Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-20

BIJoU THEATEE- ......................s.U s.U and T.,
DUQCEsNE THEATER .Herrm ann
GRAND OPERA HoUsE--.-.O'Dowd's Neighbors
ALVIN 1HEATER. Sara Bernhardt
WILLIAMS ACADEMY. Harry Williams Co
WORLDS MUsEUM-THEATER.. ........... Curiosities
DAVIS MUsEUM-THEATER. .Ouriosities
HARRIS THEATER 10000. Escaped from Sing Sing
The above are the theatrical attractions
for this week.
"Miss Helyett' at the Alvin Theater has
not been especially attractive, for the reason
that the play was a little too French for
Pittsburg taste. All the same, Audran's
bright music and the humorous character Of
the old Quaker, with his array of queer say
ings, have amused the audience, and Mrs
Carter can congratulate herself upon hav-
ing made very pleasant impression. Mrs.
Carter is an industrious, enthusiastic little
body, who really tries hard to deserve suc-
cess. She told me yesterday that her sole
ambition was to make a name for herself al
an actress of which her son, who is now7
years OLD, might not be ashamed. Mrs. Car
ter, considering she has been on the stage
but two years, has really made remarkable
progress, and 1 believe that in a less stilted
and unnatural part she would prove herself
actress OF more than mean ability. In
Hiss HeIyett Mrs. Carter had very little
chance to be anything but stiffiy grotesQue.
In 'The Ugly Duckling" she had part of
greater scope and more varied mood; she
had opportunities to make her audience cry
as well as laugh, and they tell me that she
succeeded. She says that one of her chief
difficulties is the makingup of her
face for the stage. This is nothing
unusual for beginners on the STAGE
and many an actor has dwarfed his
ability by lacking the knowledge to color
and arrange the lines of his face to the best
advantage. Mrs. Carter is a far better look
ing woman of the stage than she is on, and
one of the peculiar facts in this regard is
that the bonnet with q high peak that she
wears, and the way in which she colors her
cheeks in the character of Mss Helyen
make her face across the footlights appear
thin and drawn. Now, as matter of fact,
Mrs. Carter's face is as plump and rosy as
need be. Her hair has been the subject of
great deal Of curiosity among the women
who have seen her this week. They admire
it, of course, but have heard more than one
OF them ask in doubtful tones, as it really
hers?' For their benefit asked Mrs. Carter
yesterday if there was anything doubtful
about that wonderful braid of golden red
hair. She did not answer, but as her maid
braid and allow the mass of hair to almost
envelope the slender form of Hiss Helpea
had only to wait minute to see for myself
that Mrs. Carter has no need to buy or bor-
tresses.
Next season Mrs. Carter will probably con-
tinue to play the demure Quaker, but Mr.
Belasco is writing a new play for her which
viii be put on about year from now. It is
intended to run "Miss Helyett" for season
of two months in Chicago this summer and
should think it would suit Chicago's taste
very well.
The scenery used in the struggle of Life"
IS the only really remarkable feature of the
production which Mr.. Paulding hopes to
make a stepping stone to higher things. I
don't think it is altogether safe to take such
q leap downward even with a view to
climb up again. The proceeding is risky to
say the least, and Mr.. Pauldfng may wake
up to find that while he has been making
dollars he has losta reputation for high aims
and artistic methods.
The experiment of stringing together
humorous newpaper articles and calling it a
comedy, which Mr.. Bill Nye has tried in |
"The Cadi," has not been attended with any |
startling degree of success, Il we are to take |
the opinion of Pittsburgers generally for a
criterion Nye's jokes and humorous |
sketches are funny enough in print, but |
there is absolutely nothing dramatic about |
them. There were good actors in the COM
pany at the DuQuesne last week, but they
were buried underneath the mass or talk |
and trivial incidents.
John T. Kelly, the representative Irish
players, viii present that amusing comedy, |
"U & l." at the Bijou for one week. COM |
mencing tomorrow evening. This bright |
skit will be remembered as q satire on the |
apartment house system in New York. Its |
action hinges on a visit of O'Donovan Innes, |
an Irish aristocrat from Haverstrsw, n. Y.
While the genial Hibernian is seeing the |
sights he runs across Prof. UngerbIotz, a |
German music teacher, and they form an |
ete1nal friendship between drinks At the
end of the evenino the German nrofa.sor in |
80 - t,';a,.s so,s.;a;1a - 80 g..
vl'es ms lrlenu 10 MS oonlicne IN .ne ol1tlng
Bull hats, and In order to escape the critical |
eyes of his fellow tenants the German takes |
his friend up the fire ESCAPE in the rear of |
Une Uuiloins' nc nissahes 1ne noor upon
whlcn MS rooms are located, and the two so |
TO bed in the room of comic opera singer.
When the prima donna returns there is an |
I-er,y biiario,,s sitnat,on In tho ne,t aot t,a
--nd:n.. -. 'As ~ INC
lessor apartments, anu wnen .ne iaSter Is
Si, Z ~ ~ p f;a,5 uis W onger-
l1no1ye the otbarss Prof ITnaerhInti
ridiculous attempt to account for h,s
friends presence, keeps his auditors laugh |
ing until the end of the act. In the third |
ana last act everything is explained salts
donna, gives roof garden party and the
Irish gentleman is given the freedom of the
hats during ms stay IN New York. The
comedy fairly teens with wit and humor.
Funny situations follow each other with
such IHpldity that the auditors attention |
is diverted from one piece OF nonsense only
70 ENJOY ahotner over the many compl1ca-
tlons OF the plot. Kelly, as ODonogdn iaaes,
nality is marked to degree, while his YER
s2tlllty is such that his auditors never tire |