The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-29

sort OF properly baby, her parents began at
to teach sT spsssng p%st ca,d s 10 s sbS
lynne she jumped at once Into the tights Fl
sSe Sa ss ssf Mss Wsa
show. Xt 1B Barnnm had her driving
chariot IN tho SpRodigS%e rq ssoos r RSS
next ceiling walker" But onssr night ihlss
her Up with two broken legs and a dislScstsd
shoulder. When abe came to ehc said: No
NOR circus for me- She kept her word r
she hSs added to It's eccentricities By doing
cart wheels somersanlts and song and dance an
Yns s9 has hs s o, ths' T Sf With the
varieRated history. and that is why she Is In
one sense the most curiously watched actress
In town.
The east sides familiar plays this week.
from Harlem to Chatham square. are melo.
dramas They are THE stepdaughter'' at
the Windsor. Tho DEVILS Mine" at Jacobs's
and MY Jack" at the Columbus. In lower
Broadway. at Niblo's. there is also drama
that is not new in that house-Clay Greene's
Forgiven" in which Frederic Bryton has re-
Gently resumed starring. Bryton has large
following, who probably will turn out fully to
greet his reappearance. Ralph Delmore. ro-
bust and rather impressive actor q large
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A%Sfhs never sSpyns that psss
has vaudeville interpretations. elaborate
Of sbs s9s fHGs
f Suxcm Annie Ward Tiffany. WHOSE Vigorous
acting and quaint humor have won for shew:.
t ss PHy s%aaer
company. familiar to most attendants OF the
combination theatres Mii reaper Ihis
Alexander salvini Is nearly ready to produce
dramatization Of Ben Hur." By agreement
with Lew Wallace. Tho novels famous race
scone is to DO duplicated in the play. English
papers tell about the marriage Of George Gid
dens and Catherine Drew. IAN American
heiress." They forget to mention that Gid
dens was tho first husband OF Sydney Cowell.
tho sister Of Mrs. W. J. Le Moyne. Sydney and
George came to America twenty years ago
with Charles Wyndham. Leonard Grover de-
clarcs that Tho Wolves Of Now York" hasn't
closed its tour. It is only taking rest"
Henry Irving has engaged Jessie ,Millward for
his London Lyceum. SO no Tiil have s good ID
company some six years ago. Bessie Bonehill.
t aoue sSfH
weekly income cannot be far from $500. She
feature & tho hal n
5oasd FOL Ss sa fn child
%r Sa%eS fSTa h' w %sa
has boon engaged BY Augustin DAILY for three
shS Is sp End hnd has
Mary Eastiako is going back to England. hay.
up popfas 81 rm
weeks. Some members OF the company got
week s wages. One. an Englishman. BaIfour.
demanded a fqrtnight,s pay In sdyanSo before re
stranded actors. for Dobbins had disappeared
in the afternoon. and the receints went along
Some actors think they arc unlucky where
they don't get paid; but there are worse things
than that, it seems. Here is q comedian who
was travelling with q farce called "A Breezy
Time" which was an appropriate title for his
share in the fun. During the second Get"
he said. II am supposed to be drunk-so
drunk that when the old man puts
lighted match lear my face my breath catches
on fire. Now this trick is accomplished BY
a ball Of oakum in gasoline. and
ty putting the ball In -FOUR mouth and blowing
ySS I ssls s viii Ss S GIT
Eseed the bail q oafan g. On The spar q
S0a tskldd in dSRn tic ses es
Wien the match was Struck my N.Y. whole head
i had the presence o., mind to close my eyes
md my mouth: and BY thst saved my iitee;
ODened INV mouth would have inhaled the
flames. and then wouldn't have been able to
this Put you 99ght haze beard tint
funniest thing they ever saw! Fortunately
tive members Of the company saw my plight
Wherever VIZ there had been ereasc PAINT on my
and Tor q week or two went on without
making up"
Aweek's performance Of Z" Cinderella at tho
Academy has served to make tho big spectacle
move with greater smoothness than on the
opening night. Tho tale Of the little glass
slipper is a good one to tell around the Christ
mus holidays. It is flne entertainment OF it's
kind. and its attractions arc extremely various
One Of them is high-kickihg danseuse Lit
head and stirs up her back hair with her toes.
She doesn't look as though she could, or
big salary incites her. She is one fig
ure in particularly resgIendent holiday
spectacle and pantomime; Tho conventional
ballots are numerous and grand, the assem-
blages OF variously CARRIED and OF posed women
aro gorgeous. but nothing excites the spec.
tators 80 much as the feat. or feet, or should
der. and handsome creature. with the face and
general air attributed by noyelists to high
born and exIuisitively sensitive heroines.
Gentle dignity and refined grace nro suggested
by q sight Of hor; sho dances little bit OF n
while Ike q BALLROOM yaltzer undemonstra-
lively. and thon she begins to kick. Her feet fly
hen they reach the level OF her whist: next
her toes go up TO the elevation OF her shoulders
md the behoIder, thinks that she has Kicked
here develops It's superiority over her left foot.
Tor with It she kicks several times higher than
her head. Then comes the climax. Facing
he footlights. she gives the mighty kick that
;arries her foot clear over her head from tho
'front.', At the same instant she fops up her
back hair. and that triumphant big too stirs
'or an instant among the hirsute mass. All
his is done with perfect modesty. SO far as
my display Of aught else thun unconventional
agility Is concerned.
At the Brookiya Theatres.
most attractive Offering to Brooklyn thea- |
rcroers for this week is that which Ia made