The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-07
40 sTAADIAG ROOM At 14|s ! i.
The Garden Theatre Management
and the New Fire Law.
Closing Performances ut the Lyceum
Gossip of the Play-Houscs.


The right to sell standing room in
theatres is an issue raised by the Fire
Department that involves many thou
sands Of dollars to>the theatrical man
ayers OF this city. The complaint
against the management OF the Garden
Theatre is the. first under the amended
law which prohibits any person from
sitting or standing in the aisles or
passa geways. This house seems to
have been singled out because 1892.
now playing there. Is doing by far the
greatest business IN town. Last night
every seat was sold by o'clock, and
then the sale was shut down. Scores
of people clamored for standing room,
and some were very indignant because
they were refused. No person will be
admitted without a seat coupon until
the case now pending is decided. Mr..
Il d. Price. business manager of
Rice's 1872 said last night :
mir. Palmer has always been
stickler for obeying the law. The aisles
have always been kept clear. Standing
room has been sold In the space back Of
the orchestra rail. but the approaches to
the alsles have been kept open. We con-
tend that this space is not a passage
way within the meaning Of the law. The
intent OF the law is pain enough. 1t Is
to afford protection to the audience by
assuring them ample and speedy means Of
egrGss In case of an emergency. 81 long
as this wise and necessary safeguard is
secured we maintain the right to uthiZe
space which cannot by, any reasonable
construction be regarded as an aisle or
DagslgeWAy However,
tickets will be sold until a decision is
reached. The :noral IS that II people want
buy them early. Incidentally. they may
bear in mind that the Garden Theatre
has over thirty exits.
Edison's Kaleidoscope is on exhibition
at ll55 Broadway. and Is a most enter
formahce, for instance, is shown in thirty
seconds. as is also Bertholdi's. the female
contortionist. scene In barber shop
beginning with the lather and ending
with the powder, is also shown. Carmen
citas dance has been added to the series,
and other subjects are in course of prep
aration and will be added from time to
time.
Saturday night will end the Lyceum
Theatres regular season. when ,o the
performance. The Lyceum company has
won special distinction through its sue
cess with this comedy.
The members of Sousa's Band at
tended yesterdays matinee of "1i92" at
the Garden Theatre. by Invitation OF
Manager Edward E. Rice. The cadets
from the West Point Military Academy
ernl hundred, have secured seats for
next Tuesday nights performance, and
the comedians are getting points from
numerous cadets who want appropriate
introduced in the burleSQue,
In Boston little bottles Of the sauce
which has been done into comic opera
for Thomas 9. seabrooke were distrib,
uted among the audience as souvenirs OF
the play, but this had to be discontin-
ued. Some of the people were not ia.
miii4r with the peculiar properties of
"Tabasco," and swallowed quantities of
II. much to their subsequent discomfort.
so the Boston authorities notified the
Seabrooke managers that no more was
to be given out.
There is a clever little singer at Proc
tors named Madge Ellys. who has made
a success OF no light order. She Is new
to, New York. is very pretty, full OF
catchy order. Few of our vaudeville
pei formers render their songs with the
intelligence displayed by Miss Ellys.
1.-The Skating Rink" goes to the Co
lumbus Theatre, in Harlem. next week,
which will be the last of the season.
The cast will be the same as the
W RIHs nIiSdns Nat Fi a FnlayWSG a
ter Hawley Miss Kenyon Bishop, Anna
Caldwell and others. Milton Mobiles and
his deiishtful "phoenIS are hos at the Co 10
re-opened on Aug. 60
T.. j. Mapes, the illustrator of the
Keith's Union Square Theatre next
week as a rather novel innovation in
the continuous performance there
He, vii. show many OF his best views
which have made the Stoddard lectures
so enjoyable. The three Carman broth
ers, who have starred until recently
day.
Messrs. Hoyt and Mckee unqualifiedly
ME Selgman- Cutting will next season
be under Charles H. Hoyt's management.
and also include In the denial the an
noHneeme9a, that hat, Mr. Hoyt vii! Ia be this lis
ment sent &c the press to this effect
was wholly unauthorized by the manage
ment OF the Madison Square Theatre, as
it in various newspapers. Mr.: Hoyt
does not intend to participate In mis-
cellaneous ventures. His time Is
thoroughly occupied in looking after his
many companies:
A pretty young woman, with consid-
cradle alarm depicted upon her face.
rushed up to Bob" Cutting at the Madi-
son Square Theatre, where he was on
| guard at the door the other night. and
said breathlessly:
"Oh, Mr.. Cutting. you know the pass
you gave me for to-night-my little boy
chewed It up this morning. and there
Is not a vestige left. What shall
do?" The gallant Bob" made out an
other pass.
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