The evening world., 1894-03-09

played sesctonse from afssrnSop tbe %0pt, He
Chopin. Liszt, Tschaikowsky and nd
otners. with excellent effect. Mr.. Palmer
Ing one. He plays with deiicacy, Iat reiine.
,nent and feeling. He was "assisted''
by Anton Seidrs orchestra, which did
not distinguish itself by any means.
tEanss Edward Falss coward's comedy,
night at the Berkeley Lyeeum. really all;
made hit. 1t proved 10 be bright.
entertaining and witty. 1t was described
as a sti,du adTtlcialr and IL was certainly not
was none the worse for that. The
story deals with the love adventures of
MISS Mabella Wellworth. who is heress
10 Th 'oo,ov. ana certain Capt. Audacity.
smoothly, but at the end of the play
everybody is satisfied. There are sew
erai amusing, episodes and one or two
Walker Wake siSasnnf MSrens bennei m the e east seo
a. Taintor +: +. Coward. G. n. Ham,
In. and the Misses Byron. Shippen and
Fleurette the graceful little high kick
er. who is at Proctor's Theatre this week,
does not share the popular opinion con-
cehrniinng cehinng the danger of the, split" dance,
late. At least, she says that she herself
has never felt any III results from it.
did the, split for the first time ten
years ago. she said, "and was never
Of dancing: The split, high kicking and
other Incidental features of modern
dancing .ianf serve to keep me in good ply
The. reckless liberality of managers is
occasionally extraordinary: a young
woman asked Mr. Lit, of I'm Old Ken
srsky iss h,th i he would allow her to try
drama. She did not want any salary;
she, was merely anxious to see II she
could play the part. Mr. Lift consented.
very well indeed. At the end OF the
first week the. manager informed her
that he vas pleased, and woud like her
sRep e pe ssdy se d A Gr he fmohsr S OF Tt s This
he told her that she had been so salts
factory that he would like her to con-
tinue In the company for the rest of the
season sSn;,;1 and i go to Ghicago with the piece
think I should be entitled to a salary
study's salary" OH declared Mr..
a thing, but I'll tell you what III do for
you. If you go to Chicago with us. I'll
pay your fare one way" The young
woman will not go.
a
play by james Mortimer. author of
"Gloriana." which Is to be given a
trial matinee at the Garden Theatre
shortly BY the bye, how singularly free
from trial matinees we have been Of
late.
The announcement that Charles Froh,
from Daniel Frohman for Miss John
said. originally belonged to Charles
Frohman. and was merely lent to Dan
for the Lyceun because a good play
was absolutely needed for that house.
Some time ago Miss Johnstone Bennett
was to have appeared in it, Now, she
will be able to do so with most profit
able prospects. for 1t Is a great success.
1t is packing the Lyceum night after
night, and could have run for the whole
season had it been presented earlier.
lively, isn't It? 1t is the story of how
Buffalo Bill came to be interested In
Miss Kathrine Clemmons. Once upon a
time this lady's father, an officer of the
army, was sent to the frontier to fight
Indians. The Indians swept down and
massacred right and left. Buffalo Bill
Cody was then chief of the United States
was leading column along the Dead
wood trail. when he came upon the
wreck of an army ambulance. The
scalped and mutilated bodies of the off,
Ger in command and several troopers
were found near by. Attracted by the
cry Of child, Cody searched the ambu-
Clemmons. Years later, when he was