The evening world., 1894-05-04
Mr.. COGHLAN's "CHECKBOOK".
Story of the Play His Sister Rose
Will Produce Monday Night.
Vesta TiIley at Tony PASTORS Is the
Vaudeville Sensation.

At Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre
Miss Rose Coghlan begins her Spring
and Summer season on Tuesday evening
next, presenting Charles Coghlan's far-
cical comedy, THE Check Book" In
which his sister Rose will appear. and
which tells this story: Tom Pringle Is a
dashing young fellow who has married a
far-away cousin because she has money,
imagining that he can get any amount
he wishes; he finds himself placed upon
an allowance. his wife, Lottie. paying
him that allowance regularly by means
of a check, from which episode the play
takes It's name. Col. and Mrs. Simcox.
both Americans and friends of the Prin-
giles, are living In the same hotel. Mrs
Slm-ix has married the Colonel because
he has money and she finds herself In the
same predicament as Tom Pringle.
Through this association I. -platonic at
tachment arise between Tom frlngle
and Mrs. Simcox, and the main and most
in the hopeless entanglements Into which
this attachment leads the principal char
acters of the comedy. One OF the most
iaughable situations IL at the end OF the
second act, when jealous Mrs. Pringle dis
covers that her husband has bought a
handsome dress for Mrs. Simcox, a dress
that Mrs. Pringle had expected herself
Vesta Tilley Is the vaudeville sensa-
ton lust now. She has made a tremen-
dous hit at Tony Pastors. Her work is
the ~cleanest and cleverest ever seen on
the variety stage. And she Is not only
artistic; she Is exceedingly good-natured.
singing six or seven songs every night,
and with eacA making a change Of cos
tune. The new descriptive ballet. Half
Past Nine" is very pretty. She is not
ciudcs. many female specially perform
ers who are after Miss Tilley's -"busi-
ness" but she has achieved the
distinction Of having ing e wom M,I, hat hat
is a sailor" with wide silk band and
silk trimming on the edges, II Is q re-,
wears In one of her Autographs.
Miss Virginia Stuart, the young Phila:
delphian, who makes her professional
debut on the stage May II at a special
matinee to be given at Palmer's Thea
tire, Is the leading amateur actress of
"Mar S'I Stuart. '.P hnT "TS ap and Gala;
Hazel Kirke,. The Honeymoon"' and
of Lyons" which she is to present a,
Palmer's Theatre. Miss Stuart will be
seen as Pauline, supported by Rober,
Taber as Claude Melnotte' NslsoT
W NC LII Nhhhe
Ganthony. Joseph w. Shannon, ALFRED
Fisher, Charles Hahn, Sarah McVickel
n Carmen Lange.
Albert Bruning, who Is to play 6
prominent character part in Charley.
Uncle at the Bijou Theatre. was Ed
win Booths leading nan during his en-
gagement in Berlin, Germany. rhi.
will be Mr.. B%runing's first appearance
in farce-comedy.
The scene, II II ever existed, of givinI
the Passion Play" at FL Dorado, tn
summer resort in Jersey, has been aban
doned. and instead a spectacle and bal
let. entitled "Benamela, a Summe
Nights Dream" will be presented earl
in m
Boston's love Of the antique Is exem
plifed this week by her plnygoers flock
fng to see "Uncle TOMS Cabin. "Arraf
n~a-Pogue," Hands Across the Sea" an
"Three Black Cloaks;" and "Pinafore
and "Oliver Twist" are underlined.