The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-09-08

runa the Grand opera House. did a
gcod deal better than well last night,
Confxion was not noticeable. at
tendans were arabic. lights and
ventilation wcli-anpointcd. aud the
ushers knew their business. So
much for generalization
Ferris Hartman. the popular COM
edian. was lrrc@sstahly funny as DO
hanua Gugrenheimer. The part was
admirably suited TO him. and both
he and Annie Myers as Elsa re-
sponded GO lnnumerabfe tnsistent
curtain calls. The mechanical way
M which Miss Myers walked. talked.
sang and danced. and yet put SO
much life IN her mechanical part.
was remarkably clever. He makeup
as the iife-llke doll was perfect.
Frances Graham. the weii-knoNn
contralto. scored a succeus as fescr.
Cuxg.nhelmer's assistant. Her voice
Is wonderfully good. and she re-
sponded to several encorca last
nfmht. Aimee Leicester a. Frau
did some excellent
work. The catchy songs Introduced
through the play. and the pretty cho-
rus girls. together with the mdscrous
situations. do much toward king
the play SO popular.
The Toy hsker'' viii be PLAYED
again tonight and At the "Wednesday
and Saturday matsnees. when toys
will be given 90 ali children who are
present. Tuesday and "Wednesday
night The ldol's Eve will be given.
The Serenade" viii follow for the
balance OF tho week.
"A Thoroughbred Tramp"
A thrilling play with = moral ~ss
presented az the Third Avenue the.
alter hast night. a Thoroughbred
the play itself cannot be
termed a literary xefn. but u has
good characters. moral. a villain.
a good hobo character. and VIII fur
nish an evenings amusement for al
rnoss any class % theater-xoera
Russell q Drew made the
that the attendance
last night vas the largest that was
ever accommodated IN the house.
The principal character In the play
Is +. Rush Thompson. who terms
himself peripatafie pedestrian He
APPEARS al ffrst in = Colorado town
As a typical tramp. thwartH the VII
lain who tries BE- knife the hero. and
makes himself generally usrful. The
part Il taken by WIN n. Wheeler. a
actor.
The villain OF the pieee h Fired
Lawrence wv. n. Fr@derfekst. an ifp-
cixArctte-snsokinx coward
" no stops at nothing TO accomplish
his ends. Charles H. Farnana as Ed
ward Temhls. takes the part Of the
hero.
The female roles are put on by
Kate Roth. Helen Myrtle and Marie
Ia Brady. Al Interpret their parts
well. Tn~ scenery Of the play IL
very good throughout.
with the usuai maffneee the piece
WIN hold the boards the rest ef the
week
An EsssIisst Show
The Madison Street theafer start
ed a new bill yesterday. which ofers
q good entcrt ain uexs< Of considerable
variety. n runs along with a rattle
that keeps everybody In good spirits.
and furnishes additional evidence
that good vaudeville Is one ~ the
most popular fnrms Of theatrical
amusement. because NJ sn Il long
enough 20 weary even those who DO
not care for ".
The farcieal shit which bs~sns the
performance tr funny In sposs. but
does not end any too soon Summers
and Winters. . pair Of burnt cork
artists. follow with serne extremely
clever dancing. inte<rp<fzed with
pa ssahty funny dialogue. Then Mel
lie Germ ana Alma Rc>eit~ sing pop
uiar songs In an acceptable snnrn~x.
Both young women have god voices
and make a hit with the audisnce.
After them walter Reed gives . mo-
noiogu~ string % oddities whieh are
not bad. Ills imitation with a drum
Of the sound of q moving train II
quite catchy. Edward r. Lang. who
II set down ~ thu poeticnl tramp. u
also . rnonoloxt1e entertndneT. ana
very good one Part OF his remarks
are original ana not . few are adapt
ed from the humorous columns 81 the
newspapers. but he works them all
OF to the satisfaction Of the audi
enc>. His .'poetry- app<ars 60 BE- Of
his own eompo<ittou-
From comedy and music the pro-
gram changes 10 the spectacular. A
series Of excellent moving pictures
II thrown upon tbs eanvas. and
then the blu closes WIN a beautiful
exhibition OF rainbow dances BY a
hsndsorns young woman who calls
hsrreif vsnits. This feature IL one
OF the best on the program and
while not q new one compares favor
ably with the work Of the beat art
ists in that line.