Arizona republican., 1890-05-25
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

In the dramatic line PhpnlX has been very dull up to now, but there does not seem to be any reason for continuance of this state of affairs. The opera house is quite as good as those of other towns of like population and this is acknowl. edged to be the best show town, outside of San Francisco and Los Angeles, on the Coast. No decent company has ever come here that hasn't done splendid business. The town can be made by companies going West without losing a night, by playing in San Bernardino. An energetic advance agent can easily do weeks business better than the average in Arizona and it is circuit that will steadily grow. Routing agents make mistake in avoiding this Terri tory.
 ON Tuesday evening the performance in behalf of the McMullen fund will be given and the house should be crowded on this occasion. The programme ar- ranged is as follows:
 Piano Solo, "Valse in E Minor" Chopin--Miss May Rickerson.
 Recitation, "A womans Idea of womans Vocal Solo, will O the wisp" Cherry-D c. Williams
 Recitation, "The Blacksmiths story"-Judson B. TominsOn
 Vocal Solo, "Storm and Sunshine" Buck Op 73-Miss May RickersOn.
 Recitation, "The Bells"-Miss Gertrude Me Mullen.
 Trio, "The Black wedding"-Miss Dell Hill Messrs. F. W. and Irving Hin.
 Recitation, "The old Tramp"-C. o. Case Recitation, Truth in Parenthesis "-Ethel McMullen.
 Flute Solo, "La Srene" Trechak-M. M. liar ris
 Recitation, "How Ruby Played" "Judson B. Piano Solo, Fifth Nocturne" Lyback c. F. Herman. A Recitation, "How We Hunted a Mouse"@C. O. Case.
 Operetta, "we'll Have to Mortgage the Farm" Misses Rickerson, Hill and Purdy, Messrs Scott, Hill and Taylor.
 THOSE who have heard Mir. Harris performance need no invitation to at tend this entertainment, but to those who have not had the pleasure of listen ing to the silvery notes of his silver flute l would say don't fail to hear him. It will afford rare opportunity to lovers of fine music to enjoy some that is really firstclass.
 The performance of Prof. Herman, of Denver, will also be an attractive feature of the evening. D. C. Williams is so well known and universally admired that it is only necessary to remark that he is to sing one of his best songs. Miss Rickerson, who has made so favorable an impression upon our music-loving population, will contribute some of her sweetest vocal and instrumental selec- tiOns.
 Altogether, the programme insures a very pleasant evening. Seats may be secured at the Opera Honse drug store. Jean de Reszke, the tenor, and Edou- ard de Reszke, the basso, want 10000 francs and 5000 francs per night, re- spectively, to sing in America.
 
 MINNIE HAUK has purchased the Villa Friebschen, near Lucerne, where Rich ard Wagner lived for several years, and where he wrote "Gotterdammerung," the "Meistersinger" and "Siegfried."
 SARAH BERNHARDT expects to make enough money out of her autobiography, soon to be published, to build a little rock playhouse, with a crypt under the stage for her remains.
 
 SHENANDOAH" the greatest military drama ever written, has been doing a phenomenal business on the Coast, con trming the excellent judgment of MT. Hayman in transferring it bodily from ProctOr's theater, New York, to San Francisco. Shenandoah" is the most successful play of some years.
 JOSEPH HAwoRTH and his magnificent company, in Steele Mackaye's Paul Kauvar," has had paying season in San Francisco and is now playing on the southern circuit.
 
 GILLETTE is the most successful play wright. He began with "The Proies- sor," piece written to suit the Nal lorys. His version of "The Private Secretary" made him small fortune.