Evening star., 1901-12-17

Ing Miss HaSwei1 are strangers to local
,na, .nea,ter,gosrs. but the organizati9n for the
by the Baltimore cUmpny with which to
win new favor at the nationaf capital Is
Henry Arthur jones', familiar comedy, The
Liars" Produced under the direction of
There were no hitchessaof any sort. The
staging was approRriategin In all particulars:
To Miss Haswell h assigned the role Of
Lady Jessica Nepean, wife OF Gilbert Me-
other than her husband, and leads him on
by means OF mild Mutation. Lady Jes-
slca meets her admtrer II a hotel In order
to dine with him. She - seen there by her
the husband. The sndeayors of Lady Jes-
sica: with the assistance OF the remainder
or the company, to, explain her indiscretion
IN a manner that g nat exactly truthful
gives rise to the tftie-St'The LIARS. The
leading man Of thesBalhmore company is
Frank Gilmore. He demonstrated that he
Is finished actor by handling an exactlng
part IN satisfactory manner. Frederick
Lewis as Edward Faulkner, the admirer
Of Lady Jessica, had plenty to do. and did
1t well. The others who aided materially
IN rendering the production an +entirely
pieaslng one were Lloyd Carleton, Alfred
HUDSON. Alice Butler Austin Webb, Laura
McGilvray. Juliette Atkinson. George Faw-
cett, Viola Burton, Agnes Everett, Frank
craven and Regan Hughston.
drama, Across the Pacific" sreturned to
the Academy last night for weeks stay.
If the audience which witnessed 1t last
evening can be counted for anything, 1t
It deals with the Filipino insurrection. but
the opening act shows Montana village.
Ihe villain attempts in numerous ways to
get an hefress to leave her benefactor and
cast her lot with him. He is unsuccessful.
The miners who are the principal inhabi
ants of the Montana village enlist for Sci
vice In the Philippines The audience is
shown an opium den in Chinatown, San
francisco. running in full blast. The scene
showing the departure of q transport, with
soldiers pacing the decks, was an interest
Ing bit OF work. Harry Blaneys occupies the
chler role as newspaper correspondent,
who is on the verge OF writing a play, and
ne is successful In keeping the audience in
continued laughter by his antics Marie
Pettes, as the heiress, who donned soldier
clothes in order to board the transport,
went through the manual Of arms in
manner that would do credit to a regular.
Kittie Wolfe and Dorothy King were capa-
BILE In their parts. Harry w. Fenwick was
excellent as the wicked schemer, while
Chinese" Johnny Williams made hit.
Specialties were introduced by Kitty Wolfe,
Johnny Williams. T. r. Beatty and Harry
c. Blaney. The Rough Rider Concert Band
played several selections under the leader
ship Of Mort Epler.
BIJOU.-A dozen or more clever people in
quintet Of excellent vaudeville turns pre-
cede the frolics Of the favorite Bijou Bur-
lesQuers this week. At the head of this
olio are Powell, the conjuror; the Carol
nettf troupe of acrobats and Little and
Pritzkow, vocalists-a trio of performances
Of sterling merit in widely diversified ways.
AS a finished illusionist Powell bows to no
one in the realm of magic; his act is rapid,
clean cut and puzzling, while his trunk
trick is a marvel The Brazilian Garcin-
nettls-three men, two women and two
girls-give a whirlwind acrobatic act in
which the cleverness Of the youngsters
scored a hit. Male Little and Louis Pritz-
kow present a sketch that winds up with
an ovation for the principals who close the
turn with one Of the strongest bits Of vocal
business In vaudeville. Mcintyre and
Primrose, newcomers despite their titles,
are heard in coon talk" and Elsie Bar
nard does much better with monologue
than most women who chave acquired this
habit. The Bijou Burlesauers, piloted by Dave
Lewis and Bert Lsslieiin variegated roles
or nonsense, add another funny skit to
their repertoire ia the shape of blue
Points; A Shell Game,''i 1t serves the pur-
pose of bringing adj the favorites to the
center-Nellie Nichols to contralto, John
Rodgers to basso, Susie Rocamora to book
fetching in Romeo garb and the choruses
to shape the background Manager Grieves
provides tasteful. new. stage setting and
the Orchestra's contribution Is Of highly i'm
proved character. Last nights big audi
l.
ting the burleSque before the final curtain
The dash and spirit of the thing certainly
compel pleasant impressions at an hour
when the average, auditor begins to see
dream faces In a long array Of variety. s-
KERNAN'se LYcEUM. -Thes Big sensa-
tion Company is this weeks attraction at
the Lyceum, opening to exceptionally large
houses yesterday. There il very little that
is new in the organization, but the old
turns are SO good and the funny men SO
popular that the management cannot be
blamed for keeping last seasons company
almost intact. The performance begins
with the well-worn burletta, Mrs. Gro
gan's Pink Tea" which tells Of a kissing
trust. Later on James Grundy and Sher-
man Coates, the clever colored singing and
dancing comedians, introduce THE Water
melon Trust" and the fun is fast and con-
tinuous. The olio is fairly strong and en-
braces the Bachelor Sisters, who sang,
danced and played the violin cleverly; Con-
songs; Farnum and Nelson, in their we'll
known acrobattc turn; Collins and Collins,
punsters and parodists, and Fred Leslie's
dog circus. The sensational leaping of the
dogs was the chief attraction of the last
number. The program closed with skit
entitled king of the Boo Gee Boos," which
gave opportunity to the chorus to appear in
fetching costumes. dance and sing.
THE NEVADA CONCERT.-The tour of
Madame Nevada, who will be heard here
Thursday afternoon at the New National
Theater has SO far surpassed the most
sanguine expectations of her managers
Madame Nevada's singing Of the "Chanson
du Mysoli," from Felcien David's La
Perle du Bresil.' the Bell Song from
'Lakme" and other numbers chosen by her
for the program is said to have been de-
lightful. The company supporting her
also received Its share Of applause. Pablo
Cascal's playing of several fine numbers
for the violoncello and Leon Moreau's
rendition of selections by Lszt, Cho-
pin and some Of his own compositions
has stamped these two artists as genuine
virtuosi. The work Of Daniel Maauarre.
the f1utist, and Heathe Gregory, the basso.
has also been well received
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