Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14

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man Soldier" "Dr. Bill" "Poiice PatroI'
and others.
The opening attraction at the Grand Opera
House, August 25 will be Primrose & Vests
minstrels.
Tom Keene. in q repertoire Of the Shakes
Rearean drama, will open the Duquesne
decorators will begin Monday to brighten
up the interior of the house.
Lillian Kennedy played to a very fair
weeks business at the Bijou, and poor stuff
as she Couldn't Marry Three is, considered
as play drama, the plucky little soubrette
with her cute ways deserves lots of success
The way to use light as positive and pri-
mary decoration in a theater is probably no.
where better exemplifled than inside the
Bi1ou this season. The lobby and audito-
rum alike blaze with incandescent lights,
and make you feel good anyhow.
A guide book to New England's beautiful
mountain resorts 10 Manager Charles L.
Davis delicate way of reminding sweter-
Ing Plttsburgers that he is enjoying him
ager will be back in Pittsburg on August 20,
although the theater will not open till Sep
tsmber 5with the Charity Bail" or "Ths
E. S. Willard. the brilliant English actor.
sends The DISPATCH a copy of the July num-
Der OF The Players, an excellent theatrical
paper published in London, in which he is
can experiences. MI. wizards remarks
about America and American audiences
especially are complimentary in the main,
burg institution: Another Improvement
was the arrangement of the dress
ing rooms at the Alvin Theater, Pitts
our ourgSsa snsosdtg' city, by the the way, not unlike
from the ballet girl upward. had
most comfortable quarters. the appoint
ments OF the ordinary dressing-room being
equal to those Of any similar room in first
hotel n N ia to
which there are three sets-they consist of
a drawing-room in which to receive visitors,
and a bathroom leading from the dressing
room. Luxury, if you like! These improve
ments on the 'pig-stye' system, l should tell
you, are due to no less a being than an actor
manager-one of the few, IL not the only one
lard with a pleasant smile. 'in the United
States, namely. MI. C. L. Davis, who made
large sums oil money by touring with New
England play called Alvin Joslyn,' and who
mas invested some portion of his earnings
In erecting the beautiful theater which
bears the Christian name of the character
he maae so popular. That man deserves
we'll of actors"
Mr.. A. X. Atkinson, a weII-k known ALLIE
ghenian, will be with Cleveland's minstrels
this season, and the new songs he has writ
ten will! have prominent place upon the
De Witt VIII Will be in the box office at
the Grand Opera House this season accom-
panied by Charles Bruce.
q Dean nave JUST 1Or-
warded to Manager Starr from their head
quarters in Baltimore list of attractions
secured for their theater in this city for the
new season. beginning Monday, August %.
The opening attraction Will be announced
in a few days. The other combinations and
stars include: L. S. Wyman, in "The Tyro-
lean;" "Peck's Bad Boy" "Storm Beaten"
Augustin Neuville, "Our Irish Visitors"
"Waifs of New York" 1.-TWO Old Cronies, !"
Newton Beers, Daniel Kelly. Dottie Pine, in
"The Kid;" Lost in New York" Bowling
and Hassan, N. S. Wood, Gray and Stephens,
James H. Wallack, j. W. Summers, in
Jerry" Barrel of Money" Thomas E.
Enemy" "The Burglar, '"Cruiskeen Lawn"
Fast Mail, y" Grimes Cellar Door" Skipped
by the Light of the Moon." Richard Carroll,
in "The Dago;' "World Against Her," '"Busy
Day." "Only Farmers Daughter" Edward
in "The Shamrock" Good Old
Times" "The Black Detective" Matte
Vickers, "Pulse of New York" Harris
Theater is being repainted and papered and
will look bright and clean when reopened.