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Friday Evening, Feb. 15, last subscription night, at regular BEERBOHM TREE. prices, Meyerbeer's Opera, Les Huguenots. (The Huguenots.) Wednesday Evening, Thursday Matinee and Evening, Mmes. Nordica, Scalchi, Bauermeister and Melba; MM. Ed. de Reszke Ancona Plancon, Vaschetti, Vanni, Viviani, Rinaldini and M. Jean d; Reszke.' Conductor, Sig, Bevignani. Regular prices. "Captain Swift"

Saturday Matinee, Feb. x6, last m~tinee, by demand, Friday Evening, Saturday Matinee and Evening, Verdi's last opera, FALSTAFF. Mmes. Emma Eames, DeLussan. DeVigne and Scalchi; Sig. Russitan?, Campanari, Nicolini, Vanni, Rinaldini and Maurel as "Falstaff" (h1s ~~The Merry Wives of Windsor." original character.) Conductor, Sig. Mancinelli.

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, Saturday Evening, Feb. x6, Broadway, 39th and 40th Sts. ELEVENTH POPULAR SAT'C'RDAY NIGHT SEASON OF WAGNER OPERA PERFORMANCE, (IN GERMAN,) Gounod's Opera, Under the direction of WALTER DAMROSCH. FAUST Monday Evening, Feb. 25, at 8 o'clock, Mmes. Melba, Bauermeister and De Vigne; MM. Ed. de Reszke, TRISTAN AND ISOLDE. Ancona, Viviani and Mauguiere. Conductor, Sig. Bevignani. Frau. Rosa Sucher, Fri. Marie Brema, Herr Max Alvary, Herr Franz Prices for Saturday night.-50c., 75c., $1.00, $1,50, $2.00, $2.50. Schwarz, Herr Paul Lange, Herr Rudolph Oberhauser, Herr Emil Fischer. Boxes, $10.00 and $20.00. Owing to Ash Wednesday, SIEGFRIED. Will be given on Thursday Evening, Feb. z8, at 8 o'clock. Frau. Rosa Sucher, Miss Marcella Lindh, Herr Max Alvary, Herr Paul Lange, II err Franz Schwarz, Herr Conrad Behrens, Herr Rudolph Oberhauser. Sunday Evening, Feb. qth, at 8.15. Friday Eveni"ng, March x, at 8 o'clock, THIRTEENTH AND LAST LOHENGRIN. GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT. Fri. Johanna Gadski, Fri. ~Iarie Brema, Herr Nicolaus Rothmuhl, Herr Franz Schwarz, Herr Rudolph Oberhauser. SOLOISTS: Saturday Afternoon, March z, at 2 o'clock, ~Tme. Emma Eames and Mlle. Mira Heller, SIEGFRIED. Sig. Campanari and Mons. Plancon, Frau Rosa Sucher, Miss Marcella Lindh, Herr Max Ah-ary, Herr Paul . AND THE. Lange, Herr Franz Schwarz, Herr Conrad Behrens, Herr Rudolph Oberhauser. Entire Metropolitan Opera House Orches tra, SCALE OF PRICES.-Orchestra, $4; Orchestra Citcle, first row, $4; Under the direction of Orehestra Circle, other rows, $3; Dress Circle, $2.50; l' alcony. first three rows, $2; other rows, $1.50; Family Circle, first three rows, $1.50; other MR- ANTON SEIDL rows, $1; Boxes, $20 and $40. SPECIAL! OMNIBUS BOX.-ONE HUNDRED CHOICE Prices for Sunday Night Concert. SEATS AT $3. Family Circle {reserved), 50c ; Balcony (reserved), 75c.; Dress Circle (re­ ~e rv c: d). $1.00: Orchestra and Orchestra Circle (reserved), $1.50; Private The sale of single tickets will begin Monday, Feb. 18, at the Box Office, Boxes, four seats, $8.00; six seats, $12.00. General Admission, 50c. also at Tyson's, Rullman's and McBride's, at box office prices. Box Office open Sunday all day, LEON MARGULIES, Manager.

