The evening times., 1901-09-17
AT THE THEATRES.


Joseph Hart and Carrie DeMar enter
tained a large audience at the National
last night with their new musical snap
shot Foxy Grandpa" which delightful
old gentleman had been transferred from
the illustrated pages Of a newspaper TO
the stage with a grEat deal Of success by
r. Melville Baker. The piece proved dis
/ tnctiy enjoyable TO the major portion OF
/ the assembiage that filed the Rapley
playhouse. while to-those who viewed the
Offering with more critical eyes Is present
cd main theme, that Of a kindly old
gentleman with two Caischievous grand
sons, which has never heretofore been
utilized for musical purposes. There was
an abundance Of laughter during the ac-
uOn OF the three acts and the many
musical selections that were introduced
were for the most part new and well
rendered.
Joseph Hart in the name mart has a
| character In which he fairly -eveis- Hart
has always shown prefer.0c fsr the
/ delineation Of sporty old lneI, ties and
I in Foxy Grandpa he has ..r greatly
10 his liking He give5-a kinul, touch of
[ humOr 10 the part and withaI makes the
interpretation one Of great naturainess.
l Miss Carrie DeMar. Mr.. Hart's clever as
soclate Tor the past few years has con-
! genial role IN this new piece She IS
Foxy Grandpa S private secretary OF
! right hand man. as she delights in call
J
souaHty fits admirably into the part and
she adds a vivaciousuess and spirit TO the
I performance that Is OF uLqUeSti0ued as
SiStauce TO the success Of the Offering The
played by George Mack and BObbie Bar
T I%- JoAu r. heeIe is the proprietor OF the
summer hotel where the action Of the
! play taxes place, and his chief assistant
/ IN the conduct Of the hosiery is Charles
A Bates. A feature Of the performance
Z Is the dancing Of Fleurette in the third
act The company is large and capable.
and extracts all the fun from the lines Of
I the play that is possible.
There VIII be matiuees tomorrow and
saturday. There viii be no performance
; al the National thursday night.
BijOu-HOwnrd and EmersOn's show.
/ The best show that has been seen for a
. long time at a Washington burIesque
} house is the Howard & Emerson company
which opened the season at the Bijou yes
. terday In th= presence of two large audi
ences. The entertainment is unlike any
thing heretofore offered by the average
travelling bUrlesque organization. in that
the performance Is absolutely clean and
clever and contains nothing that might
not b., presented with much success in "A
mEh-Cl8Ss theatre
Thg management Of the organization
has relied upon the vaudeville n=ld for
his role and has secured an unusually
good list Of entertainers for this u II of
his bill such Well-knOWn nam,a as
+ Laura COmsJOck. Jake and Jane Bernard.
the musical JonsrOns. the Young Amerf-
can Quiutette, Charmiou. the sensational
D ly brilliant trapeze artlste. and Joe How
ard in some of his newest Illustrated
songs require no extended mention as 10
their merit They are all leaders in their
respective classes. and the show thar has
. their services cannot help but 5e a
. leader The burleSgue IS programmed
. Fol DC Rol.. but Is. IN truth. the Weber
a. Fields Fiddle DE- Dee" and is much
travelling 5url-s4ue organization. There
VIII tc no performance az the Riiou this
afternoon or Thursday afternoon or night
on account Of Presidential funeral sh-
stTgGuCes.