The morning call., 1893-09-19
The Wonderful ..Urania,'

Entertainment "a Trip to the Moon" in
Guiding the celebrated storm scene on
Pixies Peak from the "Wonders of Amer
ica," was presented at the Stockwell Thea
ter, aud will be continued during the pres
ent week. The great success of this novel
lectures peetacle on the two occasions
when IT was presented at the Baldwin last
week has led TO the new engagement at
the StOekwell, where it is expected that
the special scale of prices which has been
arranged will attract crowded houses.
1t is Impossible TO describe "a Trip to
the MoOn." No one has ever yet sue
ceeded in telling exactly what it is. As
Edward Everett Hale said of it in Boston
''Yo on may call it an illustrated lecture,
but 1t is something more than that: it is
also most beautiful stage spectacle, but
something more than that-in short, il is a
thing entirely novel, exceedingly enter
tanning and very instructive"
In most realistic fashion the audience
goes on An imaginary flight through space
10 the lunar globe. Nothing that Jules
Verne ever conceived can equal this visit
to another world, and yet the spectator
AMI auditor feels that he is not being made
the mere sport of fancy. since the accom-
panying exI Ianatory lecture Is given by a
gentleman of high standing in the scientific
and literary world, Mr.. Garrett =. Seryiss.
the well-knOwn author. lecturer and
astronomer. The lecture, which is not a
written discourse. but plain. pleasant
talk. crowded with curious facts and en-
tertaining stories illustrative of the scenes
visited. has all the charms and interest of
a well-told romance.
The scenes themselves cannot be de-
scribed. The awesOme solar eclipse be-
held in the opening scene has been
pronounced by Professor Barnard of the
Lick Observatory, who saw the "Trip to
ha ~, IL L. L
so beautiful and perfect a representation
of total eclipse of the sun that to behold
it is like being actually present at such an
eclipse.
The storm scene on Pixies Peak, which
Mr. Serviss has woven into the thread of
his story for the special purpose of its
being added 10 the scenic splendors Of tine
"Trip to the MO0D," aroused the greatest
admiration and enthusiasm. The repre-
sentatlon of tempest of lightning is so
real aud vivid that the spectators are
spell bound at the sight.
The stage during this exhibition pre-
sents scene that in itself is not less inter-
es;ing than that which the audience be-
holds from the front. The elaborate
appliances by which the wonderful electro
mechanical effects are produ ed cost the
Music Hall Company of New York not
less than S50,000 They are under the per-
sonal direction Of one OF the most accom-
plsned electrical engineers OF this count try
Mr.. Joseph Carl M ,yrhofer, to whose skill
the marvellous beauty of the representa-
ti0ns OF terrestrial and lunar scenes is due.
'The Wolves of New York" which en-
braces all the crimes of that city in its
business, will, no doubt. do good week s
business at the popular Grove-street The
ater. It opened well. The audience lett
with more knowledge. through Mr.. Leon
ard Growers agency, of the seamy side of
nature and the waSs of Il great metropolis
than they had before. Perhaps there NAV
be something in Fielding's preference.
after all. The author of tom Jones''
preferred the middle and lower classes To
the ''highest life" which he considered to
present very little humor or entertain
ment.
The manager of the German theatrical
company. Herr Hiizigrath, In trying to MI
temporary vacancies in It's personnel.
should be careful not to expose the effect
OF his economical methods. His earnest
endeavors to make the German stage in
this city creditabe in the estimation n ot
oaly OF his compatriots. but also of the
ccmmunlIy AT large, deserve appreciation.
he should be warned in time, however.
not To impair the reputation of Hitzi.
grath, the actor. in helping Hi.zigrath. the
manager, out OF difficulties.
The musical farce "Kmnig Krausen