The evening world., 1894-05-23
A SEASON OF SUMMER OPERA.
1t Will Be Grand Opera, Too, at
the Grand 0pera-H House.
Leonard Boyne's Suggestive Visitor
Gossip OF the Theatres.

a brief summer season of English
grand opera will be given at the Grand
Opcra-House, commencing June 4. Nine.
Tavary has been engaged, and Sig.
Francesca Auric Tehor. from the Royal
Opera in Milan, will make his de-
but on the opening night. Mile. Sigrid
Wolf. from the Grand Opera in Stock
holm, will give us a Carmen; Sig. A.
Blellctto, from the Royal Opera, Milan,
will also be heard, and the ~well-known
tenor, Payne Clark, will sing in his best
operas. Miss Charlotte Walker. Mr.. A.
Blum and Mr.. Gustav Holm and Miss
Wichmann are well known to us from
the Metropolitan Opera-lIouse. Among
the other artists are Miss Amelia Har-
rison. from the Royal Opera-House, Mu-
mich: Miss Mary SEVERN, from the
Grand Opera in Berlin. and Miss Louisa
Tooker. The repertoire will include
Faust" I'll Trcvatore." Bohemian
Girl" "Martha,'' Carmen" FRA Dia-
volo,,' Ca valera Rusticana,' III Pagli-
acct" "Huguenotte's Rigoletto," The
agement Is in the hands of Mr.. william
Rosenbach. A chorus OF sixty has been
selected. and Mr.. Max Gabriel will have
'hdiBe VI tHe orchestra.
Leonard Boyne, who, with Julia Arthur,
Is starring in Sister Mary at the Amer
lean Theatre, had an amusing experience
last night. He was making up to go on
for his tipsy scene in the first act when
him, a dirty card. on which was scrib-
bled in lead pencil, Jacob S. Coxey,
General OF the ~Commonweal Army; WIN
not detain you a moment" Although
/ MT BDynp was very hlgv curiosity over
came prudence and the visitor was shown
In. He looked decidedly more like a
high tor low private than.a General, and
the actors suspicious were aroused.
81 wanted to make a suggestion" said
the individual after a, preliminary cough:
II saw Sister Mary last night and l
the first act, where Miss Mary speaks OF
the wrongs OF the poor there Is a splen-
did chance to discuss the labor problem.
that l have jotted down the dialogue"
And with that he handed the now de-
cidedly nervous Boyne twelve pages OF
closely written lead : pencil manuscript.
to glance over I. gave II back with the
remark that IT. as too late In the season
for him to make any changes in Messrs.
he would come around next Winter he
might try 1t II the gentleman would ap-
pear In a detachment OF his army ITO
LEND color to the scene"
"Ill be around" said the bogus Coxey.
and If you put my work in your play
it'll run the season out In New York
And with that he staggered out, while
Mr.. Boyne sprinted on, barely in time
for his cue.
The little theatre at Twenty : ninth
street and Broadway, formerly the home
of the San Francisco Minstrels, but lat
terly known as ~Herrmann's Theatre. and
which since Birch & Backus occupied It
has been known as a Jonah" house,
mann, the magician. whose lease had
seven years yet to run. sold the lease
yesterday to w. Jennings Demarest, who
will erect a large office building on the
price for the lease. This Is the first
money the magician made out OF the
theatre. for which he paid sl2, 600 a year
rent.
Continuous Keith keeps, on catching
the biggest vaudeville fish in his net;
Ahi nnsSsrty c Frnnk M 5Gsnson the a a%FnsS
Brothers. Arthur RiGby, Frank Cush,
man and Frank Moran have played In
noted Of ali the biackface starsNwiiiis
Sweatnam, has signed for the all-day-
a~nd-eveninE show. He viii open May
o. s,i, at Reith's new Boston house; an !
Sweatnam has been the feature OF 1.-THE
City Directory" during the past sea
son, and iss, perhaps, the cleverest mon
oiobuiSt u Ills eih-
Terrace Garden and Lexington Opera
House which, up to the present, has beer
the rendezvous of amusement for tn,
better class Of Germans Of this city
will be converted into a first-class vaude
Vile house on Monday. June 4. when tn,
doors will be opened for the Summer sea
son, The programme for the opening
, the peerless dancer who lately appeareC
In "li92" at the Garden Theatre an,
created such a hit.
!, Henry Miller's big hit In "Gudgeons'
| Is dra the fashionables in larg,
. season ends Saturday night. Mr.. Miller
! acting in. the role of the polished En-
a glish swindler has caused more tall
. than any histrionic achievement know,
In New York for many years. 1t Is
. !, wonderful and a charming piece O
= work.
e Jessie Bartlett Davis Is singing a ney
song. SLY Old Time" in Robin Hood
X at the Harlem Opera-House this week
. The words and music are by Richar
Stockton.
u N. II. Curtis, like the society woma'
In Saratoga who has 300 dresses an
never wears one of them the secon
tine during the season, has a vast num
/, Der Of waistcoats and never appears |
n one of them in "Saml of Posen' bu
once. The vests are unique in patter
and cut. and add much to his make-u
/ as the drummer.
n Callender's original Georgia Minstrel!
siNty-tWO In number, begin an engage
ment of one week at the Fourteent
= Street Theatre Monday night. presentin
y an attractive programme OF old-time an
modern mlnstreisy.
VI" CARDS, THEN A QUARREL.