The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-14
Also the Last Week of the
Arden Company at the
Columbia Marshall Play
Well Done.
Belle of New York at the
Iafayette-"Dr. JekylIand
Mr.. Hyde" at Academy.
BurleSque at Kernan'S.

The last week Of the season began al
Glasses Theatcr last evening with q
vaudeville. which lacked only baIanc,
10 mako il Of romarka BILE high grade
The individual acts were nearly all OF
them of the star order. but 10y "a curl
Gus combination three out of the seven
or nearly One-half of the bill wtr.
monologues- one good mou0lEue is all
ways welcome. Two very good ones ar,
cndurable. Three of even extraordinary
artistic value stray toward the danger
line of mOnOtouy.
Artistically. Harry Davenport was un-
Questiouabiy the premier of tine mo-
nolOgiC trio. He sang two Charactg-
sonEs-oue telling what "a peaceabIo
chap ne was when il came 90 paying
bills and lodging other annoying things
and the other depicting the methods in
vogue az an English parish bazaar
Both were delightfully."- given. and more
of NIr. Davenport would have been de
cIdedIy I'm order had he been the onis
one OF the kind during the evening.
However. nc was preceded 10y I'D
Gray. who told stories. sang character
songs. and did "a few character imrer-
sonations I'm excellent fashion. and
Amelia Summerville. whose G7sserta lion
by constant use for several seasons
though il retains most of its iuitiatory
charm and all OF its candid satire.
From the standpoint of popular sue
cess the first place on the bill unques-
tiOuahiy went to Janet Melville and F.via
Stetsou. who, after a season with Weber
y Field, return TO the varieties with
more prestige. hut with the same harum-
SCarum methods OF driving an audience
into spaSms of merrimcnt.
Miss Stetson. who is large and plump,
with all kinds of that juicy quality
known as JUNCTION, naturally bears the
brunt OF the comedy business. She IS
something of cross between May Ir-
Win and Marie DRESSER. with more ui
the brutal fraukuess of the latter than
of the genial subucty Of tn, former
She makes her points without any at
tempt at COnCealmeut. and finds Suti-
cicnt excuse for her methods in the i'm
disputablC fact that they get there with
both feet, momentariiy 20 lapse into q
colloquialism emiuentIy appropriate t,
the subject under consideration.
Miss Melville is Miss Stetsons foil
She can sing some. act some. and 90 .
little in the way of character work, 50
she succeeds iu holding up her end al
the partnership with excellent effect
Both women make point of dressing
rather more deliberately than the uSua
run Of players in their line, and then
work gains considerable distinction from
this fact alone.
Taflary.s dogs were as smart as any
that have been seen. recently. They
We're an French pOodles. a. genuine com
cdy dog IL there WAS one. auG tho fac
that they did their work with CvidCu
pleasure gave added pleasure TO TN,
audience. Edward Marsh and ROst
Sartelle's singing and dancing specially
was neatly dressed, but otherwise %
only ordinary value. The fcgtS of tlD
NamamotO Brothers on the wire and es
UeClauN on the high perch directly Ove
the f0utIEhts and almost I'm the mids
OF the audience 10 seemed were almOs
PAINFULLY sensational. Faust" as SUM
ut the Grand Opera House. Paris. WA
the feature of the vitagrauh. and /
proved Of much interest 10 most OF thos
present