The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-05

Man-of-war, and An Old Ruined Mill, etc.
Fifty people are employed in the production,
and the company includes names that are con-
nected with established regulations for
good work. Among the principal members of
the cast are Walter Sanford, P. Aug. Anderson,
Alex. Fisher, John E. Martin, Thomas Garrick,
Charles Frew, George G. Wood, Katherine
Rogers, Ethel Darlington, Jennie Christie and
Mary Lytton. Compliments have been
showered on the production wherever 1t has
been seen. The story, while it has much in
common with the familiar types of melodrama,
Is told in manner that brings out the situa-
tions and climaxes with thrilling force. Every
thing points to most enjoyable season at the
Bijou this week. Usual prices and matinees
Tony Pastor at Kernan's.
Tony Pastor, whose Grand Double Company
of American and European Stars are announced
as the attraction at Kernan's this week, begin
ming tomorrow night, is noted for his comic
songs, and will amuse the audience at every
performance Mr. Pastor is proud Of his COM
pany this season, and has every reason to be
proud. Never before has he imported so sue
cessful feature as Miss Bessie Bonehil, the
celebrated English character and descriptive
singer. Miss BoDehill is acknowledged to be
one of the most talented artists that ever sought
American approval, and what is more has car
ried every audience by storm She acts sings,
and dances with rare versatility. She is pretty,
her face wonderfully attractive and expressive,
and possesses perfect figure. In male imper-
sonations she is, it is said, without an equal.
She impersonates number of characters that
stamp her as a most versatile artist, and is said
to be strikingy handsome as British naval
attache as well as very clever in the character
OF London newsboy. In fact, clever artists
are the rule in Mr.. PASTORS attractions. Among
Others are Maggie Cline, the famous Irish char
acter singer; John and James Russell, the funny
Irish female impersonators; Frank, Arthur, and
Edith Haytor, the pantomimists; Seeley and
West, musical comedians; Sisters Hedderwick,
English singers and dancers; Turtle and Turtle,
grotesque gymnasts; Kelly and Ashby, in their
comic Chinese act; Mile. Beatrice, contortionist;
Edith Vincent, English top-boot dancer Ladies'
lnatinees Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Next week, Howard Burlesque Company.
1.-THE Last Days of Pompeii."
PAINS imposing and highly realistic pyro-
technic spectacle of ''The Last Days of Pom
peii" will continue at Atlantic Park the present
week, giving exhibitions every night except
Monday. Over three hundred people are en-
gagged in the great drama, which is enacted on an
immense stage in the open air. with big lake of
real water, Mt. Vesuvius in eruption, etc. The
entertainment is diversified with speciality fea-
lures, including rope walkers acrobats, boxers,
and wrestlers while the pyrotechnic display is
marvelously fine. The Marine Band furnishes
music. In the pyrotechnic display rockets fly
high in the air and burst into the most beautiful
fall of stars and showers of gold-light Pic
lures in fire of Gems. Grant and Sheridan are
produced and are remarkable likenesses, and
evoke enthusiastic applause. The lake becomes
one seething mass of strikingly beautiful fire of
varied hues and shapes.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers.
This noted company of vocalists will give one
of their pleasant entertainments at Lincoln
Hall on Thursday evening next Their pro-
gramme will include the favorite plantation
melodies, which they sing with such admirable
effect, gees, solos, etc. The sale of seats will
open at Droop's on Monday morning