The evening world., 1894-06-21
DANCING GIRLS IN "M|kADl." !"
Manager Duff Introduces a Fea-
ture in the Comic Opera.
Sardou Said to Be at Work on a
Play for Clara Morris.

| w. 8. Gilbert Is in London. ard tia
well that the billowy wet separates him
| from Manager Duff at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. For into his pet opera, 1.-THE
Mikaso. which Gilbert prizes as
| shakespeare must have priced Romeo
ana Juliet, Imperial dancing girls froml
Japan were introduced last night. GiI
pert was not consulted: the introductf
was made for purely box-ofTice reasot
The LOBBY of the theatre, fronting upd
I"enty-eighth street, was fitted I'd W 9TH
Chinese lanterns and few satin screetnb-
! from the Fourteenth street stores the
| tact. the decorations were most elaboll-
| rate They must have cost at least IS. 9<en
Inc dancers appeared in the second ads
or the opera, and did what the yaudes-
vile performers call good turn IL
Inc girls, according to managerial stately
meht, ranged in ages from sixteen t{y,
eighteen years. but Japanese maidenty
never look conspicuously young, an6s
would be great acquisitions to Kiralfy,
ballets. The dances executed we're thei
shl-yo-kee-mi, or ancient court, dance:
Litr,npp LIZ happo re- or peasant dance; the shi-i
hI-Ino-yama, or flowers of the fur sea-
S0ns' ana the sangra, or religious dance.
Inc Inc pubiic may possibly like them, butt
aid We may sooe ooes eRosct Roe need te any such
fore" revived with living pictures on the
mnasts Of H. NJ S. Pinafore. Mr. I Dun.
Mikado" at the Standard Theatre during
the me grifginai Fif,h performanee in this city at
cnr,p.n cnn rl1th Avenue Avenue by the D'oyly Carte
company. gilbert must love him.
Sardou, whose name is SO frequently, |
da naken IN vain, Is said to be writing a
to deny 1t. Poor Sardou must be very,
sDusy man Just now-writing with both
hands at the same time. 50 far the only
dramatic fodder is Patti Rosa. It is
surprising how few of these SardouI
plays are ever produced
,oa,,b a brand-new ra comic opera is TO be put
the Edgar Strakosch Comic Opera Com
pany. Philander johnson. a journalist
Sl %b,is that t,s city, I has written the ibretto:
Emory Shaw. 'Marken: or The Leaend
Of Vuur Bril-" Is the title of the Work.
monocie ise and ffw IS aeted THFaeG wS whS
anglomana. 1t Is to be hoped that az
rev rev living pictures will be introduced/
@ @OtnerWise nothing seems likely to suoJ
ceed. Just at present. y
Vernona Jarbeau will probably head q
burlesque company next season-and It!
VIII be her own. too: She ends her en-
there will be details about the 'gowns''
she mas secured there. At any rate. We
must hope for the r'ore'.
. ~
The, agile young comedian. by nama
the cinderella" extravaganza at Ab-
hey bey,s Theatre; has been engaged By
rest OF the cinderella" people yester-
day. BY the bye. there Is some sort Of
sented 't' aa the %eW Park W.T. When ne thst
house becomes the Herald Square The
atre.
paper. with black and gold letters, an
titled From the chaparrai @ to wall
Street. will be produced about Sept. 8.
Says Mr.. Lacy: During the past season
taste" So have good many m men. puH juss
as wise as Mr.. Lacy. and they have not
been able to arrive at definite results.
The They do say that at, Leonard Boyns viii
Mary" may be produced without him.
Mr.. Boyne told a friend before sailing
that he should remain in London unless
Q recommend itself to Americans MI Nj.
DAUGHTER" in New York. out of it both
said that the play lost money during the
.ntire out-of-town season. with the ex- Y
'eption of one week. . .-~
There were nm de steele" pictures on
the Ssht Shss The renr ans:
BsoSs Dans anh the and fun%er Her the sr Bas
we're a few of the tableaux presented.