THE NEWi YORK DRAMATIC MIRROR MAY 7, 1898. 16 commemoration of the one hundredth perform­ GOSSIP OF THE TOWN. way the btory of the American youngs'er who ance of 'Way Down East. AT THE THEATRES. is transplanted from New York streets to a Manager James R. Waite has presented to stronghold of British aristocracy. The princi FIFTH AVKNUK.— Mrs. Fiske still pleases large Davy Crockett HOOK and Ladder Company, of pies of democracy which the young Lord incul­ audiences in Love Finds the Way and A Bit of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., of which he is a member, Erring Place Konigskinder. cates in the conservative English family are (>id Chelsea at this house. a uiagniuvent diamond and gold medal, which tree acts i»v Brant Reamer, with music edifying in spite of the lad's undue precocity. Other Bills: .Casino. The Lady Slavey ; Em­ will be offered as a prize to the winner of the i trams in • ;perdin< k Produced April S*. Adapted from; Mrs. ; Burnett's well-known pire, Bis Honor the Mayor ; Garden, The First Dutchess County championship at its race meet by Sal on Decoration Day. The Crockett boys formed \ Rudolf Chriatiaua novel, t'aeplay is remarkably clear and straight­ Violin ; Garrick, The Little Minister ; Four­ De>erKLina Lothar Thriwe Bride Mr. Waite was called before the curtain, wear lL*i«- Hext The present revival of the play leaves nothing and the Flame; Knickerbocker, ' » »•**• Uuatav v. Seyffertits to be desired. The little Lord has an admira­ Elect. ing the uniform of the fire company, he was pre­ \»v llol/hackei , . . . Julitta Aacher sented with an immense bouquet of roses by "Vr jteeenbinder .... EllyCollmer ble representative in Cecil Smedley, who gives '. 'nTueiitercbeu the right ring of manliness to the oversopnisti- the organization. St' " " George Le Bret THE LEAGUE'S MINSTRELS. 1 .-. xfc*Averr . Willy Hehutt' cated sentinaents of Mrs. Burnett's hero. The brief biography of Colonel T. Allston . . mMax Hauseler Mr. Haswta's assumption of the crabbed old The veteran Mrs. W. G. Jones is to be one of l)»-r Ku %». the chief participants in the minstrel show that Brown which appeared in last week's issue of De* Wh H' i^or . . Martha (Hack aristocrat, Dorincourt, is a line piece of charac­ THB MIRROR, contained one typographical error. . . Ferdinand Biea ter portraiture. Bobbs the grocer, as treated the Professional Women's League are to give at Colonel Brown's partnership with Morris Sim |)er Schneni, ^ ' August e Buroaeeter by John Jack; becomes a figure droll enough to the Olympia on the afternoon of May 12 for the I tie fttelhnagd . •' . . . Lina Hansen r benefit of their projected club house. Mrs.mond s dated from Mayjl, 1879, and they con­ I )i, Kohenkniagu • . Kmil Brugcmuun have stepped from a Cruickshank illustration tinued together till Mr. bimmonds' death six­ Der Hanskneeht . . . . Carl Frifccber of Dickens. There is no more unctuous ex- Jones has been with Fanny Davenport this tea- teen years later. Dei- Thorwachter . ponent of old-fashioned comedy than Mr. Jack. sou, but she is at present appearing with the No country but Gen *«»* *-*uli.ld have Produced Annie Ward Tiffany's lovable brogue is heard Philadelphia Grand Opera House Stock. Mrs. Marcus Moriarty was called upon at short a drama fikeyKonigHkm ** *»d £° "^ »!? in .the small part of Mary. Frances Haswiu Jones came over from Philadelphia one day last notice to assume the senior H. A. Weaver's role Frau Sorraa could make «• SfSSSf'it figTT makes a sweet and sympathetic " Dearest," and week and pledged her word to take part in the in That Lass O'Lowrie's, played in Washington of the pcor goose girl of rtXfJ %•»*, who eats the other parts are played with capital effect League performance. She will play an aged last week by McKee Rankin's company. Mr. the poisoned dough kneaa *£** £e wlcJed negress, a voodoo woman, in a sketch written Moriarty is one of the quickest studies in the 0 by Charles R Crotius, Rachel Deane, Frank witch and, eating it, dies in t. Vf* *- *Wfc* Young, and Richard Moreton. especially for the occasion by Mrs. Evelyn business, and he found it child's play to master (ie? man fairy drama must be ""ft6*1 w„i* 1„® The