Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07

| love as means of escape from financial dis
| tress. LezzGrd separated Jack from his wife
NGnce by an infamous trick, and the rest OF
this plot and the final punishment OF the VII
lains. Among the Sensational scenes one OF the
most moving shows the Thames by moonlight
| Jack stands poised for the plunge to death,
| when, phantom-like rushes by him woman's
| form. the next instant he sees it struggling in
| the waters beneath. Desperation gives way TO
| heroisIn. he leaps into the water and resenes
the drowning woman. She breathes, talks and
| discloses her identity-she is Jess Lend0ft, an
unknown sister Of Ndnees. She recognizes
Jack, and tells the trick that LezsGrd played
| come to grief."
MISS MINNIE MADDERN is at this moment
an interesting feature in the theatrical vista,
and her engagement for the current week az
the Grand Opera House promises to possess
peculiar interest for the general public, and
more especially for the discriminating portion
thereof. Miss Madden is said to practically
illustrate the idea embodied In the term, "a
charming personality" She islnot society
| experimentallst nor q stage beauty, so called.
| Her critics have with singular accord pro-
nounced her both talented and fascinating.
With her own sex she Is extremely popular, in
16st sn S6e the Power to @
mandlng attention at period when the stage
| is crowded with the genius of acrobatic toni
foolery and idiotic revelry, her sincere, heart
hood indicates the possession of talents ex-
| ceptionally great. Her line of acting is quite
out of the common, for she is neither disrinc-
lively souorette nor an emotional artist Dut
| presents combination of these two widely
| differing classifications, and for which no more
| adequate definition is available than the
be seen in Caprice for the first half of the
week. and for the latter in Steele Mackaye's
| powerful society drama, I'm Spite of AL"
which she originally PLAYED at the Lyceum
ThAatnr Of
| goes to the Madison Square Theater to present
new creation, ''Featherbrain."
ON Monday, for the second and 1t is said the
last time, the great drama, "Jim, the Penman."
will be presented at the Bijou Theater by the
Madison Square Theater Company. The COM
pany includes the following: Joseph Whitney,
W. ]. Ferguson, Harry Eytinge, Hardy Yer
non, ]. B. Hollis, Clarence Handyside. W. H.
Pope, Lysander Thompson. John Findlay,
Miss May Brooklyn, Miss Nellie Whiting, Miss
Vida Croly and Miss Evelyn Campbell. The
company could hardly be better. Jim, the
Penman," is undoubtedly a great play. 1t is
| strong in conception, in situation and eXecu-
| tion. Its action springs from natural causes,
| and each act is the natural outcome of its pre-
| decessor. The chain Of evidence which closes
about the fashionable forger is unwittingly
wrought by his own hand, and it crushes him
| with a power as relentless, as inexorable as
fate itself. 1t Is comprised of series of Incl
QenCS DrouSnG lnIO lie by the 1nadVertence
| (plausible enough even when the act of so
| clever a scoundreD of the central figure. The
scenery and setting Of the stage will again be
special features.
AT the Academy of Music will appear this
week Joseph ]. Dowling and Sadie Hasson in
| "Nobody's Claim" The play deals with life in
the mining regions of the far West, and it
| gives the popular and clever actors ample op-
| portunities for display of their abilities The
| emotional portions of the play are powerful
and thrilling, and the realistic effects intro
| duced enhance the performance greatly. Dowl-
| ing and Sadie Hasson are decided favorites
here. and in "Nobody's Claim they have won
marked success.
The benefit for the Exposition fund.- which
is to take place on Friday afternoon next,
| promises to be a great success. The advance
sale of seats is already large 1t will be great
programme. An act from "Jim, the Penman''-
the best act-an act from "In Spite of ALL"
| with Miss Madden In a charming part; an act
| from ''Nobody's Claim" and several local art
lists will fill in the interludes. Aside from the
| fact that the. Exposition is to be benefited by
| it. the performance will be artistlcally most
| attractive.
AT the Casino Museum this week the Great
Eastern Specially Company will appear. 1t in
cludes number Of frst-class people, such as
| Pauline Ames, Healy and Saunders, Henry
| Lohman and others. There are also number
| of new features in the Curio Hall, headed by
| the Baby Venus. This house is open from 10
| A. M. to 10 P. M.