THE STEINWAY PIANO USED EXCLUSIVELY, ~~~----~--~~--~~~~~--~~~~r-~------~~~--~~--~------~~--~~----~~~~----~~--~--~--~~------~-----~ St. James Hotel, List of Boxholders for the Opera Season. , REsTAuRANT Broadway and 26th Street. PARTERRE. FRENCft PTA~6L! 9 P.:~QifoiWNtNER ~~~~l~:~~f:days, ~::i~~tiii:t:::::.:: MART IN, The restaurant a Ia carte being open until I A.M.. M. 0. Wllaon. Fridays. 4 w B Gurnee Mondays · d · B ch WI thr M d E. ·H: Harrlm'an. Wednesdays. Un!'ve"P(II'ty1 o Pla"e,u "Or. u 9th St. lS vtry tsirable to theatre partles, u "':.~~~~ OfOfhe M~ltn!!:. and F'rederlck H. Benedict. Fridays. • Captain John B. Barnes. Wednesdays Miss de h'orest. ~Iatlnees. ONE BLOCK FROI\1 B'WAY. and on&-third of the Matinees. W. K. Vanderbilt. DE PI N N A' H . A. C. Taylor. Fridays and on&- Cornelio• N. BUss, 394 F1fth Ave., near 36th St. third of the Matinees. M. C. D. norden. The Best Table d'Hote Dinner 1n 1' = I ea~Y~r~~gl~s~t~~~~;n~!nt~n~~ ~ds. ~~:Astor. 10 ~~;:Vatn~~- New York for $1.25, ~hool\!,. etc.; English Sl\llors. Eton, E. Dye'd;;8:and W.F. Burden. Mon- 12 Henry §ii!IT!ees. Odd Nights and MlddYol'UXeoos and numerous other c T B Wed sd d M t G d E N Prom~ to 8.30 P. !li. ~~~-.elh 8gfls~s~~t~e~~~a~~ a:,dL~£~8 siatito~~n.Wiiae. I>'~fda;:.s an a · 14 ~~~:~~~H. w~~en~gh~ondays, P• 11 Perry Belmont. Fridays and Matinees. who take an Interest In their bofis' 18 Edward Cooper, Joshua W. Davis. Wednesdays. DEJEUNER A LA CARTE, ~f: ~s, w 1~~ ~:t~'lf.!t~!:'::.OO wit a Henry T. Sloane. 16 Levi P. Morton. Mondays and one- , 1 •0 0 15 A.drlanlselln. third Matinees. \ursrNE Essentiellement Franc;aise. 17 W. D. Sloane, George BUss. Wednesdays and one- = H. McK. Twombly. third Matinees. MR. AND MRS. SERRANO'S 19 H. I. Barbey. Mondays, Fridays and Austin Corbin. Fridays and one- Matinees. third Matinees. FA~lliONS IN EVENING GOWNS, VOCAL INSTITUTE, H. F. Dimock. Wednesdays. 18 CalVIn s. Brice. 828 East 14th Street, NKW YORK. 21 James Stillman. Mondays, Wednes- 20 D. 0. Mill•. WAISTS AND :\1ATERIALS. I days and !Iatlnees. 22 W. Seward Webb. Mondays and Senor CARLOS A. De SERRANO. W. E. R<>ckefellar. Fridays. Fridays. Furnished by B. Altman & Co. Mme. EMILIE BENIC De SERRANO. - 2S Elbridge T. Gerry. Mondays, Fridays Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks, Wednes- and Matinees. days and Matinees. of~':~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~':rdt~eibe~~e.:!~ E. J. Benvind. Wednesdays. 24 I«> bert Goelet. Mondays, Fridays Cu ·ious and very artistic combinati,~ns artistic llnlsh. Solo Singing for Opera, Concert, § 25 G. G. Haven. Odd Nights and Even and !Iatlnres. of materials are seen just now in dinner Oratorio. Classes In Plano and Harmony. John E:U:#!~~~: Even Nights and 26 ~?~ i'a~~~~t- :O~la~~at~idays and theatre gowns Odd Matinees. and Matinees. Pompadour silk for the upper part, vel­ Z7 Anson Phelpo Stokes. Mondays and George W. Miller. Wedn~sdays. PRIVATE RESIDENCE one-third of the Matinees. 