Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
1885.

its return at this season Win, doubtless be wei.
coined. The story Of the comedy is supposed
70 have been taken from F. Anstey's unique
and ludicrous novel, "vice Versa" The main
conceit Is that OF the interchanged identity of
rather and son. Rockingham Giltedge, New
1ork STOCK broker, has a wayward son, Billy,
VINO mas no taste for school, and who pines to
be a man and to 60 on 'Change and have good
time The stock broker, on the other hand,
weary and worried by business troubles. longs
20 oe ooy again Then. through the magic of
hoodoo idol, which, held in the right hand.
holder. metamorphosis is effected-the
father IS turned into the son and
tn. tne son into the father. Each; however, re-
pnosls Is but physical. The son. assuming pa
ternal authority. sends the "old man" to school
ana ne nlmself goes into the stock exchange
ana leads rather fast life The old buck of
6O; IN his youthful garb. makes havoc in the
school room, and the young blood creates dis
may among the servants of the Gtttedge man.
out by the two being transformed back into
tnelr original selves-wiser, but apparently not
sadder from their many ludicrous and exciting
ters in the comedy, especially that of DR..
savage, the savage mentor of Savage Acade-
my; links Hoodoo, Esq, brother-in-law of Gilt
cage, and proprietor of Hoodoos Dime Mu-
MtrdnQd Savage, daughter of DR.. Savage;
Miss Clara Giltedge, sister to Billy; aud
Idotha ISHteb0ck, housekeeper to GfLted0e.
FUN and frolic and daughter holding both
its sides" are always the order of the day, or
rather of the night when a Mestayer-Va aughn
engagement is on at the Grand Opera House.
No matter what aspirations for the higher
walks of art this comedian and comedy writer
may entertain, the public has evidently got him
where it wants him in his return to "The Tour
lists in a Pullman Car" in which he made his
first success. On Monday evening grand re-
Enn nVaIo
at the Opera House. in which both Mestayer
and the charming Theresa Vaughn, together
with Joe OFT, Fred Queen, E. o. Eagleton, Jas.
Parkhurst and Lillian Tyson will take promi-
nent parts. Theresa Vaughn is q constellation
in herself. Her dressing always shows good
taste and elegance and her singing Is of that
soulful kind that reaches the heart as well as
the ear. The scenery for the entire three acts
is carried by the company.
MANAGER HARRIS opens his season on Mon
day with a strong attraction, "The World
Against Her." The drama is from the pen of
Frank Harvey. who wrote THE Wages of Sin."
and other successful plays. "The World
Against Her" holds an audience by virtue of
its domestic interest, its crowded incidents, its
portrayal of woman's love and its strong con-
trast of virtue and vice. 1t tells the story of a
wife suspected by her husband, owing to the
ingenuity of a villain, and abandoned to face
the cruelty and scorn Of the world. Her strug-
giles to save her child and her misadventures In
London. alone and helpless. are graphically
told. Ultimately her husband is convinced Of
her innocence. Agnes W. Villa plays 1t is
said. the part of the wife with natural tender
ness and womanly grace. Next week Pete
Baker.
THE Sullivan Comedy and Specially Company
brings plenty of fun and melody to Harry Will
iams'LAcademy this week. The company in
Western, Miss Flora Moore, johnson and Mack,
William Golden, the Macarte family, John
Kernel, Frank Moran and the Martineti Broth
ers. The performance given by such artists is
sure to be good.
The Worlds Museum, on Federal street, Al
legheny, opens with collection of curiosties
and stage performance hourly on Monday at
] o'clock.