The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-17

most handsome. and It ls curious TO see them
both light up with animation ss the two boys
msntins on the locke and manners Of the PEG
pie about them. There is something hideously
missRspsn human accident and one is forced
to wonder what the two heads can think Of TO
boys has ever seen anything. or known any
body that the other has not, and their eonver-
n 9 %i sbss ws Which 81 SoS sts
Sunday night entertain m ents run from leo
turs to variety show Prot Cromwell talks
about and illustrates the Columbian Fair at the
Grand opera House. Maud Lancaster per-
forms feats in what she calls thought trans
ference" doubtless something like mind
reading" at the Casino and she is likely TO
snt 81 stephen ]. Herbert will he given to-
night at the star by Marie Tempest, Aexsn.
der Salvini, Alice Shaw, Evans. Hoey. and
Amateurs sometimes rise to an occasion
and do things that rival professional per-
forma nces. 1t may be so with the strollers, .
company OF Columbia college students who
hoe Up to Date, new 6urlesgue. IN WHICH
songs and DANCES nee. ate0und and In which ths
friendly eyes. The profits will 20 to st. Johns
Guild.
A determined and worthy effort to establish
| q stock company in San Francisco. l. X. Stock
we'll being the manager has resulted in bank
ruptcy with rent and salaries unpaid. A So
| cially pretentiOus Russian sent In bis card to
an actress, whose performance he was wit
Messing in Philadelphia. and. when It was re-
turned to him he made such a row about the
rebuff that the ushers had to throw him out.
Revel Germaino was hired in Phiadelphia for
DeWolt Hopper's company, and tainted while
ON his way to sign the contract, ply
fRnp IaaE of m
his impecunious condition from PROBES
sional friends. Tho reason why fellow
Boston. Was his failure to observe that the
rifle missed fire when the hero, aimed at an
and the careless chap pulled 1t when tho gun
anitor s Of on rsi.sSss iRifadsiphia theatre
arranged to have dog fight on the stage
last sunday SS Ssn b and sss sS Ssv
covered 1t and called In the police. San
Francisco audience got angry At the loud
Missed the nuisance. thus setting n good exam
pie to New York assemblages annoyed in the
same way. A Philadelphia vaudeville theatre
has two stages. one behind and above tho
other. so that sneak ing and singing acts may be
and other silent performances on the higher
elevation. The business done with realistic
thpiIIinr to- the multitude. ia indicated III the
fact that Walter sanford. the new lessee OF
Niblo's, has ak Of them on tours, and is un-
Sidney Drew writes to THE SrN that 1t was he.
and not his mother. Mrs John Drew. who bor-
fighter. with which to get out Of Chicago. lie
adds.
prev ns: n. CScnop 70 cS55Gr any m;Nsy
present enterprise She - IN no manner liable Tor lis
found my.et in need d a s,nsii Of money. went
% ": Soxs ana rom % Of al
brew do not cTsdit Mr. snGvsn Win me ., onins Il:
Hsston with myself and that wou'd not hsv. ended
m IN Inc n ' T dssss IN OF
my mother name in such matter ls mstcion. lie.
man or woman in the world who bore her rnslc.
sumo they ,noasnt 9S w0gndns her hey would hL
Every indebtedness is met promptly
Young Mr. Drew's assumption that there are
folks banded together To kill him PROBES:
sionally" is characteristic of actors. lie will
how to act as admirably as his mother does
In the opinion OF many managers Of saRacity
and experience. the present financial strin-
gency will result in permanent benefit to the
theatrical business OF the country. That the
times are hard no one can deny. and that the
poorer companies are the ones that have felt
distress the most severely Is equally well
known. Although some artists OF sterling
merit nave been put t. sore straits. most Of the
dlsbended companies have gone to pieces
performers. An &c tress who has had long
experience. both in the yaudevilles and In
through the South and West as a memb Der OF =
farce organization she had found business
losing week experienced had been in Colum.
bus. II town which has never been favorably
regarded Sy the ordinary travelling manage5s
about bad business wherever We went that our
manager got scared before he was hurt and
paRy left him,, and then business became
4 ind in1 Oh, 'o on Monday Eight "' ~h E
,9s do IN tbs ana
the whole town knows he truth about It on
TaesIay T"Inns Al, 10 iJpg In ~ we mad EGod
II with II poor company We lost pretty near
everywhere, That ought to be n good lesson
hard aud money scarce they can help matters
out by giving poor show. Why that's the
got noticed while We were out that shows
Ike Evans & lioey and ilallen Hart that. are
@ %nd sa Ws Be nd
ing to tho wall everywhere. Business is batter |
IN tn. south than is "pywhssrs else
there is scarcely loose dollar to be found In
in an even worse condition. In New York they
tell me that hardly any farcs-comedy com
hS pS % 6ad h snd
that can hold out this year will be tho ones |
that dom try 10 pra'tlhe any 1al6o economy, |
and nvXt season the survivors will be playing |
in great luck. Everywhere We went we found
companies going to iiecss and people quit |
ting the poor old stranded wrecks and pulling
for the shore. My. it Was fearfulp"
There has been no London production OF |
The Councillors WIFE" because 1t Is aimed
at a city official. who in England is somebody
too sacred to be laughed at; but there are a |
number of other dramas on view in the British
capital Iust now more Objectionable than the |
one named and 1t is not improbable that some |
of them will be seen in New York within a |
year. Sowing the Wind"is a play with the |
sort of title that an Englishman loves. 1t is |
the story OF an illegitimate child who becomes |
an actress and falls in love with the young |
man whom her own father has adopted. 1t is |
not diinrult for an hahtuAl playgOer TO |
Imagine the sort Of com Dlications thai can be |
evolved from this idea A piece which deals |
with a fallen woman Is called A life OF /
Pleasure and is notable Performance. not
also from the sensational scene representing /
the doings of the English army in Bermuda
The English soldiers have been attac ed By
native Insurgents, and are retreating, with