The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-30
AMUSEM ENTS.
Academy Of Music.

which is being presented there this week
under the direction of Il. s. Taylor. Its
fame had evidently preceded it, as last night,
when the curtain rose, there were few vacant
seats in the house, Notwithstanding the ter
rible condition of the weather.
The story deals with an INSCRIPTIONS
wretch whose love of gold causes him to plot
and plan to wreck the life of a cousin, an
heiress, who rejects his love and marries a
poor keeper of a lighthouse. The villain is
Dunstan Leech, which role is assumed in u
q splendid style by Mr., Phil Anderson that
the other performers were frequently
interrupted by the Misses from the gallery,
when the villain scored a point. The role
of Richard Blunt, the lighthouse keeper
and hero, is enacted by Mr.. Joseph r.
Pearce. He is a clever performer, and with
Miss Carrie Radcliffe, who acts the part of
fore the curtain at the end of each act. The
drama has its sad parts, but just enough fun
is injected into the performance by Mr.. w
Scott as s'Nutty'' Brown and Miss Dolly
Hormer as 'sShrove Tuesday" In the sec
ond act is a lighthouse scene, in which Dun
stan Leech, to cause Richard Blunts ruin
and also to rob, successfully plans it that
there is no oil in the lighthouse. Blunt. in
his despair, dispatches an assistant for the
necessary oil, but Leech is on the lookout.
and drugging the assistant, returns to the
lighthouse with q barrel of water, engages in
a quarrel; shoots Blunt, robs him of $4,000,
left by his affianeed, Kate Heathcock,
rolls Blunt's body into a cellar and drinks
himself drunk. Blunt, who is not mortally
wounded, is aroused by the blowing of fog
horns, and knowing that several large pas
senger steamers are to pass the dangerous
point where the lighthouse is situated es-
capes from the cellar, climbs to the top of
the lighthouse and is ringing a fog bell when
he is again attacked by Leech, who attempts
L.. 80, I,3r, into tho con Whila ITHACA
scenes are ensuing at the lighthouse, Blunt's
old assistant, realizing the predicament of
Blunt, spreads an alarm, n several friends
of Blunt. accompanied by Kate Heathcock,
start for the lighthouse with oil, arrive there
in the nick of time to save Blunt from being
hurled into the sea by Leech and also to pre-
pare the light Just in time to give warning to
a big steamer, which is seen approaching in
the distance and in a few minutes would
have been dashed upon the rocks. The rescue
is a cleverly arranged and exciting one. In
the third act ssThe Span of Life" is intro
duced, and is done by three acrobats, who,
by virtually tying themselves together,
make a fall at full length and form a bridge
over which Blunt his wife and child escape
while being pursued by a band Of natives Of
Africa headed by Leech, who followed
Blunt into Africa, where he had gone in
search of a fortune. The death Of the villain
ends the play. The company is a strong one
and the production should be witnessed by
lovers of good drama. y
New Opera House.
Those persons who brayed the severe
storm last night and went to the New Opera
House, were well paid for their trouble, for
good play. .Signal Lights was the name of
the four act drama which the Gray q
Stephens Company produced. 1t was replete
with sensations, pathos, comedy, good songs
and dances. The dialogue as a general thing
was bright and full of snap and each MEM
Der of the company appeared to be perfectly
at home in his or her part. The comedy
parts were the result of the combined efforts
Of Miss Leola Belle and that old time favor
tie. Frank Ell. White, one of the best negro
delineators on the stage. White has had a
long and successful career on the variety
stage, and his work was up to its usual excel-
lence in the legitimate drama. He and his
ated much mirth. Frank White is different
from other burnt cork artists in the bust
ness. He does not sing or dance, but his
curious antics and quaint sayings are always
more thar welcome: The singing of Miss
Leola Belle and Miss Lillian Granger was
much applauded, and SO was that of Pierre
Marks. a tramp, which character was inter-
preted by w. NJ. Smith. key Einstein was
the character assumed by Thomas E.. Depew,
and as a Hebrew dialectieian he proved him
self to be an artist with exceptional talent in
that character.
Between the second and third acts Clio,
the popular danseuse and high kicker, gave
an exhibition of her skill, which was re-
warded by much applause and a recall.
Her dancing was very good, but her high
kicking was wonderful. Without any effort
she kicked with either leg over her head
and also the back of her head.
Incidental to the play were the perform
ances of a number of e~xcellently trained
dogs and a lamb who appeared to be able to
DO almost everything except talk. The
scenery was very fair throughout the play,
the most dramatic and thrilling being the
railroad scene, in which, at the proper time,
a noble dog saves the lives of the hero and
heroine, who were bound to a railroad track.
The dog gave the danger signal just in lime
to prevent a train from dashing over the
PROSTATE forms. The company will be at
the New Opera House all this week. Matinee
today and Saturday.
The Hoboken Theatre.
Kellar, who needs no introduction to the
theatre public as a legerdemaine artist,
sleight of hand performer, and worker of
things short of the supernatural. is at the
Hoboken Theatre until Wednesday night of
this week, with the most complete and as
founding array of inexplicable and compli-
Gated feats yet produced before an audience.
OUG VI Ills lIQSiOID Ii Ob1 bCo plJOO, q z
conception, in which a human body moves
invisibly through space from one tightly en-
closed box to another, at a distance of ten
feet. "Out Of Sight" is a similar construction
in which the subject apparently moves
through the air unobserved, and floats down
| into the audience. The mind reading by
| Kellar's wife is well performed. She can
add columns of figures written by some per-
| son from the audience, while Kellar works
the result. By thought transference she can
tell what the issue number of bills gathered
from the audience are, and of what denomin-
alton. The performance is one every one
| should see, as the demonstrations, some
practical, are all good.
The Deal Lectures.
Mr.. Dean has saved one of his best efforts
for his last. His lecture next Friday even
ing on "Seven Living Composers" is the last
in the HasbrOuck course. The lecturer will
give q graphic account of the present work
| ing forces in the music world of today,
| picturing the work shops of Verdi, in Italy,
Brahms, in. Germany, Grieg, the Scandina-
| Wan, Masseret and Rubenstein. representing
France and Russia, and Sir Joseph Barnby
and Dudley Buck, who will be chosen as the
standard bearers of English and American
music.
So wide a field will certainly exhibit a most
varied and interesting programme of musical
illustrations.
At this last lecture Mr.. Dean will introduce
a new singer to Jersey City, Miss Mary
Gayer, who has recently returned from
Paris and Soudan.
CLINTON ENTERTAINED ADAMS.
Clinton Council No. IS, Jr. GUAM,
last night entertained the George H. Adams
Council of Newark. They held a regular