Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-26

sought and was refused complimentary ad-
mission, whereupon in the spirit of VEN
geance and in spite of the general lamenta-
TONERS of the listeners he ruthlessly broke
up the play by arreSting the star-manager,
whom he carried off to answer to the Sc
rlouS charge of conducting a paid perform
ance without a license Young Clarke was
obliged hastily to lay aside his wig and
short sword and appear before justice and
jury. 1t Is probable that in the whole nf
their judicial lives those august representa-
tiveS of the law never so much enjoyed
defendants testimony. They insisted upon
reproduction of the important scenes. at
the close of which they gravely imposed
fine of five dollars on the entertaining
law breaker. which to the satisfaction OF
all concerned was Immediately RENTED.
X
They are having a right lively discussion
In Baltimore just now regarding realism on
the stage. The discussion was started
through rather vivid description Of the
burning of Joan of Arc at the stake tn the
play Of that name, for which a production
Is promised in Washington next month. For
while 1t was a burning question, indeed.
In all the dramas dealing with the life Of
the warrior maid of Orleans the final cur
tain always descended just as the torch
was applied to the pile upon which she was
to be incinerated. But with the ingenious
ness that evolved the chariot race In Ben
Hur' and the mad dash of the horses drag
gtng the fire engine to the scene of action in
The Still Alarm" a device has been per-
fected which apparently shows the actual
burning In full view of the audience of the
actress playing Joan Of Arc
1t Is this scene that has stirred I'D the
Baltimoreans. Many contend that such an
intense effect on the stage is too faithful in
Its realism, but. the other hand the
reallsts aver that the scene illustrates one
n he bicfnr
of the world, and is not more horrible than
the casting Of the martyrs to the wild
beasts in THE Sign of the Cross" and in
quo Hadls' and the torture scene in
Sardous La Tosca."
1t will be interesting to know what Ros-
tand Will do with the burning scene in the
Joan Of Arc which he is writing for Sarah
Bernhard, and which Annie Russell will
present in this country this season.
/
Very few sketch teams on the vaude-
Vile stage can resist the temptation to
get IN rap at the doctor or the railroad.
This time, at Chase's this week, 1t Is the
former One Of the Quaker City Quartet
asks his neighbor If he remembers Bill
jackson, and the information Is volunteered
that Bill jackson was operated upon re-
Gently for appendicitis, but that the doc
tors could find no trace of the disease.
What did the doctors do then?' he was
asked.
oh. dey box i'm up and SEN i'm home,
marked open by mistake"
Joe WEIGH in the Chase bill next week
has really devised that Something new"
Which managers are always yearning for
and which audiences talk about for weeks
until a fresh topic displaces 1t.
He is the first Yiddish comedian to in
Ject wholesome, good-natured fun into his
car1cature Of an itinerant peddler, and to
have his audiences laugh with and not at
such a character.
Welch's makeup Is not the least effective
weapon in his armory. He is only a youth.
smooth shaven and Of mild innocent an
pearance when off the stage
1t Is sight to watch WEIGH transform
nlmselr from modern up-to-date Ameri-
can youth into a bewhiskered, shambling
ana generally pOverty-stricken son of the
Ghetto, who peddles without a license. and
so eventually falls into the hands of the
police. there to learn the ways OF Ameri-
can cops" and American crooks and
buns"
Taken before the clerk of the jail, WEIGH
Is asked his business, it being explained
to him that in Jail men are put to work at
their trades.
Then" says the itinerant with racial
shrewdness. I'm travelling salesman"
Don't make any cracks in this JAIL"
sEarls the clerk. ''or I'll sink one of yer
lamps"
And" says WEIGH, telling all about It,
now could make a crack In the jail? ~