The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

From a purely business point Of view,
last week was perhaps the best that the
seven local theatres have experienced so
far this year, for without any exception
the houses have contained audiences much
larger than the ordinary, while in the
case of at least four places it was i'm
possible to secure seats after o'clock
any evening.
The Rogers Brothers at the Columbia,
with their vaudeville farce. The Rogers
Brothers in Central Park and the Alice
Nielsen Opera Company, introducing
Miss Nielsen and an exceptionally good
supporting organization in The Fortune
Teller and THE Singing Girl" packed
the Columbia and National, respectively,
while the stock company, in revival of
the Gillette war play, Held by the
Enemy. established new weeks
financial record at the Lafayette Square.
The vaudeville warfare had no bad re-
suits. so far business is concerned, at
Chase's, for the weeks series of gather
ings brought to mind the enormous audi
ences that filled the house when Ching
Ling Foo. Jessie Bartlett Davis. and
other stars OF a similar magnitude were
the potent attractions. ON the Suwanee
River at the Academy, The American
Burlesquers" at the Bijou, and THE
City Club at Kernan's rounded out the
list of offerings which were submitted by
the local amusement directors for the
entertainment of Washingtonians and
Inaugural visitors
Providing Mr.. E. II. Sothern has better
luck than he has had during the last
year, local theatregoers this week
will be favored with a view of his
production of Hamlet at the National.
An event of considerable Importance will
be matinee of Camille which will be
given on Wednesday at the National by
Miss Virginia Harmed, VINO is, in private
lie, Mrs. Sothern.
The Columbia will present Eleanor Aier-
rons pastoral comedy, The Dairy
Farm" which is said to ue fully as good
as the best plays of a similar type In ac-
cordance with a popular vote the La
fayette Company will put on Sidney
.Grundy's brilliant play, Sowing the
Wind while the Academy management |
will offer one OF the best melodramas OF |
recent years in "A Young Wife" Man |
ager Chases vaudeville bill will be head |
ed by Rose Coghlan. and will include |
Sydney Grant and half dozen other good |
entertainers. The Utopians" VIII be at
Kernans. and the Bijou stage will be
occupied by an organization styled The |
Dainty Paree Burlesquers."
The CoIumbia-"The Dairy Farm
'One touch Of nature makes the whole
world akin is the motto Of Eleanor Mer-
ron's quaint domestic play, the Dairy
Farm which Will be presented at the |
Columbia this week. The Dairy Farm" |
had long and Successful runs in New |
York Chicago. and Boston. and has been |!
presented no less than six weeks in Phia- |
delphia. The play contains that touch OF |
nature TO d remarkable degree and therein |
Hes its great charm. Il is described as |
an idyl among modern stage productions. |
play that makes the faded theatregoer |
feel better after he has witnessed it.
Farm and village ideas all dominate in |
the play. A simple homely story of the |
loves and hates, the nobIer and meaner |
natures, the tragic and comic occurrences,
and the joys and griefs that help to make |
mp the sum Of existence in rural COM
munities are all depicted. This is the |
foundation Of the Dairy Farm" The |
characters are Of the sort that are to be |
found In the simplest country life. They |
are living, breathing people. not simply |
marionettes to carry out the authors |
plot as chessmen are moved about the
board. The stage settings are reported as |
very elaborate and extremely picturesque !
and realistic Old furniture. farming |
tools. horses, cows. sheep. and chickens \
are introduced in the play.