Evening star., 1901-11-02

airy drama is not especially strong was
demonstrated in the case Of Lady Hunts
worth's Experiment" which, notwithstand-
ing the prices of 1.5O for best seats was
not supported as 1t ought to have been.
Miss SpOng has made very good impress
sion, but the play lacks the touch of the
melodramatist, which seems essential to
success. THE Christians career at the
Columbia calls attention to the eonsum-
mate art with which Hall Caine appealed
to the interest of the public, masking his
melodrama with a dexterity that at first
view makes it seem almost like legitimate
literary art The Columbia, with general
reduction of prices, crowded the theater
performance after performance. 1t is con-
spicuously the case that whenever a play
with a religious theme is brought to
theater the audience includes a large num-
ber of people whose faces are unfamiliar
and whose grim determination to elude
the ushers shows that they are not at home
in the play house. 1t is such an audience
that delights the manager. Such an at
traction tends to reconcile lingering preju-
dices against the theater in the minds of
people who have decided to make a first
venture. 1t is a fortunate thing for E. ].
Morgan TO start stellar career with an
appeal to such a clientele for while the
attraction If they turn out in force, 1t is the
actor who gets not only these, but who
wins the conservative family folk from
their firesides, who builds up a fortune.
Another play for Morgan with a semi-reli-
gious subject would probably make him an
enormously profitable permanency. The La
fayette had the honor of introducing play
that was new to Washington. The Wednes-
day matinees at this theater are highly
successful. Chase's continues to win pa
tronage and applause with the Musical
Comedy Stock Company in the Hoyt vau-
deville farces. The management, however,
announces that it has no intention of aban-
doning vaudeville. and a guarantee of
good faith points to list of bookings which
includes number of brilliant top-liners.
The current engagement of Mans Enemy
at the Academy demonstrates that strong
drink is much more profitable as the subject
of play than as a beverage. The Bijou
produced a show which was a credit to local
enterprise. and which helped to put the
house well on It's way toward living down
its Little Egypt" reputation of some time
ago. Kernan's had a clever list of enter
tainers, who pleased large patronage.
Fear is expressed in London publications
that the bloom will be brushed from Mrs.
lean tour. 1t is disheartening to the
readiness of English players to risk ex-
change of bloom for rude American dust.
II is limited that American audiences de-
mand over-emphasis; that, to quote our own
vernacular. we have to have it handed out
to us over the footlights. This may be
true. 1t may be that audiences over here
like to see an actor who seems to be earn
ing his salary, and not relying on distin-
gUished Endorsements But there are an
noyances from which they will be immune.
They can be assured that the hiss which
the Briton reserves his inalienable right
will not be heard save on deliberate provo
cation, and that nobody will be boo-ed be-
cause of local prejudices.
The Lulu CHASER Opera Company has
been on the road for five weeks and during
that time, Toronto, Montreal, Baltimore
and Buffalo have been visited. On the
opening night in Montreal Miss Glaser was
called out for speech and gracefully
responded. That was the starting point,
for her reputation as a before-the-curtain
speaker preceded her, and in every town
she was compelled to make speech. The
speech Miss Glaser made in Montreal is as
follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: Whenever 1 get
back among the good people of Montreal
/ always feel like expressing myself as the
little boy did who fell into the moIasses
barrel, when he exclaimed: It's sweet to
be here
Canadians have endeared themselves to
of the states by their beautiful mani
festations of sympathy during our recent
national bereavement more than ever be-
fore We are next-door nejghbors even If
We don't live in the same house.
Although we like you we are not going
to give up that cup. You know there's
many slip 'twixt the cup and the Lip-ton
I'VE are merely song birds of massage
and If We can add one ray of sunshine or
one hour OF happiness to your lives our
mission viii have been accomplished.
Miss Glaser made her first speech before
the curtain at the Hyperion Theater in
New Haven last season when she was loud
ly called upon by a crowd OF Yale stu
dents in the audience. She was so success
ful In her newly discovered ability that she
kept it up to the end of the season wnen-
ever the demand was made upon her. Miss
Glasers argument is that if men stars can
make entre-act speeches why not women
stars. Nat Goodwin. Sol Smith Russell
Francis Wilson and De Wolf Hopper have
made considerable fame by the exercise of
this happy faculty. and she sees no reason
why she shouldn't do the same. In BaHi-
more two weeks ago Miss G.aser was
called on for speech nightly, and she
never faHs TO have new one each night.
Charles Dalton. who will make his debut
morrow night. was in town one day last
week, and speaking of the event. said: Il
am very glad that 1 am to make my first
appearance as a new star In a new play IN
this city. Not only has my reception al
ways been most cordial here, but l feel
sure that among the many visitors from all
over the country VINO are always at tne
capital win be some who who have seen
in their own cities and will have some
curiosity regarding my new venture. The
last time 1 was in Washington / arrived
with nothing but the Clothes wore. / was
ii much the condition of man who Eas
been shipwrecked, and Of all his belongings
has nothing but his life left IL was not
water, however, but fire that led TO MY
deplorable condition at that time. Return
ing from the theater in Richmond the nigat
before our car was stopped BY line 81
hose across the track. There's iirSs
some one said Never mind ! tHa5ssls
1t Is only step to the hotel Gsfns aA
the car looked up and saw fla q
from the windows of my rn-