Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-15

Carrie De Mar. will be presented.
Readers Of the New York Sunday Her
aid will easily recognize the pictorial
source Of Mr.. r. Melville Bakers CON
tribution TO the comedy stage, since
Foxy Grandpa" and his prank-playing
grandsons have become a notable fea-
ture OF the great metropolitan jour
malls colored supplement
Foxy Grandpa" has just completed
week Of great prosperity at Ford
Opera House. Baltimore, and The Bal
timore American, which is widely es-
teemed as the Foxy Grandpa Of daily
newspapers, pronounces Manager
Bradys latest attraction a satisfying
entertainment. and also AYERS that Mr.
Joseph Hart is delightfully."- artistic in
his portrayal of the genial old gentle
man. To use the words of this highly
experienced oracle of the Monumental
City. "The piece is full of snap and go
from start to finish, everything-mu-
sic. song. joke and dance-goes brisl1y
and the fun. though 10 may vary I'm
quality. is infectious. The play
while much like others of its kind, is
a good funmaker and the audience
plainly enjoyed it hugely
THE nIJou OPENS TOMORROW.
Charmion. the peerless queen Of the
air, whose remarkable performances on
the trapeze. have electrified audiences
in this country and abroad for the past
three years. will be the conspicuous
feature Of the Howard and Emerson
Company. which viii be the opening at
traction at The Bijou theater, com,
mencing with the matinee tomorrow
Charmion has recently returned from
Paris. where her success was as EN-.
phatic as at the Roster and Bial Music
Hall i'm New York where she appeared
before packed houses for "a weeks, es-
tabHshing a record for a vaudeville act
that has never since been equalled.
Charmion does all manner OF feats on
her trapeze as il swings high above the
heads of the audiences. She has been
initiated innumerable times, but mo-
body has seemed to display the same
amount of dash. grace and tnesse that
does this remarkable woman. Besides
Charmion. the Howard and Emerson
bill will present Laura Comstock, who
was at Chase's for three weeks last
spring. Miss Comstock is said to have
an entirely new act. better and more
novel than anything she has heretofore
used. Then there will be Fields and
Harris German comedians, the Mu-
steal JohnsOns. who evoke high-class
melodies from the Xylaphones; the
Livingston family of acrobats; How
ard and Emerson. in a new series Of
illustrated songs. and several other
acts of similar worth. There will be
two burlesuues i'm which will be seen
a chorus of 20 girls, who are said to
be both handsome and talented. The
advance sale of seats indicates that
the Biiou will be crowded TO overflow
ing on the occasion Of the opening per.
formance.
ACADE1IY OF MUSIC.
The attraction for the current week
at the Academy will be Barbara
Freitchie" the pretty story as immor-
talized by John G.. Whittier's familiar
verses having been taken by Clyde
Fitch as the basis of his beautiful play
of that name. There is ample reason
for doubt that Barbara really behaved
In the admirably patriotic, if somewhat
incautiOus manner ascrihed to her by
the poet and it has never been fully
established that she ever really exist
ed but certain it is that Mr.. Fitch has
woven as pretty a story as has ever
been presented ON an American stage.
Though he has taken liberties with the
accented traditions concerning Whit
tiers heroine by making her most
engaging and charming young person,
radiant with the charm and glow
ing with the fires OF youth and pa
triotism. instead of the old, gray'halr'
ed woman, beyond the years Of roman
tic inclination Mr. Fitch certainly Is
10 be praised and not chided for the
change.
The play sets I'm at Frederick Mary.
land when Federal troops hold the
town. The Freitchies. it appears, are
true Southerners, and the son Of the
family. Arthur. is in the Confederate
service. Barbara IS the belle Of the
village and a particularly hirtatious
belle. too. Among the victims Of heI
flashing eyes and engaging personality
as young Jack Negley, who. fatty re-
iected. eventually goes mad over her
But Captain Trumbull wins her capri
cious heart Moreover, the captain
does the family a kindness In protect
ing the house from search by the
Northern troops when brother Arthur
happens to be home, suffering from
wound. There is a rather dainty
Romeo and Juliet love scene betwefr
Barbara and the captain, she promis
ing to run away with him and get mar
ried on the morrow The second ac
depicts scene at minister's house al
Hagerstown Barbara had just PLACED
over the captains heart as weddini
gift q Union flag that Thomas Jener
son had given 10 the Frietchies. BE
fore the marriage service rs begun, th'
Confederate troops approach. anI
Trumbull is called away to join hi
company I'm battle. Soon thereafte
two .harpshooters enter with orders q
nick off Federal soldiers as they pas
by. One OF these men makes know