Show AMUSEMENTS 1 You forget you are watching a play It all seems so real That la i the effect tho tlrat act of The Auctioneer has upon you And as nothing can excel that effect ef-fect In dramatic ut David Warflcld whoso genius does 50 much tp produce i must be regarded as one of the greatest comedy players of his time I Is not Warfleld however you seo or think of as you watch this new star I Is Simon I Len I of Hosier street you aro following A Heater street Jew he Is Not tho typical i typi-cal Jew of tho stage who lo never c nan n-an whero else buL n now character n delightful character shrewd to bo sure and tricky but withal thoroughly human It IB tho universal human feeling In It that reache out and swuyu you and touches your neighbor and unites tho whole audlenco In tho kinship of laughter laugh-ter and 1 lump In tho throaL You may wonder that the simplicity of tho character I charac-ter attracts you so hut presently n phrase or n gesture or a change of facial expression expres-sion puts all effort at analysis out of mind and thenceforth If you aro at all emotional you aro cither hurrying through tenderness to merriment or hastening I has-tening from merriment to tears i When you consider what the play would Ibo I-bo without Warfleld you have another method of measuring his greatness You can also understand why j was GO successful suc-cessful originally In monologue Tho others I oth-ers on the stugo were o course essential and helpful Especially was this truo of Marie Mates who took tho part of Mrs Eagan In an admirable way showing the rare ability to play tho character of an Irish woman of the station of Mrs Eagan without overdoing IL But It Is the way In which Warfleld takes you In hand and stirs you profoundly that abovo all makes the play tho success It Is I Is not uo much either tho uttered humor designed to awaken roars or tho voiced pathos awacel deeply moves or stamps the play with Its highest merit I Is In the suggestion made by a movement or a look that the most delicious humor lies It Is from the aspect of tho pathetic llg ure standing bravely under misfortune or courageously and uncomplainingly opposing op-posing It that tho strongest appeal to tho heart comes The opportunity to see this exceptional actor should not be missed The play will be given again tonight and tomorrow afternoon and night Tho audlenco loot night was large a Euueno Cowlos Is Justified In claiming to bo the greatest bass singer In America He would be a bravo man and a marr nlllccnt sInner who would contest tho honor with him Ho has lost none of his oldtlmo power to please and won a dis tlnct triumph In hli concert at tho Grand last evening Added to n voice of wonderful won-derful power and volumo ho has the art of tho true singer a lino ptngo presence and a manner that puts him In harmony with his audience from tho start The other members of the company were completely overshadowed by Mr Cowlca they Buffered by comparison and yet they were all musicians of n high class Miss Elizabeth Blamcro won an encore en-core every tlmo she appeared her little lullaby song In the second part was a perfect gem In the softer notes she appeared ap-peared to bent advantage In tho Maid of Japan sho displayed the greatest vivacity 1 vi-vacity Miss Fnrrlngton tho violinist displayed ski and great delicacy of touch and her music was all classical Walter Pyck played the accompaniments on tho piano and favored the audience with two solos both of which wore encored Mr Cowles received his greatest ap plauso after his first number Tho Horn L song that gives him fine opportunities for displaying his truly great voice The Anvil Song from Robin Hood was greeted as an old friend by the audlenco and was loudly applauded Tho audience was not large J was another Illustration of the fact that theater thea-ter managers are wise In putting on Un olo Toms Cabin and joallntlc melodramas melo-dramas rather than risking many entertainments enter-tainments of a higher class Of course It must bo said that counter attractions had much to do with tho size of tho audience audi-ence and tho advanced prices of scats for tho concert had much more But tho on terlalnment was well worth all that was paid for It and nhould havo received a better patronage |