play is sumptuously mounted, the second Greenleaf Sutherland, entitled In Aunt Chloe's the part. His professional associates were tm Cabin. Incidental to the sketch, various spe­ astounded at the facility of his performance. pessimism',of Schoepenhauer, fo. ^ i» tendenc to hopey - act, showing the ancestral home of the Dorin- of, all modern drama of that rac courts, being especially effective. cialties will be introduced in white face by Lil- Orrin Johnson has been engaged through lessness and despair. . .. i lian Russell, Lotta, Jessie Bartlett Davis, and Colonel Brown for Charles Salsbury's Stock Humperdinck's music doubtless elt v^*Je8 ™?e Daly's— The Circus Girl. other stars. In the minstrel first part with company, which opens in Rochester, N. Y., work into the importance it has receiv ^fr e which the show will open, Mary Shaw will pre­ May y. drama itself resembles nothing so mu "w *s a La Poupee having been withdrawn. Augustin side as interlocutrix, while Mrs. Yeamans, drama itseli resemoies noimug »u wuJ v Trttl„vj Daly revived last evening, at his theatre, that! Madame Cottrelly, and Marion Abbott will han­ The Blue Jeans scenery failed to reach the tale of Hans Christia- . n Anderso. derson rearead th <2rf*r t)e merry English musical comedy, The Circus Girl," dle the tambos, and Kate Davis, Annie Bliss, Chicago Academy of Music in time for the open­ the black spectaclesDectacles of the ^philosopher'philcsoph , fcx ^* " which was first presented at Daly's last year. and Ada Deaves the bones. ing, April 25, and the performance was given in penhauer. Virginia Earl reappeared as Dora and re- In the course of the first part many specialties street dress with improvised properties. In form, Konigskinder is a melodrama set; v ;peated,her earlier success by her dainty dances, will be introduced, among them dances by Mar­ W. C. Tanner's company in The Leather Man, music. Man's inhumanity to man is typified, -•harming songs, and delightful acting. James garet St. John Wood, Mrs. David P. Steele, and not after the fashion of Maeterlinck and the stranded on Saturday at Saugerties, N. Y., and 1 N>inated Lere by Nancy Sutherland, will introduce, besides Mrs. Jones, fellow members of the Forty Club in Chicago Michael Carre wrote for the pantomime L'F.n- Mcintosh • v&therine Lewis was an admirable Mrs. Charles G. Craig, Lavinia Shannon, Emma last week regretting that be could not be pres­ fant Pre digue. Madame liri ***N'' Mabelle Gillman;was sweetly Sheridan Frye, Louise Rial, Anne Warrington, ent at their monthly dinner. He pledged their Konigekmder is especially interesting through orettv and w v«*>me ae Lucille, and Ethel Hor- Lizzie Rochelle, Mathilde Cottrelly, Olive Oliver, healths in a bowl of soda and milk—bis present its admirable production. Frau Bonn* lavishes witz made an. Xtmirable Lady Wemyss Joseph Bijou .Fernandez, Maida Craigen, Grace Hunt­ prescribed diet. all the resources of her art upon the role of the Herbert gave a t^ver character sketch as Dri- ington, Mrs. Edgar Norton, Ada .Oilman, and Charles R. Sturges has closed with Ward and ill-fated heroine, and Rcdolf Christians, who velli, the circus wxmrietor. Louise Galloway. There will he numerous Vokes and is acting as Ralph E. Cummings' plays the Prince, is a romantic actor of the A large audien w thoroughly enjoyed the wel­ specialties in. the [sketch, a burlesque on the representative in Detroit during the stock sea­ rarest distinction and skill. come levival, * '^ch brought forward the physical culture exercise, and an exhibition by son there at the Lyceum. The work bsv» been richly produced by Herr the League's fencing class. Tickets are for sale Direktor Conried, who again proves his claim to same beautiful cos, «»<» ««* attractive scenery Kernan and Rife have given up their lease of shown before. The Holcombe pass muster. I am not going to black up, you man and Proctor, Wiley and Sanford, the •Imlas Louis F. Morrison The title-role was ably ii HMrpi'eted and ar­ know. My part is a sort of Meg Merrilies, a tistically sung by T. H. Per we. Edith Mason Chatham Sisters, Master Carl Pass, and Pro­ WawKgle s Qoofgt B. Howard voodoo priestess, who tells fortunes