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THE THEATRE to Bring Good During Markably Successful Career in This Cheer to the Alhambra This End It «Rik^ at Alleged Political Joyous Season SDKDAY; DECEMBER » .MOt ,^_ KEW-TttSß! DAIS* TRIBUNE. 2 VARIETY THEAT \u25a0 - t| STAGE AFFAIRS. ALHAMBRA THEATRE. "^ Mirthful May Irwin will be a feature off th* amusement at the Alhambra. this week. Misa Irwhx ACADEMY OF MUSIC. has some new son? 3and also a recitation that the causes merriment U the A-*o*t.-. or Music 'The Lion and wherever beard. Dan Bixrkoand week of a re- his School Girls are on the bill, and they Maus*~ enter*, now upon the last are sur« city. It tells a THE THEATRE to bring good during markably successful career in this cheer to the Alhambra this end it «rik^ at alleged political Joyous season. Mr. Burke is a grood dancer. Fred Ma7aaarr. c^rpora- and the alleged tyranny of rich Bond and his company will present the laughable corruption mind at Those topics are much in the public farce of "Handkerchief No. 15." Shields and. ..... clearly or ex- Ashley, tius time.-perhaps not very defined Rogers, Matthews and a group of acrobats, extent that a actly understood.-but to *uch an and Princess Trixle, the trick horse, complete possess more than tha ill,concerning them appears to bill. piece are rl6T»ificaa^. The defects of the COLONIAL ,15 way and it still is THEATRE. A^Bviouf; yet it has made 2?. A Mr. Williams provided It will 1-" acted until December has a number of excellent Hlfer 30. acts for tul '-'announced for December Christmas week at his Colonial Theatre. K'c? Ther© will be the usual performances, afternoon B ASTOR THEATRE. and night, at both of his Manhattan theatres. Th«» "Tom will re- chief sources of amusement 6 \ comic opera of Jones" at the Colonial will Theatre. Cliff, \u25a0iTr only two veeks more at the Astor be Laddie a boy who has some reputation deserves ail the praise that it has re- abroad as a dancer; Horace Golden, with a Km an.ply discriminated, the new ceived. Th- ch*r*C*e» are well series of illusions; the Six English Rockers, sweetly melodious headed rnovem-nt <s brisk, the music i* by Nellie Florede; OUie Young and his three broth- and pleasing. Th- next attraction at the Astor ers, inan exhibition of hoop rolling;Rice and Pro- play. Theatre, will be Mr. Eugene Walter's Bear vost, comedy acrobats: the Dollar Troupe, ia "Oa production on • Paid in Pull." now underlined for the High Seas"; an.l Kelly and Rose. in th» lead- January 6. with Miss Lillian Aibert?on DEWEY THEATRE. Ing par. BELASCO THEATRE. The New Century Girls will try to drive d'llfc care away from those who attend the Dewey this bill or is intended at the No ehanire of is needed week. They are to appear twice every day iq Theatre, "The Warren.* of Virginia." Belasco where mirthful sketches. There will be exhibited as handsomely set and ably represented, has estab- aot pub- extra feature pictures of th» Burns-Moir fight. lished itself in the pood will of IBM playpninp Jir. Every indication stifles that it will have a EDEN MUSEE. prosperous career. Mr. Frank Keenan lias found A sacred concert will, according to announce-. ample op- occur to-day, at the Eden Musee. in it.— has brilliantly improved.— an ment, Prof3S3or rortonity Ear the exercise at his fine faculty of im- Karl Kapossy will give violin solos; Mr. Arthur personation.-Thil* Mi»^ Charlotte "Walker, as the will perform on th© Hungarian musical instrument ''. frank. ingenuous daughter of Virginia, presents a called the Tarogato; and members of the B ya] Bfcjastng image of a representative Southern girlin Blue Hungarian Orchestra will provide violoncello pictures and solos. A celestial Influence in* lime of th-? Civil War. The stage and cymbal should period to which all harmonies, and in- dresses a" characteristic of the exude from those doubtless' it great tin- play relatfs.-the eloping dtys of the will. ftruczle In which the Confederacy was defeated,— FIFTY-EIGHTH STREET THEATRE. p;ctcria!ly, therefor?, they are and "historically and The principal features of the bill here will fc% interestinp. "Robinson Crnaoe*a Isl°." Julian Eltinge, a fwnaia , THEATRE. the Basque Quartet, a gTO'ip BERKELEY occupied impersonator: of Tb* Berk*!":- Theatre continues to be acrobata. Gardner and Stoddard. Jimmy in Japanese ;\u25a0Ml Mr. Shawp sickly play of •'Candida." Lucas, th-3 Martin BrotUers. and McKay and Caat- •-<• by Arnold \u25a0d-hich !