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

The pisys at these thsstfss indicate the
widest sort Of diversity Of taste on the part Of
he %sns se suppfy s sToss on Rsy 81
amussment as possible. Dramas dealing with
The most famous Events , p Jewish history and nd
than plays OF any other sort, but within the
grown up for S6sksspsarean dramas spectS-
elss and Local fsrees At The Ihsis Theatre
produced some time ago with great success
and was followed by another called How New
York Laughs and Cries, which was simply
Windsor Theatre a play founded on the case Of
last winter. and lately thsre hss been seen on
the same stage play which treats OF the SUI
rscsgsd 'n large sbn.H .Saencs scR with
tears applause and other lively expressions
of emotions, Another piece which has proved
the story OF Jephtha's daughter. slightly al
tered to suit the preferences OF dern th eatre-
day evening OF this week, and might be viewed
with profit by American playwrights and COM
S6en St the plays ThiSG entertain the
hut great many OF them are composed eN-
pressly for New YORK, each theatre haying It's
lesson to be learned from a study OF the
amusements OF this alien people, it Ia that the
Bitle offers abundant material to the play
wright. and that such characters as Jerhtha
Ming llsvld, ana solomon could, II reNerenuy
treated, be made perfectly available for the
American stage. The. strong feeling which
led the municipal authorities to prevent the
ago. might not DO aroused by an attempt to
introduce the heroes OF, the Old Testament
ami such dramas would draw large audiences
from people who read Ben Hur."
A diverse set OF plays remains very persls-
tent in popularity. and with no observable in
tentlon to yield to SUCCESSORS soon. 1t ia all
ia
to bulge from tho Standard this winter A
company quite equal to the one employed
there will begin soon in Boston. and suisse
quenty go with the farce to Chicago for i've
months. "A Temperance Town" is continued
uneventfully at the Madison Square. with its
humorous and vet bitter assault on tho doc
trine and methods of total abstinence. The
tho Hcademy Of Music the negro Ht boys are in
tenssly amusing. the, villain !. rartic-
gazing. and. altogether, IT IL st-rate melo.
drama America" makes its great display Of
bsI!e;. psntomime and tahleanT at Metro
snd frGay eG shall get noihns
nobody seems to want to. Variations in its
nonsense are fre1uent Waiter Jones has
takes way the lamp poat against which lInirrs
Is leaning. and deprives him OF his sole re-
reading a novel, dude is thoushtiuliy
sucking the heSd of his cane, md
on his knee. is rerusing a, newspaper. The
Tramp Seats himself NEXT the pretty girl and
ssn he nor c rn n sone TO the AND
puts him to flight with the fumes of u cheap
cigar. Mr.. Train isannovei, but holds his seat
until the tramp seizes hold Of a corner OF the
Finally he disreputa6Is fSii7s Tnds nimssit
and stretches himself out for quiet nap, from
which he is aroused by lively tattoo OF the
polceman's club
In the way Of comic opera. this 10 the last
week OF The Algerian" at the Harlem Opera
House. and Lillian Russell and her compan-
ions are giving The Princess Nicotine" with
much spirit and melody at the Casino. the
Furst music being especially suitable and Of
fective with Miss Russell. Radical alterations
in the lang uage and changes in the cast will
be in evidence tomorrow night Peruglni
will appear as Chicos tho tobacco planter.
Lillian Thurgato. a dancer from the Alhambra.
London. will make her first appearance In the
bull hight ballet ti,. new waltz song has been
have a new topical song. .ucy DAILY viii intro
duce her negro contingent In a new number, be-
The Bostonians are due at the Broadway a
week hence, and there g. they will :, begin t
personal differences which but a short time
ago ssemedlikely to end in the dissolution OF
tS: ThnS' hH hs s
the public will have an opportunity to coI9 pare
the, rival singers, Laura schirmer- Maples9n
same time. instead Of on alternate even.
ings. Mrs. Mapieson is a peculiarly pleasing
The Fencing Master" Her face is bright
and expressive. her movements graceful; and
fcrmed. Miss Post has BEEN co nma ON
more generous scale than her rival. Both
sing much. better than the average comic
not of In
representing the piazzetta in enice, Is u stage
picture OF exquisite beauty. and serves to dis
IRE to the best advantage. The humor in this
act is drsary beyond description. and causes
humorous sense highly deyeloped so rarely de-
vote heirattontion to comic opera. The crs.
during the coming week is strong rem nder
ment business this year, hs It contains no less
than six artists who have been within recent
time stars" of companies of their own. l"-
sides those already mentioned the roster In
cludes the names OF Fred solomon Josephine
Knapp, and Gerald Jerome. Mics ;;napp was
opera forces, and has lately been the star"
o: the Josephine knapp opera company. Fred
long ago. but did not stay out long enough to
lose the fine favor Of Roster K Bial comedy,
which still elings to him. Mr.. jerome has also
been at tho head OF a company OF his own.
An experiment is being made at Proctor's
with circus Emma Stickney Rosie Dock
Till josie Ashton anu Robert Stickney are
among the best-known performers in the cir
Gus part OF the entertainment, while the vau-
devlle which fills In between the ring acts
enlists the services OF Elsie Adair. Press FL
bridge A. o. Duncan, and others we'll known
at this house. Mr.. Proctor said yesterday:
There have been a great many winter cir
cuses in New York in my time. and nearly all
OF them have failed. although there Ia not q
European city OF any size that cannot boast OF
one or more OF them. | AN sure that
there, is room, here for a. very fine
cost a great deal OF money to build and
run II. and it would he necessary to import all
tho talent from the other side, The circus pro-
fessiOn in this country has been terribly in
Jursd by the thres-ring shows and the fact
that there is now no longer any great competI-
tinn between rival managers. In the old
fashioned circus, which WAS given in n single
ring undera tent, the rider or gymnast or tum-
bier set about his work with a knowledge that
every eye in the house was liked upon him and
that there was every encouragement for him
to do his hest. but NOWADAYS. knowing, as he
does that the three or four other things which
are going on in the building at the same time
have distracted the attention Of the audience
so that the chances are that very few are look
ing at him. hs becomes careless in hi work,
and | have known finished and artis-