28 w. Bayard Cutting. Mondays, Wed- vet for the lower, is a favorite. FOR SALE, 6~:,.r.,~sra~~t;:n- F;jd",?y~e~~ ,:ednesdays. S4 t ~~;~.. a~ri . w:~d.:'la':iays. liarly graceful, arti~tic fashion, and the 85 J: Pie~~r~iorg~n.ays. J. G. Moore. Fridays and Matinees. crush collar of cream chiffon is over­ ~UlliiiUlUIUUUlUUlUlUUUiiumUUUUlUUUUilliliUllllUI:UUUUUlUUUUUl:UIIIUlllUUUUUUliiiUiullUUUUUIIIUUUUIIIIUUUUlUUUUUilUUUUIIIU 111111111111UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU1IIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIU1111 lapped on the sides with points of gera­ nium red velvet. Perhap' the prettiest T H E ROOF TREE. finish of all is the girdle of plaited silk I, which hangs about four inches deep, fin­ ished above with an inch wide band of Come no more home to me, whither must the velvet fastened in front with three I wander? large buttons in the form of Louis Quin ze Hunger my driver I go where I must, French enameled miniatures bound in Cold blows the winter wind over hill and gold. The skirt for this exquisite crea­ hearther; tion is of Dahlia velvet, mad,e perfectly Thick drives the rain and my roof is in plain. the dust. Pearl and silver embroideries combil\ed Loved of wise men was the shade of my on a net or chiffon foundation, and stone roof tree, marten fur used on the ~arne gown seems The true word of welcome was spoken - to be an approved combination of trim­ in the door- mings for evening wear, especially on a D~a· days of old, with the faces in the foundation of white. Nothing more ex­ firelight, I quiLondon cosey corner in some odd uphol- Fair the day shine as it shone on my 45 Henry E. Abbey. 46 Mrs. s. Fl sherJoh~>son. t Mondays stery; there are down divan pillows and childhood­ 47 :;s~a~M~~-te~oW:l~esdays. t'~-~~~~~~nc~~~~~e~J'a~s. old Colonial chairs and tables. These Fair shine the day on the house with John D. ArchbOld. Fridays. 49 G. G. Williams. Mondays. 48 ii!,;.m~t~~~t~~~~alt~ndaya. last are in forest-green oak and mahogany. open door; i c. Moller. Wednesdays. E st J h H w d d English and Flemish oaks::~:: !Y erl ;n the Birds come and cry there and twitter in Judge Dillon. Fridays. w. R. ~ra~. a~iday:. nes ays. makin~r of the desirable Liberty slipper 51 Jacob H. Bchllf,! Mondays. 50 8 the chimnev­ A . Wolf. 5 \{~sl..~hs~:et"ro~~~: ~~n:!8~::ys. I stools.~ English easy-chairs, comfortable Mra. Edward Van Ness. Wednesdays 1 1 0 But I go fo~ever and come again no Mrs. George Hotrman. Fridays. ~~~g _ p~ ~~re~~~~~·lvees. cushioned wicker chairs, delft blue more. J. H. Ballentine. Matinees. 52 F. A. Goodridge. Fridays&; Matinees. Iplaques and lamps. candlesticks and - 58 Chas.H.Godfrey,!Mondays Dutch chairs and tables, are a few out Robert Loui$ Stwenson. ~cr:.o~te~uw~C:.~~;·.. Thomas Stoke&, 5 • I Urs. Pboel>e A. Hearat. l!rldays. S.H. Valentine,! Wednesdays . of many noticeable things to be seen "At i'i " 5f ~~2;':.'omtA11 , w . .l.