Evening star., 1901-07-13

might have been expected. Tha outdoor
amusement resorts have been getting a
STAR. II patronage. but not what might
-. y,u4bf. he expected. Washington is far
behind other cities nf its size in the mat
ter If summer park patronage The
SCHEMES for a series of spectacular out
door entertainments at Cabin John have
fallen through. This is great pity.
f,r il would b., eninently desirable to have
some further competition with the nickel
slot machines. from which persistent
player may by investing s. ST. enjoy the
satisfaction OF extracting - cents or
dollars worth Of small change. This en-
terprisa is wholly out of keeping with the
other attractions at the Bridge, and its
urSeemiin"ss ought to suggest itself to the
management. Cabin John is one of the
most beautiful parks in the country. and it
deserves glt-rdge managerial methods.
Every now and then the mule steps to
tn front as a creature of rare sagacity.
Th- mule who has been 81 prominently
featured in the east of Uncle Toms
cabin has shown himself worthy of the
highest intellectual traditions of his spe
c!"S. His sudden disappearance from the
th-,ter last night created Const"rnation:
ami it was only by the coaXins and self
aburgItipn that managers are expected to
display toward stellar ftvorites that he
was prevailed on tn resume his part on
Tt, Sd8y he was favored with critical ap-
provaL This is always likely - produce
SanS,. Of superiority. He began to look
around him to what the rest of the
T'ucl.-Tnm' sea Diners were doing to earn
their salaries. The human members of
t1,. Lafayette company are safest when
they avoid extremes. Shakespeare is too
tive. The mule looked the situation over
and discovered that H. the only per
son entitled take himself seriously. He
WIS perfectly At home in his part. All he
had t" do was to play mule. Yet his per
fsction was ignored. The audiences in
front applauded Robert Rogers unique
I-rci. Tom and Mr.. Coleman's fearful and
wonderful Simon Lesree and Mr.. Ardens
brief and iitfuI George Harris. But the
n,ule went unapplauded. There comes
time when talent long ignored finds itself
compelled 10 rebel and refuse longer to
continue in unappreciated task. That is
What the mule did. He threw up his part.
H. resolved To let the management see
whether it could give the show with
body but Mr.. Arden and the other bipeds.
He walked out into the alley and turned
his back his fellow players with dis
fttiu- II ult not 90 MIN any especial good
but h. had the satisfaction of being coaxed
and in the theatrical profession that is a
whole lot. 1t is wise and discerning
qttadruped-thpugh inclined t. be super
chious.
The. curtain of the Lafayette Will fall for
tur last time this season next Saturday
evening Next week Will be the fortieth
week Of the stock company season at that
hpus.- one "f the most profitable seasons
th- hou~, has ever enjoyed. Much interest
has already been aroused III the farewell of
the stock COMPANY and as Edwin Arden
Minnie Radcliffe and the other players are
quite popular. a series OF demonstrations
may D- looked for at each performance
next week. especially on the last night
when a. of the players are usually called
upon for speeches The theater Will reopen
again Som- time III September or October.
continuing a. u stock company house. The
management OF the company will be the
sam" a> WIS tn case last winter before
Mr. Berger inaGsUrted his special spring
stock company season Since the 21th of
April when Tho winter stock company sea-
SDn closed, Manager Berger has presented
eleven different plays. Young Mrs Win
throp completing d dozen productions
made after the close Of the regular stock
each Of these has shown d handsome profit
while thu past week Uncle Toms Cabin
established q E"w record il point Of at
tendance. The Wednesday Inatinr. was
Tia" largest attendance known at the La
fd!rtt~ in three seasons Every seat in
the house was occupied. the main floor.
mszzanine Hoor. Balcony and gallery. and.
IN addition. nearly TWO hundred people
wvrr standing.
s. long as the flIne and name of th, Hovt
comedies continue the personality. Of C.js
Harlan Will be linked with them This
EH'tlpus comedian mas the distinction OF
AaNlUE played in every Hoytian farce from
\ Brtss Monkey down to the last sue
cess Of the playwright. A Stranger N
NV York" 1t was when Harlan was call
cd in to ill old Hoss' Hoey's intended
part in A Black sheep" however. that
H. made his first sure enough success AS A
Hpyt player There is another member OF
the Chase company now playing ne Hoyt
pieces who has been figure in all the
prominent productions of that authors
works She is Henriette Lee who has
played every Hoyt widow During this
week Miss Lee has been out of her ,lc-
meft. as she expresses il. and instead OF
being fetching figure in black sb. has
played the part of an unmarried woman.
1t seems strange" she said the other
day that Hoyt should not have put a
widow in A Black Sheep when he has
made them such interesting characters in
practically all of his other writings" one
of Miss Lees most distinct hits was made
as Mrs Ebb Smith in Hoyt's "A Contented
Woman She is also at home as Daisy
Guyer in "A Trip 10 Chinatown" Aurora
Loose in "A Milk White Flag and Hattie
Dare in A Stranger III New York" all
widows.
The name of Marble appearing in the list
ui players at Chase's has brought MANY
r"mInlsceRces to the old followers OF the
stage and its folk Throughout tn. east
once the name of Marble was the most
famous in theatricals. 1t was linked not
only on the stage. but in family relation
with the names OF jefferson and Warren
From this trio Of families has q, scrndai
p~tlte Mary Marble. John S Marble the
veteran player, was her uncle. Dan Mar
be was her grandfather and in his COM
pdny Joseph Jefferson played tor many
yrars- Miss Marble is also the niece or
Mrs Myers, who so long d familiar
in Fol