*adinr ran? are acted Mr. \u25a0well. Daly and Miss Margaret Wycherly. The Shaw GOTHAM THEATRE. and to them 15 com- ; •drsma aaa its admireir. stag on? of Mr. ; The Champagne Girls will and dance heraj mended she opportunity of ?ectaff the, with z*-a». week. Pictures of Burns- fight will 3 l*jrb characteristic pi*.ys» performed j tali t% com- MAUDE ADAMS. thrown on a screen. { The thing itself la Baa, and ne^'er should be. JAMES X HACKETT Par,.'' in its spirit and , MABEL TALIAFERRO- Daly's At the Empire Theatre in a revival of "Peter YORK THEATRE. mended, for it is aaawaMaM • Liberty. Acting In "Jchn GlaydeV Honour." at Theatre NEW meaning. "Candida," it is an- "Polly of the Circus." at the in its \ In The novelty at the New York (Mi week will1% b^ aside two wcckF from this : Mr. Blaney and Mr. nounce 3. •}\u25a0 laid "vexation and weariness." Harden, announced as the 'Wizard of th© Hand- and on January 5 Mr. Amcli Daly and his j act. co-operated In making this play, the tim«. ally bji, ibji T— that of th« flrFt declared Coleman have cuffs." He is a brother of Houdinl. who has tee:* will In another play—one. it is Amster- "the book." the latter of the 3«soc!at«« rertorrr j copy of a market place la former being: author of at other music halls. His feats consist of - and pl^aisnt. character. "be an exact will WEEK. characters represent seen #anystly irw».i. of a cl-an j figure in the production HOVELIIES OF CHRISTMAS music. Four of the principal 11— If from trunks supposed to b« 'be , dam. The con^icuous releasing SuspiciousDaly not lack «btllty. and it would Mc- bear?, one shows the subterranean home key. bursting M- does bo tbe blithe and dainty sing'-v. Wee Christie and scene thorouzbly secured by lock and fa* ability rurr.ed toward illustra- ; 'Al more than a rh^rftil to «=-* his, Donald, who will be associated with Mr. of those animals. In another seen© ters, etc. Irtale Fns;anzi. who willbe remembered ",,_ -..» >, public F*rvi<"e was { Fid- of a thCT's. One .lohn McCloskey. Mr. William VTooa. MONDAY NIGHT. hundred Teddy Bears slide and tumble on the her merry performance in "The Orchid," will conferred by the Messrs. I^i«bl"r. when I^ech Mr. " include, amons: other for T>rorrr':r Mis? Florence Nash. Miss Glajrde'a Honour of a mountain. The cjist will be a pleasant feature. Josephine Cohan. Freti spumed management of the Berkeley I Miss G«orsla Came..' Daly's Theatre— Mr. Ha< kett. In ".Torm the Mips Harry Piker. "Willie Barrows, Josie Bar- Froslni, Jewel!" Hill and SyW •'monkey- Cooper and Marion Uttle. EUtott, In "Under the Greenwood Tree." players. NiWo, manikins. Theatre— namely, the dismissal of that j Catherine Gamck ThaMtm—StaJdne row;., th* Six Danc-in* Belles. K. T. Scott. William Hanako, of Japan Liberty Tallaferm. in "Polly Of the Circus" Engle, en-a-stick" performer. "Mtu»." ( DALY'S THEATRE. Theatre— Mabel Platt, Doyle and Ingles. Rhodes and and < .-n .. -1 OB third .\u25a0!<• of Mr. Daly : New Ba^ Boy and His Teddy Tiear" Another would be the presentment Mr. Ilackctt. making his r^-er.tra.n<-e on the. Line Din Square Thill I"Th* ' Burton. * ?uch, example. a? "The | night Daly's Di?by Bell, Acrea Richard in >Ivaclous oom»dr. for Tork stage, will appear to-morrow at West End Theatre— in "Shore b<» THEATRE. Man of NVrvc."* In it* rros«-m form it might j in a play by Alfred Sutro. called "John LYCEUM possible to add to it. Therefore, an that hi neer»» might not ; Theatre TUESDAY NIGHT. deemed 'old-fB-'hioned." and Mr. Daly. Glayde's Honor." first acted, last spring, at the St. Th*™ is no new word to be said r-pardin? the 6ary here is record of the fact and commendation nerve or th» | Mams, revival Teter Tin prove equal to either the man of James Theatre. London, where it was received with Empire Tfcaatra Maade In \u25a0 of capital play of "Th« Thief." long current at the of th« play and Its performance. In order to visit !tba• one; "n'' d j la managT m aaa man: but the rice- hi a. «°" general It tells a story of llllllliajlnaai Lyceum Theatre. Mr. Daniel Frohman. Amsterdam Theatre it will be needful to that favor. neglects WEDNESDAY NIGHT. the. New th*r« an many old pieces like it. or Jw>tt«=r. j matrimony: of husband who that theatre, recently made known his opinion pleca • . many the state of a of engage scats some time in advance. As the Ground"' i- by to her: of a Paiiyßaore, tn SI I • lesson." rournt b» utilized. V>el!cate j wife, though fond of her and true Hudson Tfcaaaia rtliri "Her that the comply "teaches great moral i.«, primarily, music, upon it is \u25a0 his critical comment ,-,—,,. n»\r sf*n husband; of . loarticularly thr>s* who have \u25a0Me who is unfaithful to her and the Perhaps It does. There is a faculty, noticed by Ample consideration to ' light ; trees, not in order here.
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