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all that the part permitted him to do
May Boley of Washington sang in the
chorus as one Of the girls of Lintz.

LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
| So long as stock companies exist so long
will Held by the Enemy be an ever-re-
| curing production. There Is no reason
| to deny this soldier piece, written by Gil
Iette the time -honored phrase commonly
| conferred upon such specimens Of the
drama and so say that 1t tells thrilling
| story of love and war; Held py the
| Enemy" is stirring" too, from every point
Of view. The characters are In a narrow
| Ing turmoil almost from start to finish. The
| drawing power of the ancient and respect
| ed sanguinary melodrama Is never TO DC
disputed, and SO when 1t was put on las'
| night by the Lafayette Square Stock Com
! pany the playhouse contained an audience
of almost unprecedented proportions the
| crowd was imbued with martial, holiday
| spirit, and applauded to the echo ana De-
yond the heroic utterances of the player
| officers Eugene Ormonde handles the
role of Col. Charles Prescott the Union OF
ficer. while John T. Sullivan Is cast as the
! Youthful confederate Lieut.. Gordon Hayne.
| AS Colonel Prescott Mr.. Ormonde Is pluH
| but good-natured, and has the audience
| with him from the start Mr.. Sullivan
| part in the production is particularly well
! done Charles Wyngate, who has become
| the particular matinee Idol OF the COM
! pany is seen as Tom Bean. the war corre-
! spondent. Robert Rogers Is TINS week an
/ old ia shioned darkey servant. Percy mas
| we'll has the leading feminine role, and her
| portraval of Rachel McCreery is delight
| fully winsome and effective Grayce scott
and Louise <Mackintosh are among the
principals
! C,HASE,S THEATER-Two immense au-
diences were at Chase's Iheater yestefuas a
! pleased with the acts presented. owing 10
| the antagonism of the White Rats many
| new faces have been forced 10 tue 'front.'
| and as a result the bills presented az
| Chase's are for the most part new. Ihe
| Nelson's omen this weeks program Win
songs, dances and funny sayings and were
we'll received. Maude Townsend 1oiioweo
with the same line of work. Walz anu Al
dell in operatic selections, were newcomers
and made hit, both members OF the team Il
| having good voices The child wonder, Le
Petite Mignon. Is exceptionaiiy crew, eys,on
ing a good dancer with taking ways. Weicn'
| Francis & Co. presented rough sRetch
| but as the situations were funny ana the
| action continuous a big hit was mace
| Jotta GladstOne's face has become lamlllai
| on account of frequent appearances AT tnis
| house but her success yesterday was as
pronounced as ever. The Etienne dlraruoe
| company in "A Game of Cards was seen
| to splendid advantage, although the sKetCh
| Is almost too talky for vaudeville auul-
! ences This sketch was used by feilx MOT
ris when with the Rosina Nolkes company,
and requires exceptionally gooo pe[!orinsns
| to bring out its strong points. Mr. G1rardot
| made the presentation very en1oyaO.e. Inc
Biograph closed the performance with many
1 new and pleasing pictures. evans anu
| White and Louise Cunning were booked lor
amce on account of sickness" The Co
lumbus Glee Club broke into the program
| in a surprising but wholly dellght1ui way.
| After serenading Senator Hanna ana tne
| governor of Ohio the club, numbering lo2
| members wearing the fez and long CLOAK
| of their society, marched into tne tneatei
to honor their fellow-Ohioan, Mr. Cnase'
| They were taken upon the stage anu spieh-
| didly rendered several selections.
| ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-A packed house
witnessed the initial performance In this
city at the Academy of Music last night OF
w. +. Strings comedy drama, "On the
Suwanee River The interpreting company
is above the average. The story deals
with the wiles of a pair of scoundrels work
ing against another scoundre the victim of
their wies being blind girl. or course,
she suffers no material wrong in the end
although her path Is made hard through
four acts of comedy and melodramatic sit
uations number of specialties are In
hcw, the Glover Leaf Quartet. Sam Baker
George II. Reese, NJ. f. Hallego and Dan
l.. Frazier. The bright particular star OF
the play, judging by the favor with which
her work was received by the audience, was
Stella Mayhem. In the character OF an old
southern nanny" Miss Willie Francis
had the trying part OF the blind orphan and
succeeded In not OVERRIDING II. ''On the Su.
vance River Is well staged and costumed
and shanld prove n strong attraction dur
Ing inaugural week
kERNANS LYCEuM - Mlaco's City
Club Rurlesqucrs made Its first appear
ance or the season In this city yesterday
afternoon and night at Kcrnan's Lyccum
before audiences of unusual proportions.
The city club Is one OF the standard al =
fractions OF the burlcsuuc houses and has
always enjoyed the reputation OF being "A
good show. This standard IL maintained
this season. The opening and closing bur
! lcSqucs are richly staged and CoStumcd
the chorus strong and the comedians FUN
ny The olio embraces the Levinos In II
pleasing musical turn; Larry Lund, In n
clever monooguc; chnrland and In Pcarc
daShng soubrettcs Thco, musical artist
and Cole and DcluSc. in sensational slack
wire work, Fanny Everett leads In both
| buriesques and contributes In no small way
toward the shows success.
NEW BIJOT,-The New Bijou has the
Watson American Burlcsduers an at
traction this week, the company being
strong enough to make Its second appear
ance of the season In this city. The open
ing burletta, "LeyV in Japan" affords IN,
, company opportunities for dancing anC
singing, which taken advan' age o
to the fun extent, while Comedian Watson
5 Is prominent throughout. The closing bur
} wsque Is also funny and kept the audience
, in continual good humor. The olio is The
, same when the show was here earlier
2 in the season and Is strong throughout
/ The audiences yesterday afternoon ad nigh
were unusually large.
CHIOUITA.-By far the smallest but a
the same time one of the most conspicuou
figures even TO the matter of gorgeous cos
, tunes and jewels, at the inaugural ball las
= night was Chiquita. the little Spanish lad
who Is holding a series OF receptions In thi
: CITY, They are held at her parors, 80 ~
: street, and have attracted large number
| of people.
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