, 1880-10-24
THE STAGE.
ro,r nthey Have Amused Us at
the Various City Thea
tres.
lima Hundred Wives" According to
the Philadelphia Critics.
xr,ho+ the Local Managers Pro-
nose to Do for Us This
Week.

TuEv nAVE AMUSED Us.
..,r5 ~ an,as culent OF Miss Mary Anderson
80. ~. oitv was closed last night ut McSickers.
~ ~. 1.s~ onnearlue rs tho Greek boy Ion in Tai
.as :ns sombrcly classic play Of that name Here
1ttar ve vii. refer to her personauon. Miss AN
sa,son's work has shown growth IN art' sne nus
w. ehoEn that she is one Of tho very best dfa"
.,r cards In the country. IN 1outteen 1'sueS'
.s;taen times has the sign "stano1ng room
.n,v been placed ut the door. Even LUZ"
e,e oan In the paimy days of the emotional drama
@r,ar,otte Cushman In her prime could not do
y. 49,, ~. Miss Anderson has unQuesuonably one
on+oop and It Is a great one Her lot has
.a.n cast at a time when she has practically no
-, Unlike Mccullough. Barrett, heene, or
ra1o pootb. she has the field all to herself. Hor
4.adn, her Julia Juliet, Blanca, PdTthe't1d, her
".,t.xe and her Pauline have been ulludeu TO
~ ,hov were presented, and thotr faults ana
.ha;r merits, Us they appeared to u.s. were
.oir,cd out. In Riaucing back at what has been
aone during the engagement, We can only say
.ha, TaE TR1BuSE's predictions OF her future
Greatness when the tragedieuno nrst appeared
y ..,a cttv have been fully verified. We may
4.s.sr ~ nrdict that should she develop in the
.a.r f7re wears al she has in tho past she Will
sonnel artistic recognition us one Of the great
ro11,sh-speaking tragedtennes Of the century,
4, Hooley's the Leavitt vaudeville troupe
s.ra drawn fairly large audiences. but, as might
n.,,e teen expected. 30 per cent OF the pntrons-
70 have This frou the officers OF the theatre
hav. been not the regular hah1tues, ont
.~.ns,ent visitors to tho city. attracted
d,.,btless by the gnudy lithogrAphs the agents
Rave scattered around town. The troupe up
peared at this theAtrc last sundas evening: ~ 80.
~ hoard a 1uod deal in advance Atuut tha
e+ranurh If the organization, aud. consequently.
wnto We saw what kind OF a snow LeaS1tI WAS
irving to palm OH upon the patrons " ~ nis.- H.
cisss Theatre, We were probably ns u1nch us
snnonted Us Mr.. Hooiey himself Owing to the
nnssent competition among managers ~ tais
civ. they frequently, in order u M III a, 1c..
5r1e have to take whatever they can get tncy
have to contruct for attractions ABOUT which
ihey know nothing, except from the aRents. ,:.
Vim nre hired generally. according 10 1nts11
shiItty to gull the unsophisticated ana me
cr.dtilous manager or country newspaper writer
into the belief that bad attraction Is Rooa ons.
Mr. Leayirt had Il - smurt agent IN Ne" oak'
tnr The best speciality people OF Londou
elsewhere Tor this vaudeville troupe. among
he members engaged, So it WAS said. was Arle!.
the lying dancer nnd tne orRapi'zauUn m
etc ETC. ever launched upon the road ~ aHer
in Tpon the representations nnde, MANAGER
Hooley gave the troupe aaaGi aair % "as he Tried.
We are told, to get a certain city maha4er ~
take them Of his hands, but he didn't succeed.
Had the vaudeville company oI a:s r rhe,,re tey
~
would have been In their proper piacs; o ~
Hooley's stage they Tero out OF their latltuoe
entirely. ,.,,o aro,v,
crowded houses, simply we believe. oW1nE 20
their numerical strength and the fact that tney
are genuine negroes. There is no particular
merit in what they do. Few Of them hnve any ~
notion OF acting or humor- The vocalsnn % t!e m
organization is, however. superior 10 hnfthlns
We have had from the simon pure nesn
minstrel. The program ID well arranged anc
carried through with the briskness chafnctet-
irinv the Mastudons entertainment
While Leayitt's troupe were out OF tnelr &c.
DMisdell j. Guiick's attractions, was IN 1ts plaet
At the Olympic. It pleased the patrons ana drew II
IarQr audiences during the week nul
Scotch is another Of the new fashioned varlet.
entertainments. with Il slender thread ar
tate Of some Kind, merely used to sho" on IN
spcciultics Of the performers: who are ~ com
netent to I'LL the positions in which they UNI
themselves Mr.. Gus Bruno, the latesi edition
to this company, proves most attractive teut
ure. A. ,.,o,,,ax- In
for two weeks draw. fair patronage IN
Messenger from Juryis Section Dir: Macaulc.
had .sjushua Whitcoinb' never been tseei
would probably have proved more attrac11EE u
Daniel Bartlett than he hus- Miss victory Crcast
the Clip Of the piece, has made faEoraole III
preston