The evening world., 1893-11-15
Matinee OF NOhOlOGUEs.
Tame, Embarrassing Affair at
the Berkeley Lycsum.
yRnfant ProdiGus'' Pisases Bos-
ton-OthtP Stage News.

.rIe. Barnard, author OF THE
,,nty Fair and other things less
Ir,ny. gave a matinee Of monologues
,,.rday at the Berkeley Lyceum. A
nber of pleasant-looking people were
A there; many OF them left early
wise ones. The affair was indescrib-
tedious. Mr.. Barnard. It Is said.
the production of monologues very
4 liable. He disposes of them to peo-
.pho think II wicked to 20 to a
Ire. but who have no objection to
L,s a monologue delivered by an
ertainer." Mr.. Barnard, Il is
4 has received as much as 5000
single monologue. He wanted to
waterway how they would 60 ut
a by real stage people. He saw. He
..,nly saw. The event that was least
,,.resting was the appearance OF
IL. admirable coincidence. May Robson,
IN . New England character sketch
allied Cecilia" Miss Robson, whose
I rn, ,mpersoaatiors are unique, was
~ "a, an emotional spinster role. She
Ia 10 utter tear-washed sentiments
Mont poor mothers lock Of hair and
'IKe yorkboI that she opened Just before
Ne died. She also he'd to sob and to
Hinary child. Miss Robson Is such an
Lft1t tibet she could do nothing badly.
she were cast for Sarah Bernhardt's
,Ede in ia Tosca" she would disgrace
either herself 9 Sardou. In Celia
boners could never have won for her
|ths reputation that she has achieved
|by her comedy. characterizations. She
WAS uninterestinsly lachrymose and
two Clever touches in her work, but it
would be a positive misfortune to the
stage II she grew to like tears. A sec
ond sketch. called Gay Head" was
by Thomas 'Whiffen; It was
violin exercises gave one excruciating
toothache. He murdered one of Che
pms nocturnes in a fiendishly jovial
and the audience applauded
, hk Is c ever E .:Sss y Thsn t tnfre
Miss Adelaide Westcott az the star. and
,ne or TWO other monologues. Miss Mar
tina Morton was seen vending her way
from the Berkeley at a very early hour.
She looked very sad indeed, did Miss
Miss Hattie Delaro Barnes is back
rom Europe, with the good old utter
,nce that New York Is good enough for
her. She did not appear In any OF the
London theatres, nor was h received
It the time that Loie Fuller collected
her famous Job lot OF American celebri-
but she did not feel inclined to
DIN them.
Here Is a good story. 1t sounds new,
ras produced out Of town that was a dis
nal failure. So bad was II hat the
actually Kissed. There was an
in the audience who. kept rigidly
Vet; The man mex S to siTi WhS u Was
sked him why he didn't hiss. 81 feel
about It," replied the actor.
I came in on a pass. but u
gets much worse, I'm hanged IL I
ont e out and pay for a seat"
Rosina Vokes has recovered her health,
ID Is f%rolieking through her plays as
70 7, Miss Vokes's husband. say that
he reports of her illness were greatly
1aggerated.
The lot Of managers who deal with
NJ Poor Rice. at Paimer's Theatre.
vs. a hard time Of 1t. He is besieged
lily by performers who are sure they
hl1 make the hit of the show IL
e would only give them a chance. They
ome In droves acrobats, comedians.
nd conditions. particularly conditions.
nd all are the greatest on earth. II they
% say it themselves. Sometimes they
rite, as did a musical sketch team out
Vest. The masculine member OF this
sam remarked on paper; Il a play
ny Kind OF a Comedy Part, and my
lie Is a good Soubrett. She does a
utch Song and Dance in big wooden
oes and I and 5sumersetts. She is
: best sand dancer in America and
; can make the Hit of the Show.
II you use us kindley?"
The Private Secretary Is going to
Re to the road nee more. and William
cite is. again to play his old part.
nlns farce, the humor Of which never
ms to grow old.
T IL Boston enoa's and .t ass B BARNES
Of the Hub are highly en-
~siastic over this charming panto-
ne, that the untutored theatre-goers
other cities couldn't understand. AT
I Saturday. there wasn't an empty
It in the theatre; It Is pleasant to
an waiting for recognition FOR some
nc. Bravo. Boston,!
". G. Elliot, an English actor who
med Days company In London. and
ready left that organization. The rea-
lMoIHER will And Mrs. wISsLow's SOOTHING
I "uPthe BEST remedy for their children. 25c. -