Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-06
STRAIGHT STAGE TIPS. ,

ANNIE MYERS has hit the town hard. She
is freshly and positively charming in the
leading role OF the "Tar and Tartar"
DIGBY BELL has galvanized the Philadel.
phians into something like enthusiasm with
his amusing performance of Jupiter"
JACK MASON and Marion Manola are star
ring together this season, and their success
in New England has been the phenomenon
Of the season. We shall see them soon.
Two shows only have been condemned
without any recommendations to mercy in
THE DISPATCH this season. They are .eIele-
phonia" and Larry the Lord" Both have
since passed out OF existence.
A MUSICAL comedy called "The Kid" will
be presented at Harris Theater next week.
1t is said to have more plot and less foolish
ness than the common run of musical com.
edy. Some ticklish dances are to be intro.
duced in 1.-THE Kid"
JOHN DREW, who has made his mark as
Daly's leading man, is now star of the first
magnitude on his own account He has
caught the Now York public beyond a doubt
with his clever work In "The Masked Ball !"
which Pfttsbursers may see later on.
AT Harry Davis Eden Musee next week a
tribe of Egyptian queens will be the feature,
They will hold q grand encampment in the
curio hall and tell the fortune of eyery lady
dozen OF those daughters of Egypt in the
tribe.
"LARRY THE LORD" which we had the
painful duty of condemning in these col.
umns. has retired from this cruel world 1t
is apoiogetically stated that MIR. Graham's
bad health caused this timely retirement.
but the weak constitution of the play would
have been better excuse.
AT last show too awful for endurance
H. II -
called "Elysium'' was produced at the
Chestnut Street Theater on Monday night
and even the managers were 80 much
shocked by the skirt and skirtless dances of
the females that they Cancelled the engage
ment there and then.
In addition to the usual curio hall attrac-
tions ct the Worlds Museum next week.
there will, be given in the theater "Tbe
Ranch King" q sensational comedy drama
In which Miss Louise Agnott Joseph ID.
Clifton, Billy Dockstader and Charles
Osborn will take part. The specialties by
Dockstader and Osborn are said to be most
amusing.
BARTLEY CAMPBELL is chiefly known as the
author of melodramas of a popular char.
acter, but next week the departed drama
lists only farce comedy is to be produced 1t
the Grand Opera House. "Bulls and Bears. -
as this farce is called, has amused New Yorl,
duuicuCcS, anu Is Sdlu GO Dc IN The hands OF
q thoroughly competent company. 1t will
be played at the Grand Opera House.
THE comedian Is a puzzle to the rest OF
mankind. How he manages to laugh and
make Others laugh all the time is a mystery.
Last week Fred Frear, the clever comedian
who is playing in "The Tar and Tartar ~ lost
his mother. but though he was deeplv or.
tached to her, Mr.. Frear has been unable tn
abandon his part, and he has made no sion
of inability to fill it. 1t is something diff
cult, though you may not realize it, to play
the TOOL when the heart is heavy.
AS unwillingly foretold in last SUNDAYS
DISPATCH, the prospect is that Lotta will
never appear again upon our STAGE This is
great loss, for there is no soubrette known
to us to-day who can take her place. I.otta
was incomparabiy the best of the American n
sOubrettes; her art was by no means modar.
ate ana her genius was distinctly American
1t is sad to hear that at the best Lotta NAV
after a time resume her usual social lie
but never appear behind the footliehts
again.
AS sure as the leaves turn golden in the
fall, Joseph Murphy comes along with his
genuine Irish comedy. Mr.. Murphy stands
head and shoulders above the majority of
actors who make Irish character their
choice for portrayal, and he rightly com.
mands warm welcome whenever he comes
this way. On Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday matinee and night he will play
SHAUN Rnue" at the Alvin fheater next