The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-03
T)LD AT THE THEATRES.
,sCIBcITY or PROFITS IN THE CTTT'S
tUhRi NJ ADJUSTMENTS.

"S1.rrIpnn's wen.arranEed Plans for
Mt Season-Scene Painter GoAtoher
win GO to Australia. After All,
within ten days the bottom has dropped out
=, tho theatrical business In this town. No
hodv who wants to tell the truth will dony 1t.
only Mansfield at the Madison Square IL max
Inc money TO any extent. Tho AmberE singers
Al Ter, acc Garden arc doing much better than
s,v Of the downtown operas Roster h Balls
IA a cold mine, but 1t isn't n theatre. as thea
tres 20 nowadays. 1t isworth observing, how
.yar that beer and other drinks are sold ut
Terrace Garden and at Roster Il Balls. Tho
authorities have stopped the salo OF liquors on
the Casino roof garden, and that al fresco re-
sort Is languishing. 1t Is plain that summer
,beAtregoers must have refreshments with
their stage entertainments. The Sea King"
has done very VOL at Palmer's, all things con-
adhered. II came late In tho season, and 1t had
10 contest with two other oporatc attractions;
but It was we'll advertised. widely heraldod.
and cspitally sung, and 1t deserves ne much
nuccoss as It has won. Still, 1t is an expensive
show. and II is not likely that Manager Gil
more has cleared much money thus far. The
BRAZILIAN" is n disappointment financially as
well as srtistically. As for " Castles In the
Air." the managerial report is, Of course. the
eonyentionally serene one OF paying business:
but a frank survey OF tho audiences these
nights docs not confirm the rosy statement
of those most Interested. Everybody remem
bers that Francis Wilson found his last sum-
mers stay at the Broadway n deal too long and
too costly. Hoppors experience may run like
Wilson's from present indications. Tho Madl-
son Square Garden concerts haven't begun to
prolt their ploprietors. That is because beer
II not on tap there 1t may not be on tap. in
deed this summer, for there can be no license
while the present style OF performance. involV;
Al NJ y nj u
men are behind thiI big new place. but they
have made some amazing errors OF judgment
Il must DO said. The pr ices are too high the
show is too Iutet. the scheme is altogether too
select. This is the city OF the masses.
Al rho Madison Square Beau Brummel" 10
the best summer success the city has ever
known. The house is steadily crowded, and
Both Sa and Tooth porioEmances q young Mr:
fitchs brilliant play; The story that Augustus
Ht 1sh p ao mas sR MS
view to securing the lattcrs new theatre on
i;roadway, Is wholly without foundation, Tho
theatre in which to establish Mansfield as
serious negotiations have been entered upon.
Negotiations have been In progress, however.
r. ether ana there sei Il s1T Wbe6 M
6 Sod HsP Bs1. 5b b6 ho IR
and successful prestidiGitaieurs before tho
nublic II any negotiations should be started
and leases In conn etion with them, il the ma.
incubation were left to Harn and Hermann;
and they were, in a jocular and professional
surprising results. Hartz's abilities. however.
as m anipulator were put to the test the other
MHn MnSd to make max contrsct with himself as
manager Of the Cleveland 0bsro House: whore
HoWever. he M consuted tho career OF POOH Bah.
set forth In The Mikado and after turn
All the dime museums are now closed. Last
81 hs shes IL
general theatrical turpitude and have followed
count. and worth 4 Huber divided many thou
sD f Is SsHfo aSs s6sn
half dozen of the regular theatre managers
sssed iii, esGs HTos this se
theatres. Tony Pastors Miners Bowery: and
the London remain open. Pastor's is doing
eramme, ana the two Bowery houses are clear
ingexpenses, IL nothing more The new museum
put into Shape By Prof Worth viii be upon the
plan Of Barnums old museum at Ann street
na Sr so Wv We ss q
he one OF the features OF metropolitan amuse-
ment resorts.
Charles McGeachy telegraphs from Boston:
y r. II Ian
9T bF' 2 ST % srses sFa
The comedans tour o IN Old JED next
season sea- Is expected to be q DECIDED success
den, and Arthur i. Chase were all dangerously
sick In the gay city. Chase was the Pooh
BSrS .SS d SnE
wags from surmisinR that Golden and Goodwin
had done Paris too rapidly. Goodwin Is doubt
less better by this time
Philip W. Goatcher, the scenic artist. who
Quilted the city, 30 suddenly and so sensation
ally some months ago lett word that he In |
tended to go to Australia, whore he hoped to
forget his American troubles. He changed his
remained there under engagement to paint the
scenes for new play which Mrs. I,anRtry con-
cancelled ali her n; for this and
next season. Goatcher has stopped work on
the 81. Jamess canvases and has made good
saso ts or Er9sH the @
bourne manager1 has hired him on three
large-Iarger. indeed. than have ever been |
paid to an scene na fb III Gaeh
tho Antipodes viii gain by his Visit. S'' u
For the past six years. while essentially gen.
Sylvia Cornish. Pauline Hall, aud Bertha Reel |
have been occasionally playing male roles in |
comic operas ana Vhlnly eSSaylDR 10 lmpart |
the reIuisite amount OF swagger and dash TO |
their i'm presentations TUE Sun has been won't |
TO tell that only one actress on the American |
stage OF to-day has been successful In such |
riles That actress Is Jennie Winston. She |
has not been on city stage tnese ten years, but
those who once saw her GOccdccio can nevor
forget her; For four or five years she has been
starring ut tho heRd Of her own comic opera
troupe, making and losing money by turns.
but never ceaslDg TO gain admirers. Miss
Winston il large. big boned audacious in man
nor, with n frank face laughing Dyes. and
general masculinity OF appearance that capt.
tally tlts her to play male, roles. It is a famous
TACT that the girls In Washington seminary
wrote poetry to her visited her perform-
ances In sections, and spent all their
pin money 10 buying her floral tributes. Tleir
devotion indeed. was u theme OF sensational
Comment for time. In other cities too Miss
Winston is noted for her hold upon her female
auditors. She has been married and divorced.
and her former husband has since welded a
chorus girl In the Winston company. Tho
point OF this paragraph is that at last Miss
Minston is lkey to como prominently bolore
this public Margaret Mather, who Is a shrewd
Manageresl. has engaged her for next season.
She Will not only play In Miss Mathers produce
ton OF " Joan d'Arc," but as Indicating Miss
Math9rs estimate q her best talent; she will
also play R0m~o to the stars .iuiie' 1t will be
revival rs novel as 1t will be interesting.