The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-26

Ihe daughter IS tall and slender. and has
lace OF exquisite drlicacy and beauty The
lie In which she appears now is well suited to
her and she Nils it charmingly.. Her voice
and uSGsTst o t6at s'u sRo intends
TO devote considerable time 70 It's further cul-
in tSat am 6tiaus effort sbS VIII Probably iaii
yet IL does seem great pity for her TO wnste a
passes for O spec aeuiar buiiesane, nowth.
hat ss NAYS night rovs an deal
Marguerite. and thore has never been better
second grade to acbeve dstnct"n II slant
ARD onera. There Il no one Just now both
% GSa sGS SfH M s R RfiS ' sDG bS
death 81 Lmma Abbott There are regions In
stand ready to give loyal support to a Young.
pretty. and fairly talented American singer.
Nothing need be said OF "Charley's Aunt"
save that IL is to be continued indefinitely at
the Standard. The term OF Shore Acres :"
has been extended at the Fifth Avenue Out
OF respect to the funeral OF Charles w. Thomas.
one Of its managers, the Madison Square was
| closed on Friday. but the perform ances OF e
| Temperance Town" are resumed. The pro-
ducton OF Sydney Grundys Sowing the
Wind" has been postponed with no date at the
| Empire where The Councillors Wife," having
| had to wait its turn long time. does not seem
| inclined to yield the stage soon to any success
sor. "A Woman Of No Importance" will not
| DO given at the Firth Avenue until Dec. II,
| IuOiic opinion has forced Charles Coghlan and
k9Tt ,B,oyeridSe out Of the cast and it is
| spect Tor the theatre, that there Is q point
where scandal ceases to be n valuable adj
vertisement and becomes u damage. Maurice
| barrymore is To take the part ut first assigned
| to MIR. Cogh lan. several other excellent en-
EaEements have been tnadc. and Joseph
| Humphreys general stage manager Tor
Charles frohman. has been lentto Rose Cogh-
| production. 4 drauh 10y William G. Hudson,
| to be brought out by Augustus pitou in Janu-
smelling furnace with iIery realism. "Daio.
tn authorship not diyulged will be used by
| Fiske, won boston praise in Harrison Grey
fiske's " Hester garew," new piece. her role
able TO her various abilities. Tster +. DALEY.
| who used to he pal red with James T. Powers
iatGss nov Leads COMPANY In "A NEoSnit,Ey
and he will come to the Bjou week hence
| That strictly American character. the tramp.
seems to be having his opportunity just now
| in native theatrcals. There are at present In
| the city theatres no less than dozen different
| specimens. and they are oil funny. Somehow
rags and tatters always excite laughter on tho
| stage. and William Hoey. Ward and Vokes and
| Walter Jones are among those who take ad-
vantage Of this fact with much skill and sue
cess. When Mr.. Hoey steals a red-hot stove.
which he has been doing every evening for the
because evory ono who has lived in tho coun-
lection for theft, and i amused to, see
is ono OF the best deneators OF this
phase Of lie. Walter Jones is inten sely anus
deed is his recitation. Nothing but food to
and Vokes make their effects By the ridiculous
SSontrIas TT, between their sha66y cothesiS is
and their pOInpOu9 LANGUAGE and Tony Pas
tors audiences never fail to laugh at the mere
tggGestTn that one Of them has escorted LTGv
that, bucollc drama, but II he we're to drop
fve-dolar motto he would lend to his persona
tion touch of"paturalsm" which would oh.
many ma" rSoPI. w" Who e saw the NuiGan Cnsrd
pcnc - one OF the few OF tho llarrignn plays
retain a vivid rgmem brancc OF John Milds
performance OF Lemons. PIE B'o". ono Of tho
in. L!HOnS was II New York tramp. the sort OF
man who sweeps out saloon for a cocktail.
does not boast Of two or three such hangers.
on. The chief charm OF his character was his
h haSs a6d % an SFtGf THROWN do%Gn
whenever It suited the convenience OF any OF
his ASSOCIATES TO DO so. There was another
which was much talk ed q at thattime twas
in BARLEY Campbeifs Fairfax" recently re-
a tramp was assigned to W. j. Ferguson. then
almost unknown. He played 1t bly, and
II brought him at once into popularity, and
from that time he has taken rank as one OF
tho best 81 American character acto-s instead
Of the Indifferent walking gentlen an which |
he had been before
On Thursday afternoon there appeared In |
the neiGhborhood OF broadway anu Thirty
eighth street many persons OF hucolIc appear
Ance. who walked about uneasIly. cutching
red theatre tickets firmly in their hands and
gazing anxiously at the tops Of the houses.
They were the fathers. mothers. unces. and |
cousins OF the pupils OF q school OF acting. and
II Hungry Joe or Kid Miller could have seen
them. no would have gone to work at once.
The event which gathered them from their
the pupils at the Flith Avenue. II began with |
q. short piece called christmas bay at tho
sent parish worGhouse with blue |
chamber we'll known TO the regular visitors |
duty as tho anteroom In a London mansion.
lhe paupers were seated at a long table at the |
left OF the stage. while on the other side the |
line. paupers and visitors forming an angle OF |
about seventy-eiGht degrees at the apex OF
growth OF white whiskers and shock OF hair
that mbled the weeping willow over Napo.
Ey the PUPILS Of FstcRsrs school Of ' Xctins
and so were the visitors, hut The former evi-
classes, for they were permitted 10 40 a little
acting, while the Others simply gave
limitations OF paralysis. Extreme poverty
was counterfsited ny some Of the ad-
yanced pupils by wearing their coat col
lars turned well up about their necks. The
paupcrs, hayirg been served with some soup
and apples. began TO eat, but the man with
the white WHISPERS wouldtOuch nothing. Sud-
denly he surprised the audience by leapingt t.
his feet and talking incoherently. But ho did
not surprise his pupils. They had been
too well trained I express emotion of any kind
in put lie, and. while the wild an whiskered
one STAMPED up and down and threatened TO
tniIiCt recitation upon them, they simply
stood Up In two long even rows and gaZed
upon him with perfect complacency and self
possession. Two or three determined men
among them might have dragged him away
hut they were without u leader and he was
allowed to go on and do his worst His
worst proved TO he a recitation. which few
could understand. but which was undoubtedly
Intended to De pathetic and dramatic. lie had
not covered many laps m his eloeutionary
course when the whisper ran through the awe
stru K audience that he was Char 90 Leonard
lrtcher the director 81 the Fifth Avenue
Theatre School OF Acting. The recitation
over. kind stage hands who probably had |
n others and sisters. OF their own at home.
lowered tho curtain and people |
lteath"l freely once more. Then came The