, 1881-08-28
Second Discourse on happenings
in the City OF New
York.
Disastrous Failure Of George
FaWcett Rowe's New
Comedy.
The Sad Life History OF q Beau
: ti1ti1 Young Woman.
Fashions for the Winter-Perils Of
Anti-Fat-Jim Bennett as an
1mpresari0,

Special Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoHk, Aug. Elf the dramati.
critic or Tie TRIBUNE can conveniently bt
arrested Or assasinnted Oil the night Sniff ,
Is produced III Chicago, he will do a very
good thing for himself.
We gathered in great force ut the Fift'
Avenue Theatre on Monday night. Tht
audience looked, for the iirst time this Sell
son, like metropolitan house. 1t is such il
handsome auditorium, and crowd Of we'll
dressed people make more show i'll thai
building t}lan i'll any other place of amuse-
Hnrnt in this city The crimson satin~frametl
mirrors reelected the familiar faces Of the
ptcss~lilen aud all tie tlisengaged profession
i ais, aud the weather admitted Of handsome
toilets.
Airs. Florence occupied one box, crportly
figure cncased in II robe Of palcst pink, that
lifted rs only Florcncc's dresses do fit, sug-
Eestlng her having been III a melting mood
wien they were assumed. This dress was
accompanied by Il deep crimson lat of
1aclilun0t roses and Il crimson feather fan.
Mrs. +. is looking rs young as she did a year
ago, and now her famous lemo1l-colored
liead is suffering Il partial eclipse. ner hair
was originally bright Drown, and back to
that tint tho lady is now going by easy
| Stages.
Uppusit her the llapny husband nopu1ar
comedian, and prospective father JOHN Z.
!laylhond, SAT with Ills little wife III another
nr,.ss nf hiacI III, ~" =" .,I, ~, .
| Of tho sleeves ,nu,o OF in1crlaccd chrnIilc, on
which hundreds OF little bell buttons dnngted.
wli,e srir 81, viii r. ~ "u1 1n' ia
Williams did tho severe I.ouiou business With
out q q nat IN the stalls The l,leeniy beauty Of
Alire Hnrrisnm. iha hsnsnnn ii,nhsI = ,ar p1.,.c
tho elegant Ellie Milton: the peri little face OF
s.: anq csthel,c Laura non: the r,u head of
1na,iic propnrtions Of john DmT Of Iavs. aIc tho
Polish peAdler iaces Of the kiralfys: tho rotund
hnI, n w y eo'1c q ~ ,no tcrr.hG III crop o. nalr
| ser tho curtain rise.
Ihcre's q certain expression Of incipient de-
tha Fifth Axenne ~. Lssne ri Horart Ho'lGe %
| stnnp,-:a sort OF traec-rnark. i've seen
tho lean yisage Of .A'lsl's Lin Daily wear it,
faee Of stephen f'skc: Aid l;ow it SITS in fu!
}Tuv.r1. II ~ T. +h tne p.te lfaspicce f O. Jaes
inr..n'.i rc,io..o ste S'auom oa oes,ny IS me
occult prcsc;encs. Of approaching dlsHsters With
GiIsys s",,,rnin, III, .,tla nj rlcniyr ha hn,e.
~, w:nt 1ha t,1r,o;n ''-s ""& "&Ae's .Ae Aou'e'
up we'll e1'o .ur'en.
HOW "SM1FF" FAILED.
George FaWcett HOWc author actor can
tatrice and tlanscuss.. was rnrIv nm the scnrp
y dull dialos 1T the stage door Of 4 theatre
between Rowe as Sniff. the manager and
soma st,.n-s,;tta, mo-, ona,,,,;of :, fo,,,
9o'ile s'ai'e-sll1l1'e't 'aef' "ec"pieu u lew
minutes. l. second scene introduced the
two new HrjiisI, i,el1es and ],,1f-nat,,ro1ize,i
'''I :. .I'''h@'t'i"4iHe'-
oEe.-the Misses bal1e, t'lir1eS, ana Alnla
Stanley. Sniff nrrangcS with the girls his
sunnosnd da,71htnrs and ,,ifo far m An,ar;-
-'e-' .>'t' 1 " ~. "'l 1A"te.i
can tour, anu StlpuIateS TO be called - Ia" by
all three. After more dialog OF al itlco,lse-
quentlal character, the plain cloth used i'll
this scene rs the back Of 4 fiat is hauled off,
ant the girls alld other persons nppear in
sucl eoalutlts as Lowe ltntg1neS Tue eous
and gotlesscs of mythology should wear.
Here Misses p,1fa ,,,I I,ur,n, .,po1 ny,
, l.cie -hlsses bills a1lo eufney tnnca up
ulelF vocal Tyres ana proved they had |
ready Tyre out as business manager work !
~ itls LUG pless' rii'i'A -h"Sst''e composed
the music, and II has neither go or tune to |
it: Perhaps it the nlusic had been better the
ym.aljst, PERKINS, If the triris wert. hcttrr
vncniists Nnsrrnrn:s mnsic ,yonkln,t l,nra
a,,,,.ii ~ 80. - 1it . .i t.t'@
:oMl..1Gta ' so very ulsauiul' US o1te VI tts'se
p'.;n sp.t;;lSp po.',n ,J pogJn"elunS Sunnarun's tne
T., , no W tU .t' - . p. nI ,t ,f reve.
prn'tpty Tn. oyaS gays ne 1t hn up ,,eso
t,.on use. ,1 nit tio'' .u,'sG stftscis elotnta
q dis!,,ai rSy"ss on %b'ch we're Se h"as caaned @
,"v: ,rl. WIZ. l'' 1'us "a'or cal''eu eooos a1
Wy N,nnnr iho 4or,,cst orr;vo1s T., olvm,,s w,s
~ uo ns ~. T. v"e ~ t.ose "no . MY"
a ,It IT. u 1.s s ~ s'.g t1t nc
cctuai tut is hot % bcutifu IL that his I sntorii
c,if. that r n t. n,,, ~ ria * u a Enu a. t,od
the first note IN his vore he tnirhr @ be ol1c IL to
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eu and iifc shnrf sri Of tnmnr M s pV91 ~cllow
.; te. u.u H. L..i: SUI, sha.t - t'''!.. yetlow
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