The evening world., 1894-05-04
MR.COGHLAN'S "CHECKD00K"
Story of the Play His Sister Rose
Will Produce Monday Night
Vesta Tilley at Tony Pastors Is the
Vaudeville Sensation.

At Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre
Miss Rose Coghlan begins her Spring
and Summer season on Tuesday evening
next, presenting Charles Coghlan's far
cical comedy, THE Check Book" in
which his sister Rose will appear, and
which tells this story: Tom Pringle Is a
dashing young fellow who has married a
far-away cousin because she has money.
imagining that he can get any amount
he wishes. he finds himself placed upon
an allowance, his wife, Lottie. paying
him hat allowance regularly by means
Of a check, from which episode the play
takes its name. Col. and Mrs. Simcox.
both Americans and friends Of the Prin-
giles, are living In the same hotel. Mrs.
Sim"Jx has married the Colonel because
he has money and she finds herself in the
same predicament as Tom Pringle.
Through this association a p~latonic at
arise between Tom Pringle
and Mrs. Simcox, and the main and most
amusing complications In the play arise
in the hopeless entapglements into which
this attachment leads the principal char
acters of the comedy. One OF the most
laughable situations is at the end Of the
second act. when jealous Mrs. Pringle dis.
covers that her husband has bought a
handsome dress for Mrs. Simcox, a dress
that Mrs. Pringle had expected herself
Vesta Tilley is the vaudeville sensa-
tlon Just now. She has made a tremen-
dous hit at Tony Pastors. Her work is
the ~cleanest and cleverest ever seen on
the variety stage. And she Is not only
artistic; she Is exceedingly ~good-natured,
singing six or seven songs every night,
tune, The new descriptive ballet, Half
Past Nine" is very pretty. She is not
only drawing large, audiences, which In
cludes, many female specially perform
ers who are after Miss Tilley's "busi-
ness" blu she has achieved the
distinction OF having a woman's hat
is a sailor with wide silk band and
"ro nc, N = he "straW cady"' Vesta
wears In one of her Autographs.
Miss Virginia stuart, the young Phila.
debut on the stage May II at a special
ire, Is the leading amateur actress Of
IN! aMaT 4ua stSpr fft5ty. .P end has appeared Pc in
tea" %sweethearis'" '" "Es ama Ihls;
Hazel Kirke," The Honeymoon" and
a number Of other plays. In THE Lady
Palmer's Theatre, Miss Stuart will be
Taber as Claude. Melnotte, Nelson
w neHtCTO1t rs 1Ol. Dumas, RlCnard
Ganthony, Joseph w. Shannon, Alfred
Fisher, Charles Hahn. Sarah McVicker
and Carmen Lange.
Albert Bruning, who Is to play a
prominent CHARACTER part in "Charley's
win Booths leading man during his en-
gagement in Berlin, Germany. This
will be Mr.. Bruning's first appearance
in farce-comedy.
The scene. II 1t ever existed, Of giving
the Passion Play" at Ell Dorado, the
summer resort in Jersey. has been aban-
doned, and instead a spectacle and bal
let, entitled "Benamela, a Summer
Nights Dream" will be presented early
in June.
B%oston's love. of the antique is exem-
plified this week by her playgoers flock
Ing to see Uncle Toms Cabin" "Arrah-
n~a-Pogue," Hands Across the Sea- and
Three Black Cloaks;'' and "Pinafore''
and "Oliver Twist are underlined.
Ada Rehan celebrated her birthday in
London last Saturday. She was born in
England. but the year Is not recorded.
Jenny Dickerson, the well-known con-
~tralto. who formerly sang in Robin
Hood, playing the title role, Is to make
her debut on the continuous perform
ance stage next Monday at r., r.