The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-19

tired from the iirm Of Proctor & Turner. and
Proctor's will hereafter DO managed by the
tR Rcatricai 0p bEsincss in other cities Charles
Frohman has, bought the Ameriemsn rights In
current in London. and will produce 1t before
the end OF the season.
At several theatres there is q relapse into the
old fraud OF selling tickets at advanced prices
through mock speculators on the sidewalks
Edward Harrigan and his company will go to
California in February. and the home house
will BIO occupied by Pauline Hall for The
Honeymooners." The Schacffer family OF won
derful gymnastics who were conspicuous In
America" in Chicago cannot be brought to
New York with the rest OF that show. owing to
our salutary law against juvenile performers.
| A. NJ palmcrs stock company is playing its
way toward San Francisco, where II is TO stay
at" all by the Withdrawal OF Maurice Dairy.
more, for whose place Wilton Lackay,e was en-.
Robinson, who had to return to his classes
| here and of course not by that OF Mrs. llol-
thns ~0 n'"s set-bses h "a' BEEN ' enco%s
tsrsd r tGe a,qre sen ca
err has other material on hand in plenty. new
md old. Lhladelnhia has long been peculiar
shares. the purchasers getting tickets at u half
| A Boston crack military company. the Fus-
leers. marched to the theatre on the first night
full uniform and with their band playing the
| old tuno from which the drama derives its
w2 Sn o % IL be Ur
ence. got money from II lot OF st. Louis anna
teurs by hiring them Tor mythical company
| a Pennsylvania policeman lost his coat. cap.
| and club by lending them to be usc.! 10y a come
| dian belonging tonvariety show that decamr-
| n verdict OF 5000 TO II man who. on rcmon-
stratinE against he pertness of u ticket seller.
| Signor ToIetti. who painted the figures. drn.
| peres. &c., in the decorative scheme in most
cate work on b. f. Keith's new Boston theatre.
| OF this house. Mr.. keith's general manager:
building. furnishing. and painting will he
| nearer 100000 than half n million dollars
which was the sum at first estimated 40 not o.,
| hesitate to promise the finest playhouse III
America. and have seen the very newest.
The outside theatres from Harlem to Brook
| Ign. and from Eighth avenue to the Bowcry.
have II good supply for this week of tried and
| approved performances No experiments arc
made in them. Their audiences not only get
| plays that have stood the test of merit already
and it is rarely that any depreciation in the
! players is observable. In the present case OF
tho Harlem Opera House. FOR instance. the
| German 1iiputians go there with =" \ Trip to
Mars" and there Is not an iota OF change in
company or scenery since they dern.ted from
Nihos. over at the BROOKLYN Columbia. no
alterations in Shares pr?nmanT Gomed o
enteTtanment IS Srosisely , same "a, as dur:
Irish play in 'Glen-da Tough" and an en-
s snssa and is dances s some Of lis
ions. lanes O'Neil Introduces Dumas hero
to Eighth avenue I ct the GTani opera House;
romantic melohrnmu will have to suddenly
lose its attractiveness ii the audiences are to
foil of Iaip Ia .nIN yt IN IaNynrv ha
modern excitement in tho stirring city scenes
OF The Police iatrol.' the weeks play It tho
ern border realism at Jacops's in The scout
| which contains tho sharpshooting o! d. W.
for Eight Bells" is a conslom.rat. of farce.
pantomlme and music at the Columbus.
Strangely enough. the first Of our managers
to take advantage Of the fame o! the Midway
rasance and its performers is Mr.. Doris. the
proprietor OF the dime museum on Eighth
avenue Last week he showed q troupe OF
dancers from the Sandwich Islands. They ap-
peared in their native costumes and performed
their native dances. accompan led BY songs In
their own tongue in the presence Of crowds
which included great many mon and
women of q kind seldom attracted to
ten-cent place Of amusement. There
arc three women in the compnny. aud
they are not bad looking. although their color
is one to which we arc not accust toned. They
do not resemble negroes either IN hue or lea
,n haze n a the knsy hair whfh
skin is light brown. They wear skirts mado
o. the foliage Of tropical plants. 1t was nota-
uuderskirts which might have been made out
OF an old snnny sack. and which were assumed
rslde from these skirts; they were bar; bare
were clothed in black woollen tights.
seated pr.n tn. ground they played ,I nnon
there n decided tendency to sadness.
Then they arose and danced. not with their
feet. but hy a peculiar otion OF, the hips. 1t
uucntr seen performed in Honolulu during
tho reign OF the late King kalakaua, but there
proprietIeS Beside these dusky islanders
there arc several entertainers in the town who
respective countries. Mile. Ducierc reminds
at b T0n ,as hs hS 'sw stssf
Otcro. OF whom some one wttiy, remarked
that lie had seen her sing and heard her dance.
Muste n slender, graceful dark haired wo -
man. who does high Kicking in the latest Cas-
rn aihon ana Th se i S tme v ,nn5s
women OF acknowledged skill and grace in |
performing the rational dances Of Hungary.
ways with us. but whore is the manager VINO |
Will give som" strictly American form ofterpsi,
For more years than even the oldest veterans
OF negro mnstrelsy can remember iarccal
piece called THE Slippery Day" has been one |
OF the corner stones OF rough and-tumblo stage |
humor. IL would he difficult to decide upon |
the authorship OF this piece. but Tony Pastor.
the dean Of the variety guild. is sure that it |
Was first performed in New York at his theatre
in tho liowery. while mon OF equal experience |
Affirm that 1t WAS given many years before That
by the ltavels ut Nblo's Garden. Frank |
Moran. an authority in such matters. says 1t
was first delivered to the world by Andrew |
.li ttTfAa tIAt Fnl tnT IN
in the employ OF Itch ~ Harris of Boston, and
John " lid declares that Bob Hart presented
it at 4 IA Broadway in the early seventies. II
Andrew Leavitt dad write The slippery Day.
it must ben pleasure t. him to contemplate
the extraordinary vitality Oi his work, and to
know that, no matter how much the stage may
bo elevated 10y amateurs reformed by the
wseacres OF nnturaliSm and realism. or de-
graded hy sOrdl ana con-clencele less hucksteis.
" no slippery Day" will 80 on forever. AFFORD
ing innocent and improving entertainment to
generation alter generation III playgoers 10
whom the spectacle OF u man falling violently
to tho ground Is forever u cause OF InIrth. Inc
back bone 81 the did iarcu was what Is termed
/ n 10 M