The evening world., 1894-05-31
ONLY STAGE STARS sHONE.
The Casino Roof Garden Opened
in Spite Of the Weather.
News and Gossip Concerning Theatres
land Theatrical People.

The weather was anything but roof
gardeny last night, yet the Casino
management opened It's al-fresco annex
and gave II vaudeville entertainment
that pushed the clouds away. in u fig
urative sense, for the large audience
that was present. Arches of
multi-colored lights intercepted the
skyey gloom, and the plant-strewn
roof presented IA pretty and at
tractivc appearance in spite OF
Jupiter Pluvius's frown. Those who
didn't like the chilly hreczes md the
rain went downstairs II saw THE
Passing Show" but those who remained
upstairs saw an equally good show. II
Messrs. Canary & Ledcrer maintain
this standard of entertainment, the Ca
sino's root garden should be the most
popular open-air resort III New YORK
this Summer. There were seventeen
specialtieS on the programme, all good.
Watson 4 Hutchinss, the German
dialect comedians; Minnie Rem
wood, the serpentine dancer; Alice
Raymond, cornettist; the Thurgdte
sisters, Hungarian dancers: Max Pettin-
Gill and his funny dog Jim" and llar-
rison and Mari. eccentric comedians.
were only some of the clever people who
appeared and made the night enjoyable.
a painful scene occurred a. the Pro-
fessional Woman's League rooms on
West Thirtieth street on Tuesday after
noon. 1t was the farewell meeting in
the dear old quarters before removal
further uptown. Touching addresses
were mad In the midst of one Of
these II burst of ribald laughter echoed
through the hall: Henry h. DiNey and
Walter Jones, the comedians, We're on
their way to Manager +. +. Rice's
Offices on the floor above. Dixey was
telling a funny story. Jones was shrek
ing with merriment. Not to have done
so would have been a grave breach OF
professional etiquette. An awful silence
fell over the League meeting. The
severely through the open doorway, and
remarked Hush md "Ordcr!| with
great asperity,. The abashed comedians
tiptoed upstairs v and h@ts sl a., a wicked wicked
and whispered, Nov, let 'er go!" There
was a fearful crash n a cloud of dust
az the two vile men fell downstairs
Jones's %headlong plunge eclipsed his
famous dive after the eigar-stump in
somersaults. They landed in the League
doorway in a hopelessly confused heap.
Then they murmured an apology for
the accident and fled. After the
the speaker discovered that she had lost
the thread of her discourse. A speedy
adjournment followed.
Daniel Frohman and e. H.. sothern
will sail for England in the Paris on
turn in time for the opening Of MIR.
Sothern's eight annual season, early in
August. at the Lyceum Theatre.
An amusing controversy has been rag,
ing over the song Greet the Old Mar
with a Smile Whipb Salhrpnkn SINGS in
"Tabasco." Several critics ailege that II
is suspiciously like "Tit-Willow.'' Prob.
ably they never heard the touching song
sing years ago in that [ciassi: play, Ter
Nights in a Barroom." The song re.
ferred to is called Father, Dear Father
Come Home with Me Now"
"Babette," Audran's three-act comic
opera, will be presented in New York FOL
the first time next week by the Wilbur
Opera Company, at Proctor's Theatre
Susie Kirwin will sing the title role
while w. II. Comfy will be the Mat o
the Mill.
The latest achievement of the Gerry
Society has been the cutting out OF tl'
four little ~ragamufins who rushed unoi
Tony Pastors stage when Nesta TilleI
threw showers of s. and SO notes out o
her pockets as she sang The Mar
That Broke the Brokers Down in Wal
Street Inc lttle fellows ndu HutHint
to do but run In and scoop up the money
but the Gerry Society notified Managel
Sanderson that 1t would he necessary t.
have n license for the boys, and as MIR
Sanderson doesn't care to bother viii
Gerry Society methods. he got out of tn
difficulty in the easiest way by lettint
two big supers, who are over sixteen
pick up the bills when the song. which
Is Miss Tilley's greatest success, is over
VIII S. Rising, the tenor. has had
splendid reception at keith's tnloi
Square Theatre. His descriptive. songs
and sweet ballads are thoroughly en-
loved by the audiences. Mr.. Rising vii
be heard during the Summer in various
roof-garden concerts.
Bessie Bonehill has been specially en-
gagged for '"rhe Skating Rink at th'
Bijou Theatre and will appear this even
Ing.
Owing to the elaborate preparations
involved the third series of Kilanyi'i
original living pictures in "li92' at tn,
Garden Theatre will not be shown unit
Saturday night. The colossal group re
production of Schneider's famous Dan
cling Hour in the Temple OF Dionysius'
will occupy the whole depth of the stag
and require a frame "a feet long, with
dozen living figures.
RAID AT COMFY ISLAND.