~ark. the Popular Shop." ( -~--~~~~~~------~~~~r------~----~~------~-----v---~~ I~ KNOX THE I ~~ HATTER'S i ~ WORLD-RENOWNED ;; I THE STANDARD OF HATS ; B. Altman &Co .. FASHION EVERYWHERE. • I 18th Street, 19th Street, Fulton Street, Brooklyn. AND J Unlimited Facilities, Personal Supervision, 194 Fifth Avenue, under Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York. Strict Reliability. Lowest Prices, 212 Broadway, cor. Fulton Street, New York. Sixth Avenue All Goods Warranted. 340 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. ) We have the exclusive agency for this 191 and 193 State Street, Palmer House, Chicago. district of the celebrated Ag-ents in all the principal citiu. Are showing new shipments of Highest Awards at the Columbian Exposition. Military I Corsets ~ RI~H ~lACK DRfSS Sll~S unrivalled for comfort and grace. If the *~~~~~~~~~~~~~* . for. (>Orset you are now wearing does not give entire satisfaction, try this. ~Brooklyn Academy of Music,~ EARLY SPRING WEAR, Military Corsets are very economical, ~ Mr. OSCAR J. MURRAY, Lessee and Manager. ~ AS one pair will outlast several of the so called '' cheap " corsets. 0 0 ~0~ SEASON 1894-1895.· 2;'~~0° And are also offering a special Louis & Herman Liebmann, General Mana~ers. ~GRAN D-OPE RA ~ purcbaseof .•• ~ '~ ~ From the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, ~ HIGH GRADE BLACK ~ UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ~ ~ HENRY E. ABBEY AND MAURICE GRAU. ~ FIGURED GROS DE LYOI\ ~ SIXTH AND LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. I AT VERY LOW PRICES. ~o;:·rhursday Even'g, Feb. 14, '95,~< ~ FIRST PERFORMANCE IN BROOKLYN OF ~0 THESE GOODS WILL NOT SlIP ~ VERDI'S Opera, ~ OR BREAK. ~ FALSTAFF. ~ ~ With the identical New York cast. ~ ~ MISTRESS FORD ...... Mme. EMMA EAMES~ WISSNER ~ ANN E ...... Mlle. ZELlE DE LUSSAN (,~ GRAND AND UPRIGHT ~ MI S TR ESS PAGE...... •. Mlle. JANE DE VIG1 E ~ ~ AND 2~ PIANO-FORTES. ~ DAME QUICKLY ...... l\Ime. SCALCHI ~ Used by E minent Artists. ~ FENTON ...... ~ig. RUSSITANO ~ ~ FORD ...... Stg. _CAMPANARI ~ ~ PI S TOL ...... Stg. NICOLINI <;to~ 0 DR. CAIUS ...... Sig. VANNI ·~'~ !:'l.1T SPI:''f'P\V BARDOLPH ...... ~ig. RINA LlJI!'\1 0 0 0 Sll(;,N 0FF!CESffi'ERYWHBllE. Wd.ll 0 ' ' AND . ~ (r------~~ SIR TOHN fALSTAFF ...... M. VICTOR MAUREL ~ TilE lUOS'l' EXQUISITE ,..,__\ \j ~ (His original character.) G~ VIOLET ~C\\"\ ~ Conductor ...... Sig. MANCINELLI. ~ PERFUME C .V _Po.&) AcT I. Tableau 1.-Interior of the "Garter Inn." ~ r\ V ~ Tableau 2.-Ford's Garden and Roadside. ~ ~~ \ ~ AcTII. Tableaul.-Interiorofthe"Garterinn." ~ (\'\ .V EO PI NAUD ~ Tableau2.-ARoominFord'sHouse. ~ . \1\\J \.J · i • ~ AcT III. Tableau 1 -Ex•erior of the "Garter Inn." (~ _'.J,;______P_A_R_•_s_. -...... 1 ~0 Tableau 2.-WindsorPark. -~~~~ L v ' Oftl.ceand Warerooms: 0 W rSS!oi"ER HALL, Nos. 294, 296, 298 FuLTON S TREET. Stage :\lanager...... Mr. WM. PARRY . 0 Nos~~~~Uf~k~~~~~I~:~T;i'Ea;:,rWa~~~Lvs.

