DAILY and Sara
Bernhard ware presented and each was
rapturousiy app!auded. The last named
INIT alton was so realistic to make one
forget that it was merely a copy Miss
Lotus showed her sense OF the comic IN
her portrayal of Lefty Lind's imitation OF
Cissie LOTUS imitation of Lefty Lind. 1t
was given imm adiately after the original
imitation and was intensely ludicrous. The
cheering was prolonged when Miss Lotus
retired. Besides Cissie Lotus there are
some highly entertaining acts on the pro-
gram. The Great Goldin' executes some
feats of legerdemain and presents mys-
FERROUS disappearance that Is actually
mystery. The three Murray brothers play
musical selections and include considerable
laughable nonsense. The four Dawsons-
two adults and two children-appear in
dances The smallest member of the quar-
tet caught the house. Miss Marion john
son. sister of Prof Victor H Johnson,
made her first appearance as a professional
violinist and was received with great Kind
ness. On retiring after an encore she was
presented WIN huge bunch OF roses. The
three Mortons failed to appear and the au-
dience would not have mOurned II Mason
and Francis the Rube and the Soubrette,
had followed suit. kriesel's dog and mon
key exhibition, comprising a number of
time-tred yet always entertaining feats,
concluded the performance.
ACADEMY OF MUsIC-There is action
and music almost to supcrfuCus degree
in Cole and JohnSonS "A Trip to Coon
town" at the Academy of Music. The show,
taken as whole. is one of the best of Its
kind. and it opened to good business. The
official title of the farce Is THE Famous
Vaudevilleated Musical Comedy and there
are few features that should be 'resig-
mated" from it. There is q little too much
dialogue at times. But in the main 1t Is
carried on with spirit. and only at rare in
tervals becomes tiresOme. The specialties,
although introduced without apparent rea-
son. are all meritorious. Among those that
deserve special mention in this line are the
Coontown Sextet; Carter and Hlman, the
Bowery Spoilers: Edna Alexander, soprano;
the Freeman Sisters, acrobatic dancers;
Cole and. Johnson: Sam Cousins. mono
Craig. basSo, and Bob Cole in coon songs.
The latters song. Chicken" and Billy
Johnsons song, THE Blue and the Gray"
made instantaneous hits and had to be re-
peated time and again. Among those whose
names appeared in the cast, Sam Lucas, as
Silas Green, a confiding, old-time negro
with a pension. was one of the most enjoy
able characters. and Cole and johnson, as
the bunco man and the tramp, the stars of
the piece. made unlimited fun. The re-
nlainder of the large company supporting
Cole and johnson filled their parts accept
ably in every instance. A number of new
songs. both solos and choruses, were given |
during the show with good effect. Rag
time, of course, predomnated. and the gal
of the perfol mers, could not have been bet
ter pleased "A Trip to Coontown'' is well
staged.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-very |
large audiences gathered at Kernan's Ly |
ceum Theater yesterday afternoon and
night to witness the first appearance in |
this city of Manchesters Cracker Jack Bur
lesque Company. While nothing startling |
was presented the company was quite
strong. The opening burlesque, THE |
ri
dash and vocal ability, but the ''Drummers'
Paradise" the closing piece, lacked novelty.
O Neill and Thorp mixed up acrobatcs with |
low comedy in excellent proportions Cen
orally speaking. the olio was strong and |
proved acceptable. Snyder proved a good |
trick rider. The Mcdonald Brothers, Belle |
Wilton and the moving pictures concluded |
the olfo. The moving pictures gave what |
purported to be scenes from the much |
talked-of "sapho' and a fair imitation of |
the Gardner-McGovern prize fight.
BIJOU THEATER.-Th Bljou has
started new order of things, the stock |
company being dismissed. and for the re-
mainder of the season road companies
Will be the attractions presented. Yester- |
day the Merry Maidens Burlesque company
was the attraction and large audiences |
were on hand both afternoon and night. |
The two burlcSqGcs put forward were up to |
the usual standard. The olio Is not strong |
the Judges in acrobatic turns of a sensa- |
tional order, and the Revere Sisters, in !
S4eNtl SonSS anu dances, being the most |
noteworthy
PERSONALITY OF WILD ANIMALs-t
Mr.. Ernest Seton Thompson entertained
an audience yesterday afternoon at the
National Rifles Hall with accounts of the
personality of wild animals, and his pres
entation of the subject was just as attrac-
i've as II has been and is to that much |
larger audience which has been reached by
his books and his magazine articles OF |
course, Mr.. ThompSons original studies of |
the habits of animals could not be so |
graphically presented without the admir- |
able and artistic sketches by which they
are illustrated His talk yesterday was IL
Illustrated by some of these sketches, thrown
on a screen by stereopticon, and the au-
dfence, which was composed of a number
of prominent people and many children,
was delighted. as well as instructed, by the
vivid glimpses which were given in that
fascinating resion-the home of wild ami
mails. He told about the habits of various
animals and showed the means which they
employed in protecting themselves from
danger. He maintained that animals have
their individuality, or rather they are clear
ly distinguished one from the other He