Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-03-14

While the theme of Way Down
East, " which comes to the Colonial
Theatre tonight, is sufficiently serious
and pathetic, involving as it does the
degradation and humiliation of a
woman whose only fault is that she
''loved not wisely but too we'll, = the
play itself is replete with humorous
incidents and funny characterizations,
the latter furnished abundantly in the
personalities of Hi Holler. the Pick
wickian chore boy; Rube Whipple, the
town constable; Seth Holcomb, with
his penchant for Long Life Bitters, !"
and Professor Sterling. the butterfly
chasing summer boarder. All these
characters are in the same hands as
last year, and they will receive proper
representation during the forthcoming
visit of the drama here.
The following is brief outline of
the plot of Paul Kester's dramatiza-
tion of Charles Majors novel "Doro-
thy Vernon of Haddon Hall, in
which Bertha Galland will be seen at
the Colonial Theatre Friday. March
II. Dorothy is a self willed girl who
tails in love with Sir John Manners,
the son of her fathers bitterest
enemy. When she was an infant her
father, Sir George Vernon, of Haddon
Hall, and the Earl of Rutland, Sir
John Manners father, entered into a
compact that on Dorothy's eighteenth
birthday her father would give her
hand in marriage to Sir John. In the
meantime a quarrel springs mp between
the two families and the result is q
bitter feud. On Dorothy's birthday
T. s,s4 uo1
and, pretending he is Sir Malcolm
Vernon, Dorothy's cousin, makes love
to her. They fall in love with each
other and then Sir John reveals his
identity. Her father appears and, dis
covering who Sir John is, threatens
him with death. Dorothy saves her
lover by a clever strategy which gives
Miss Galland an opportunity to show
her power as an emotional actress.
The comic opera Sergeant Kitty, :"
which will be presented at the Colo
NAL Theatre Saturday matinee and
night, by Mr.. George r. White, stands
easily at the head of comic opera suc-
oesses for this season and for last sea-
son. 1t will be presented here with
the same full New York company of
sixty, including big chorus of forty
pretty girls who can and do sing as
few comic opera choruses can or do
sing. Every thing that is essential to
an evening of thorough enjoyment has
been provided by Mr.. White. The
list of principals is a list of well
known comic opera favorites and in
cludes Helen Byron, Charles Wayne,
Edith Blai, Sylvan Langlois, Virginia
Palmer, Tom Hadaway. Wheeler Earl,
Lillian Seville, Frederick knights and
half dozen others equally popular
Manager Hollebaugh closed a con-
tract with Klaw 81 Erlanger this
morning for James j. Jetfries, the
champion pugilist of the world in
"Davy Crockett" at the Colonial
Theatre. After the play Jim" wi II
give q sparring match.
Miss Nance O'Neill, who is playing
at the Academy of Music, BALTIMORE,
this week with Charles Dalton, once
the leading man in 1.-THE nSign of the
Cross and Mckee Rankin, will come
mere next week for one nights en-
gagement at the Colonial. The entire
production now at Baltimore will
come here. Miss Nance O'Neill is the
Sarah Bernhardt of America. The
Baltimore Sun and American today
give her excellent criticism of last
nights performance at the Academy
of Music, Baltimore. Ste will play
Magda here next week.