Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

Cuba an enlisted man. Lieut.. Petty was
one of the principal entertainers. His spe-
cal part in the program was to sing Sem
mole but he also gave monologue that
is said to have been side-splitting. Lieut..
Wallace NJ Craigie. a member of the
chorus, is well known in Washington.
Craigie, retired, who lives in this city.
Lieut.. Craigie lived here many years, and
attended the local schools. The following
story of the performance, from the Manila
Gossip, gives fair criticism of the manner
in which the soldier players acquitted
themselves:
ut would be impossible to state who was
the best among the performers. Every one
perfect in his own way. Lieut.. H. n.
Cootes, U. S. A, proved himself lively
negro and an up-to-date jokester. o. NJ.
Shuman's meodious voice was again heard
in an excellent rendition of In Sunny At
RIGA, with a Philippine paraphrasing in
the last stanZas. Lieut.. j. NJ. Petty, U. S.
A, sprang a number of rich jokes before
pleasing every one with Seminole while
the timely hits of Asst. Surgeon R. A.
Bahmann, U. S. N, with his clever imper-
sonations of the gawky negro, and his
parody Goodbye, Liza Jane" just
fetched down the entire casa.
Touched the Audience.
THE next in order was Capt. P. c.
Stevens, U. S. A. paymaster, who for an en-
core sang 'Mandalay' in a way that
touched the whole audience. The chorus
was so sung by a double quartet that it
will be remembered for some time by all
those present.
Under Panama. by Capt. J. J. Toffey.
u. S. A; Any Rags by Capt. o. K.
Wolfe, U. S. A; Startling Revelations
by Capt NJ. d. Curry; The Humming
Mockng Bird by Lieut.. Cootes. and Capt.
B. j. Tillman, the prince of buck and
wing dancers were all of them turns that
were rendered in manner that most pro-
fessiouals would do well to try to copy.
1.-The first part concluded with an original
rendition of My Old Kentucky Home The
chorus portions were sung by the entire
company, the solo by some one in the wings
who could not be seen.
The musical direction was done by Prof
Loving. Nothing more need be said of it's
excellence.
The pantomime. In the Philippines was
wonderfully well put on. The stage set
tings, the costumes of the senoritas and the
hombres, the hiding away of the insurrecto
uniforms, the dusky hiking soldiers, the
cans of salmon and the hard-tack, the
makeup of the officers who assumed the
difficult roles were all SO clever as to bring
actual tear-drops to the eyes of many old
soldiers in the audience to whom the sight
brought memory of days now seemingly
long past when they lived through the
same scenes with many a comrade now
sleeping In a soldiers grave or else far
away in the land we call Gods country"
The music for the performance was fur
nished by orchestra of twenty pieces Sc
lected from the band of the Philippine con-
stabulary. Lieut.. w. H Loving, of the
Philippine constabulary was the musical
director. handsome souvenir program of
sixty-four pages, with an attractive cover
of royal purple and gold the whole filed
with advertisements of Manila merchants
and business men, was distributed as a me-
mento of the occasion. The sum of 81 sos
was realized from the advertising, in addi-
ton to the regular receipts from admis-
sions.