Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02
Th3 Programme.

AT the Bijou this week Richard Golden
will be seen in "Old Jed Prouty." A we'll
known Eastern critic eulogizes the play after
this fashion: You have heard of 'Old Jed, "
reader-he who used to keep, up to ten years
ago, that quaint little bit of tavern down in
Bucksport village, Me-, where the CHEEKY old
landlord himself was never out of sight,
rustling around in snoW-white shirt sleeves,
with q sly wink or friendly nod for every
body. Were you ever there you must recollect
the weather-beaten porch of that historic
tavern the Iime-worn threshold, the clean, dry
sand on the office floor the big open mantel
with it's firelogs, the rickety-tickety old gothic
clock, the bedimmed pictures around the room
of Washington, Jackson and Daniel Webster,
and the Hy-specked map OF Hancock county,
Me-, with a penciled mark around Bucksport
and its most intimate PenobScoG suburbs.
You must recall the delicious aroma of
the old-fashioned dining-room of the Prouty
taVern-how promptly the portal of that 'Dan-
quet scene" used to open exactly to the minute
stated on the faded time card tnat was tackled
behind the main doori Mr.. Richard Golden.
who impersonates Old Jed in the play, passed
his boyhood days in Bucksport, right at the old
mans heels, almost constantly. Day in and day
out did the embryo actor, boylike, note and
study the gait, mannerismS and utteranceS of
the chlpper old village Boniface, little dreaming
that the study would stand him SO well in need
later on. The incidents IN the plot actually oc-
CURED, and the characters introduced in the
action are faithful copies OF the originals, some
of whom are still alive in Bucksport to-day.
Among the lot of curious people who are made
to figure in the play along with Old Jed are
'Soa,fre Todd Beacon 7iU, ZacE WtJcC1,
Pfnkey Pike. Ee6 Hardy, LLge Pr0uty, Laa0yeT
HenlingtCaY Fanny Todd, Irt0UsdteOt fr0uty,
Wido,D Stu6bg Martha GiddenS, Little 1retty,
Joe St0per, Dick Stubs, all well remembered
notables in Bucksport-
REAL musical treat is in store for the
operatically inclined people of Pittsburg.
Messrs Gulick & Co.. of the Bijou, have sue.
ceeded in securing for the week of March 10
Gilbert & Sullivan's latest success, "The Con
doliers." The company that will be seen here in
1.-THE Gondoliers' is Mr.. David Hendersons, of
the Chicago Opera House. and Mr.. Henderson
promises the entire production intact, the same
which scored such success at his Chicago the.
| ater. Musically The Gondoliers'i is pronounced
| far superior to any of Gilbert d Sullivan
work, not excepting even 'Pinafore" and Mi
| kado" and will be delightfully."- rendered in the
| hands of the Misses Addie Cora Reed, Gean-
| nette st. Henry, Louise Paullin. Fannie Ed
wards Helen Peabear. Messrs. ROBERT Dunbar,
| Willett Seamon. Jr Jesse j. Jehans and 9TH
| ers. The comedy parts have been 1ntrusted to
| those wel-known comedians, w. s. Daboll,
| Charley Drew and Joseph Frankan, so there is
no doubt of success in that quarter. The mag
| nifcent Chicago stage sets, as well as special
| orchestra, will be features The sale of seats
will begin at the Bijou Theater Tuesday morn
ing, and it is confidently expected that this will
be the operate event of the year.
AS has been already announced, Miss Amelia
| B. Edwards will lecture on 1.-The Explorer in
Egypt next Tuesday night at Old City Hall.
| A Boston critic says of Miss Edwards lecture;
"Her lecture is Just such a one as would be de-
livered by brilliant college professor, in
tensely interested in his subject This does not
in the least interfere with her delicate sense OF
| humor which plays about all she says, lllum1n-
| ing and Frightening it in way at once quaint
| and instructive. In her lecture she gave evl-
I 4 1NfN Nln hrn IN 0fr p n
oughness and patience with the minutl8 OF her
subject which characterizes her writings"
THERE is a great combination at the Acade-
my of Music this week. The London Specially
Company is composed of many of the cleverest
people on the variety stage. Bob Slavin-late
of johnson & Slavin's Minstrels-is one of the
best of negro impersonators, and is show in
himself. Madame Jutau does some OF the
most daring things in the way of trapeze per-
formances. Polly Mcdonald is pleasing serio-
| comic singer, and the Coulson sisters are ex-
perts with the jumping rope Harry La Rose,
| Felix and ClaXton, and Lester and Williams
are all prime favoriteS.
THE mysterious legend B. F. F. M, which is
to be seen in many parts of the city, refers to
the presence of big Footed Fannie Mills'' at
the Worlds Museum this week. 1t is said of
this charming creature that her foot measures
| 26 inches in length, while the instep measures
Is inches in circumference. Imagine a lady
walking about the city wearing shoes No. 81.
Abort this supremely aesthetic exhibit a large
NUN Ger of startling curiosities and q big yarI-
ETY. entertain ment are grouped. The Worlds
Museum: IS likely to be filed with lovers of the
great and lovely in nature.
THE cast of the Jefferson-F Florence Company
in "The Rivals" which will be played at the
| Grand Opera House Thursday and Friday and
twice on Saturday, is as follows: Bob Acre8
Joseph Jefferson; Sir LuctuS OIri0QeT, ". j.
| Florence; Sir Anttony absolute, Edwin Var