Evening star., 1901-12-17
AMusEMENTs.

down upon town and dazzle 1t into state
of irresponsible hilarity. The mood which
it induces Is something like hypnotism. At
certain times people step to the front of
the stage and Indicate that 1t is time to
laugh or to applaud. and you proceed to
comply with the suggestion without the
faintest effort to exercise personal volition.
The entertainment starts when Maurice
Levi takes up the conductors baton. Mr..
has that quality desirable In q musical
conductor-individuality He is an effer-
vescent fountain Of enthusiasm. He Is not
satisfied with the customary domain of the
orchestra leader. Like Alexander. he has
longed for new worlds to conquer. Having
brought the orchestra into state of mag
netfc responsiveness, he proceeds to wave
his baton at the choir Of whfstlers in the
gallery, with the result that the melody
woven about the latest affairs of our old
friend Reuben Is discoursed with great vol
ume and unstinted fiuency. Mr.. Lewis mu-
sic takes on additional charm when per-
formed under his personal direction. HIS
own interest in it is infectious, and it might
readily be believed that he is composing 1t
all over again as he goes along.
The musical director attracts attention
first because he Is early In the field. He
gets to work before the curtain goes up.
The stage reveals to view splendtdly at
tired galaxy Of chorus girls and giitter1ng
constellation of speciality performers The
Rogers Brothers songs and comic dlaiogue
are as usual, the chief attractions. The
stage waits for the two comedians; the
audience yearns fof them when they are
absent from the scene, and is loath to let
them disappear, although some of the other
entertainers were the recipients last night
Of handsome allowances of applause. In
this seasons skit the brothers venture
little way out Of New York, and call the
show THE Rogers Brothers in Washing
ton" They are in Washington only a little
f1a ND Co 1<na aO10 fs
cerned might as we'll be in Jersey City or
Hoboken. The Capitol, the fountain in the
Botanical Garden and the Peace monument
are all represented as nesting in affection
ate proximity, and one of the characters
expresses surprise that the President does
not come forth from the Capitol building.
There is also an allusion to the mint and
other reminders that the rialto of New
of national interest, and that the libret-
lists library, copiousy supplied as 1t may
be with costume plates, is shy in guide
books These blunders do not interfere
with the flow Of fun: they merely prevent
the piece from being the clever travesty
which the title would suggest and leave the
responsibilities for the incessant hilarity
with the players themselves.
The Tammany Hall scene in the first act
lends itself less happily to extravaganza
effects than does the Buffalo exposition
scene In the last The piece Is built strict
ly on the lines Of the Wall street and Gen.
trail Park skits in which the Rogers Broth
ers made their previous successes.
The array of talents on the stage Is lu-
minous and varied. Songs and dances are
tumb1ed out of an exhaustless cornucopia
of comic invention. and there is no style of
taste which cannot lay hold of something
that tickles the fancy.
Entertaining specialties are contributed
by Miss Williams, Miss Begeard, William
West, Emma Francis. Pat Rooney and 9TH
ers.
COLUMBIA Observation-Disclosures Mack
has perhaps the most congenial part OF
his stage career as Tom Moore. In the
play of that name at the Columbia Thea
audience which, while friendly at the start.
soon became wonderfully enthusiastic AS
the player stated in a little curtain speech
after the second act he is a comparative
stranger In Washington, but after the
hearty ovation accorded him during the
evening it would seem that his comings to
Washington had been altogether too in
frequent In the past. There have been
many plays written Of the time when Tom
Moore, Robin Dyke, Sheridan, the famous
wit; Beau Brummel, the fashion plate, and
the Prince Regent Of England were con-
temporaries and companions, but 1t has re-
manned for Mr.. Mack to bring out Tom
Moore as the central and predominating
figure in a stage production. The play for
the most part Is delightful little comedy,
abounding in terse lines and heroics. The
to the time when the Prince of Wales was
prevailed upon to accept the dedication Of
his first book are dealt with in interesting
fashion. OF course history has not been
dents that have been introduced into the
play. The idea Of the author has been to
give Mr.. Mack happy part and an in
teresting vehicle. In both purposes he has
succeeded admirably. During the four acts
of the comedy Mr.. Mack sings a number
of songs, among them several of Moore's
most popular poems set to music. Many
of the rhythmic rhymes are quoted also to
give touch Of realism to the parsonage
in whom all interest centers. In the first
act Tom Moore is seen counting the pretty
Mistress Dyke of the district school of
Dalky. Ireland Here he sings his "Song
Games and has a hilarious time with the
children. The scenes between Tom Moore
and the boys and girls are delightfully."-
handled and the audience gave itself up
to wholesome laughter. 1t is about the
brightest outfit Of stage children ever got
together. The next acts show Moore in his
garret, in London, Respondent. Then comes
his success with the Prince of Wales. The
third act sees him in seemingly fnextrica-
Bile trouble but in the fourth the clouds
are all swept away as by master stroke
and the play ends with the Irish bard the
poet laureate of England. In Mr.. Mack's
supporting company are two players well
known in Washington, Theodore Babcock
and Myron Calice. The stage characte
with whom all playgoers are familiar,
Beau Brummel, Sheridan and the others,
are in capable hands. Josephine Lovett
is the leading woman.
AN ENEMY TO THE KING.-several
members of the Bellows Stock Company
won additional laurels last night for their
work in Robert N. Stephens romantic
drama, "An Enemy to the King" Oppor-
tunty for the display Of the versatile tai
ents of the company is afforded in this
spirited play Of the stirring times of Henry
of Navarro, when that impulsive, chival-
rous and daring young ruler gathered
about him a crew as reckless, as impet-
uous and courageous as his engaging self
What a time 1t was, to be sure, when the
business of a gentleman was apparently
only to make love in a delightful but en-
tirely irresponsible manner; to draw rapier
and at him for every fancied slight or look
askance from another man; to ride fast and
drink hard, bully lackeys. and toss whole
purses full Of golden pieces to wandering
mendicants; to intrigue and plot and coun-
terplot and Of course have all turn out well
for those In whom the syrnpathies are en-
listed.
The story of "An Enemy to the King is
unfolded quickly in the play and holds the
attention of the auditors from the begin
ming t othe end, save for one poignant but
happily brief period when a quintet holds