and works fessor Neil Sullivan. The i..'olonel tred (i. Hearn was also seen and heard to tArantage in the spells and all that sort of thing. So I'm going ljeeSilverthorn Allen H. Bailey role of Laura. A TtflMam "Wolff SH to give her a Spanish olive complexion—beg par­ Ada Rich Collette, who is the possessor of a Jack Merry Murk E Swan 1 Jay C. Taylor as Samtsky, • ir=-_-^. F sweet soprano voice, has been engaged by Gus Neb Carl Breetz • GeneralOllendorf, Rsymo«a_lL*+** *_*£ don for mentioning Spain. Tne show is bound Paisley Eli»ert Laird rm to be a jolly affair for all who take part, and if Bothner for his Bunch of Keys company for the terich, Gertrude Quinfan as Bror wfl*™, »« £e the audience enjoy a quarter of the fun that we Summer season, to play one of tne principal Jessie Mae Hall made a unique re-entry on j Holmes as Eva, Gillian »wain ••ijemenant expect to have they will vote the performance roles. the local stage last evening, when she appeared Poppenbury, and Jennie «•«.«•*._— _Sf CoSStessPalmetica, were al-«l «i«n AeeaPinReefing with a success." An extensively advertised wrestling match at the People's Theatre in Mark E. Swan's play between Yousouf and Ernest Roeber, at the of Southern life, The Princess of Patches. The the general excellence of the cant. SAID TO THE MIRROR. first glimpse the audience had of Miss Hall was The chorus was as large and efficient's use­ Metropolitan Opera House, last Saturday, was FRANK L. PERL«T: " After certain changes declared no contest, and ended in a disgraceful when a barrel, propelled by some unseen power, ful. Suitable souvenirs were distilbuted last row. came down the stage, and there arose from its. evening to commemorate the one hu udred and have been made in the construction of the play, interior Miss Hall's pretty head and shoulders, fiftieth performance of the Castle Squ »re Opera Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush will be a very Little Annie Inman Derlin, late of the John with the announcement: " 1 went swrmmin' company at the American Theatre. strong and effective drama For the sake of Griffith company, is very ill with typhoid fever an* somebody stole my clothes." The purloined dramatic interest, the motive of the novel was at.the home of her grandmother in Chicago. arments, such as they were, were recovered, Wallack's The Serenade. necessarily subjected to alteratcn. The com gowever, and Miss Hall did not have to remain, For their final week at Wallack's The Bos-1 pany closed lat>t Saturday in Chicago. The play Mary Bankson closed a season of thirty-two will, of course, go on tour again next season." weeks in stock at the Lyceum Theatre, Chicago, in the barrel long. tonians revived The Serenade. This tuneful J on April 23, and returned to New York April 26. Miss Hall became a favorite from the start. work of Victor Herbert will bring their engage­ EDWARD C WRIGHT: "We have had a prac­ Her character, that of an ill-treated foundling,, She played a successful if not a brilliant engage­ ment to a triumphant end nnd, if last night's tical demonstration regarding the attitude of ment. who is discovered eventuall y to be the heiress* enthusiastic reception of the opera he any Canada on the Cuban question. On the cloting to a large fortune,p she played with charming; night of Two Little Vagrants in Montreal, Mil­ The Bijou Theatre Orchestra at every per­ s, that won an unqualified personal* criterion, there will be crowded houses for the formance this week will play the following artlessnessSh, e "i s petite, graceful, '"an" d" winsome rest of the week. A good measure of the pop- dred Holland, who speaks the tag which reads success •—• *'•• ular success which The Sorenade has obtained ' We will grow up together, big strong men, be patriotic and military selections: Sousa's " Stars and has magnetism. told 1 is doubtless due to the spfrit ed pertormtvnee of soldiers, and fight for our country,' added with and Stripes Forever," Aronson's " For Love or Of the play the gist of the story was The Bostonians. Henry Clay Barnabee, richly all the* fervor of American patriotism, ' And War," and " Military Mazurka," and Tobani's above. There is alto a robbery, and