The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
ssThe Prodigal Daughter'' at TIT
Academy a StrOng Play.

In spite of the rain, the Academy was
well filed last evening, when Waiter
THE Prodigal Daughter" The actors
are all good, while some are exception
ally fine. The morals of the play are
slightly questionable, but there are two
or three lessons taught to those who
will learn them.
The scene between Julian Bedford and
Rose Woodmere, in act H., should be, to
all girls. a warning against elopements.
In this scene Miss Amelia Bingham, as
Rose Woodmere. is wonderful. There
were few dry eyes in the audience WHEN
by Mr.. Lloyd Melville. Miss Edith Muir
lila, as Dorcas Gentle, and Mr.. Frank
Blair, as Lord Banbury, add the funni-
est scenes imaginable to the play. When
though Dorcas had her hands full at
first. Her vows that where thou goest,
there will l go also, n thy pleasures
shall be my pleasures" are not empty
threats, as Dicky finds to his sorrow.
Dorcas' song of the 'Bowery Girl"
meets with such applause that it is a
pity she does not sing oftener. The act
ing of Mr.. Henry Bagge, h takes the
part of Capt. Harry Vernon, Roquefort's
gentleman jockey, is extremely natural.
When he and Tom Blinker, taken BY
Dudley Roper, by Mr.. Harry Rogers, and
Miserable Jim, by Mr.. c. ]. Vincent, it
is q scene calculated to rouse the great
est enthusiasm.
NIL. ilG III dS oil JOAA
mere, is the type of an English country
gentleman. Violet Woodmere is well act
ed by Miss Mary Anderson. Maurice
Deepwater, the villain, is taken by Mr..
Alexander Kearny, and the way in which
he a his eyeglasS gives him a
most diabolical sheer.
The scenery used in THE ProdigaI
Daughter" is beautiful. Those who wish
to see scenery other than that used since
the time of Little Lord Fauntleroy''
will have an excellent opportunity in
of real live horses adds greatly to the
interest. The ending of 1.-The Prodigal
Daughter" is rather weak, considering
the strength of the rest of the play.
The under villain gets off very easily.
The Prodigal Daughter will be given
every night this week, with matinees
Wednesday and Saturday. An extra
Election Day matinee was given this
afternoon. Election returns will be read
from the stage his evening.
The Bon Toms Host of Clever People.
The programme at the Bon Ton this
week is such a lengthy one that it makes
a continuous performance in itself with
only one appearance of each player.
So varied are the talents of the various
performers that all tastes, however di-
versifed, can be accommodated. For
those who admire graceful and artistic
dancing there are Meeker and Mack, the
wonderful buck and wing dancers; Thos.
J. Ryan and Mary Ritchfield, Healy and
Teed, Kitty Clements, the clever skip
ping rope dTIlSl, bODDy ana Louie Ddly,
and others. Every one of these can sing
as well as they car dance, so that those
who prefer good vocal music will find
enough in these performers to entertain
them most agreeab1y.
Then there is William T. Carroll, the
up-to-date humorist and dialectician in
his face and fancies in which he intro
duces his original character entitled the
''Colored Bearer" Then comes Conway
and Leland, the clever acrobats, whose
every act creates laughter. Charles b.
Ward, the original Bowery Boy, is a
great singing favorite, who wins the APP
| probation of his audiences wherever he
| appears. One of the clever men on the
programme is he comedian, Barry
Maxwell, the tramp balladist, whose &C.
centric performance is a refreshing nov
city. Another attractive feature of the
bill is the performance of Arthur White
law, whose talking and singing enter
| tainment never fails to please. Mays
| and Hunter arg. two artists whose rem
dition. and execution, are certainly of a
high order and we'll worth waiting FOR.
Zestgis given terthe entertainment by
| the work. of arthe clever little midget
| soubrettetsyanda musician, the German
| Rose, Gfwhos haSisan amusing specially
There are Others,'' all good in their
lines, and well worth seeing. Those
| who visitkthe Bon Ton this evening will
be kept fully acquainted with the pro-
| gress osofo1the election by the returns
| which will be read from the stage.