The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-16
ENTERTAINMENT. Ts.
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the scene of her earliest successes last evening called together good sized audience, "Hendriek Hudson" was the opera produced. It Is Il compound of comic opera. burlesque and vaudeville, Of Corinne's part nothing but praise can be said. Since her last appearance here she has greatly improved in acting and singing. as was especially noticed In her beautiful mandolin solo and har rendition of the famous song, La Palor, ma." in Spanish. As the dIscovercr Hen dirck she made decided hit. and the toilets she displays are very elegant: In fact all the costumes are very beauti- ful. The speeialties by William SImms were also well received.
 The opera opens With scene In New Amsterdam (now New York) in the the year 1909. with n crowd of Holland CTS, youths and maidens. making merry. Hendrlck Hudson (Corinne) arrives and proceeds to make love to pretty Eme- Ina, the maid of the inn, (Georg!e Rush). Fritz von Twinkle, n gildcd youth of the day Charles Cameron). objects but Is overruled. Soon an Indian canoe appears. and Miss Manaa ''-n, the wealthy Indian princess Gillian Cooley). steps ashore md announces her engagement to Hudson. Gar En- sign, Hudson's lieutenant uIarry Dletz). regardless of that fact. proceeds to make love to her on his own account. Matters are complicated by the arrival little later of Abigail, Hudson's Eng fish wife. the "woman of the future" Charles Fostelle). Incited by n large re- ward offered in an English paper, Hud- son sets out with all hands to discover Columbus, who has lost himself some where, and finds him in the everglades of Florida, where the Fountainof Youth is located, by which he and his com- pany have defied decay. After some lril- liant evolutions and Spanish dance by Corinne, as Carmen" all return north, stopping at Chicago and having a Ht- tie worlds fair of their own, which in troduces many speciaties. There is some very lively comedy by William Simms as Kill von Kull. real estate boomer and general promoter; James sturgess, as Marquis Perfecto del Ca banas," a naughty Spanish grandee, and Messrs. Field and Wooley. Me Cam" and "McJarlin," deputy sher' ifs. In the electric palace scene there are some brilliant and remarkable effects Of color and light, the phantom cuiras- siers' and their electric sword play being decidedly novel. All closes with an artistic allegorcal picture, Hail Columbia"
 The performance will be repeated to- night and no doubt will be witnessed by large audience.
 Lew Dockstader's Minstrel company will be here tomorrow evening. The first parts this season will be presented in gorgeous and fitting frame. This Will be enhanced by what Lew terms "The Golden Archway of the Transpor- tation Building of the Worlds Colum- bian Exposition" This magnificent gem of scenic art has been painted for this company by MT. Lafayette w. Seaver, at his New York studio, at a cost of s3,500. The company will appear as "The Fun and Music Club" in their annual High Jinks." Frank Dumont will be arbitrator. Sale of seats now open.
 Walter Sanford's elaborate production of the greatest racing drama ever put on the stage, "The Prodigal Daughter ' will be presented on Thursday and Friday evenings, this week with all the original scenery and accessories used in the production at the American theater New York, where it had run of 24s performances. In the great steeple- chase scene "Roquefort," winner of the grand national steeplechase at A;nt"ee in 1885, is seen. Sale of seats now open. On Saturday evening Sadie Martinot, Max Figman and a. company of. well known actors and actresses, will pre- sent for the first time in this city a new and original farcical comedy by two English dramatists, B. J. Stephen son, who wrote Impulse" and other London successes, and William Yardley, who is well known here as the author of Nat c. Goodwin's Nominee"
 The play in which Miss Martinot and her associates are to appear here is en- titled the Passport" It is described as rattling farcical comedy, chock full of racy dialogue and situations.