Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-28
entertainments.

Mr.. John Drew and his company In
''The Masked BAH" at the Hyperion thesterz
last evening, attracted the largest, mos
fashionable and the best pleased audience
of the season. This was not owing to the
feet that the farce comedy In which Mr..
Drew has first tried his luck as a STAR
possesses any special merit, but rather be-
cause the play Is SO well mounted and so
exceptionally we'll enacted. Although Mr..
Drew was born to the stage, 1t cannot be
said of him, to use q nautical expression,
that he has come to present station
Through the cabin windows" He has
earned every bit of his success by fair,
honest, persistent labor and that ia what
makes everybody like him. One may see
him onoe-snd there were doubtless many
in the audience last evening who saw him
for the first time-or q score of times In as
many different plays and the impression is
the same. He is always the stsge gentle
man par excellence and one who has
always besn accustomed to find himself
surrounded by actors of first rate ability
and to shine among them all. The present
company is no exception to the rule-every
deserves special mention. Further COM
ment of play or players is unnecessary.
Both have been approved by the metropol-
itan press and the play was presented here
with the same completeness and attention
to detail as In New York city. One thing
was demonstrated last evening. This city
Is no longer lone night stand" Enter
tainments of extraordinary merit should
remain with us at least two evenings Too
secure seats. With fully hundred thou
sand people to draw from such an enter
tainment could easily fill the theater twice
or even three times. STANDING room
only" and Hundreds turned away" may
serve ss good advance notices for the next
town, but such phrases really mean "msny
people uncomfortable" and Hundreds of
thester-goers disappointed"
Next Tuesday evening BARLEY Campbell's
most successful play, 'Siberia," will be
presented. This is the eleventh year of
the drama and it still appeals powerfully
to the sympathy of the theater- goers. The
sale of seats is now open.
Lieutenant Pesry, U. 8. N, will deliver
his lecture entitl.d "The Exploration of
Northern Greenland, or Across Cont
nent of Ice" on next Wednesday evening.
The sale of seats is now open.
The long looked for event, the coming of
Neil Burgess and his original company in
"Ths County Fair" comes to pass on
Thursday and Friday evenings of next
week. There will be special matinee
Saturday afternoon, but no performance
Saturday evening.
AN ALL-ARoUND VIEW OF PADKREwsEI.
Never in the history of music has the
world seen a success equal to that evoked
by Paderewskps genius For once the
lopged- for ideal of the critics has been re-
allied. His is indeed marvellous mastery
of the subtlsties of sound. He has accom-
plished the incredible II not the impossible
and the world Is sstonished.
Paderewski is a living evidence that the
race has not deteriorstsd in the sphere of
music, any more than it has in the realm
of science. Another thing. With all his
technical facility, Paderewsh is an in
veterate wonder. He practices daily for
hours at a time, thereby setting a good ex-
ample to all who would master the instru-
ment. He is firm believer and practical
exponent of the msHim Practice makes
perfect" Following is Mondays program:
Fantasia IT augue Baeh
Allegro. Scherzo Menuet and Trio, Presto