The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-12


an illuminated view Of the post0inee ana
| the buildings of Newspaper Row.
At the end OF this act q violent thunder
and lightning storm arises and culni-
mates in steady downpour OF rain.
II. r.. Jacobs Hoboken Theatre.
With today's two performances. matinee
and evening, n. S. Woods will close one
Of the most successful engagements ofhis
career, The drama s'Out in the Streets
abounds with sensational climaxes. md
i the scenery exhibits number OF well
| known localities The company inter-
preting the play is above the average, and
every individual in the cast deserves
special mention. There is every indlca-
| ton that the cozy theatre will be crowded
at both performances
| Alden Benedictss dramatization OF the
| favous novel, 1.-The Vendetta, TO which
| he gives the title of "Fabia Romani, will
! be the attraction on Monday night. The
| play is mounted in careful manner, es-
! pecially that of the last act, being OF more
than usual excellence. The company is
one Of excellent ability. Walter Lawrence
/ takes good care of the title role, and the
same may be said of Mr.. Palmer, who
plays Guido. Charles Farwell does fine
work as the rag picker, and Mss Francis
Field. as the guilty wife. gives a powerful
piece of acting. The play remains three
nights and matinee.
Poor jonathan "a the Casino.
Next Thursday evening Poor Jonath-
am win have its initial performance inthe
Casino. The opera. or more strictly speak
| ing, the comedy with musical attach
ments, was first produced at Vienna, and
| later at Berlin where it IS now approach
| its two hundred and seventy fifth per-
4 formance. 1t has also been performed ut
| the Royal Court Theatres IN Dresden,
| Stuttgart, and Munchen, where, as a
rule. only grand operas are allowed to he
sung. The music is by Carl Milloccker.
| the composer of the s'Black Hussar" and
1 the "Beggar Student" The book is by
| Hugo Whitman and Julius Bauer, with
English translation by John p. jackson
and Ralph A. Well. Three handsome
scenes have been prepared; the first rep
second is Monte Carlo when the gambling
| season is at its height, the third is a
| panorama view OF West Point and the
Hudson River The costumes of the
| ladies are the latest Partisan gowns. The
men will wear modern clothes and habits
| de c0uie4tTs, recently introduced at a ball
| given in Paris. Lillian Russell, Fanny
Rice, Harry Macdonough. Edwin Stevens
and Jefferson De Angels will be in the
cast. The theatre will remain closed on
Monday night.
Stage Notes
It's the fashion to print paragraphs as
to how great men began life. Diligent
research reveals the following facts:--
Edward Sothern didn't have copper
when he commenced afght for existence.
The only really handsome things he pos
sessed were an embroidered flannel petit
coat and a repousse tin rattle.
IN Francis Wilson's early youth he de-
veloped such fondness for condensed
! milk that it was feared his constitution
would suffer.
James Powers spent his young days
making pin wheels and pinning them all
| over the front stoop.
When De Wolf Hopper landed in New
York he only had seven cents in his
pocket, He admits, however, that he
carried more money in a grip and had
bank account.
Hubert Wilke, when boy, had habit
of biting his nails. He was made to wear
| thimbles, however, and never INDUCED
| in the practice except when singing some
| impressive song.
Mrs. Carter used to cut little divorce
suits out OF muslin for her dolls when a
child.
1t is said that Richard Mansfield was
| Intended for a journalist, but he received
| q warning In a dream one night and be-
! came an actor
| Lilly Langtry was afraid to go to sleep
in a dark room until she became quite
| grown up.
Sybil tombstone when little girl was
able to stand any degree of cold, and
| often expressed q wish to be an angel
| with only wings to wear
/ Burr Mcintosh, when about thirteen.
once nearly killed boy for calling him
| another.
| Lsona Dare, the well-known trapezist.
met with a serious accident last week in
! Paris. She went up at the Porte Mailliot
/ attached rs usual by her teeth to trapeze
hung below a balloon. The wind was
! strong, and seeing that the balloon ran
danger of being carried away Leona Dare
( let go her hold fell to the ground Her
| leg was broken above the ankle by the
| fall She was Immediately removed to
| hospital.
| Augustln DAILY or A. D., as he is better
| known, has become quite a frequent
] figure on upper Broadway lately. He
| great men he Is unknown TO the general
public, who do not appreciate the treat
l that they would otherwise enjoy
| The head of the Frankfort, Germany.
| police has decreed that all pictures of act
resses shall be removed from packages of
| American cigarettes offered for sale there.
| This is slight but welcome recognition
of the outraged feelings OF the long-suf-
| ferfng actresses
Bessie Bonehill, the popular vaudeville
artistic, was married lately at Buffalo to
Billy Seeley, formerly Of the Four En-
perors of Music, and now of Seeley g.
| West. Mr.. ana Mrs. Tony Pastor were
best man and bridesmaid. The happy
couple are enjoying their honeymoon
travelling with Tony Pastors company, of
which they are both members.
C. Haddon Chambers, the author of
with his wife on Saturday last on tine Al
le4 This IL his first visit He will assi ar