Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19

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| BrJou THEATER. "Around the World In 80 Days''
| GRAND OPERA HoUsE......."A Woman Hater''
| ACADEMY OF MUSIC see. Whallen& d Martelle Co.
| HARRIS THEATER. R.......".....,.... ...'Inshavogue''
DAVIS FIFTH AVE. MUSEUM. -. .Curiosities, Etc.
| WORLDS SMUSEUM................C .Curtosities, Etc.
The above are the theatrical attractions for
this week.
The Duquesne Theater has risen to the
dignity of fact. A crowd of workmen are
toiling inside the theater's frame, which is
nearly complete, and in another week it
will be under roof The proscenium arch
will be in place in few days, and already
some idea of the contour of the house can
be obtained. The theater promises to be OF
the cozy and comfortable kind, and there
is no reason, as far as 1 can see, why Pitts
| burgers should not See the curtain rise there
| by the first of the coming year. Mr. Wemyss
| Henderson, who is actually in Pittsburg all the
| time now, is unwilling to fix a day for the open
ing, but as he says the theater is being built as
| fast as possible and the things that have inter-
| fered with the erection of the Duquesne in the
past seem to have been swept away.
| Among the first attractions the Duquesne
Theater will present, if it opens in January are
Agnes Huntington in "Paul JONES' and Fanny
Davenport in CLEOPATRA"
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Apropos of new theaters, it is said by candid
and competent authorities that theatrical
architects are not paying enough attention to
acoustics in their buildings. Every theater in
| town has, to my knowledge. some defects in
| this regard. The science of acoustics is exact
enough, but it is more than doubtful if the gen.
eral run of men who build theaters give it any
study. Let us hope that Mr.. McElfatrick. who
| has had abundant experience, will give US per-
| feet acoustics with the Duquesne.
tMr. A Z. Dunlop, writing of the two latest
| additions to New York theaters, writes: "The
architects who have been interested lately with
erecting or changing old theaters into new
ones, have not been very successful as far as
the acoustics of the buildings concerned.
The new Garden Theater is defective in this,
and the other evening people who visited Herr
| mans Theater differed widely as to the volume
OF Minnie Palmers voice. Some protested that
they could not hear her, while others spoke in
rapture about the strength and force of her
voice. As Miss Palmer's has been heard dis
tinctly in every corner of Her Majesty's and
Drury Lane Tbeaters, in London, it is said that
those who could not hear her at Herrmann's
occupied seats which the sound waves could
not surround, and that the new theater like the
over, has spots in the orchestra which even the
believing OF bull would not reach"
In the fall CT 1888, at almost this time of the
year in fact, Mr.. Burr Mcintosh was making
Pittsburg howl with his Six-Footer Club. If
Mr., Delamater is waiting for Burr Mcintosh to
save him it is to be feared that the Crawford
county statesman is doomed to be disappointed,
Tor MIR. Mcintosh is engaged in much more
profitable business than politics at Daly's
Theater, New York. In the criticisms upon
"Old Lamps for New" the new play by Jerome
X. Jerome. brought out by Augustin DAILY at
ms thesser ate IN New % York good deal OF warm
dian in the company, Mr. Mcintosh. A good
many of Mr.. McIntosh's friends in Pittsburg
are rejoiced to see their confidence in his abil-
ties justified.
If Miss Pauline Hall is wise she will stick to
the combination of colors, black white and
sunshiny crimson, in the costume she wears in
the first act of "Amorita." 1t is amazingly
becoming to her beauty and as a fair critic
that is worth more than a peck of diamonds to
woman with such rare figure as Pauline
Hall"
Few young actors now before the public can
recall so many interesting anecdotes of famous
actors as can Roland Reed He was ''call boy''
in the Walnut Street Theater, Phila-
delphia, in the days when Edwin
Forrest was in his prime. and many
are the pleasant "reminiscences (and other
wise) he recalls of that famous tragedian's pe-
culiarities. Many of them are good enough to
repeat over and over again, but none funner
than the following: 1t seems that Forrest was
extremely particular about rehearSing piece
as carefully as tnOugn the evening perform
ance was actually taking place. One morning
he kept the company waiting two hours be-
cause the man who had been cast to play the
fighting Gaul in Spartacus had not arrived.
Everybody was anxious to get through the re-
hearsal, as it was long past the dining hour.
Suddenly some one among the crowd of super
numeraries present was heard TO say: Gully, |
you know the fight; why don't you do it?
Forrest evidently overhearing the remark
lifted his shaggy eyebrows and walking toward
the man said: Il understand that there is a |
al
fight. if he will kindly step this way we will go
on with the rehearsal" There was great deal |
of supdued laughter as Mr.. Gully acted upon
the great tragedian's mandate.
So
1t is somewhat singular that nobody has
arisen to protest against President HarrIson's
oscu,atory exercise with an actress In Peoria |
during the recent Western trip. The papers !
mentioned the incident and described how the |
President took the actress in his arms and |
kissed her. Have there been excited meetings |
throughout the land? Have there been resolu- |
tIons of censure? Have delegations from the |
leading societies that look after their neighDors'
affairs hurried TO Washington with ashes on |
their heads? Not bit oil 1t. The world has |
gone along at the same old gait, and there is |
not any more than the usual weeping, wailing |
and gnashing of teeth in the most proper
circles.
You see the actress who gave Mr. Harrison a
bouquet and bade him welcome in the name of
Peoria, was only little One-dear little Elsie
Leslie, the child star of the prince and
Pauper'' Company. Well might the President
say as he kissed her and took the flowers. |
These sweet flowers are no sweeter than
yourself" She Is the only actress who has been
kissed by the President
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The firm of Harris. Britton & Dean, lessees of
the Harris Theater here, are losing their grin
elsewhere, as has been reported since Mr.. Pat
Harris death. Mrs. Harris, the managers
widow, is the presiding member of the firm.
and it is said that she will take an active intor
est in the management OF the chain of theaters
belonging to the firm. The circuit now includes
theaters in Baltimore, Washington, Louisville
Cincinnati and this city, the st PauI and
Minneapolis houses having been SOLD
A few days ago the Harris Theater in ,ouis-
vile passed into other hands, and it was given |
out that Louisville was to be dropped from the
for on Thursday last Harris, Britton a Dean
obtained I5-year lease upon a large granira |
building on Fourth street, at present used as
furniture warehouse. This building will he
converted. before the close OF the season, into
a ground floor theater,' with all the latest i'm
to seat 1000 people, and cost sl50
000 1t will still be a popular price house.
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The attack on the Academy of Mnsic and
Harry Williams in a religions naner
last week has naturally excited good deal of
1t is the old trouble of a man
something of which he knows
nothing, butit is none the less unjust TO Man.
ager Williams because ignorance and NOT
malice inspired the attack. The Academv of
Music is very carefully managed, and the pop !
ular1ty 1t enjoys is not due to anything but the
fact that entertaining performances Of yaude-
Vile may be seen there. To single ONT Mr
Williams and his theater for Condemnation is
peculiarly unrghteous in these days. because
the so-cailed frst-class theaters more freouent
v each wear are offering variety narfor,1oroos