The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-27
ADJUSTMENTS.
s.Power of Gold,a al the Academy
of NEua{c.

The Power of Gold,' one of those
melodramas of the good old schooi, IN
which virtue, after undergoing the great
est fluctuations conceivable, hnaily tfi-
umphs over vice, and lives forever happy
afterward. began a weeks engagement
in the Academy of Music last night. IL
deals with a young mechanicai englneer
and his wife and their child. Paul Jud-
son, the engineer, has a brother q thief
and general a~ll-around crook, who breaks
out of prison in Africa and comes TO
his brother in London. There ne knocks
him senseless with a whiskey bottle, robs
the house of a few pounds the patient
loving Wife has earned and escapes
The wife, finding her husband lying on
side him, thinks he has broken q prom
Use made to her never 70 drink again
and is drunk. In her righteous wrath
at this perildy she places her chlld IN q
founding asylum and starts out into the
world to earn her living. Hadg1 Zamba,
a cosmopolitan adventurer and physician
of some unpronouneeable place IN lnola,
who speaks English with a cry Sood
French accent, through the treachery OF
the thief, secures possession OF the chlld
and carries IL off.
Il takes three acts to unravel this
scheme of villainy, restore the child to
its parents and shower upon the long
suffering Judson and his wife a whole
lot of blessings.
and h~eart-rending scenes laid in an in
sane asylum, a deserted dollhouse, un-
d~erground apartments, sewers and other
mysterious places suitable for the muir
der and other dark deeds of a strictly
frst-class melodrama. All this lugubri-
BUSINESS is pleasantly relieved by some
excellent comedy work by sammy San,hi
tious 'opes of being an Hem Dee and
Norah Donnelly, the Header of fashion
in Lady Brandon's servants hall"
Last nights caste was a good one.
Frederick Symmetrical was the India
Physician, and acted his part well. Barry
tombstone was the mechanical engIneeT,
and E. T.. Stetson the thief and all
around crook. Carl Scranton made every
one forget for a time the hero and he
roine's woe with his admirable perform
ance of the butcher boy, and j.. Vim
cent did all that was required OF MIN
charge of the private asylum Miss
Hannah Ingham, a good emotional ac..
tress, admirably sustained the part OF
Meg Judson, the .patient loving wife,
and Miss Revelle as Norah Donnelly
was one of the best actresses of her Or
der that has ever been in jersey CITY:
Lady Brandon was Well played by
Grace Lyndon, while Mary Lynton was
the kind but r~esolute sister of the found
ling asylum. :.
The scenery with which the play is
presented is handsome, and many OF the
scenes evoked enthusiastic applause from
the audience. There will be the usual
matinees Wednesday and Saturday, with
an an extra one on Thanksgiving DAY.
The Bon EOns
Manager Dinkins again sustained ms
reputation as a provider of first class
shows by presenting to the patrons OF
the Bon Ton last night d most excel
lent bill. A large audience was present
who testified by numerous encores tnelr
appreciation of Manager pinkins eftort
to please them. A noticeable feature at
this theatre is the entire absence from
the performance of anything that is
Objectionable, each performer being
warned that any deviation from this
rule means instant dismissal. In conse-
ouence of this many of our best citizens
are to be seen in the audience. Among
the performers last night We're that
capital society sketch team, Dolan and
Ienharr, who made quite a hit when
they appeared here before. Their traves-
ty on 1.-THE Crust of Society" was eX-
ceptionally we'll done. Harrigan, whom
the bills announce to be "a pretty good
bum juggler," scores an instantaneous
success. His act is a very clever one.
The Du Rell twin brothers are very
funny and were well received. Bessie
Rice played cornet solos in good style,
and the Brown Brothers showed them
selves remarkably adept as dancers.
The Bonitas, French duettists, were a
little too much for the gallery, and they
were importuned to sing in English.
Mile. Bonita responded by singing, My
Pearl. the Bowery Girl" Others on the
list are May T. Lawrence, change ar
fist James Britton, comedian; Bessie
Abrams, George E. Fisher, Irene Rice,
and the Albion Brothers. The perfor-
nance is well worth seeing.