The evening world., 1894-06-04
THE ROOF IS NOW THE THING
Opening Of the Madison Squares
skyey Garden Tonight.
Other Roofs Will Blaze Too-Mans-
field After n New Repertorire.

\ Extensive alterations and improve
ments have been made on the Madison
Square Roof Garden. which opens this
evening with an unusually strong array
of vaudeville artists. The most impor-
tant change is the construction OF thir-
ty-two private boxes on a steel frame
! work twenty feet above the roof and
over 100 feet above the street, from
which can be seen Central Park on the
north and the Brooklyn Bridge and
Statue of Liberty on the south, and
gives the effect of being really suspend
ed in the air. This part OF the roof will
undoubtedly become one of the popular
resorts OF the Summer. The chairs,
iower-pots, stage and everything apper-
taining to the Garden have been repaint-
ed and renovated. giving them a brand
new appearance, and a great number of
electric lights ave been added, In addi-
ton to 300 incandescent lamps. in
cased In, japanese lanterns. which sur
such as Lottie ellison. the great ~jugGler,
Fielding: the musical clowns, Deltorelli
brothers: the well-known German come
dian. AL II. Wilson; Miss Bonnie Thorn
ebrated Dare brothers, Messrs. Seeley
and West, the Empire city Quartet,
II. NJ. CARROLL, MISS oanle 'uSIlTnun ana
Holcomb and an enlarged orchestra un-
der the leadership of Mr.. Gustavc
D'Aquin guarantees a most enjoyable
ey The im roP Ra1I09 The ea re'S k sS5'e Garden
also will open tonight; Roster & Bial,s
and the Casino roofs began to do bust
ness last week.
There will be great, goings, on at the
1892" celebrates It's 35Oth local perform
ance with brass bands. decorations.
seven-pound souvenir clocks. new, living
kindle a binding blaze of glory. Ed
Rice Is in his element upon an occasion
of this Kind. He has beguiled a number
of we'll known citizens Into going on
In the Madison Square scene.
Lady Gladys with Miss Minnie Sc
ligman-Cutting in the title role, remains
at the Madison Square Theatre this
week and perhaps longer; The play
Lady Gladys will be the principal
play in Mrs. Cuttings repertoire next
season.
are now the theatrical sensations of Chi
cago. One of them is the farce Char
ley's Aunt" which has been crowding
Hooley's Theatre for four weeks, aver
aging over s., 1000 a week in receipts, with
a probability hat its profit and popu-
larity will endure all Summer; the other
sydney Grundy's beautiful - Sowing the
Wind" which got the most enthusiasts
tic reception and Endorsement at the Co
lumbia Theatre, last Monday night, that
was ever accorded a play, In Chicago.
The Empire Theatre stock company's
admirable Interpretation of the play had
much to do with the triumph, OF course.
Henry Miller and Viola Allen got seven
curtain calls after On the he stirring r LEX
and the vast fashionable audience walt
ed after the performance was over to
applaud until the curtain was sent up
three different times, and the entire
company was brought forward as often:
This enthusiasm has been repeated
every night lSh since; ~, The ooo 1E Tt. weeks EEK re-
formances last Wednesday drew over
5000.
Comedian Thomas O.. Seabrooke has
some yacht called The Tabasco. A
warm admirer and friend in Philadelphia
Is the giver. In a characteristic letter ac-
writes, among other things, to Mr.. Sea-
brooke: Tommy, there is one request
that have to make. and that Is. II an ac-
matter how close 1t may be. as that is in
yariably the way people are drowned.
d dnSSn Tno Bear san" this SM IN nina aie This Fais'H IS
rather funny advice to give to O'Grady.
the only man alive who ever saw Nc
Glnty at the BOTTOM OF tne sea.
While the plaudits for Vesta Tilley,
whose farewell night 1t was, were still
ringing through Tony Pastors Theatre
last Friday night. Manager Harry San.
, derson sent for his advertising man and
said: This is a great night. Eddie, but
we must not forget business. The King
is dead; long live the .King!' Get out
! some Of those three-sheets OF Bessie
Bonehill and put them on the boards in
front of the house before the audience
goes out" And Harry smiled. When
the audience filed out the Bessie Bone
hill three-sheets were there.
Richard Mansfield sneaked off to Lon
don the other day and is now there,
looking for new plays. Mr.. Mansfield, 1t
Is known, will not be seen next season
in any of his old plays. He made this
determination before he left. Just what
can't see. but he must have something
good In sight when he shelves his whole
repertoire SO summarily.
Ida Mule. the petite prima donna, has
been engaged for Summer opera at At
lantic City.
The Amazons' season at the Lyceum
Theatre will end on Saturday night. The
company will have Its first vacation in
two years, this being the year II does
not go to the Pacific coast, which terri
tory this Summer will be pre-empted by
} the Empire stock. the Lyeeum going
man. Miss Frohman and e. H.. Sothern,
go to England on June 6. Ferdinand
\ G~ottschalk, Mrs. Whiffen, Misses Georgia
n Alice Cayvan; Rowland Buckstone
\ also go abroad for their vacation. w
I j. lie Moyne. Fritz Willlamsand the Wal