, 1879-03-16


MS will in her favor. In the next act, which
takes place on one of the London bridges, Rob
ers Hardy, who thinks he has discovered that
hGfe's father is about to disown him, meets the
old man and Hills him, throwing bis body into
the river. Arthnr, coming upon the bridge to
beg. finds pocsctboos which the murdered
man has lost in the scutle, aud takes it home
with hin. Next day, Lavine used one o.
wife from starving, the murder is traced
to him and he is arrested. BEly K1ootz after
| Va!nly TRYING TO sare him other wars, declares
that he himself is the guilty party. In the next
act terry Graham turns up, having been saved
from DEATH. and acquired riches. B;iy Htoot=,
under guard, is conducting him to his wife and
children, when he suddenly discovers Fa, Sink
and Hardy abducti1g Kate inforder to get DOS
session OF her property. Batg saves her and ex-
poses the Villains, tile good people are all r.
last act o. goodness satisfied himself that he is
| respectable enough to marry Gurtita, does So.
MIR. Harkins is the E.outz;; Mr.. llar1enbergh
Van S.i"k; Mr.: WheelocE the Arlhnr; Mt.
Robert Hardy; Miss Wilton the ku,e; Miss Alaye
the Gurtha: and Miss Irving the Hrs. G,uhann.
The other parts are unimportant, and good
! many of them badly performed. This is espe-
| cialy the case with Air. Chapiiu's Hurry G',.a-
ham, aud Louise Alleu's dst,st l'Ai2is. As to
Harkns, Wfleciock, Har0enbcrgh, and Fisher,
! and the Misses Wilton and alaye, one cannot
| speak otherwise than in terms OF praise. Mr.
OacFe Is, presume,
| THE WORST STICK
| ever admitted to juvenile business in New York
Nouclcault brought htn out, and iat is another
reason why Dion ought to be killed. He has
| got lisp, 4 drawi, and peuny-wlistle voice.
uil Of which would make him Invaluable as q
corset-dtter's clerk, but which are ridiculous in
serious parts upon the stage.
s'Tnro' the Dark u Is mounted at the Fifth
Avenue in must elaborate and beautiful way.
The sets are all OF them remarkable, u,la tue
bridge-sccnc gets away from anything hitherto
presented in New York. On Monday night, c.
". Vithatn, the artist, and Benson Sherwood,
the stage-1n achinist, were both called When the
curtain rolled up and showed this last set.
The dialogue OF the piece is constructed with
great care, and good deal Of Judgment is
shown in arranging the situations, which are
the pictures were redenanded on Monday night,
and Messrs. Harkins and Whcelock together
with Miss Wilton and Miss Mayc, were repeat
edly called before the curtain. Tile piccc will
probably run through Lent, and msy be longer.
intends to stay IN America permanently, all
rumors TO the contrary notwithstanding. II
that should prove to be the case, Jack uayerly
will have to find somebody else to manage llis
time ago tad lease Of the Academy OF 5lus,c
for a term OF seven years, but he had lively
row with some OF the stockholders while
afterwards, and now claims that they have
A3ohEH &4CA EGHb1dEt f4kA liiO3 t4G}G0H. HIS
undisputed possession OF the Academy was
Threatened, and
lie KICKED OVER TIE TRACES.
But he wasn't tu be choked off In any such
Easy way as that-not any. Mupleson has been
With jack Haverly just long enough to absorb
some Of the latter's enterprise; aud, when be
found he couldn't have the Academy, be de-
clared that he'd make those stockholders look
sick before he got through with them. So he
started out and interviewed a number OF
GoIhamas wise and wealthy men, and the result
will prove 3 1i1 ely sort Of bomb in the enemy's
camp.
10 come down to facts, Maplcson is going to
have an opera-house Of his own. 1t is to be
magnificent affair, aud will COST no end OF
money. Subscriptions to the amount Of $150,
900 have already been raised, and the fund is
growing day BY day. jun kcenc is understood
to have chlpped III to tie extent of s30,00D, and
Jay Gould is also in the scheme for big
amount. W. Il. Vanderbilt has indicated that
he intends to furnish the land upon which the
building is TO be erected, aud tits given out that
the site chosen will be the spot where GiEnlorcs
Garden now st.nds. The ENTERPRISE is an euor-
nous one, and will prove relief from tie over |
bearing management Of tie organzation:whiel,
has hitherto been e what Dennis ,h ksarney wou!d
ssThe Little DuSe,n which was brought out |
with distinguished lack Of success in Boston !
few weeks ago, is announced for production at |
OOuIA5 1nCALlC oAGulNG3 NF. uQtiu |
duff is understood to be the financial incu-
bator Of the scheme, and he claims to have Sc
lec:ed company which is remarkably well !
adaptcd to the work laid out for ii. The nnly
trouble with Dull is that, Us soon as he makes
success at one tlicatre, he wants to manage nil |
the rest of the play-houses in town. That was /
what busted him when he was with DAILY.
don't know which OF 'esn learned it from the
other, but, it the old man should make hit
with this venture, us he has with ''piuafore,"
Ill the other managers in the city have got to
rise up anu dust without delay-that's what's
Ehe matter.
air. Walack has been doing
"a SCRAP OF P.aPERn
this week. The piece was Bouccaulteu from
he French Of Victorien saraou BY Palgrave
Simpson, and has been done III this country be-
ORE It is light and airy comedy, marvel
}usy constructed, and, on the Whole, we'll
1laycd by Wallack's company. Lester goes to
California in May to play three weeks, under
ncnt was made possible By Mmc Jaua.1schcK's
consent to give up the last wrck Of her time
n the theatre, and Lawrence Barrctt's consent
Q defer the beginning OF his engagement one
week. Anna Dickinson, whose time was ar.
angea to come between that Of Janauschck
nd Barrett, has already asked the management
o postpone her date u:=til the autumn, in
rider to allow her to make brief trip to
europe. Barton IL Lawler therefore Let her
#, and gave her three weeks in October. So [
|
andwiched in between the others. His terms
or tile three weeks ure, l understand, S1O,00U. !
here is strong likelihood Of his playing short !
Engagement III Chicago upon his return.
Elsie Moore's Dew play is finished, and is soon
o be- put in rehearsal at one Of the theatres
ere. The piece IS said to be of much interest,
nd the central part is well fitted to Miss !
[oore's line of business. 1t is the work of |
.rchic Gordon, who was formerly Chicago
and who is now connected with the
'ran,atic Acsas.
THE LATEST SENSATION HERE
the production OF ''Thc Black Crook'' at
ibo's Garden Theatre, under the management {
the Kralfys 1t was the bow anchor Of the I
which, by series Of blundcrs in {
selection Of plays and its awful butci4erics Of 6
lays after they had been selected, lad almost {
lined the reputation Of the house, and was said ]
BE- deeply in debt to the Stewart estate, Had q
not been for the reueemng taste of the XII S
lily brothers, it is probable that the q Crook u
ould have settled the fate Of Niblo's. As it ! q
Us, tue old management succeeded in ringing | q
for some Of the principal parts z
eh autumnal beauties as Annie Ward
Tany and Belle Howttt, who as the
tcrprctcrs Of leg-show urt: striking
ly as regards their maturity. In other rc-
ects the representation gets down somewhere
to the present decade. But the production is >,
,haro m f.iYE f.fit ] J.