Evening star., 1901-08-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-The Academy
of Music was reopened last night under
new management, the inaugural play being
THE Road to RUM" a mclodrama filled
with thrills and sensational climaxes, and
remarkable for the persistent malevolence
of the villainy and the prescience and
punetuality of the hero. The Academy
has been refreshed since the close of the
last theatrical season. Soft tints have
been bestowed upon the interior and gold
leaf has been laid on with lavish hand.
Bright carpets have been laid and new
tapestries have been hung. The foyer and
retiring rooms were frightened with flow
ers and potted plants, roses were distrib-
uted by ushers to the ladies and the au-
dience was all that the management could
have hoped for, the auditorium being
crowded. The company which presented
THE Road to Ruin" Is a capable one.
Miss Grace Wolvin, in the role of Wanda
Wheeler, a desperate woman, who dis
plays energy and ingenuity in the persecu-
ton of her victim, gave an able presenta-
ton of the character assigned her. Her
work was the more noteworthy in view OF
the unpopularity Of her part, the sympa-
thies of the auditors being strongly against
her. Harry Walters as Isle Cohen, rus
tic bent seeing the sights of New York,
and who saw them, furnished much of the
comedy element and supplied many of the
remarkable rescues which are made in the
course of the play. His comedy was Of the
wholesome kind, and the audience would
have gladly elected him to any office with
in its gift. Miss Louise Beaton as Re-
becca, who as the maid of the fiend Wanda
develops into heroine and in the last act
becomes the wife of Isle Cohen, made an
impression for cleverness and daintiness.
The hearts of the Academy patrons were
hers Irving Southard as Jack Morton, a
man who becomes ensnared by the wiles
and guile of the villainess, but who turns
true and becomes good at the critical mo-
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part without exaggeration and won for
himself warm place in the affection of
the audience. Ernest Mack as O'FIana-
gan, a Tammany policeman, was Irish
sang some funny songs and kept his heart
sunny side up. The role of Bertha Dean,
the true and injured sweetheart, who wins
in the third act and becomes supremely
grace and emotion by Miss Florence Gale.
Miss Emma s. Southard was billed as
Susette of the French colony of New York.
and frequently during her evil ways had
ness were rewarded by loud applause. Lee
Daniels as Frank Kennedy, a Tenderloin
gambler and the accomplice of Wanda,
had an Improbable part, but made the
most of it. Miss Emma Salisbury as
Jacks mother was motherly. The minor
characters were Henry Chapman, sergeant
of police, Frank Allen; Walter Brink,
Tombs warden, Joseph West. and Rudolph,
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-The
innocent Maids sang, danced and made
merry before two immense audiences at
Kernan's playhouse yesterday. The I'm
nocents,'' unlike many burlesquers, happen
to be mainly comely young women, nim-
BILE of limb pleasing of voice and with a
chameeon-like propensity for changing
pretty costumes for prettier ones. In "A
Wooden Man. and "a Lottery Ticket
the opening and closing skits, they have
ity. A quartet of professional funmakers
break in now and then with new and an
tiQue business, but for once a bunch OF
chorus girls is clever enough to keep from
being crowded from the lights. The cos
tune maker song writer and scene painter
contribute to the maids success with fresh
and pretty wardrobes, new melodies and
a couple of good stage settings. Between
frontispiece and finis the "Innocents"
sandwich an olio of half dozen numbers,
the majority of which were good. The
Carl Dammann troupe of acrobats holds
sway at the top, the head balancing of the
lady members, the bar twirling by the pro-
fessor and the tumbling of a shaver inches
shorter than a yardstick being the fea-
lures. Constance Window, vivacious lit
tie woman, pleased with songs. Bartell
and Morris were good when occupied with
musical instruments and their own vocal
pipes, but some of their comedy ideas ''go
away back" Madden and Jess gave an
Irish sketch, and Annetta Yale and Rose
Carlin spread liberal portions Of green-room
gibberish before their auditors. bit OF
sentiment Camp in the Philippines to-
gether with illustrated songs by Bennett
and Rich, was well received. Every even