some gifted comedian that he is, has hard work to lick the Spaniards.' The cheers and applause potpourri of national airs including " America," other deeds of villainy, but all ends well. The extract humor from the barren role of the which greeted the interpolation could not have " Hail to the Chief," «« Yankee Doodle," play suits the star perfectly. Duke of Santa Cruz. Mr. Frothingham and been more spontaneous and enthusiastc had ** Dixie," and " The Star Spangled Banner." Miss Hall received good support from Fred Mr. Brown by deft treatme.it carry off with they been given in the most patriotic city of the Howard and Doyle have secured The Golden G Hearn as Colonel Siiverthorn, a ".loyal old Union." Southerner, Allen H. Bailey as his villainous effect episodes that are almost destitute of any Giant Mine from Mrs. Rankin. They also con­ nephew, Mark E. Swan as a wealthy young Bos- real humor. As rendered by The Bostonians, EDWARD C. WHITE: "My advertisement in trol Trilby, by arrangement with Harper and tonian, and the nero of the play ; Louis P. Mor­ however, the work is continuously entertain THB MIRROR of April 16 relative to next season Brothers. rison as Judas, a well named Octoroon ; Blanche ing. W. E. Philps' sympathetic tenor is always has fairly flooded me with letters. It has there­ HalL and Flora Dorset as real Kentucky a delight to the ear, and Jessie Bartlett Davis fore been impossible to extend the courtesy of MIRROR CALLERS. and Marion Holcombe, aa a vixenish would infuse vitality into even a .more colorless a reply to everyone. I wish to acknowledge women, part than Dolores. receipt of letter* through your valuable paper, The following were among the visitors at the ft* OH© and inform all applicants that no engagements MIRROR office dnring the week: Next week Manager A. H. Sheldon" will pro­ Star—The White Squadron. will be made until June 10." May Massonny, Solaret, Geneva Parker, Lola duce a new war plav. At Fort Bite*, with a spe­ Morrisse, Marion De Boise, Engel Summer, Aladu** cial cast, including Henry Simon, author of the A regular mob besieged the doors of the Star F. ZIEGFBI.D, JR.: " Anna Held played at the Nelson. Sylvia Denton, N. H. Richmond, .Mattel ,lay; J. B.^Cooper, Laurence Day en port, Frtrt. Theatre last evening and fought their way in Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, the first week Black, (4race Le Hoy, Lillian Buckingham, Adelaide to see a revival of James W. HarkiAH, Jr.'s, to receipts as large as any at that house this nus.sell, Merban Kobbtere, Grace Gray, Joaie Hen "ayer, and Miss Adler. naval melodrama, The White Squadron-.. It i» derson, Myrtle May, Jennie Rui.ple, Maud B. season, outside of thes) of the Bostonians. The Hayes, Adelaide Stai'r, Marion Hae, Lucille Leitt. Columbus-The Crust ol Society. needless to say that the enthusiasm of the audi­ second week—Holy Week—business was bad. l.iilian Dix. Marie Taylor Johnson. Mrs A. Town ence was at fever heat throughout the evening i The Mordaunt and Block Stock company Miss Held made a personal hit, but San Fran- wend, < >luie Berkeley, iiessie Sears, Florence Hal ^ey, and that the patriotic sentiments uttered by cfeco at present is a one-night stand." Lizzie May I'lmei, Hope Leonard, Lillie Lyons made a splendid impression in Rot-edaVe at tl ie the actors were cheered to the echo. Ltagard, Edna Uoddiogton, Viola Raynore, Hrare Columbus Theatre last week, and rep sated its Robert Hilliard appeared in his original char­ AL. MASON: " I am the inventor and designer UreeBWood. Majme Keaity, draco Beauco, AIM** success Monday evening in its second bill, a re­ acter of Commander Ste unton and carried off of the working battle scene in The Man Irving, Mabel Laton, KOHH Crouch, Ada MflroM- vival of The Crust of Society, which drew a' Mra. George H. Knight, Bessie Lee. MIHS K K. the honors. Laura Biggar, who was featuied, O'War's Man. I note that I received no credit Palmer, Nettie Black, Loui.