Evening star., 1901-04-13

monde will go to Buffalo. James Mahoney
| will GO to Buffalo.
| Percy Haswell will not be member of
! the company which will continue the sea-
| son after the departure of the present COM
pany. The stock company which her hus-
| band, Mr.. George Fawcett, will organize,
| under the management of p. B. Chase, for
| Baltimore, will play two weeks each season
| in Washington, the week before Christmas
| and Holy week. The policy of the New
Grand which next season will be known
as ChaSe's Theater will not in any other
| respect deyiate from it's present program
of polite vaudeville.
| Theodore Friebus, who, under the name
| of Hal Van Tyne, has won a great deal of
| praise for some of his comedy impersona-
tions, will be q regular member of the La
fayette summer stock, to do character
work and will take Fred Sullivan's place as
signed with Mr.. Berger to play a Juvenile
part next season with Sol Smith Russell in
his new play.
The season of musical comedy at the Co.
lumbia Theater is still regarded as & prob
able factor in summer amusements. and
with two big outdoor shows-Buffalo Bills
and the Ringing Brothers looming up, the
Vernal amusement season promises early
and notable results.
AS a rule, theatrical productions that in
a cause for laughter on the part of the
knowing ones, so far as the stage sodiery
is concerned. In fact, some of the most
notable successes of late years Of play
WrightS who have selected martial strife
for their themes have been mere bur-
lesques of the real thing when it comes
down to the dress and mannerisms of the
men in uniform In this regard Arizona"
as presented at the Columbia Theater dur
ing the week ending today, took most
pronounced departure and came nearer
being an accurate imitation OF portion of
Uncle Sans regular military establish
ment than probably anything ever before
seen behind the footlights of a theater in
this city.
According to an officer of wide expe-
rience. who ought to know. every actor
of the Arizona" company who appears in
the uniform of an officer or enlisted man
of the 1lth United States Cavalry fills the
part as though graduated from the West
Point Military Academy Every detail Of
uniform is strictly in accordance with the
regulations prescribed by the War Depart
ment for the army. Each salute Is as If
given by a professor of military science
and tactics. and the trumpet signals are
precisely as sounded today at every cav
airy post throughout the country. The
physique of each actor officer and man Is
as creditable as though he had been put
through the setting-up exercises at rev.
ellie every morning for year. The use of
the voice in giving orders is if attained
by long experience.
Including the entire four acts of the
play said the officer referred to, Il noted
but two points that might be open to crit
icism. One is when the sergeant major
enters the drawing room of Col. Bonhams s
quarters at Fort Grant and, saluting
Sergt. kellar states that the sergeant of
the guard has been taken Ill, and directs
Kellar to assume the duties of the sick
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enlisted men in the service, and therefore
the sergeant major should omit the one he
gives when addressing kellar, both being
enlisted men.
The other point that attracted my at
tention," continued the officer, ''also oc-
CURED in the drawing room scene at Fort
Grant. Lieut.. Denton announces that he
has countermanded the order of Capt
Hodgman, by which the latter directed
that his horse be saddled. the intention of
the captain being to elope with Mrs. Bon
ham. the Colonefs wife. When asked by
what authority he acted Denton replied by
virtue of his authority officer of the
day. A moment later it appears that. the
colonel being away. Capt Hodgman is the
senior officer at the post, and naturally Is
in command. An officer acting as officer
Of the day cannot override the command
ing officer. ] believe, though that Denton
says something about acting in the interest
of Col. Bonham. no matter who was in
command of the post. All in all, the play,
from military standpoint, Is as perfect as
it need be and thoroughly pleasing. ! have
never seen anything more accurate or
nearer actual conditions on any stage"
Mr.. Goodwin will make up for the repe-
titior of an old play later, when he will
play "Shyiock." Mr. Goodwin's David
Garr,ck'' evidenced the sincerity of his
designs on the classic some time ago, but
in spite of Garrick there was a disposition
to regard "Shylock' by Goodwin as an i'm
probable proposition. The actor, however,
has admirers who believe that "Shylock''
by Goodwin is no more out of the possi-
bilities than Hamlet" by Sothern, and
tn. latter venture was one of the worthiest
that the present generation has seen. The
great danger in man of Mr.. GoodwinS s
volatile and delicately adjusted tempera-
ment would be disposition to magnify
the task he has set before him until he
fails because of sheer Self-diScoura cement
The popular prejudice against the classics
Is in q large manner due to the disposition
on the part of actors to clothe them with
too much awe. II in his desire to avoid
a froiicsome Shylock Mr.. Goodwin can also
avoid stilted and unhuman creature he
will be welcomed. Maxine Elliots Portia
should be delight.
Kirke La Shelle, who started Frank Dam
iels as star in light opera, seems to have
another good attraction in the Marguerite
Sylvia Opera Company, which will present
THE Princess Chic at the Columbia next
week. AS it was he who conceived the en-
terprise, and at the time wrote the book
of the piece, his position as author-man-
ager become one of unique distinction, for
there is none other in the country, unless
Pitou be such, since Herne Is no longer his
own manager.
Mr.. La Shelle's first operatic venture was
in the management of the Bostonians At
that time they acquired the rights to Rob
in Hood" Its first production was made in
Chicago, and it was scored as a dire fail
ure and shelved. But La Shelle had faith
in the piece, and instead of being discour-
aged, studied over it's shortcomings as out
lined by the critics and made innumerable
changes in the score and book. His pug
nacity was rewarded afterward in New
York by the opera scoring the success for
which 1T is famous. 1t will be remembered
by many that when 1.-The Princess Chic"
was produced here last season It was
vigorously lampooned by the dramatic
writers. Instead of giving up in disgust, II
Is said that La Shelle worked away at his