Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-18

| never createu character at once so human,
SO essentially natural and untheatrical and
vet so powerful as Mr.. Willard's Cyrus
Btenha'7 In short, while further expert
ence might not support the view, | am IN
| clined TO think that Mr. Willard is the
greatest actor England has sent over here
in the last decade
1t is exceedingly pleasant to know that
| Mr.. w flard has received such substantial
recognition in Pittsburg that he will return
| some time In March for another week. In
the interim hope he will find new play
one wortnler him, and with some opportu-
| nifty Tor the talented woman who Is practf-
| cally buried in "The Middleman," Miss Marie
Burroughs. Miss Burroughs has the salts
faction OF knowing that she has given to
| very nackneyed character, as planned Dy
| Mr.. Jones, pathos wholly of her own crea-
ton, by d1nt of her personality and her art
At the Bijou. beginning Monday even Ing
| melodrama with realistic sauce will be
served "The PATROL the play which en-
| terta1ned P1ttsburg theater-goers for one
| week during the past season, will be the at
traction. While here last year it was offered
in the form OF a prosperous infant, which
has since, from the judfcious pruning OF the
author, Mr.. Scott Marble, arrived, 1t Is said,
at the full-fedged stage of grown success.
The story of Mr.. Marbles play is as follows:
A millionaire contractor and builder in the
| city or chicago has nephew, who, upon the
| death of his father, inherited a very consid-
cradle fortune, which through dissipation
and dissolute habits has been wasted. At
this time he calls on his uncle for
| assistance. The kindly old gentleman
gives him check for $50 with which to
meet some current bill. On receiving his re-
| turns from the bank the benevolent uncle
| finds his check raised from $50 to $3.50. He
then discovers, through the aid of de-
| tective agency, the real character of his
nephew, and holds his raised check over his
| head as means of forcing him back to an
honorable life. Arobbery occurs in the old
| gentleman's residence, the basement por-
ton of which he utilizes as an office: The
millionaire, hearing the noise made by the
| burglar, quietly descends the stairs,
pushes the door open, and there dis
covers his nephew rifling the saIe in search
OF the check which upon presentation to the
| police would serd him to serve term in the
| penitentiary The old gentleman calls his
name, whereupon three shots are fired, and
| the kindly hearted relative of depraved
| character falls to the floor q corpse. .---
incidentally introduced are team OF
| beautiful white horses, who were especially
| secured from the Chicago police department.
for this production. illustrating the run of
| "The Patrol" from the sound of the alarm
until the arrest on the street was made. A
number of scenic pictures, it said. lend
additional interest to the performance
while the cast is of an exceptionally strong
character.
In New York paper the following inter
esting note appeared one day last week:
"AIr. J. B. Dickson, one OF the managers Of
y,
the city yesterday, and said the play would
be taken off the boards on Saturday night.
He said it had lost $1l 900 during six weeks,
and ascribed its failure to the out-oftown
press, which he charged with having agreed
to down it wherever il was produced"
The "out-of town press" has seldom had
such full credit for virtuous deed as Mr..
Dickson willingly gives. But it is q painful
confession of almost criminal foolishness
from a manager of experience. Did he not
know as we'll as the "out-of-town press'' what
. a sorry mess abraham Lincoln" the play,
was long before he spent S11 900 on it? If he
didn't, he ought to go into some other line of
business where brains are not needed.
1.-THE Tar and the Tartar made the favor
able impression it was anticipated it would
in these columns. Dgby Bell is nearly all
low comedy which the public seem to prefer
in connection with light opera, that some
things which might be desired in comic
opera, are not missed. "The Tar and the
Tartar" will return here in the spring
Manager Harry ASkin intends to give his
name to the company from now on, and 1t
seems only right that he should, for to his
courage and good management the exist
ence of the company is mainly due. The
next new opera which this company will a t.
tempt will be the work of Mr. Edwards, the
company's musical director, and Harry B.
Smith, whose fertility as Hbrettist is being
very heavily tested. Very probably Miss
Marion Manola and her husband, Jack
Mason, will be starred under Mr.. Askfn's
comedy which they will examine this week
in Chicago. Miss Manola has been working
under great disadvantage the past week, for
her health has been lar from good.
Among the new faces In the Askin Opera
Company, two that have been much noticed
belong to Miss Hilda and Miss Maud Hollins,
two English girls, nieces of Conductor Ed
wards. They are very young, both under 20
or thereabouts. and are very graceful pretty
girls. Hilda H9llins played Miss Manola,s
and both she and her sister possess voices of
unusual power and sweetness. They are |
daughters OF an English tenor of some note, |
and made their first appearance In this coun- |
try with Miss Tempest last year in "The Red |
Hussar." They are bound to rise, it seems
to me.
Laloo, the wonderful freak of nature that |
is to be exhibited at Harry Davis Fifth |
Avenue Museum Theater this week, has |
made a tremendous sensation in Philadel. |
phia, as the following from paper in that |
city, indicates: mo freak of nature has ever |
commanded as much attention as this mar |
velous Indian boy. and no curiosity has ever |
been exhibited in Philadelphia which has |
attracted the numberof people Laloo has. ]
His appearance in this city has aroused the |
widest excitement, md in every household |
place of business and street corner is his |
name heard. The dean of every medical fac
ulty in this city, besides hundreds of doc
Bradenburgh for the privilege OF examining
the boy, but his duties at the Museum are so
laborious that it is feared he could not
stand the strain, and therefore all
requests are politely refused. The
medical faculty OF the University of
Pennsylvania were the first to make the re-
quest, and for the purpose of removing all
doubts as to the claims made for him, the
request of that college was granted. The
medical staff nearly 100 doctors and 400 or
500 students listened to an interesting lee
ture by Prof Hirot, who, during his remaks
said: "Everyone is indebted to this boy for
a sight they will probably never have the
opportunity of witnessing again." And such
is the sentiment OF everybody who viewed
important feature about Laloo is his intellf-
gence and affable manner. He has been
petted, dined and made much of
since placed on ,foh exhibition EGn,d sort
the ordinary l0-year-old boy swelling of
the Uranium, but not SO with Laloo. He
conerses with everybody and willingly
pulsive about Laloo. either. He ana his
f'half little sister, are nattily attired, and
the only part of the anatomy exposed to
view is the band OF union-the hands, shoul-
ders and arms. There is also a supposition
on the part of many that the boy is bur-
dened and suffers more less pain, but
such is not the case, for more light-hearted
theatorium at Harry Davis Sheridan &
Wright's Alhambra Company will hold the
stage. There will be no raise of prices dur
ing the Laloo week.
The attraction at the Grand Opera House
is Steele Mackaye's sensational drama,
"Money Mad,' whose success was empha-
sized through its long run last spring at the
Theater, New York. 1t will be
presented under the direction OF Mr.. John
j. Collins, during the week commencing
Monday and at the usual matinees, with all
L Ipln a md 10 hn1 ino1 off aofu