Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27

Error!' George r. Edeson, Harold Russell,
Myron Calice, Harry Meredith. Owen West
ford, Theodore NJ. Brown, George B. Windsor,
Ada Dwyer. Minnie Dqpree. Lulu Klein: Will;
with the company and n. r. Warner that In
advance. Cora Tanner will open the season at
II. G. Miners Fifth Avenue Theater August
25 which, during the summer, has undergone
extensive alterations.
MARIE JANSEN. who has been spending her
vacation days at her home, at Winthrop, Mass,
arrived in New York on Monday to report for
rehearsals for Francis Wilson's new opera,
"The Merry Monarch" to be produced at the
Broadway Theater on August is. Miss Jansen
will 1mpersonate in this piece boy stroiilns
vender of perfumery. who becomes canoldate
for the executioner's block, but VINO escapes
from this impending fate through an astrologl-
cal discovery by the King (Francis WILSON,
that the young peddler's destiny governs ms
own. Thereafter the peddler Is surIeited Win
luxury and royal attentions.
WILSON BARRETr's and Hall Gaines new
drama, entitled 1.-THE Good Old Times" the
American rights of which have been pur-
chased by Colonel William E. Sim and Walter
L. Sim, will be presented by the following
strong company: Atkins Lawrence. John Glen
denning, Charles Coote, Alfred Fisher, c. T.
Nichols, James Cooper, Robert Edeson, Fred
Q. Brooks, Alfred Burnham. Norman Camp
bell, A. G. Smith, John r. Cumpson, Charles
Diehl, r. Newman, Thomas Depue. Eleanor
Carey. Mrs. John Glendenning, Maggie Hollo-
way, Emily Maynard. George W. Sammis VIII
be the business manager. Colonel Sims newly
constructed Park Theater, Brooklyn, will open
with 'The Good Old Times" August IS
THE McCauIl Opera Company begin next
week rehearsals of Carl MuIlocker's latest
work, The Seven Buasiers," which enjoyed
considerable success at Amberg's Theater last
winter. The English text is the work Of Harry
b. Smith. The company is now complete and
includes Lily Post Helen Bertram, Annie
Myers Josephine Knapp. Jessie Corlette,
Dunbar, r. F. Cotton. w F. Blaisdall, Charles
Turner. John E. Murphy, James Finney, Rob-
ert Wilson, Joseph Joyce, Charles Myers. Ed
ward Chase. George Cerbo, Charles H. Jones
and others. The production will be under the
stage direction of Nine. Mathilde Cotrelly.
while John 8. Miller will be the musical d.
rector.
DUNLoP's Stage NeUs says: One of the
theatrical novelties of the season will be the
~. 9. Msil." musical satirical farce comedy
from the pen of George c. jerks, brilliant
journalist of Pittsburg. Last season the ~.
8. Mail" had an experimental run, and made
distinct hit in Louisville Pittsburg and num-
Der of Ohio and Pennsylvania towns. This sea-
son it has been materially improved. and the
production in Philadelphia on September l at
the Chestnut Street Theater promises TO be
local event of considerable Importance. John
u
played by the inimitabe Samuel Reed is q
clever and good-humored burlesque of Post
master General Wanamaker. The bargain
counter" of the famous Philadelphia estab-
lishment will be seen on the stage in q more
or less exaggerated form.
AFTER achieving the greatest triumphs ever
known in London, delighting the royal children
of the Prince of Wales meeting with the un-
qualified approval of the entire royal family.
the nobility, the press, and the people of Eu-
rope, Barnum & Bailey recrossed the Atlantic
with their "Greatest Show on Earth" and this
year exhibit it in all respects the same as 1t
was when it astonlshed the people of Europe.
They have entirely refitted the vast show, and
added to 1t Irme Kiralfy's great spectacle Of
Nero, or the Destruction of Rome" which
alone requires neatly l,5O0 people. The
great free street parade will be some
thing stupendous. The features ana OBJ
jects contained in it are of such a magnificent
and costly kind that fully 500, 900 people viewed
1t at one time in New York. and it is safe to say
our streets and avenues will be thronged with
delighted and astonished people also. At no
time in the history of the world were there
ever so many costly objects, such wonderful
vehicles, or such elegant costumes publicly
shown as those that will be seen here on Mon
day and Tuesday. The parade will stretch
over a mile of ground, and its cost is placed at
81 500, ,000 1t will take place at o'clock A. M,
rain or shine, on the morning of the shows ar
rival. Route as follows; South avenue to Allie
gheny avenue, to Western avenue, to Ohio
street, to Federal street, to Isabella street, Sew
enth street bridge, to Liberty street. to Smith
field street, to w ater street, to w oOd street, TO
Third avenue, to Market street, to Sixth street,
to Robinson street, to Anderson street, to
Church avenue to Union avenue, to Ohio
street. to Federal street, to Lacock street, to
grounds.