Evening star., 1901-11-19

Ian did the part fstte canting, assembling
youth, and. as usuAE made much of it, al
though his songs wese of.the vintage of the
mesty past. john ". Dunno as the old
sea-dog, had part which fit his dignity
at times. but whichfhis dignity did not fit
at various other times. David Andrada
in a satisfactor manner, and Andrew Bode,
Ida Lester and BEN Dickerson had small
parts which they utilized to advantage.
Little Chip, as the stage manager of the
supposed companysto which the sanctimo-
NOUS young man Is introduced, made the
hit OF the evening" with his songs and
dances, although hef did not try anything
new, and, as 1t wast his last appearance
the stock company gives way next week TO
regular vaudeville-+he received warm well
come and numerous tencores Agnes Rose
Lane, as the retired actress, who Is also a
pharisaical sort of At person, in that she is
deeeiving the hypocrftical young man. had
an attractive part and sang her songs In
good voice. Mary Marble had a. character
lsuc part as young country girl who eS-
says the stage, and succeeded admirably.
One OF the best character sketches, now
ever, that has beens put on by this company
was the stage doorkeeper of Tony Hart,
who did the part of Danny McFadden. one
of the supports of bygone famous actors,
to perfection.
ACADEMY.-Thomas e. Shea with the
assistance of a strong company presented
The Man O. Wars Man. at the Academy
the capacity of the house. large number
OF people were unable to gain admittance
py reason or the house having been SOLO out
early In the evening. Thomas E. Shea mas
established himself as firmly with his clien-
tele as any actor could desire, and 1t is a
clientele whose members increase from sea-
son to season. He has succeeded In popu-
lariZing plays and characters which were
thought to belong mainly to the domain Of
the fashionable theater patronage. 1t may
be said that few actors have done more to
popular1ze good plays and raise the public
taste In acting than Mr.. Shea. The play
last night was strongly patriotic; so was
the audience, who, ON several occasions
greeted the doings of Mr.. Shea, as Capt.
Jack Conway, U. s. NJ, with unstinted ap-
plause. A most excellent bit of stage me-
chanism is shown just before the ending Of
the final act. 1t was the destruction Of the
Spanish ship Ell Scorpion by submarine
boat, and later the appearance of the Amer
lean squadron on the scene. Harry Testa,
as Capt. Havlando of the Spanish navy,
handled the part of the villain in a manner
that was not overdone. James ]. Cassidy,
In the role of Ensign Barry, helped out with
his comical ways. Tonight Mr.. Shea will
be seen in the dual role of DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde.
KERNAN'S LYcEUM-The attraction
at Kernan's Lyceum Theater was Bobby
Manchester's Cracker Jacks in a modern
burlesque show, with the customary quota
of popular songs bright costumes, comic
sayings and entertaining olio features. The
opening skit is entitled "On Board the
Mary Jane" and brings out the company
In full panoply. Among the performers
who contribute to the bill are Morrissey
and Cameron, who amuse with song and
dance and with a burlesque trapeze act.
Others are Fredo and Forrest as the musi-
cal tramp and the girl who talks back;
Belle Hathaway with trained animals:
James F. Hoey in monologue. and the
Mayo sisters in songs and dances. Harvey
Parker added wrestling exhibition which
appeals to all who are interested in ath-
letics.
THE BIJOU.-Fhe .Bijou last night intro
dueed "Dagmar." who is billed as 1.-The
most stunning woman in vaudeville" She
Is strong feature in: a bill which averages
well up in the Rijou.s list of offerings for
the season. This ID her first appearance in
Washington, and She may be accepted as
a feature. Taseott's coon songs formed
another decidedly en5oya able incident of the
evenings amusement Ienore White ap-
peared with success in series of living
art studies, and Bert Leslie and Dave
Lewis had musical melange which
brought the stock company out in full
force, with all the favorites we'll supplied
with good material. ---s -