Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-11-19


Jolly May Irwin. in "The Widow
Jones'" entertained an immense audi
ance in the Opera Huse last night |
Every seat in the house was occupied, !
and q number of people stood during |
The performance. AS usual, Miss Irwin /
was surrounded by a lot of pretty girls
and good-looking men, and the scenery |
and costumes were handsome. Miss
Irwin sang a half dozen or more songs
FIN her own inimitahle manner. good |
naturally responding to encore after
encore She made her greatest hit inl
when Shakespeare Comes TO Town
Lost River" Joseph Arthurs COM
panion play TO Blue Jeans has made
quite a stir. Ii u.s. in slang parlance,
"the real thing" i'm pastoral melo-
drama The heroine is an earnest, sim
cere. courageous little country maid,
with copper colored hair. who not only
wins the heros love- but makes the
audience love her dainty self. her hero,
and hate the villain Added to the
rural scenes are a succession of eXcit-
ing incidents. situations and escapes.
Lost River will be at the Grand
Opera House tonight
Lincoln j. Carriers play, The Heart
of Chicago" comes to the Opera House
on Thursday night When a Carter
play is announced the patrons know
what they are going to get They sally
forth in confidence and are not disap-
pointed. In the whole catalogue of
Carter plays THE Heart of Chicago
stands out strongly. The theatre pa
irons never tire of seeing the streets
of Chicago back Of the footlights.
A few seasons ago Great Britain was
/ discussing the scathing denunciation
of fashionable society's shams and So
cial idosyncrasies administered
through the medium of "a Woman OF
No Importance" a play which reapet
q rich harvest because Of its theme
and the singing satirical lines OF tn,
author. All fashionable London wen
to see it. Rose Coghlan purchased the
American rights, and "A Woman o
No Importance" received an elaborat
and costly production at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre. in New York. and ral
: for an entire season. The play create,
a furore i'm New York and was IN
rage in the highest priced theatres o
, the principal cities Of the United State
} and Canada for two subsequent season
{ but has never been produced in the les
ser cities. Rose COehlan, heading
D specially selected company Of Me-
/ Norks foremost actors in society pay
b of the higher grade. will prc
duce "A Woman of No In
a. ia. .fasss
d Opera House on Saturday evening.
/ promises to be the chief theatric,
b event of the season inasmuch as sex
eral theatre parties have already bee
6 organized I'M the most fashionab
, circles Of our society folk There ais
y will be a matinee performance Of Il
same play, the prices to be twenty-fiv
% thiry-hye and fifty ctnts
1.-THE Village Postmaster" the til
OF the rural drama which has met wi
so much success in New York. at d
~ Fourteenth Street Theatre. where
y had a run of 227 nights. and I'm On
i- lcago. where Il ran to tremendous bu.
ness for 125 nights. will come to q
~ Grand Opera House on Friday nigl
So Quaintness and simplicity character
re this New England drama. Comedy al
pathos are happily blended The ca
In includes many metropolitan favorit'
g, including Eugene Powers in the I'll
IN role and Miss Angela Russell, a char
ing young actress. who created the q
is lightfully sweet character of MiranC
~ the postmaster's daughter. during q
t. New York engagement Both of thu
x people were also in the Chicago run
Id Southern Indiana, Orleans count
nd along the banks of the Lost riyl
Ir. which rises suddenly to the surface a
10 after travelling on the surface six mil
disappears at the foot Of Mount Aria,
the picturesque locality chosen
Joseph Arthur for his new pastor
10 melOdrama. dealing with types a
~ characters of rural Hoosierdom a
~ called Lost River" An aqueduct
- being built over Lost river. The h,
- is Bob Blessing, a young New W
90 contractor. who has that work
u charge. He falls in love with Ora
" little rural beauty who lives near L
river. The daughter of his partn
who is wealthy, is in love with b
u- and plots to efface the little HOos
IT. but finds a strength and courage eq
he TO her own in little Ora. Once WI
arr Blessings life is in danger Ora ri
SWIFTLY on her wheel and shoots
. villain Just as he is about to S
- Blessing. Several other exciting II
dents in which the hero and hero
are prominent produce strong dram
climaXes followed by a series of hon
pastoral scenes full of the qua
humOr, mannerisms and laugh-prov
ing absurditiei of the inhabitants, wi
are i'm strong contrast 10 the thrill
situations and notable for the inten
human phase of the characters. ~
River will De the attraction at
Grand Opera House tonight
a bin of new faces greeted the
itors to Dockstader's yesterday al
&c moon and evening, and the excell
of THE bin was ample evidence
new faces sometimes have real II
G ian them. The Brownings contribu
bit Of fun, which is one of the bI
spots on the bill Mamie Remin
and her Dickaninnies furnish a d