Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-13
Entertainments.

Robert Gaylor presented his brilliant farce=comedy success, Sport AcAllister, One of the Four Hundred" !" before fair sized audience last evening. MT. Gsylor has presented this piece in New Haven several times before, and he has met with | 6 good deal of tuccess here. He Is one of | the most versatile Irish comedians on the | stage and has & strong support, the mem l bers of his company doing some excellent l speciality work. The piece keeps the audi | ence in continual state of merrimentfrom beginning to end.
 The Ramsay Morris Comedy company will present the laughing and successful comedy Joseph" at this house tomorrow evening. "Joseph" is Au adaptation from the French of Ferdinand de Noceur, which ran in Paris over nine hundred nights. York. Felix Flutterby, widower and a
 man about town. has vivacious daughter aged twenty. He desires to marry her off, and he finally selects distant rels- l ton, Joseph, a clerk in his office, pattern of the good young man, as | innocent as 8 babe of cards, wine and women. Joseph goes to Puddington, where the seminary in which the daughter | Is located, to propoee, the daughter mean time being apprised-by the father of the nature of Joseph's visit and also informs her that he fsvors the match because Jo-
 ssph is model young man. The daughter
 doesn't hesitate to reject him until she ia led to believe that he is really lively 1 young man, when she accepts him. Joseph | gets into 8 number of entanglemeI ts, which
 form amusing situations that keep the au-
 dience in @ constant roar. Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" will
 be presented here next Monday evening by
 Stuart Robson and an efficient company.
 The fact that MT. Robson will present the
 play stamps it as a success beforehand.
 The production of the comedy in New York
 has been most successful.
 William Lestocq's new comedy "The
 Sportsman" will be presented Wednesday
 evening, October IS.
 | GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
 H. O. DsMille's beautiful drama, 'The
 Lost Paradise" was presented to packed
 house at the Grand Opera house lset even-
 ing. The plot of the story is one tha.
 interests all and without buncombe or
 bombast sets the nerves of all tingling with
 pleasant emotions. The conflict between
 labor and capital is skilfully set forth, and
 the working out of the motive of the play
 Is cunningly contrived to point a moral without offending either the workman ol the capitalist. The cast was excellent and , the stage settings fine, the interior scene oi
 the Kuowlton Iron Works in the second act being particularly realistic. MT. For l rest Robinson as Reuben Warner, tn, , superintendent, was excellent. He gave l to the role just the right touch, suggesting
 ( hot fh1y, f,I 1f c h. : people, but not 8 mere day lsborer. MT. o w. Stokes, as Andrew Kuowltop, played th 8 role with dignity. MT. Dayton, in th, 8 thsnkless part of Ralph Stsndisb, was ex @ cellent, and MT. Lloyd as Bob Appleton 8 assumed his part in 8 pleasing manner 2 Fletcher, by Mir. Mercy, Bepzsl. by Mir Q Wiltsie, and Schwartz, by MT. Eddingsr 8 were each satisfactory impers nations, ant d MT. Neville was very amusing as the lout @ ish Billy Hopkins. Miss Mabel Bert r Margaret Knowlton was almost perfection v itselt and she enacted the role of youn t society lady with all her characteristi :. pride and suppressed emotions admirably Miss Msrlowe ss Pelly Fletcher, Miss Att Q ems ss Nell, Miss Cohen as Clnders an .- Mics Rollo ss Kate, each portrayed faith @ fully their respective parts. There Is eyer s indication of packed houses while the pla l., remains here. It will be repeated tbi ia | eFonluB huu tO-mOTTON efeuluS, Wltu e Saturday matinee.
 ). Rose Hills English Folly company wi e be the attraction here the first three nigh V of next week with matinee Wedneeds, V "True Irish Hearts" will be presente d Thursday evening, October 19, one nigt k only.
 1t Gus Williams will appear on Friday an n Saturday evenings with matinee Saturda. le PoLI's WONDERLAND.
 Those who have not yet witnessed Il o marvellous exhibitions given by the hero, ,e lean wonder and cannon king Ahould n, ot fail to do SO. The feat of catching 9 pound ball of solid iron fired from cal ve non with only one hand is the most sens a tlonal act ever seen. Holtum appears ae these exhibitions at every performance IT Among the many other novel features s
 Vennstta and Adams, the king laugh msl
 ere, In their funny sketch entitled "A b.
 Off"; Siegrist and Dozs, the worlds grea a. est trick acrobsts; Hsfford and Mantell, Ia their original creation, Brothers" :" ar Emme Cordelli, the Spanish dancer.
 grand children's matinee will be given ne1
 Saturday afternoon.