, 1880-11-28
Attractions Going From and
Coming To Chicago.
SaIyini at RehearsaI-Will-
lam Randolph Floyd.
Joe Murphy's Trouble with Fred
Maeder Bernhardt's
Phedre.

during the past week, entitled - Dreams; or.
Fun in Photograph Gallery" There is
much more originality in the former than IN
the latter, and the fun Is Of more dellcate
kind, but " Dreams" contains merry matter
enough to give an audience the worth 0!
their money In laughter There IS nothms
in it particularly new,-1n fact. Willie
Edouin's business is little else than the best
of what he has done in the Lydia Thompson
and other trour>es since he came to this coun-
try, All his business. however, Is good and
is we'll placed in the piece The first act is
reminiscent Of 1.-THE Chimney Corner" and
1.-The Cricket OF the Hearth" III this act
Mr.. Edouin gives a clever picture at
an old man, Jol.,. A3,tonto Bi71ks, and
companion portrait is presented By Alice
Atherton i'll his wife 1t is Christmas eve
The old couple give party to their sons anu
daughterS-il,-law. The scene IS tastefuhy
arranged. Toasts are given. Old Btnks
makes funny speech, and, after the young
people have gone, he sits by the hre ana
dreams The curtain rises upon the interior
Of photograph gallery. Everybody mas
something to do, and everybody does tnat
something well; but perhaps the most IRE
sisibly funny thing in the whole act is the
carricature Of the photographer FURNISHED
By Mr.. Jacques Kruger. LII his eccentric
make-np,-a cross between Romeo Jdtter
Jenkins and the Crushed 1rdgctiinaa.-in his
attitude while manipulating the camera, i'll
his coiuic department to those who are being
look" his keen sense Of the ludicrous keeps
the audience screaming while he is On tie
stage. The amusing burlesque Of the scns;l-
tional drama introduced gives Miss Alice
Attlerton chance for fun in her representa-
ton of the sentimental heroine, the sewing
machine girl. The other people Include
Miss Ida Shapely, young lady
with a sweet, sympathetic, although
not a powerful, voice and most agreeable
presence; Miss Julia Edouin. bright sou-
bret; Miss Lolita Bolton, all actress with
singular roice,-a sort nf 4 high baritone,
power. Nr. Joseph Hogan deserves; credit
for what he does to add To the general lner11,
ment. The entertainment is briskly carried
on. There are no tedious pauses.
This company will 5e SucceeueA 9y MIs
NM 9 roles. The reader may, be reminded
creai M t;arah Sid dons. She has ALREADY. dem
nnstrate1 whether she inherfts any Of that
ersat' @ actress genius. Mrs Scolt-Siddons
Eas E been paying aud giving readings in this
country and in Great Eri,ain since 1857. For
fhe uast mo or three years SHE has not been
sesn on the theatrical stage At the begin
ming Of the present season lne 81 taay took 10
a cacsaent af. her repertoire viii be-: Monday
.sxe,1ing. King Kcno:s Daughter" and 1.-The
Honeymoon Tuesday, Romeo and
Juliet; "Wednesday matinee 1i Iepeitltlon. ot
Montqys BILL TS2svs Sa2ssay eSs,ing sxsn'' The
school I T for Scandal; Friday, Saturday after
c,2;a,, aP% nst aaS nsT nlre gaE acSst afen
There will be In the company Mr. Luigi Ia
Mr, Leo Cooper, Mr.. Harry Pearson, Ar. Ed
win CIrary. M1. II. johnson, MT. Thomas
Kelly, Miss Josephine Bailey. and Miss Lilly
Stone
Wives at Tc{ icker's large audiences have
rendered u favorable verdict upon the play.
In Tie beginning OF the week tile elements in
the piece likely TO make it popular one were
touched upon IN these columns. IL deais Ill an
inr way with the ua1estion of M0rmonistli, cN-
Msing its horrors III ID the iniquitcS practiced
upon its dupes, and the tilreetness WITH which
lie authors have tre:t. cd the matter WALL make
it valuable to the tinker and instructive to
the average playcocr. Objection was taken
to the occasional dialoe' iug:sed in foreign
and cumbersome to the starry, bu; a good deal
Of this during the ruin iii here las been cut
out. Il two or three chang rs W.T. M maae na III
barrymore has not force enougs, for the role
of Elsie, and Mr.. William harr,s Is 700
hard and unsynpai hetic an actor lot
cu,tzty characters. Mr. dn<l Mrs. Mc.Iintcu
could scarcely have been put into better .'an9s
than tl,t,se of Miss Ada Gilman and Mr.. Dc
Wolf Hopper. Miss Gilman's trim figure
her bright, animated, and expressive face,
her quick appreciation Of humor, her sense
Of the fitness Of comic expression and gesture
her pleasant voice {unhapr'lly during the
past three nights she suffered from severe
hoarseness), all tended to the depletion q
aud must amusing way, the pulldozlng
scenes with her six-foot l,en-pecsled husband,
Tie bristiing, dictatorial manner IS cteverly
assumed, and the disparity in the size OF tue
frontier character portrayed by Mr: Hopper
is refreshing in its freedom, from that over
strained yulearity generally associated with
snch r6lc; and yet 1t is strongly drawn;
MI. John lncc is very happy in the portrayal
Ut a Chlnaman ct a somewhat original type,
while Nessrs. Fitzgerald and kolfc finely
catch the sulenan spirit of the Mormon char
acHr, and admirably project it:
the SEASON in the East and made q hit II
will Ue tie coming attraction at Nclfcker's~
In the piece-a cpmedy-we are told we are
~ the beginning introduced t. "a picnic
old men and women, flirting young folks,
and rom1ing children, aud although the
neither side OF life is shown for artistic effect
As the story passes, the prevailing atnlos-
tues, and they art cheeriiy, not doletully: set
forth" The chief character is designed to
place in az favorable a light as possible the
humorous and lnimctic powers of Mr. Sol
notice Messrs. Rockwell, I.anerEan, Ring
gold, Sol Smith, and Walter Lennox, Sr.. and
Miss Mcllenzs, Mrs Sol Smith. Misses Earle
II ,t,r,. hn nnuh+aa ,vha+har ,r,,. .,,,;1,- ~