Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-08

! ers The race Is made by moving the plat
| forms SO that Messala's wheel is smashed
| fans blow out tlla garments of the chariot
| GERS and raises great clouds of dust from
under the flying hoofs of the rushing steeds.
| Lafayette Square.
The Bellows Stock Company at the La
| fayette Square will make an elaborate re-
/ vival of the lates4Ienry C. De Miles stir
| ring drama, .asost Paradise which in
many respects one of the strongest plays
| yet selected by Manager Bellows for re-
| vfval.
| Lost Paradise" was originally produced
| IN New York at the Twenty-third Street
| Theater little more than ten years ago,
/ where 1t enjoyed phenomenal success. 1t
was done on the road for eight consecutive
| seasons, ana is a popular bill with
/ local stock companies throughout the coun-
| try. Its great success was largely due to
the fact that it appealed to every class OF
| theater-eoers, having always been equally
| pleasing to the gallery and orchestra. Mr..
/ De Mile received his inspiration for the
| theme and plot of the piece from the Ger
| Hlah put In adapting 1t to the American
l stage ne is said to have written an entirely
| new play.
Lost Paradise tells strong love story,
| replete with human interest, and, while
largely written in serious vein. it has
SULLIVAN has an excellent part in Billy
/ hopkins, an eccentric comedy role, while
hatherlne Clinton has an equally strong
| comedy part in Cinders. Charles Wyngatc,
| VINO was out of the bill last week. will be
seen to good advantage in the pleasing
hght comedy role of Bob Appleton.
| Lost Paradise" will afford the Lafayette
corps Of scenic artists almost unlimited op
portun1t1es, as the play depends good deal
| Tor It's successes upon its proper mounting.
Inc great mill scene, where the massive
| n a ling mi ia oh in fIr1
operation, is regarded by many one of
the most realistic pictures ever attem~- d
on the stage. This is used as the l..
| ground for one of the strongest situations
| In the play, where Reuben Warner the
superintendent after attempting to per-
suade the men to continue at work, finally
| as striker.
The following is the complete cast: An
GREW knoWlton, the mill owner William
Redmund; Reuben Warner, his superintend-
i<noWfton's partner, John T. Sullivan: Bob
Appleton, Charles W'yngate; William
Fletcher Myron LefTlngwell; Joe Barrett,
larry .: Bradley Otto Bensei, P. J. Dur
gan HYATT, Joseph Hartmann; Billy Hop
klns, Frederic Sullivan; Mrs. Knowlton,
Mrs: Thomas j. Barry: Margaret Knowlton,
Lillian Lawrence; Polly Fletcher Antein-
/ cite Walker; Julia, Miss Leon Harold; Nell,
/ Katherine Field; Cinders. Katherine Gin
1 ton; Kate, Miss Eva Whftford 'T.ost Par
| adise' will be presented at the usual
|
Chase's Theater.
Chase's polite vaudeville program for
| next week is Illuminated by several novel;
ties of artistic quality. The artists are
| Thomas j. Ryan and Mary Richfield,
| CBrien and Havel La Neva, Lefebre's
saxophone quartet, Hines and Remington,
4 Hacker and lester, Caroline Hull and
Lavender and Tomson.. Thomas J. Ryan
| and Mary Riehfed have a comedy by
| VIII M. Greasy, who has the knack Of in
| venting condensed comedies and gems of
/ common sense humor. 1t Is called Mag
Hagerty's Father" and affords Mr. Ryan
abundant opportunity for his peculiar
style of comic acting, and also presents
MISS Rlchheld in enthusiastically
charming way. That O'Brien and Havel
| Will achieve an instantaneous hit is the
hXed belief Of those who know how clever
| these two are. 'OBrien is a diminutive
acrobatlc comedian. With the assistance
OF Miss HaVel he will present THE News
| boy and the Maid and the title sutfi-
GENTLY indicates the character of it. La
Neva as 1.-The Maid in the Moon will
| prove to be one of those novelty dancers
| for whom Chase's patrons have evinced
much fondness. She has an attractive
| personality and, was schooled in her work
as carefully ass Fanny Ellsler.. Her spe-
| cialty has the additional advantage of
| special scenery and brilliant light effects
| that produce wonderful transformations
The act is in four parts. called "Danse
Historic" "Danse Eccentrique.' "Danse
Militaire' and Promenade de Cham
! payne" Other new features will enhance
| the pleasure afforded by La Nevas dane
| ing. Lefebre's saXophone quartet is led
by e. A. Lefebre, long with the bands CT
will appear in their new sketch, Miss
Patter of Patterson" Hacker and Lester
will present an admixture of comedy and
| cycling. Caroline Hull comes from the
I and will ,3v;l
| ful specially interspersed with anecdotes
of modern vintage. Lavender and Johnson
are billed as 1.-The humorous comedians
! Academy OF Music
| The pastoral play, "The Night Before
Christmas" will be presented at the Acad-
| envy next week. Elmer Grandin a popular
| character actor, will be seen in the leading
| role of Judge Phillips, and in his support
| Will be offered company of nearly thirty
| people, all Of whom have been carefully Sc
lected for their fitness to portray the pecu-
/ liar types to be found in the small villages
Of the middle west. For this play. unlike
| most of those of the pastoral type, has its
4 scenes laid among the broad fields of Ohio
| instead Of the rocky hills of New England
/ The first two acts show pleasing scenes of
holiday merry making ON the old Phillips'
homestead near Cedaryille, Greene county
Ohio and IN the second act the more dra-
matte portions OF the plot begin. The third
act Is the famous court room scene in
which takes place the trial for murder Of
young Jack Phillips, the central figure Of
/ the play. The novelty OF treatment of this
scene Is largely due to the fact that Judge
Phillips, who prestdes at the trial is the
4 father of the prisoner at the bar, and the
dramatic possibilities of this situation have
/ been made full use Of The climax of the
/ act, in Which the anguish-stricken father ia
forced to sentence his own son to death, is
described as being Intensely affecting, and
| few people can witness it without having
/ their emotions stirred. In the fourth and
/ last act, the suspense is ended through the
| death-bed confession of the real murderer
| and the unfortunate young prisoner is final
| ly restored to his family
| Kernan's Lyceum Theater.
| Bob Manchester's big extrayaganza.
| THE New York Stars" with all its elab
| crate scenery, recent purchase by the
management of all that paraphernalia be-
| longing to "The Sea Kings" mammoth pro-
duction, Will enter upon weeks engage
| ment at the kyceum, commencing with
the matinee Monday. "The Stars, nron,isa