Evening star., 1901-12-24

ing's amusement and received deserved
praise for herself and assistant Fred Ed
wards. Miss Edo,un is dainty little Wo
man, with cheefy and infectious smile
She enters SO heartily into her work that
she seems to aqljoy it almost as much as
the audience. Her part is to appear as a
Chinese belle, a SPANISH dancing girl, an
English coster woman and an American
bride, IN all the parts playing jealous
woman. She makes bad half hour for
her husband who fs caused to believe that
in his travels around the world he has mar
r1ed wife inIneariy every port. AT the
end he breathes 4ervent hope he has not
visited Africa, tbutfhs Illusions are quickly
dispelied by as5fat little pickininny running
across the stage crying Papa. Duty,
Sawtelle and Duffy.s the latter, diminutive
put py no means Hnimportant member of
the trio, sustained the interest of the audi
ence. The show was closed with an exhi-
p1t1on by Sugimotds japanese troupe, pre-
senting the japanese albino and some good
trapeze performers
, AcADEMY.-"on A.,a,l9E the Stroke of Twelve"
a melodrama from the pen of Joseph LIE
Brandt, is the offering this week. 1t
abounds in thrills and the climaxes are
strong enough to satisfy the most exacting.
The cast is well balanced; The interior of
prison is shown, with the convicts plan
nlng an explosion to take place on the
stroke of twelve, from which incident the
name is derived. The keeper, while show,
Ing visitor the interior of cell, is re-.
neved ofehis gun, and locked in, and then
occurs the explosion, after which the con-.
vlcts make their escape During Act w
Tour different scenes are witnessed at the
same time ending with thesrescue of girl
from counterfeiter's den.
H. g. Thomas was excellent in his make
up OF an elderly gentleman, and later in the
character part Of convict No. 1109. Alex.
Carr, as Moses Levi. money lender,
scored hit. Edythe Terry and Flora
F'a1rheid, who are the possessors of pretty
faces, were capable in the parts assigned to
them Will d. Ingram, the schemer. was
assisted in his villainy work by Lillian
Longmore. Alex. Carr introduced special
ties IN Hebrew dialect, while John H. Mack
later introduced several musical selections,
one of which is suggestive and should be
eliminated from the bill.
THE NEW BIJoU.-Its a big moneys
worth that Mr.. S. Wegefarth offers the pa
irons of his New Bijou for Christmas week,
ana yesterday the patrons turned out in
1ull 1orce to show their appreciation. In
stead or the usual number of separate
hlgh-class vaudeville acts which supple
ment the work Of the stock company, the
Great Lafayette Show, headed by the
Great Lafayette himself, has been booked,
ana give other high-class vaudeville acts,
put IN Slightly greater profusion. The
purlesque company gives its accustomed
hodge-podge of songs and comedy, the prin-
clpal vocal selections falling to the lot of
the 5ulk Of the comedy being handled by
the Irish comedian, Matt Kennedy, and
that very clever burlesquer, Bert Leslie,
VINO Is always funny. 1t was a source of
regret to many of the regular patrons of
this house that the part of the program
furnished by the house organization was
necessarily curtailed on account of the
length OF the rest of the BILL and many in
qulrles We're to be heard as to the where
about OF the popular soubrette, Nellie
Nichols.
In the olio part furnished by the visiting
troupe Charles Barry and Hulda Halvers
give a tramp and soubrette act which Is
amusing; Sharp and F'latt do a musical
turn that Is full of novelty and good music
and Miss Roberta Keene sings several
songs using three separate and distinct
voices. Next In Importance to the head
line attraction Is the sketch Of Bert How
ara ana Leona Bland. It is good sketch
ana 1t gives an opportunity to Bert How
ara 10 extract more genuine fun from the
piano than Is ordinarily accredited to that
instrument. The Great Lafayette appears
twice in the bill, his first appearance being
In his well-knewnEand highly appreciated
1raves1Ies { s on John Philip Sousa and Ching
Ling Foo, and his second in the produce
tion, Majestic. lthe Lions Bride'' The
last-named is novel and original concep-
tion and thrillingi spectacle the final cur
.n.,i tam nelng rung dawn at the close of a
starting, halr-raising climax, in which,
after assuring yourself that Lafayette has
not been eaten by the real lion, you won
DER now 1t was all done.
Friday afternoon a special ladies' matt
nee Will oe given. mo smoking will be al
lowed. and the ladies who care to can at
tend and convincei themselves as to the
harmlessness Of the entertainments offered
at this theater.
kERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER-Two
big houses. Yesterday helped to usher in
holiday week at the Lyceum, where All.
reeves Burlesquers and moving photos of
pC.R in -f1erbt
magnets. The share Of the entertainment
furnished by chorus and individual artists
Is of the standard brand, and the pictures
of the recent clash Of heavy-wefghts sup
ply novelty. Excellent scenes of Jeffries'
training methods precede those of the real
battle. The latter present in detail the
nVe-round encounter, depicting faithfully
the champions famous crouching attitude
and the backwater work Of the unfortunate
Ruhlin, whose somewhat unsatisfactory
finish may be easily predicted by his tao
tics in the opening round. The olio portion
of the bill embraces half dozen special
ties. McCabe, Sabin and Mile. Vera present
good Irish sketch, in which the latter
dances gracefully. Hoey and Lee, two
real Hebrews" score well as parody sing
ers, and Cliff Gordon, the German alder
man, catches on in heated argument
with himself over the troubles of the ma
tfon. Dora Denton, assisted by members
of the company, introduces Illustrated
songs of familiar strain, Rossley and Ros-
telle contribute short sketch, and AL.
Reeves thumps the banjo and lapses into
"reminiscences. The opening and closing
skits-"The Reception of Count OFudge"
and "A Night at Narragansett Pier"-serve
the purpose of showing the strength of the
company to advantage in web of song
dance and comedy. The chorus is good OF
voice and resplendent in costume.
MAY BE PEDERSEN'S BODY.