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He !'till is carted~ My ~ecret in confession " Her Royal Highness " has but to Still thu~ with you I'll share; ~ off in the buck basket with the familywashtng. He~ "approve" and anything" goes" abroad. T loved you once, but now­ ~still quarrels with his henchmen, Bardolph and ~ America has millions of Royal Highnesses I love you more than ever. Pistol, and flirts with Mistress Quickly, who, how- who approve the Londonderry Lithia G~orr~ Parsvns Lathro/J. ~ ~ (f;,~ ever, basely betrays him. ~ Water, because it is matchless as a medic­ inal or table water, and it "goes" in ~ T:1e two "Merry Wives," Mistresses Ford and~ America faster than any water ever ~ Page, practice their tricks on Falstaff as of yore, and ~ bottled.-Saturday Evming Gault~. ~ ·'Sweet Anne Page'' -is as saccharine and colorless as~ ~ in the comedy. ~ BURNS' ~ Sir Hugh Evans and his troop of elves, faries, ~ ~ sprites and gnomes frolic about the oak, sacred to~ LILIES. ~the memory of ''Herne the Hunter," in Windsor~ Restaurant and Oyster House A woman stood and watched awhile ~ Park, and Falstaff objects to "lime in the sack" with~ A river and some lilies white; Established 1852. ~ the same relish of good wine that marked him King~ Her face was fair-no trace of guile 781, 783, 785 Sixth Avenue, ~ of the Revels at the "Boar's Head, Eastcheepe." ~ Lay in her eyes so pure and bright. ~ The wooing of Fenton and Anne Page goes on with ~ She liked the lilies and the stream. 102 West 45th Street, NEW YORK. ~ its trials and tribulations in the good old school of~ But ah, the weeds soon pained her sight; She murmured low," God made the scene, ~ l ove, and ends, as usual, happily. 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0 p E I Programme AbbeJ's T~eatre, Feb, 26, N A dvertzsing I Perhaps you haven't :MME. REJANE, thought o.f it/ ~ THE ••• Perhaps you have other Ideas. I Famous Comedienne, You know that nearly the entire population Metropolitan Opera House. I go to the play-houses, don't you? With the Entire Company, Scenery, It is plain therefore, that if you have an attractive i Properties and Accessories, advertisement in the prugrammes of these play­ • . from the . • SEASON OF houses, you are absolutely certain that your business I is before the city's population. You can keep your THEATRE DU VAU DEVILLE, Wagner Opera In advertisement constantly before them, through the German PARIS, programmes of the leading places of amusement for ~ UNDER THB DIRECTION OF very much less money than by any other means. I WALTER DAJ\IROSCH, Don't take my word for it. Send for an estimate In a magnificent production of beginning Feb. 25th, 18<)5, and consisting of for a year's contract, and compare it with what you I Sardou's Play, twelve eveoing and four matinee performances. The following artists have been engag~d: have formerly spent in the same time in other Sopranos and Contraltos. directions. Frau RosA SuCHER, Miss MARCELLA LINDH Mme. SANS-GENE, Frt. JoHANNA GADSKI, Fri. MARIA BREMA ' To succeed in business and make money without Frl. tLISK KUTSCHRRRA, Miss MARIK MAUR~R. advertising is out of the question in a community Expressly written for Mme. REJANE, Tenors. that lives only in the whirl of the present, and that and performed by her for over Herr MAx ALVARY, Herr PAUL LANG, 400 nights in Paris, end 4C Herr NICOLAUS ROTHMUHL Herr PAUL SIBGI!L readily forgets the most exciting event of hardly a nights in Lcndon. '9' week past. Bantones and Bassos. Herr FRANZ ScHwARz, I publish the programmes of the " RUDOLPH 0BRRHAUSBR, " EMIL FISCHRR, METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, u CONRAD Ba:HRRNS. Mr. }AM KS F. THOMSON. CARNEGIE HALL, ABBEY'S THEATRE, In adddition to MME. SANS-GENE, CHORUS OF 80 SELECTED VOICES. BROADWAY THEATRE, ! Mme. REJANE will appear in THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF 85. AMERICAN THEATRE. DIVORCONS, Sardou. The following Operas a:td Music Dramas will For partt'culars as to space, rates, etc., address, be performed: LA MAISON DE POUPEE, WALKURE, SIEGFRIED, (A Doll's House,) Ibsen. GOTTERDAMMERUNG, J. T. COWDERY, TRISTAN & ISOLDE, LOHENGRIN ADVERTISING AGENT AND PUBLISHER) L YSISTRA T A, Dounay. TANNHAUSER, I DIE MEISTERSINGER. 123 WEST 420 STREET, MA COUSINE, Mdlhac.

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