Telegram-herald., 1888-05-06
PLAYS AND PLAYFELLows


paper. For soms months past the DssaoeTat
has tseuasd wiIh fulsome notices oi He'd
u.sad's ocera Hoass ana the cheap at
fractions playing ss that ien-eent place OF
amusement. These notices have been
written By direction Of Mr. Balls young
men, bat when Mr.. Bali took the dramatic
| critics place ne discovered a great scheme
| to get one Of these notices read. Happy
/ thought lie would write letter 10 bis
own paper and sign IL Commercial Trsv-
| slsE." That signature. BY the way. Is the
| regulation thing for the DemocTak off1ca
whenever it desires 70 saw anything which
iG deems particularly savage about he TIL
| EGRAM- HERALD. But, ss usual. Ball blum
dsrsd aud sho sed the snimus Of his whole
course in the matter Of the two oDera
houses he says. under the guise OF Com
nercial Traveller" that kedmonds Opera
| House gets no notice in this paper because
the proprietor Of the TKLEGRAs- HERALD Is
ths manager of Powers Opera House"
This plainly Is q lie, aud Ball knew IL TO
! be one when he printed il in his paper
Manager Fred G. Berger is one of the pro-
| prietOrs OF the TELEGRsA. hERALD. bat he
| neither dictates nor KNOWS what Is 10 ap-
pear in It's columns More than taat he does
not care what appears In It's cot1'anS vi a
references TO the other theatres IN this city.
Manager Berger attends 10 his own busi-
ness aud allows other people to do the same.
III il De q matter OF interest 70 the public To
know why Rzdmond's Opera house Is not
noticed daily in these columns. can easily
explain the matter. c. IL. Garwood Is y
circus treasurer by profession. He cams to
this city and opened a cbeap-priced theatre
here. The notices OF the attractions play
ing there were four 70 i've times the
amount which the cheap theatres in any
Other theatre OF the union get. But still
they were not enough TO suit Mr.
woods circus methods. Most OF his
attractions have been OF the usual
order of the teu-cent theatres throughout
the country and the same play would be
repeated every evening aud afternoon
while at Powers the same week there
would be from three 10 i've different con-
panies- Upon the hypothesis that tirst-
| class theatre should have as many lines for
each attraction as q second or third rate
thestre Powers' would get mere lines than
| Reimond's And oftois Mr. 9srwood con-
stxntly complained, and after deal OF an
| noyance and trouble the msnagemeut OF
Rsdmond's was politely informed that this
| paper would act at its own pleasure - CIV
ing his place notices thereafter. and 81 the
same time be was given to understand that
he could do the same with respect ~ his
| ADVERTISING in our columns. The adver-
| tisements of Redmond's Opera House do
| not appear 10 this paper and the attractions
! playing there are mentioned whenever the
editor OF this column SD desires. Mr.. Berger
has nothing To do with tue matter.
| According to the wOndrous aud marvel
, Gus things which my contemporaries an
nounce that Mr. GarwOod is going 10 do.
make no doubt that Booth and Barrett,
Modjeska. Lille Laugtry. Patti, Emma Abb
| bott, Joseph Jefferson and Bernharot will
play and sing at Redmond next season for
zen. fifteen and tscEty cents. while ell the
snap combinations, yellow dog shows. and
| fly by might dramatic companies will play
ST Powers Grand Opera House for twenty
| i've, fifty. seventy-hve cents and dollar
and St.50 seat.
Joseph Jefferson's first appearance on the
stage was made in Albany on the 11th oil
December. 1887. when he was less than
wears of age. the play being ''Guliiver in
Lilliput." Little Joe played the Fop and
the records show that "he played the ex-
qulsite most exoHisitely." Measured by
square aud compass. every foot in the career
OF Joe Jefferson, as he is faniliarly known
| by the public. marks the achievement OF an
actor of whom his countrymen have good
reason to feel proud. While hard work
NAV have been the brick and mortar of hi:
success, keen intellectually has played th,
more important part of architect, and the
] consummstion will always be descr ibed IL
| the red letters of his profession. His career
| mas been one that is familiar to ali theatre
goers. Joseph Jefferson is the creates,
comedian on the American stage. He draw:
larger audiences than ever before. and ID i,
| only on account of special effort that the
MANAGEMENT of Powers Opera House was
successful in obtaining date from the grea
comedian. Jefferson will play rip Van
Winkle' at Powers Grand Friday evening
next. the 1lth.
The rehearsals by the Oratorio Society oI
'The Creation" are beng vigorously
pushed, and chorus. orchestra and hom'
soloists are getting TO the front in grea
shape. The division of labor between th
orchestra, chorus aud soioists IS so happily
. made that the oratorio is thoraughly de-
| lIghtful and enjoyable. Solo duets, trio
and obIigatos abound. and relieve the wors
| from any tediousness which too much oi
= any one part might entail. The greatest o.
the choruses. Tine Heavens are Telling.
| and How Many Arc Thy Works, . GoG7'
are not beyond the comprehension OF any
who have any taste at all Tor music
| Hsydn's thought is happily expressed. and
! | his music never goes far oeyoni the iOret
TO with Its curious and peculiar phases
! This makes interesting tue quaint snS
| fairly humorous limitations OF nature
. sounds-ths cheerful roaring" OF the fsSn
lion. the leap of the flexible tiger" an
the ''iong dimensions" and "sinuoUs trace
of The worm, so that the orator.
taken as a whole Il a most satisfying pro
duclion 70 listen 70. Toe society - s0rtunai
: in scuring the great lyric tenor Taco
: I. Toedr, Of New York City. 10 sing ID
+, beautiful part OF "Uriei." He stands az ID
: head ard front OF orstorfo sir gers IN tn
> / United states. Mrs. +. M Davis. one of cd
most iavorits singsrs. takes The part {
' Gabriel" The cnsrming soprano. Mr.:
Breeze sings Eve" Mr. II. b Ssy1oI
basso Of IS. Marx choir. il Adam an,
: Raphsi" is represealed By Nr. l.. 2
, E0dy Hsrtman's Hall should oe cro~de
the evening Of Nav Il. when The Creation
il delivered. TIE iov price Of the tieksf
fifty cents ~ any part Of the hall. sb0al
fu the Spacious c0ocsTt TooF.
> Tf the management Of Powers S-sn
e CpeTs House can POS ~ prevent tos specs
= latiou ef seats euriug J1seph gf1srsssn e
4 ezgemsnt IN Rip van WIosis nexs RI
: csV evening. they vii csFtsiriy ID
!, Manager Berger = a. xious - Fafase
!, psfrons sni wasthe means oi orank'ak Do
/, Booth ard Barrett and Se7sTsoo % 'sren
Rani6s There = pqsiHFslY NJ mobef
!. the local uaansser il afioE as1saetioDs {
this class. ss isrys zoa-aElees E1lsst - pai
tasra ard toe o8ly o. rcf = % ave t5esf =
xass *ra7sa atic trsst. ths sas sf s<ats e
NJ IsfsTsons peTfcrma71e epens A.
o-eicck Ncrosy Eerntnx. saa No more tss
y SIX seass Vii be 500 - sng enc person.