The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-17
PHASES OF THEATRlCALS.
.rW PLAYS SCARCE THIS WEEK HERE,
MIR PLENTY ELSEWHERE.

,, ur,,,,h unirorms In " The Solicitor"
nnd 1.-THE Soudan"-Cnpaid Actors In
Recent raiiures-Some of the Novelties
IA Farcicaiity and Realism.
The changes OF plays at the combination
,h,ntrss this week. except in two productions
.lrea,ly reviewed in THE Sun. brought out no
nav matter. At the Fourteenth Street. Aunt
prIdeets Baby" en- out-and.out, seli-con-
,.ssed. md therefore honest variety farce. has
b,sn performed before large and delighted
suIiences this week. Its principal funmaker
,s rho poulerous George Monroe. whose voice
1. n counterfeit OF IN asthmalic lions roar.
.rd whose laugh is like unto that which
,rirb,eped CULVER when the residents
q, BrobdlGnag grew merry Monroe Is
ali size, literally great comedian, lie
.,ill sings in Aunt Bridgets Baby" and he IL
otherwise In olearinous evidence all through
Nh. show. But tho point is that he creates
laughter, and. again. he draws the people.
Coaueln could do moro in these two respects
Harlem 8 theatres nro supplied with attractive
entertainment this week. Pauline Halls re-.
ylyal of Nine. Favart" and La Belle Helene"
n. tho Opera House has pleased Eood.s,zed
udiences. although the company is poor. willis
At the Columbus tho Grotcsnue but not point.
les. humor OF "A Hole in the Ground Inns on
ertel It's old effectiveness. though tho cast Is
almost nov. Tie stranger this time is Charles
Cowes whose methods are exceedingly droll.
AMI whose originality Is strong point in his
favor. At the Grnnd OPERA ll9use his weeks
effective and surely inotfeusiv, melodrnma.
with all the points ralculni ed to excite a west
s sy a; The Grand where It is likely 10 repent
the rorunr success 1t made in tho Bowery
L. Ss ss Tsf bu sT Been hSn es'd tho
New York in these days. hns 9preared ut the
toward forward in drama not hitherto acl ed here ny
hs but no, new Gns !, i Ms Lucy
plTrouayis value In the piece. and she acied it
isno change in this actresss arI. i; is sin
uneven a an.
Miss iranger's presence In the cast, for wi'h-
out her a. n, chief figure OF interest the play
gloomy. awkwardly CONSTRUCTED. and not very
brilliantly wv %r.,en "a f Contains IN
Thompson, who no lons'r a star. is now
loaded In The direction, Ht success: md there
tS s s sGH Jay liz Hunt shaf's Me
A feature OF Tho Solicitor" which has
.s, d in military untorin do not ismove
their caps when In tho presence Of ladies. THIS
form q etiIHets is So ABSOLUTELY rontraryto
that 1t is not strange hat the soldiers with
their headgear on should occasion surprise.
sSu d recSiarty Of English military iis At
the barracks. This POINT; 100. came pp when
Barley y author d hs play made il his susi:
nes> to visit Wellington Barracks IN order
TO secur1, himself upon this point Of Ell.
custom OF English officers in undres. uniform
70 remove their hats in the presence OF ladies'.
ladies' should they meot them in the park: all
they do is to salut. by touching their caps
ce4s Ii hs nrs tho as
uniforms Of the First Scots Guards. This is
que Of the three swell regiments OF foot guards
ColdstIsam Guards aud ,he Grenaders The
only in the e eosss%i1s q these reE
in il he play represented at He rmaIn 's wesr a
,sTle,Hn plaid ribbon ao2ut r the hat and
9ya Ssnd w !" ous the nss snd
the Coldstreams white band.
When ''Th. Soudan' was produced IN Lor;
The rssssee snd they
brought her: n for the American PRO 1uetion Of
souasn es%psIeS: Trey are msde - Of Il cray ray
nfns 81 fh sis es seF cuad
too heavy and uncomfortabe to wear in Egypt.
ns dNS sR rod and @
look tn. place OF The heavy caps. AN The mill
!sry trappings used In The soudan. even to
AID i E e tsementai flag use II the } es'
stsMe dessr i campaign Is Tor the he. HIGH
backed ~. saddles and heavy, rawhide brides
time we're the property OF wsrIke shieks; Two
S %smoers OF the COMPANY Sergeant ". I.
koudsn var sanawsy ba- charge OF the
supernumeraries. in the present production.
AMI Bnllene leads the English attack on the
desert city.
The failure Of The Black Masqpe" was not
cornts have intimated. There 49, however. OF
course: In the story that 'saudow" and Cy-
back salary out OF the tnaucial supporters OF
the show They were nckier than the less
npou, their WAGES. ISr "supdow" is not tho
p SSns s ry vss Feps M
weeks pny; Some Of them me in dire distress
to-day. and the Actors Fund can't lie . them.
the sek It does, not civ" mouey 10
sFandi pG .ck During the shs first stv wS
cast: The commonwealth" plan: adopted for
SsSG va ms ae lsss Pm
=; r me O. "coIs say that before they consented
rtsHonsisis Tor their ' w,rss But iIey did not
Vi WI, lh'uR. anu now tloy anErlly ASSERT tnut
, snnt the only iasco OF the curly theatrical
KS gone to niece, in PhiladephIa, yus'i'yng
ihe predict tons of dsintersstei observers who
snsw that i was folly tn send this opera on u
sns. s Warts rs utter failure here by ths co.,.
III thrown ont OF work II mn, st uneomnr'.
his i,sS owe sN9mrdiAD Whp haS tsn sEarIng In
matt at the emf Of this wees. His friends ex-
s'se this step on the ground that his company
sVtry Door and that no will ieorganlze it.
ntsr which he will 90 out nGain, Bnt The Dis.
A!p"inted actors in tho COMPANY hint that lie
, ,nay not resume. Tho ri..n II reorgahiza-
unh II always n c"n"eniont eycu-e for mn
abandoned tour. Char.v- Il. Gardiner Is using
.hal explanat,nn inr the stoplage, OF III,
nu,nr n MS assert on That the cast Is Only
,sls as to his des.rtion OF the. Mill ken oper-
AUG venture. or his treatment Of the Iva Mum
. s,ors who are we'll punished for their nssoci.
snon with that woman.
The widow OF joseph X. Emmet has made IN
Iet @nd TO pass her remaining DAYS in
hlhAny. and she has Goae into COM oriabe
Sannrtnents ihors. Her .ni-ans are nmple. and
f.l