New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
THE SAME FEW PLAYS.
MOST OF THEM NOT PLAYS AT ALL BILLS
FOR THE WEEK.

| The Bostonlans will sing Robin Hood" again Mt
| the Garden Theatre tomorrow night. They hav,
fOnnd that It SIN has greater popularity than The
Kn!ckerb0chers.' and they have therefore decided TO
continue II unlnlcrruptdly for some time to come
lis friends certainly not yet tired Of II and this
| announcement will he regarded by many rs good
| news.
Al Days Theatr' t1.morr)w night Miss Kitty Cheat
ham viii replace Miss Cahcril" Lewis in the cast Of
The Loan Of Lover and owen Fawcctt will
! p'ac" william Gilbert. The tricks OF magic ana the
| Illusions presented b. Mr. kcllar retain their popu
| larity. They clever and rs pulling as any
| that hav" been seen bore In long time. and are
more attractive because some OF them are new.
| The Girl | Left Behind Me- at the Empire Thea
tire goes and ind' nntiminsihed favor. with Is
new cast 1t Is getting into tn condition that lucky
plays sometimes experi' ne In which 1t is impossible
TO say anything about them except that they 60 on
| Happy Is the play that lives and has history.
| The ProiIgal Daughter" at the American Thea
tire has started In most cXccllently. far popu
| lariiy Is concerned. There is falling of In the
demand for seats and the acting manager, Mr. Mat
thrws, says that the house Is largely sold for TIE
next three weeks. The nine horses In evidence
many times that the audience there Is OK
aggcration In the advertised strength of the equine
cast. The horses jump beautifully and are ridicn
| clevcrly.
| lIcrrmanns exhibitions Of magic and illusions have
been attended by large audiences for the last week.
| The Introduction OF popular prices at his theatre
| seems TO have been wise move. Many who We're
| not in the habit Of visiting Broadway theatres be-
| fore have been induced TO come. and those who
would come anyway do not object 10 the reduction.
This week Mr.. Hermann will revive his Black Art
| The Casino is now furnishing good BILL with
Henry f. Dix"y and his company In &" Adonis," which
IS now nearing Its 1j0th performance and the roof
garden with Its excellent vaudeville entertainment.
These performances are popular as ever on pleas
| ant evenings At the concert tonight several OF
the artists 0ill make their final appearance. To
morrow night their places will BE- taken by
| and complete change Of programme will be Of
| fcrcd. including Wood and Sheppard In n act.
Miss sadie MacDonalds new songs and dances, and
the Bland sisters In new speciality. The new
| corners will be Harrington the tramp jnggler"
Katherine Giles, and william Jerome. Mile. Maya
will sing several songs and OF her
latest and handsomcst costumes
Tonight ut the Madison square Garden Amphi-
theatre popular and operate concert will De- given.
which will enlist the services OF the operate. vaude
VILE and minstrel performers who have been play
Ing during the last week Among them Miss juliet
Corden May and Flora Irwin. Albert Hart and the
Clipper Quartet and Charles Ward. The operate
part will be- devoted to "Martha.' with soloiSs.
chorus and increased orchestra. Among the sooists
are Miss Ida Klein Miss Minnie Behemme. Payne
Clarke and W. II. Clark.
Dewoi Hopper and his company. with "Panian-
drum" drawing audiences OF comfortable size
TO the Broadway Theatre. On Wednesday evening
the members Of the New York. Brooklyn, nttsburg
and ST. Louis baseball clubs will Dr. in attendance.
DIgby Bell has volunteered assist his brother com
cdian, and will rCcite The Tough Boy the
Right Field Fence" on the following Monday evening
the graduating and furlough classes OF the West
Point Military Academy. accompanied by the com.
mandant and officers OF the post. with members OF
the faculty Of the Institution, Will attend.
"A q ~ perfo OF
~ Palmer, Theatre. and the sIccialti'S much
enjoyed. James F. lI0cy. the brother OF ;he man
who broke the bank at Monte Carlo" has been well
received. Mile. Bertoo, Il dancer will bc added TO
the company next week
Held In slavery" Il nautical play will be- the at
traction ut the Columbus Theatre for this week. and
will be- presented 10y company headed by Martin
Hayden and Anne Boyle. The attractions promised
range from pathos and scenery to specialtlrs. The
scenes are laid In the South before the war.
The run Of a Trip TO Chinatown" at the Madison
square Theatre. has now covered eighty weeks
The GOOth performance falls Jun. IL. The ut
tanmcnt OF this stage In the career OF the attrac-
tion will De- passed over In silence, The plan Is to
acccniuate the celebration on night when the farce
shall have broken the record. that IS when II shall
reach lis GO4th consecutive performance here.
only another week remains for Blue Jeans Il, |
the Fourteenth Street Thentrc An extensive Of
town booking OF the play fresh territory during
the seasons Of ls9:Il and ls0l-9 % has been made.
Walter Sanford's company will present A Flag OF
Truce aS the opening production Of the summer
eIson at the Fourteenth street Theatre Monday,
June l.. ii Is described II play without |
smoke soldiers, without the marching Of troops
the lighting of battles. "A Flag OF Truce was
written By william IawOrth. auth Of The Ensign"
Many visitors have KOclegrossc's piinns, !
THE Fall OF Babylon" In the Panorama Building ut
Fourthavc. and Eightccnth-st.. since 1t placed
on exhibition there week ago. The mounting OF
I,.np oh,
what improved
The Crystal Maze, at Broadway and Thirty !
eightlst., is drawing Its usual crowd curiosity
seekers. 1t Is especially popular with OutOf-town |
visitors to the cly. The total receipts Tuesday
will bc turned TO the Committee Of the Iress |
Club Fair
The regular opening of the summer season will
occur at Roster a Balls tomorrow evening when a |
floral display will bc made and The main
lighted up for the first time. one Of the features o
the evening will be- the rcappcarance In America OF
NJ Dufour and Mile. Hartley, Partisan dance duet
lists from the Edorado, Paris. who Il strong
feature Of the programme at this hOnsc last summer
Miss Ada Lundbcrg, sero-comIc singer and English
character impersonator, the arrival from the
oxford Music Hall. of London, has made II hit Her
style Of performance Is new to American audiences.
Tie rest OF the programme this week will include
Mario and Dunaln Triple horizontal bar PERFORMERS
Mile Juanita BARBOUR, in French songs and dances;
the Two opcrctL.s. illec Taylor and Paul, III
lcihir' the B0ran brothers. ncr0bats and con-
lortionists At the concert tonight Miss Ada Lund-
berg Will appear.
Miss Lotto ,.ilson Will Introduce song at the
Imperial Music Hall this wtch II Is called Il
rather Like It," Nile Rose Pompon wnl also
offer n new French cccntrlcity. Other features OF
tue weeks bill will DO the .alamhOs. 'inte and
princess 1anaki, In Japanese juggling feats: Miss
Katie Rooney Blockson and Burns, In knockabout
minstrel aci Van .Imken ana Rice, White and
Granger, Felix and ClaxtOn and Allie Gilbert.
Witty and Leonard. }. W. Meyers and Mcbride and
t,oodrtch are retained for another week.
story has been circulated that Charles II. IIoyt
ha, made a provision In his will whereby the home |
stead OF Ills family IN Charlestown, \. H., Is 70