The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-01
RHMODBLLHD
Will Open Monday In a Gorge
Gus New Dress and a New
Play.

When the doors of the Academy of
Music are thrown open on Monday, the
first time this season a very agreeable
surprise awaits the hundreds who will
doubtlessly pour into the house. This
deservingly popular place of amusement
has been changed SO much that its old
est habitue will scarsely recognize it.
Everything looks new and handsome
and woul justify the observer in believ-
ing that the building has been recently
erected.
Mrs, Elite Henderson evidently has
spared neither time, labor nor expense
in identifying.
Entering the theatre one notices a
decided improvement in the arrangement
of the entrance. The guard rails passing
the ticket collectors are placed so that
no awkward crush may follow as in
days of yore. Leaving the entrance and
passing into the theatre proper, the Wis
itor is at once brought face to face with
a magnificent drop curtain, painted by
the noted scenic artist, Arthur Voegtlin.
of New York.
The subject, "Sapphe and her Maidens''
was selected by Mrs. Henderson from a
painting hanging in the Berlin Photo
graphic Company's Gallery and pro-
nounced by the ~cognoscenti as a most
beautiful subject for a drop scene.
A LOVELY CURTAIN.
Under the shade of luxuriant trees,
palms and flowers, surrounded by broken
columns around which roses Irvine, sits
the poetess Tyre in hand. In front of her
| recline three beauteous attendant nymphs
while a third is about TO execute a dance.
In the background is the lovely Egean
sea tapping the shores of q precipitous
rock on the sides of which are ruined
temples, almost hidden by tall trees.
The foreground is profusely adorned
with flowers and statuary. AS a work
| of scenic art it is most admirable and
cannot be surpassed by any other theatre
In the State. The frame, as it were, of
\ this picture, is the new proscenium arch
in cream and gold tints, and enlbellished
with fine stucco work. Above and on
the sides are exquisite pieces of fresco
work of flowers and allegorical figures
/ by typifyfng music and dancing.
The toute ensemble of the drop scene
proscenium arch and sides is exquisite
indeed. Behind the Curtain the proscen-
| ium doors and wings are all new.
Thanking the proscenium are the boxes
and here again is a delightful change.
They have been Retained, replastered.
and refurn1shed The ~hangings and drap-
cries are new, and the back and front
are handsomely frescoed. The brass
| rails surrounding the boxes are new.
Coming to the ceiling of the dress
| circle, one finGs that it has been re-
decorated and frescoed, and tastefuily
ornamented with flowers and ferns. The
side walls too, have been newly frescoed
in the same manner, and the general
effect of the electric light, which Mrs
| Henderson turned on last night to sho
the effect of the decorations to a small
group of visitors, frightened the ex-
| IRENE beauty of the house.
CnMFORT FOR THEATRE GOERS.
The ornamental character of the house
is not the only hitting to which great
visitors has, perhaps, received more at
tentlcn, but it is not SO strilliagly APP
parent. 1t is felt rather than seen. All
| the seats of the orchestra ave been
carefully attended to, and the cushions
repaired and renovated. The grille work
| around the front of the orchestra anG
| the boxes has all been gone over and
Tie floors have been laid with new
\ carpets so luxurious that ones feet SINK
in the warm colored pile. the main
| staircase has been r~ecarpetted, and not
q hole or corner has been neglected. All
/ that Mrs. Henderson desires now is that
| plenty of people will come to see what
| has been. done.
Regarding the staff of officials, no
| change has been made. Mr.. Frank b.
Henderson will continue as manager.
| and the indefatigable Mr.. harry.
| Hyam in his old stand "at the receipt
" NEW ATTRACTIONS FOR 1905
For the coming season Mrs; Ettle Ken
| derson has arranged a list of attractions
| which ought to please the most captious.
| There are many new plays 10 pc intro
| iuced, new operas and artists n are
| only known here by fame.
The list is as follows
Yon Yonson, the Swedish dialect artist;
! Florence Bindley, in a new play, Char
1 esIis Ao aspan Of i Life" Vans comic
opera by Morse; William Hoey of Evans
and Hoey, in a new play; Struck on
James 0'Neill, Fannie RICE, aailen a af
| Marie Jansen, Donnelly n Girard
| oliver Byron, Charles Ellis. ..The Girl J
Left Behind Me-" aDarBess Kussla,
| host of stars of a lesser magnitude.
THE OPENING PLAY.
On Monday the Academy opens with
| Pitou's interesting scenic play. The
\ piece, as it's name suggests, ~geographi-
\ cally illustrates the influence of the
| press when enlisted in the cause of JUS
The popularity of the production rests
\ much with it's scenic effects. These are
never been excelled in the city, The
| scene in front of the Manhattan Athletic
| Club, where Turner Morgan finds Annie
| Carson and where he prosecutes ner an
| ill knocked down in a most realistic
style by Dewitt Norwood, Is one Of the
best pieces Of stage realism ,extant. Inc
| ship yard scene, IN the tnlrd act, cOuid
not be better. The exterior of the ship
ping office, in the fourth scene, an East
River wharf in the same act, and the
bercue Mary Vale at anchor off the
Battery In the fifth act, are as effective
scenes as can be found on the stage to-
day. This season a number of refined
specialties have been introduced, and the
| comedy element of the play has been
considerably augmented without eff
fecting the more solid interests.
There will be a matinee on Monday,
Labor Day, at the usual hour.
The Bon Ton.
The Bon Ton Theatre will
its second week of the season of 1S94-9;
on Monday Labor Day., and another
strong bill will be presented. Specia'
features for that day have been en-
gagged, and the performance. will rom,
naence an hour earlier than usual
the past week, fully proving that thu
Bon Ton has come to stay. Theatre
goers in New Jersey know a good thing
when they see it. The Boz Ton is GER
tainly a 'good thing" The management
declares that only recognized performer.
this house, therefore one may always
he sure of witnessing a pleasant enter
tainment al a less cost than in New
York. and at the same time save thu
worry and discomfort of crossing tn,
ferry. For the coming week 9 strons
and stay as long as you please. M
time limited on your visit. Curtain
goes i'm at one o'clock, and performance,
CONTINUES without interruption printer
mission and no waits until IL Pm.
SETTLED WITH KNIVES: