Evening star., 1901-07-30
AMUsEMENTs.

"a Day and A Night" at Chase's thea
ter is the single oasis in desert OF local
theatrical dullness, and many superheated
pilgrims journeyed thereto last night to for
get for a space, the weather and other
troubles within Its soothing influence.
Not that its influence is Of soporofic
nature, quite the reverse. It is decidedly
anti-somnolent to the point Of exuberance.
The play, If the term may be applied to It,
was constructed by Charles Hoyt ana
bears his unmistakable imprint. As Is the
case with all Hoyt farces. q very attenuat-
ed and inconsiderable motif Is made the
center around which revoive characters
and incidents in q hodge-podGe as dlvertlns
as 1t is irresponsible.
There is the usual number OF jolly girls
with abbreviated skirts, who find heir dear
est enjoyment in kicking gentlemen's hats
and indulgtng in other antics OF kindred
unconventionality.
gentleman who has been very sad dog in
his day and said day still lacks several
hours of being IL o'clock. The individual
In this case is Commodore Lyon Hart, y.
s. N, retired, but very active. He is the
father of a son Marble Hart, who was
reared in the wilds of New Jersey while
his sire was at sea, and consequently
knew not the ways of city life according to
Hoyt.
His childlike innocence is a great sorrow
to the father, who thinks that young
mans education is not completed until
he has taken a course of French balls,
horse racing and cocktails, with few
private lessons from a high-kicking SOU
brette as chaser. The necessary scholas-
Hart, accompanied by long-faced uncle
Savage Noyes, and a dropsical umbrella,
visits New York in search of singers for
the church choir in far-away Railway.
incidentally he Is also looking for his
skittish father, who is in the city at the
same time. The son tracks papa to the
stage Of the National Theater, with the
manager of which the latter had cut up
his burlesque company, was doing the
Japanese provinces some years previously.
It is a morning rehearsal and everything
Is topsy-turvy. The scene opens with q
picture Of stage life as it is ION the back"
The trials of the manager, the caprice of
leading ladies and the general chaos which
reigns during the rehearsals for q big pro-
duction.
1t is the opportunity afforded for the in
PRODUCTION of specialties and those offered
are fully up to the standard set during
the previous weeks.
Mary Marble as Annette Winner, girl
from the country, sings the "HoodO-doo-
doo-man." Clara Stevens and La Petite
Alma execute some novel dances, and the
quartet composed Of Messrs Wiseman, An
drada, Hall and Bode do some of their best
work.
The entire production Is held together by
binding thread CT specialties. which are
in reality the whole show, and everybody
has several chances all Of which are made
good Otis Harlan as Marble Heart does
things in the same old easy way, and
Chips in his coster songs inclines one
to the belief that he is really one of them,
but Is ashamed to tell it.
Florence Mcneil and Henrietta Lee are
heard in several tuneful numbers In fact.
there Is much to enjoy and little to criti-
else, even IL it were criticising weather.
CABIN JOHN.-The principal feature In
the Palm Garden entertainment in animated
photography last night was the entire COM
edy Of cinderella" beautifully colored, In
twenty scenes. There were some thirty
of which evoked enthusiastic applause. The
bill includes several other special scenes,
among them Spanish bull fight by request.
The audiences continue large.