The evening world., 1894-06-05
ROOF SHOWS ARE ALL RIGHT.
The Starry Domed Gardens Now
0pen for the Summer.
All Have Entertaining BiIls-A New
Vaudeville Theatre.

When Summer Is fairly settled among
us, she Will find no more delightful even
ing resort than the Madison Square
roof garden. That place OF entertain
ment was formally opened last night,
but Summer was not there. The wind
which blew across the roof was chilly
and meddlesome. II interfered with the
skirts OF the fair dancers and song
stresses. and 1t dallled mischlevOusly
with the six hats which the juggler
tried to balance. Nevertheless. all the
seats in the garden were occupied at
one time or another. and an audience of
good size sat to the very end OF the pro-
The new tier OF boxes on the
roof, and the other improvements in
seRtings and surroundings. excited IA
vorable comment The chief performers
on the stage were Lottie ellison. Bonnie
Thornton. the T1rtajada troupe, the En-
pire quartet, the Dare brothers. Field
Ing. the juggler. and Al Wilson. German
comedian. With these names given. 1t
Is unnecessary to d that the entertain
ment was an. exceptionally good one.
THE AMERICANS ROOF.
The American Theatre Roof Garden
opened the season last night under very
IA vorable conditions. The place was
made attractive with varied colored
lights, while the audience In Attendance
was limited only to the capacity OF the
h%gss. Ma Marie stuart stu AN TsTswed hsT po ls;
had to, respond to several cncores.
John W. Ransone revived recollections
Of Nesta Tilley In THE Man Who Broke
ilnpersonation of Dick Croker caught
the popular idea. The remainder Of the
programme was more than acceptable
and INCLUDED the Gregory tri9, ban;
songs and dances, John G. Coleman. In
his unique dancing; Wood and Shepard,
I'm II musical sketch: the DE Forests,
in whirlwind dances: Mardo, the clown
acrobatic feats, and Papinta. In mirror
dances. into which excellent effect was
thrown by the aid of calcium lights.
The orchestra, under Henry Helwig.
was above the average. Taken as a
whole, the Roof Garden season started
well.
ROSTER & BIAL'S.
The real opening of Roster & Balls
Roof Garden occurred last night. and
the house, inside and out. was thronged
with people who know a good thing.
on the roof the Kossuth Hungarian or
chestra. Inder Leader Many Aladar.
the accompaniment Of the chatty voices
of many patrons and the merry clink OF
gla sses. In the theatre the living pic
lures, nineteen Of them, aroused much
enthusiasm, "Tannhauser and Venus
THE Three Muses. and THE Angelus"
being the decided favorites and the most
artistic. The programme included Reu-
ben o. Williams's sweet whistllng mu-
sic; Mile. Lalo. the electric bicyclist; Ma
omi. equilibrist; Sarina, the White
Demon" the inexpressibly absurd
Bunth and Rudd. good Yankees from
the Coliseum, Munich; Adrienne La.
riyA tho phlr htfla ohm nfanaA' tho thrnn
Sisters Ethardo. In their brand-new ath-
letic b~ric-a-brac: Charles Wayne. come
dian. and Caicedo. who Is a wonder on
the wire.
THE CASINO ROOF.
The Casino held mo. than Its own
opened last night. An exceptionally,
eighteen nrst-class vaudeville special
dance ana comedy followed each other
rapidly. and anybody ascending to the
garden even as late as II o'clock got
his fun moneys worht of entertainment.
h ssi' I h'e Sas f 'hi S'l XRRFise R RsSn1e1; H the
Steele, Harrison and Mari. the Thur
gate sisters, Tim Cronin n Minnie
appeared. The roof Is hedged In with
plants. and It's colored lights give a
~fairyland glow TO the place which will
mer nights. "The Passing show in the
theatre had a crowded house. Three
new burlesque living pictures have been
added, Lady Godiva.'' cupid and
Psyche" and The Diver" one ticket
admits to the theatre and the roof
garden, and whoever is looking for two
big shows for a half-dollar can't strike
any better place than the Casino.
TERRACE GARDEN.
A new vaudeville house was opened
last night on Fifty-eighth street, be
tween Lexington and Third venues
1t Is known as Terrace Garden, and will
he run during the Summer and perhaps
after that as a music hall. The variety
bill Is given In an inclosed but airy thea
ire. and In the garden adjoining Nahan
Franko's band will give promenade con
certs, There Is n restaurant. also a cafe.
SO that good refreshments may he had
during the performance. The opening
Danron., the dancer. was a star feature.
and made a great hit with the large au-
dience, Helene Mora. the female bart
tone. whose songs are always welcome.
got an enthusiastic reception. Other
features We're Annie Hart, In her latest
p%arodies: Baggesen. the human cork
screw: the brothers Fonte- Roni. duet
lists: Meehan and Raymond. the com
edy trio: Edwar Clearance and the Qua
ker city Quartet.
GRAND OPERA-HOCSE.
A week Of English grand opera was
begun at the Grand Opera House last
night. when IN T~royatore" was sung to
company Includes Nine. Tavary!' Conrad
Bchrens, Mile Sigrid Wolf, Payne, Clarke,
Miss Marie Severin, Miss Charlotte Wal.
ker. Sig A, Bielletto. A Blum and Miss
Amelia Harrison. There Is a chorus OF
sixty.s and the augmented orchestra