-e Muller. Heneva very large house. was excellent as Onesta, and Charles Bowiier, on the programme at the Fourteenth Street Barker, Sadie Hix, Mr«. William Prtiette, Alice Amelia Bingham made her first appearance Frederick De Vere, Katie Pearson, Martha Theatre last week." Gray, Mettle Neil. Harry Dickeaon, ('. T, L<>ti«ley with the company, appearing in tLe role of Rudesel, and Louis Haines came in for a l'air Taylor, Bngh .Taylor, Mr. Aulmrne. Collin Vain y, Mrs. Eastlake Chapel. The Jin de siesh North, Herbert O'Connor, 1 homiia Wood, L. .Don Oomyns, and by.Francis Gheen, Gee rge S. Stev­ mettle. The May Literary meeting took place yester nelly, George H. RoOiuson. C. Harry Kittredge. ens, and Emma Marsh in minor role s. J According to his conception of the Dane, day afternoon. The programme included piano Owen Feree, Kdwiti Wallace, J. B Delcher, Al. The Crust of Societywas a< lapte <1 from Du­ Hamlet is possessed of strong passions. Signor solos by Jean Ely, plantation melodies, suug by Harris, Harrv Jackson, S. W. Hiliiaid, Tonv Farrell, mas' Demi-Monde, by William Seymour, stage- Majori enacted the part with much real and Anna Simis, original verses, by Sara A. Palmer, Abraham Humphrey, J. A. Walleck, All A. B<*h. 11 and a selection from As You Like It, by Louise Fred Richardson, Lyster Sandfoni, (leorge >. manager of the Columbus Thaatre. earnest force, by which he infected and fas Stevens, H. H. Fraze«\ F.dgar Selwyn, James Mm The settings and costumes were neat and in cinated his audience. Forsyth. Fanny Jackson Stoddard directed the phy, Edwin Meyer, Hugh Arnott, ,'harles Hreen, good taste. Next Monday he appears as Edmund Kean in meeting. John A. Yakel, A. D. Hichnrtlson. Flank N. DP-W. F'ink Dominoes is announced a* the compar.y s Alexander Dumas' well-known drama of that Harry G. Vernon, (leorge Flint. James CUMC k, THE BARRY BENEFIT. Theodore Donee!. Frank Powell, C. P. Mm phy ' next bill. name; it is the same that Charles JCoghlan [pre­ M. Gillies, John J. Launey, Frank Casey, John A. sented here this season as The Royal Box. The benefit for the three youngest children of \akel, feamuel Freedinan, W. S, Harkins, Harry Grand Opera House--Fufltleroy. the late William Barry took place at the Orand Sweatman, T. P. Gamble, Albert Lang, Dan Peek- Lovers of good acting will pm>l a histrionic At Other Houses. Opera House, Brooklyn, on Sunday evening, ard, Joseph Menchen, Tom Springer, H B Bradley, May 1. It was a great success, as in addition Wallace, Monro, Fred Wynne, rlaremo Rogersoii. offering worthy of attent ion at the Grand Opera BIJOU.—My Friend from India is in its last Brandon Douglas, John ( . Elite, s Schrank, Frank House this week. Littl« Lord Fauntleroy has week at this house. This capital farce reached to the receipts from the sale of tickets, sub­ Glenn, George Mack, Louis Brian, Robert Kolire, never enjoyed a better representation than Carl its one thousandth performance last Tuesday scriptions amounting to about $2,200 were re­ Perry Meldou, L. F. Morrison, C. Buridav. L. P. A Haswin*s revival of the play. Mr. Haswin and the event was duly celebrated by the dis­ ceived. Baistone. H. Laurent. Gerald UTiffin, Susie I'hilbp. has taken pains to group about him the most tribution of appropriate souvenirs. -• . *. — So.aret. Ethel Hertslel, Florence Le Roy. Hei»*n efficient players' obtainable and, as a result, THE KOREANS POSTPONED. Robertson, Leslie Marion, Jennie Jacobs, Jessie L every part from the aristocratic .youngster to BROADWAY.—The tri star alliance, Lillian Hiciimond, Annie Yeatmms, Marion Roe, LlHiaa the Hibernian housemaid receives thonnjgh Russell, Delia Fox, and Jeff De Angelis, will The production of The Koreans, at the Herald Dorothv, Fraukie Hariington, Margaret Ptbden, continue to appear in The Wedding Day Square Theatre, announced for last night, was Mam) kuowlton, Bengie Harrison, Agnes Farnusu and effective interpretation. postponed until this (Tuesday) evening, it was Louise Lloyd. Alice Leigh, Nanette Hyau, 1 P ' throughout the week. Raynore, and (lail Forrest. _. __!•. • * — < )f Mrs. Burnett's play no critical comment is M said because of the non completion of scenery It still remains 1 n excellent MANHATTAN.—Silver loving cupUntitled Document" souvenirIBs I uow called for. It still rsmains I n will be distributed this (Tuesday) evening '- and costumes. , __ ...

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