The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-01

1on cooper. b. H. drahan
ueorge benson a. Bar
Jim Farran. Geo. r. Edeso1
Abe Nathans, q Pawnbroker. ..........W. w. Allel
Mr.. Arkwright Detective ...........W. II. Burton
hammond. ..Edw1n b. T1ltol
Croucn. ..Percy Snele,
blggs .Ihos- Lytol
simon Abeles. II. Levi
zoe Downey- Geo. Blak'
". swirl w. ID. Utte
messenger Boy. .Chas. Stoddarl
Annie Standish. poor woman.....( 1,,;a c.r.u
Helen Standish. her daughter.......) ''e~A
blooy roman Annie Ward Tiffany
Mrs. higgins. .Clementine Vaughn
Nellie, child. Little Oracle
Frank Tannerhills ssFun on the Bristol
Combination played at Washburn's MI
scum all last week to crowded houses.
The piece is too well known for there being
any need of us saying anything about it.
The company is good, and each and every
one seems to fit his or her part to perfec-
ton. Miss Louise ArDott as the Widow
O'Brien renders the part very well. Miss
Bessie Cottrell as Nora O'Bren is very
clever and possesses a remarkably fine
voice. Miss Maude Giroux as Dora Meal
lister is fair. Mr.. Mills Hall as Captain
Thomas Cranberry was as gruf an old salt
as ever sailed the 'briny, and Geo. Rich
ards as Jerry Thompson, the steward of the
Bristol, does funny negro: and his fewy
in the concert scene is very laughable
The rest of the company is fair. Taking
the performance all through it was
thoroughly satisfactory. This week the
Gray and Stevens Combination will appear
in their great drama, '.Sayed From the
Storm" The piece, although of highly
sensational character, is very good, and
has some extremely strong situations.
Minnie Oscar Grey, in the role of Ragged
Nall of thu Mines iu he Sc n
painstaking actress, and does everything in
her power to make her part success. The
part of Percy Todd the Sluice Robber, is
taken by w. T. Stevens, and is acted for
all tits worth. During the action of the
piece, which ID laid in the far West, four
trained dogs are introduced. The COM
pany has been performing all through the
country to packed houses. Last week,
while playing at the Royal Museum in Al
bany, the sale of seats had to be stopped at
7:30, as there was not even standing room
to be had.
The programme at the Park roller skat-
ing rink for last week, was very good. 1t
comprised fancy and trick skasir g
by clever professionals, racing of all kinds
and games of foot ball and polo. The at
tendance during the week was large and
every one seemed to- enjoy themselves.
One of the greatest events, in the way of
racing that ever took place at the rink,
came off last Thurday evening. The race
was one mile go-as-y ou-please, and there
were seven entries among whom were G.
Holcomb, 81. Cassell, F. Lockwood, d.
Ruding, G. Reed. A. Fay and G. Blizzard
From the start off the race was as laugha-
BILE as it was exciting. The skaters started
off very well, but before they had covered
two laps, they began to spread out, and
before the mile was half finished each in
dividual was doing his best to see which
one could sit down the oftenest, and none
of them seemed to be at all particular as
to where they sat or as to the force with
which they came down. Amidst much
jeering amongst themselves and considera-
BILE laughter on the part of the spectators,
G. Holcomb finished the mile first, and SO
won the medal which was offered by the
management. Next weeks programme,
will be very good, as Manager Jones has
engaged number of clever skaters, among
whom is the one-legged skater who they
say is phenomenal.
Manager Somers, of the Olympian Club
Roller Skating Rink, met our cerrespon-
dent at the door of the rink one evening
last week with face beaming with smiles
When asked what was the occasion of his
feeling SO good, he led the reporter on
to the skating floor and asked what he
thought of that for crowd, and it was a
crowd. The place was packed SO that it
was almost impossible to move. The man
ager further informed us that that was the
way the rink had been doing all the week.
The programme for last week was very
good, and was enjoyed by every one who
had he v,1o <<f al he rsx, b
Exhibitions in fancy and trick skating were
given by skaters who were proficient in the
art The races were very exciting, as were
were played on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, respectively. The programme
for next week viii be equally as good.
The Alpha Skating Rink on Monticello
avenue is filed to oyerfowing every after
noon and evening with ladies, gentlemen
and children from the immediate vicinity.
The management endeayors to provide
good attraction for every night in
| the week, and is as general thing success.
full. Everything that can be done about
! the rink to add to the comfort of its many
| patrons is looked after, and in no rink II
| the city can be found better staff of as
sistants The programme for last weel
was excellent in every respect. and will b.
! even better this week. Among the skaters
announced for next weeks entertainment
are Charles Week, the champion trick ant
fancy skater; Ashlay and West in thei
1 original creation of the Jumbo policemen
and several others. On Thursday evening
gold medal will be skated for. The rae
is open to skaters from the different Kinks
and viii prove very exciting.