The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-14
THE SEASON OF COMEDY.
Funny People Who Get a Hearing
in Hot Weather.

apollo" is doing the best summer
business that the New York Casino mas
had in several years. Rudolph Aronson
has purchased the souvenirs for the fif-
tieth night, and they will arrive In time
for the performance on Thursday even
ing, June IS. All rehearsals nave been
suspended for the present, and only two
more matinees will be given this season.
This affords the company plenty of time
III which 10 recreate,and they have begun
TO seek their summer homes Jefferson
De Angels rushes to Yonkers after the
performance; Harry Marlborough to
TOM Sylvia Thome to Mt. Vernon; Ferai-
nand Schuetz TO Larchmont. Lillian
Russell will shortly 60 to Manhattan
Beach, and Edwin Stevens to Benson
hurst. ErdeIiji Naczi has composed sew
eral hungarian dance numbers for special
performances by his band on the roof gar
uen. The latest composition Is entitled
Nell Nell. and Is dedicated TO Lillian
Russell. | asked Maczi what this tide
meant and he woul mt tell.
The New York and Chicago ball tosgers
were the guests of DeWolf Hopper at
The Broadway theatre, over the river, last
evening. Hopper is well known to be a
deep student of the game, and he en-
bodied the result of his researches in
baseball song that made a great success
with the players and the numerous
"cranks" on the game, who occupied
seats in the house. The banjo chorus
con9inues TO be one of the surest hifs IN
the opera wang" will, no doubt. run
during the entire summer season, Hand
some souvenirs are being prepared for the
flftieth night, which will occur during
the coming month.
philadelphia is having no end of opera
of both kinds this summer, civilian
IeiP' was sung with great success at the
Grand Opera House in that city last wees
'Lahme" Is the leading opera for this
week. At the Park, Pauline Hail and her
company are presenting la Belle Heienc''
with great success The Girard Avenue
season of opera with Mrs. Adelaide Ran
dali as prinia donna is also pronounced
success.
Richard Manfield's claim that he and
not Clyde Fitch wrote the very clever
Bean Brummel' has been held TO be
disproven by the failure OF Don Juan y
A similar case OF disputed authorship
will be tested In this way next season,
when Harry Lacy will produce Il play by
A. c. Wheeler. VINO mas always been sus-
pected of having written 'sThe
Still AIarm.'' Mr.. Lacy. who
since his row with Joseph Arthur,
has been loudly asserting that
W heeler wrote the fire engine play, now
says that the success of the coming piece
will prove the claim. Wheeler has never
admitted that he was the author of the
very successful but utterly absurd
"Still Alarm" which may DO taken as
evidence that he has some literary discre.
ton. There isn't any other evidence, bnt
supposing that he has that quality, he
must be in queer position. 1t the new
play succeeds, he is convicted OF
having written q mass OF rubbish
which nothing but a span Of clever
horses and brass mounted engine ever
brought o popular favor; If the ne W play
falls Wheeler will be relieved of the AZ
QUESTION referred 70. bat be will be sad
died with failure from which he cannot
escape.
"Col. Carter, Of CartsrsyiIle.n the very