The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-30
AM USEM ENTS.
of Music.

| crowded every part of the Academy of
| Music last night to witness the initial
performance of that tunefuiN n merry
| comic opera, Wang" which is booked
to stay in town for the balance of the
week. The regular orchestra has been
doubled for this OCCASION, and. under the
leadership of Eugene Rantenberg, it did
some very fine work last night. The
large company has been eXcellently
drilled, and the choruses were sung with
a snap and vim that was positively de-
lightful.
Albert Hart, who essays the character
of Wang is an artist of good ability.
/ Besides being a clever comedian, he has
an excellent voice, and gives his SOLOS
in a more acceptable manner thai either
Hopper or Stevens, his predecessors IN
the role. The antics of the Regent OF
Siam are made more ludicrous when he,
towering six feet four inches in the ar,
makes desperate love to the WIDOW Frlm-
ousse, who is not much over four feet,
and when Wang goes down on MS knees
he is still taller han his inamorata.
Miss Virginia Earl, who made a hit
last year when the ompan was mere,
appeared again in the role OF Maiaya
and scored another success. Miss Earl
is a conscientious artist and works hard
all the time. Florence Drake, as Marie,
was also recognized, and was wen re-
ceived. Miss Drake possesses a highly
cultivated voice of rare sweetness, ana
she was accorded several encores. Ma
rion Singer, grown a trlf1e Stouter since
DIST season, SUN COnLllueS HSI lolC Va
Widow Frimousse, and looks after her
numerous progeny with watchful care.
She also sang in a creditabie manne
Charles Burrows, as Col. tracaSse, was
suffering with a bad cold, put was
is humorous as ever. The entire cast
is a good one, and its work is
meritorious. All of the old favorites,
Including "a Pretty Girl" Every Rose
Must Have Its Thorn The Man with
Baby, Hush, My Darling Baby We're
well rendered. Several new verses on
s'Bloomers," the Lexow Committee and
the coming election have been added to
the trio. You Must Ask of the Man
in the Moon" sung by Wang, Matnya
and Col. Fracasse, and they were called
out again and again until Wang wanted
to know if the audience thought that
The banjo chorus was considerably I'M
proved over last year, and showed the
result of more practice. Taken alto-
gether, the performance is an eAcei-
lent one.
Bon Toms Good Show.
For one to go to the Bon Ton and
not find a large audience would be dis
appointing; but there was no
ment last evening, as there We're people
enoughqthere to satlsIy even Ma,iagsa
counted for anything, the audience was
we'll pleased with the fourteen or more
numbers on the programme, among them
Delng a Jersey Aly pO5' N H~
Hardy. who jigged himself into the hearts
If the gallery gods in less time than 1t
takes to tell it. Mabel Stanley, change
artist; Baldwin and Dale the ola-time
old Jersey City favorite; the Morellos,
whose act was very entertaining, especl-
ally Miss Ida's work on the slack wire,
introducing in their act a most WonderfuI
acrobatic dog, whose chief enjoyment
seemed to be throwing back somersaults
in and out of season. BY long odds the
bright particular star Of the evening was
little Irene Franklin, the child contralto-
This little lady does not appear to be
more than ten years old, yet she sings
with expression that many of her elders
might copy with profit. The remainder
of the artists are well worth listening to,
Cranes Hit in s.Pacific MaiI',.
William H. Crane has made a great
hif in his new play, 1.-The Pacific Mail"
at the Star Theatre in New York. Moth
ing that he has been seen in for many
seasons has jumped so quickly into public
favor. The play is handsomely staged,
well acted, and, above all, is very funny.
This is the keynote of its success. The
people want to augh, and the comeaian
unity. 1.-The Pacific MALI is an adapta-
ton of a classical old comedy by Tom
Taylor called "The Overland Route,
strongest pieces. Mr.. Crane did not
think the old play would go with the
audiences of today, and he had Mr.. Pot
fer bring it up TO QaIe. 1ne SlOTy IL Tells
10 that of an American who runs away
from his sharp-tongued wife.,sships as
the doctor on a steamer at Yokohama,
and is arrested, charged with an offence
committed by the man whose name he
takes. The scrapes he gets into are
many, and they &c, with shrieks and
tears of laughter. There is a shipwreck
in the second act. and the third is laid
on q coral reef.
ssThe Brownies, In Hoboken.
seThe Brownies by Palmer Cox, was
presented last night in the Hoboken
Theatre by a number of school children.
The performance was held under the
auspices Of the ladies of Trinity Church
and their friends, for the benefit Of the
church. Although nom of the cast was
over twelve years old, and many of them
as young as four and five, they showed
very little stage fright, and acted their
parts admirably.
The play consists chiefly of singing
and dancing, while the various poems
Of Palmer Cox are recited, and an at
tempt is made to carry out some OF the.
feats of the Brownies. The perform
ance will be repeated again this even
ing.
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