Telegram-herald., 1890-04-15


a dangerous Woman" Mss Van
Cortland. as AntoniA, finds : character
peculiarly ntted - heT seaslbliity and
temperament ana porrays It slth
VIVID sest and enthusiasm. she inter
ests, ana displays power that has
good deal of tue quality called magnet
ism, which influences her auditors. Nh.
Holt, a. Gerald, displayed his char
acteTstle Intelligence ana eSrnestness,
and Mr.. Cook a. Benedetn, was intense,
quiet, subtle and effective. Mr.. Iayer-
nler, as PeabOdy, eVlnced lie custom
airy e@retnlness and capAblllty, While
Miss Hamilton, as Evelyn Aubrey, and
DOlhe BArdrll. as Sylvia, were cOAscaen-
tiOus and earnest. This play viii be re-
peated this afternoon, ana tonight We
shall see Miss Van Cortland az Cora IA
The Creole"
There Is q large advance sale for the
remaining performances OF the IaYer-
nier Company at Redmond's-
zone of the Bravest," a long-estab-
lished tavoute with local theater-goers,
with comedians Mccarthy and Cronin
and a real fire engine and live horses,
wall be at Rcdmond's next week.
While Edwin Booth was playing Rich
elleu IN ST. LOUIS, Owen Fawcett, the
comedian, who was not IN the east that
night, concluded he would don su-
per's garb and go on and watch the
great actors performance from the
stage. Fawcett noticed Mr.. Booth
watching hIm several times and closed
his ewes so that the Cardinal would not
recognize him. At the end of the act
Mr.. Booth called the stage manager
and SAID, Don't let that tat super go
on any more, he slept throughout the
whole act" Fawcett joined him IN a
good laugh when explanation was made
at the close OF the performance.
Some boorish fellows, by mistake, got
| into the wrong theater last night and
had seats in the parquet ri Redmond's.
| They tried to "guy" love scene IN "a
| Dangerous Woman" and at the same
time disturb the ladies and gentlemen
who wanted to listen to the play. Mr..
| Holt very properly stepped 10 the front
| of the footlIghts and administered s.
| deserved rebuke and extended an in
vItation TO the disturbers 10 go 10 the
box Office and get their money, If they
were not pleased. That the audience
was of the same opinion as Mr.. Holt,
was manifested by the hearty applause
which greeted his action.
Manager Cobb was besieged ali day
yesterday with kilograms and letters
from Hastings, Big Rapids, Ionia, st.
Johns, Holly, Howell, Lansing. Hol-
land, Muskegon, Cadillac, Lowell
Spring Lake and Charlotte, all contain
ing applications for seats for the Booth.
Modjeska performance next Saturday.
Each of the places. mentioned will send
delegations containing any where from
twelve TO sixty people. IL looks al
though there will be s. demand from
the outside alone, sufficient 10 fill the
theater. Local theater goers are
taking great interest in the
event, and last night there were
over sixty boys in the lobby of
| Powers awaiting numbers which Will
be issued tomorrow morning at
O'Clock. When Mr.. Booth comes to
Grand Rapids ne actually draws from
population of nearly SOC, 600. The
population of this city is about 0,000
and the suburbs and surrounding town:
and cities easily contain lnhabitsnt:
enough to make the estimate, aboat
the number mentioned. The indica
tions are that hundreds of people will
be disappointed in securing admission
II Is unfortunate that Mr.. Booths en-
gagement is not for more than one
night.
To night the Swedish Ladies of Stock,
/ holm Will give one of their famous con.
certs at Powers. OF this company the
| Chicago journal commented as follow:
when they appeared in that city: "The
novel feature of the evenings concert
was the first appearance IN Chicago OF
the Swedish Ladies Octette. This com.
pany of singers halls from Stockholm
and consists of eight ladies who Were
trained and instructed IN their art by
no less a parsonage than Prof. August
! Edgren, late cholrmaster OF the Royal
| Opera at the Swedish capital. Their
singing is novel in style, and highly Ell
| joyabe, possessing much natural fresh
ness OF quality, and being characterized
| by superior finish. The voices of the
! singers blend finely and are phenome-
nal in range, varying from high So
prano to an alto that rs almost baritone
in quality. They sing with life and an.
imation, shading with excellent taste
and skill. OF the ladies appearing a:
soloIsts, Miss Norelius made the best
impression. singing Matters All Non {
Yer with good effect. The deep con
tralto voice of Miss Heden was startling
in the extent of its range and peculiar
ity of quality"
There was a good attendance 81
Smiths Opera House last evening, and
those present enjoyed the clever and
varied speciality bill given. The great
feature of the week is the marvellous
acrobatic work of the Farnum Broth
ers, who accomplish some remarkable
feats Of balancing and tumbling on sno
from pyramids Of chairs. William
Mitchell does neat character turn
and is ably assisted by Claude Lor-
raine. The Roses made another hit
with a new sketch; Belle Celeste ex'
ecuted some fine msneuverlngs on the
traDeze. and Lulu Chapman, vocalist
scored well. Popular Jimmie Green in
| his clever dialect work repeated the
success be has made in the past. Regu.
lar matinees.
Main once at Detroit