Evening star., 1901-09-24

usual hfsses and incifUa laughter instead.
Willis Baker as Capt afobias Ramsay, G.
g.. Osborn In a doNblessrole of the family
doctor and smuEgaea G T.. Martin e In. as
rem as James Thorndylxe, a telegraph clerk;
Robert Dudley as the Rev. Charles Movie
and John Fenton and Vim. Stone, the lead
Ing duo of the snhgglers' band. all made
uniformly good impressions and were given
full credit for their work. Helen Warren
as Mabel Harwood did some good work in
side comedy plotSwith VIM. Warren that
was enjoyable. andEMiss Jessie Dodd made
an acceptable old5fmaif in the person of
Sophia Turner. MSS klbbie Fenton made
an attractive maid.o Two of the settings, the
one showing the smlgEiers' cave and the
other a storm at sea seen from the shore,
were especially noteworthy. In both of
these an ingenious mechanically moving
sea added to their effectiveness. Through
the Breakers will continue at the Acad-
emy all the present week. with the usual
matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
BIJOU THEATER.-Some time ago
there appeared In the columns OF dra-
matte paper an advertisement reading as
follows: "Wanted-Principals and chorus
for refined burlesque stock company; sea-
son engagement; must be frst-class and
by John Grieves of the Bijou Theater. this
CITY. 1t may be said at once that Mr..
Grieves found what he was looking for.
for when the curtain was raised at this
strongest aggregation of buriesque and
vaudeville talent ever seen in local
STOCK organization. Two large audiences
greeted the newcomers yesterday, and ap-
performance opned with burletta entitled
"For-Her-Dough-Ra," introducing the
stock section, which, is composed of the
following well-known people: Emile Beau
pre-, Lizzie Freligh, Charles M. Rice, Matt
Kennedy. May Audubon, Bessie Phillips,
Fred Cady, George Gale, Nellie V. Nichols,
John r. Rodgers and Lew Harvey. The
PRINCIPALS are capable in every way. the
chorus large, young and well costumed,
ana the stage management is good. Among
the ladies emphatic hits were made by
Emile Beaupre, Nellie Nichols and May
Audubon, while John p Rodgers and Matt
Kennedy were best liked among the male
contingent The vaudeville program was
a strong one and was headed by Flo
irwin and Walter Hawley in a new act,
called Caught With the Goods" which
is modelled somewhat after their old sketch
1t serves its purpose, however, and was
well received. Lew Hawkins, with a
nuncn or new songs and stories, made his
usual big hit. The Brownings, in an act
called All is Well That Ends Well" got
plenty Of applause. The Aherns acrobats
ana eauillbrists, performed some difficult
1eats, and Bessie Phillips sang several
songs acceptably.
KERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER.-The
name OF Harry Morris used in connection
d
guarantee of good show. Mr. Morris
twentieth Century Maids is the attrac-
ton at kernan's Lyceum Theater this
week 1t Is a good show, but, unfortu-
lately, too much dependence has been
placed upon what is lenientIy called spice"
In consequence, the entertainment is not
quite up to the previous standard Opera
witch a la Russia" the opening burlesque. is
novel, and exhibits pretty girls, striking
costumes and contains good music. The
Parkers, in sidewalk conversation; Mareena
and Smith, comedy acrobats, and Miss Jo-
settle Webb, in vocalisms are acceptable
IN an olio in which John A. West the
Musical Brownie, presents an extremely
clever turn, easily the most entertaining of
the evening. Jas. Van Leer and Manola
Duke, in their SKETCH entitled "The More
You Think About 1t the Worse 1t Gets
distinctly misnomer, sdo excellent charac-
ter work. Bryant and Brennan Irish CO.
medians, make good" The chic and up
to-date comic farce. 1.-The Mormon Wives"
is presented. OF this, 1t may be stated, as
Artemus Ward said to- the twenty widows
OF a deceased Mormon, who offered him
their hearts and hands. This is too much
Oh, too much" Two good-sized audiences
were present at the matinee and evening
performances yesterday.