The record-union., 1892-02-13
MUSIC And THE DRAMA.
The Thirty-Three Playhouses Of
New York City.
Mind Reader TyndaI-Miss Gales Sue
cess-George Hanlon and the Church
-ssPoor Jonathan''-Flashes From
the Footlights of Many Theaters.

-'sPoor Jonathan''-FIashes From
the Footlights of Many Theaters.
A. P. Dunlop, writing from New York
under date of February 9th, says:
Eighteen playhouses out of the thirty
Ghree in the Metropolis made no change
Of bill this week. and at least seven OF
hem lose money by it. AT the eight
combination houses eight plays that nave
been seen before came IN for the annual
visit in their swing around the dramallc
circle. Four of the minor houses altered
heir programme slightly, and at the
opera three old timers are announced,
while Palmer's had the only novelty OF
1he week. which was not produced until
Wednesday It's title is The Broken
.Seal,' and its author is Sydney Grundy,
an able and tireless English dramatlst.
like most of his plays, it is an adaptation
rom the French, this one from Bush
mach IL Cauvins' La Secret de la Ter
-euse,' first seen at the Paris Chateau
1'Eau in 1899, but produced in England
English as a Village Priest at the
london Haymarket in 1880. The story
-ranspires in France and the theme is
5Omber, hinging upon the confession OF a
murder. 1t was carefully produced ana
veil acted, but will scarcely enjoy very
extended run. The east brought forth
Mrs. d. 2. Bowers and Miss Julia Ar
Fhur as members of the regular stock
company, and both were warmly re-
reived as were the great favorItes, Mrs.
Booth and Maurice Barrymore. Busl-
ness continues to be exceedingly bad,
some say because the social season in the
city is now at its hight, but "A Trip to
Chinatown at Hoyts Madison Square
Theater continues it's phenomenal run,
he pretty little theater being packed at
every performance, rain or shine, to the
satisfaction of genial Manager Frank
Mckee, who smilingly observes that
farce-cOmedies may come and farce
comedies may go, but Hoyts tarce-come-
dies remain for ever
Neither can Samuel Popular Cox COM
plain, for Donnelly and Girard's Natural
5as' has done splendidly on the East
side, and Manager j. Nj. Hill voucheS
hat Mrs. Leslie Carter in Miss HelyetI
IS doing splendidly at the Standard.
Fanny Rice's husband-manager also
Droclaims that his star-wife has done well
n Harlem, and as long as the managers
are satisfied no one ought to grumble.
The operate draught at the Metropolitan
Dpera-hOuse continues lnsutticlently
strong to fill the house, and it looks as ii
Abbey has given ii up as bad job. Re-
ports Of dissensions and wars and rumorS
If war among the artists are also whisp-
cred. and, perhaps, it is the old story the
eaptain deserting the operate ship. II
dr. Abbey's venture fails this time, peo-
ple who know, say it is entirely owing to
ack of intelligent management. AS a
matter Of fact New Workers viii not pay
- TO hear an old OPERA and it is hardly
% be wondered at that people decline TO
support Mr.. Abbey, when, for instance,
he announces for next week, Faust,
Norma and 'Lucrecia Borgia,' instead
of La Gioconda, 'AIefstofele,' 'Sigurd,
- - I i ) Z
i'm and 'ROi d vs. as promised. The
Lnglish-speaking people are the only
ones who have consented to listen tC
opera in any language but their own.
erhaps that has something to do with
he failure Of opera, which in America
seems to be dying with inanition and dry
Yot.D
MIND-READER TYNDALL.
TyndaIl, the mind-reader, who has at
fracted great deal of attention, was in
.os Angeles recently and gave exhibi-
lions of his power. The Los Angeles
Times says of him:
Tyndall is an Englishman and was
porn in 1861. He has been in the mind
eading business about twelve years. He
5 a physician by profession and was
quite successful in that line and would
nave made a brilliant name for himself
had he not discovered that he could read
other peoples minds with great ease.
AIr. TYndall made the following state
1nent regarding his singular power:
In the first place, l can read per-
sons mind. / don't wish to be called a
trickster, not even a very clever one, for
am not. Some have called me muscle
reader, but that is nonsense. What is a
muscle reader? Has muscle brains sc
{ can think? / have never made a fail
IRE when a subject acted up to the re-
Quired conditions. | do not profess tC
can explain the mOduS Operandi of how
receive thought. l am blindfolded in
order to shut out all light, and so that
nay better concentrate my mind. Then
receive a mental picture of the
thoughts of the subject. OF course il
Ion't last long, for 1t is very similar tC
+ dream. l merely use the handze er-
chief in order to concentrate, my
powers to make my mind a blank
IN order to be able to see with my
subjects eyes. While mind-reading my
whole nervous system is in a high state
of eXcitability, and that accounts for my
wild gesticulations. OF course being
blindfolded it is impossible Tor me tc
3ind the way off high platform without
being very nervous if my subject does
not concentrate his thoughts on the way
10 leave the platform. II man hasn't
got mind and doesn't concentrate his
thoughts l am like blind man, but
VHen ne uOeS concentrate uiS thoughts
see as he does.
MY theories are of the theosophica
style. l believe in reincarnation, anC
nave had many-lifed experience.
think mind-reading Will be the language
of the future, for it is universally admit
led that ordinary language fails in the ex.
act expression of thought.
II do not believe in mediums and the
ike, for l think they are all frauds, who
make it their business to dupe all whom
hey can. have often been taken fol
such, much TO my disgust. but all my
work is square and above-board, and
have an adherence for all frauds"
Iyndall has had some queer expert
cnces, both in this country and England
and is full of amusing stories. He will bt
N this city soon.
MISS GALES SUCCESS.
Speaking of the success of Miss Gale
season in San Francisco the Chronicle says
Steadily since her first appearance ol
Monday night at the Baldwin Theate
Miss Gales audiences have increased il
size, and next week she bids fair to draw
still more largely. 1t is long time sine
u star essaying for the first time that lin
OF characters which all the theater-goer
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