Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-04-15
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
ATTRACTIONS AT TIE THEATRES
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There will be s0msthing Of an ipsovztion
a. Powers Grad Opera House this esmiag
s~sk IN the way of prirss Manager Der
geE has made . contract with la Nsa
CofllEBd aad the Tsssrnier Dramatic COM
PAW which supports her for two weeks
engagement al reduction in prices Matt
nsss Will be given every "Wednesday and
Saturday 1T IS and ID cents aud the even
ing admission TO psrquette, paTqustle
circle. and dress circle. s. cents, while the
upper tiers will De only 10 and 20 cents.
Reserved seats can be secured al 50 cents.
Miss Van Cortland aud the Tayernier Drs-
matte company are well known throughout
the East as well as the West and the charm
ing actress has every " here been a marvel
Gus success. the theatres where she bias
Tavernier has been so financially
successful that be has decided 10 MAKE
this State bis home and has purchased q
handsome home in Jackson where he mas
lsased the Opera House for the next fvc
years Miss Van Couftlaud. who WAS
Modjeska's leading lady for some time. will
appear at Powers on Monday evening as
Mercy Merrick in The New Magdalen,"
supported by the full strength OF her COM
psny. III the business she has done else.
where in Michigan be an indication, the
theatre will be illed TO overlooking.
At Redmonds the pretty little Fast
ern favoriIe, Miss Floy Croweli, will
appear for the entire week. Manager
Garwood is. believe, the first mana
ger 10 introduce this charming little
actress into this neck OF the woods. This
brilliant little actress who dsnces. sings and
dresses well, orens with "Infatuation" on
Monday evening and will give daily matt
nees and evening performances through the
week. Tuesday evening she plays Jess"
Monday evening 5. +. Yoang. the business
manager OF the Crowell Company. will give
free Stersopticon exhibition in front OF
Redmond's coy theatre. The company
supporting Miss Crowell is said TO be good
one and the grace and beauty OF the star
will undoubtedly draw large audiences be-
fore the week Is over.
IL will probably paralyze the amusement
goers OF Grand Rapids to learn that We are
% have She Manager Berger having
booked the attraction for Powers early
lext year. In looking over the ex-
changes the other day found a dramatic
criticism from the pen Of Sam p. Davis, of
The Carson Appeal. on q version of She
produced in that city. IL Is worth reading.
Davis says: The first scene was nautical
affair, in which the copper-colored Hottie u
tots, aud some little town tots who had vol
unteered, rushed in and sic " some English
men in cold blood. When young Sabin,
the plumber, charged in with large spear
md chewing gum at the rate Of sixty mo-
ions OF his Jaw a minute IL was an impress
siye scene. Then the ship went down and
he scene shittsrs began To haul up sections
II the Atlantic ocean with ropes. One end
u big wave went up and then the wrong
end OF another and the men who started to
swim got along pretty we'll until the
strings broke and left them swimming
| on n dry Stage. An actor who is accus-
| toned 10 swim in painted water feels COM
| pletely IT sea when his water goes back on
| Dim. A gigantic picture of Grover Cleve-
| and looking out over the sea toward the
| English free-traders created great enthu-
siasm among the Democrats. Then came
The Caves of kor.' They were not all
there, rs the stage was too small. Qaite a
| OF of pay rock frou the kor ledge and a
section OF the East coast of Africa were
| slowed away under the piano for Meder to
| rest his feet on. Bill Ali ihen came in
with the manuscript OF the play in his
vas not the regular Bill Ali on the bills
aid Bill Ali of the bills being drunk in
| Reno, where he missed the train. The two
| ghosts did not msterialize, they also being
| IN Washoe county wrestling with the
| spirits. along With Bill Ali. thier old pard.
There was deep regret when She killed
| Usiane-regret that she had not laid her
ont in some earlier act. The Fire of Life
was hardly success Some idiot bad fast
| ened the magnesium wire TO the Ruins OF
| Kor 10 keep them up. and the half pound
| Of powdered rosin that usually makes the
| dames blaze up had been Inislaid. Mr..
| 5tsley was Obliged to burn an old pair of
| socks behind the rocks in order TO make
| the blaze. No wonder the audience began
| 20 cough. Then She got excited and began
1 10 pea her cumbersome outer garments.
| rbe fire aim Jst went out about this time.
| and one was reminded of the domestic scene
| OF q woman up in her night-clothes trying
| 70 make a catnip tea for q sick child. As
| soon as She got few layers of Swiss gauz-
| oil the gods begin to stamp and howl WITH
| delight and the besuiifnl actress. realizing
| her situation for the first time, got out OF
| sight behind the rocks. to make way for
| Henry Stanley. the explorer, and statue
| of Columbis. the Gem of the Ocean"
1 There il at least one consistent thing
| about Charles Hoyts sbsurditiss, and thai
/ is the complete imbsciiity of their titles
| Imagine the establishment of future gener.
atoms Of dramatic historians IS the extra
| ordinary nomenclature invented by Mr..
Hoyt. Will the frequency and fatuty o
these titles Justify posterity In assuming
| that the thesfrss Of the present decade ver.
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| Gussie-Gou are right, my love. I would
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| vho sar Booth and Barrett IN SsFlocs
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