The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25
OUR THEATRES next week
Fannie Rice in Her New Play
at the Bijou.
Sothern at the Lyceum-A New
Helodrams.

season tonight with Miss Fanny Rice. in
a comedy farce new to this city, enti-
tied Mis- Innocence Abroad" The
piece Is an adaptation from the French.
AMI was very well received In the West
Miss Rice's company will Include George
X. Edeson. Charles Coote, Frank Jones'
Melville Stewart. william Henderson,
Rose Beaudet Carrie Birkle, EmilyWake-
man. Beckie Haight. Gladys Greene and
Nellie Jordan. Miss Innocence Abroad"
will give Miss Rice opportunities to sing,
dance and introduce her various special
ties
l.. II. Sothern, young actor OF whom
New Workers are very fond. will begin
mis- eighth annua. season at the Lyceum
Theatre Monday night. He viii present
a brand-new pay, written expressly Tor
him by Paul NJ. Potter and entitled .'Tne
Victoria Cross" AL the members of his
carefully se,ected company Will appear i'll
the cast. The scenes of The Victoria
Cross" are laid in India, where Mr.. Pot
ter spent severa. years, and many OF the
events with which II deas are said to
have actually occurred.
A very sensational melodrama called
The Crossroads of Life" opens the Star
Theatre Monday night. II deals with
scenes and Incidents in New YORK lite,
and its scenery will show pictures of the
life-saving station near Sandy Hook;
section of the Harlem tunnel Oh the
New York Central Railroad: the in
terror of a fashionable New York club,
and the steamship City Of Rome at sea.
Edmund Collier and Miss Helena Col
Tier will play the leading roles. The
engagement at the Star Is for two
G. L. Callahan's comedy drama. Coon
Hollow" will have Its first metropoii-
tan production at the Fourteenth Street
Theatre Monday night. The play was
first nrpiurel in Illinois Nav 10. IL is
said that some OF the scenic effects
viii be very ingenious. In the cast will
be c. f.. Dudley. Roydon Erlynne. l.. F.
gan, George W, Nichols, William Brad
ley. Lewis Henry. Marie Hensell, Louise
Arnot, Floy Crowell, Ella Spencer.
Louise Hamilton and others.
Days Theatre opens with the revival
of a well-liked farce Monday night. II
IL "A Night on" which has always been
popular with the patrons of this house.
Gilbert, Herbert Gresham, Percy Has
well, Frances Carlyle. Laura Hansen,
Charles Leclercq Catherine Lewis and
HenT BART p R snsS NJ D W se viii his R 4s
appearance with Days company. There
will be matinees Wednesday and Satur-
Miss Della Fox will twinkle forth as a
star at the Casino, Thursday night. in
new vaudeville operetta called The
Little Trooper adapted from the
French by Gay NJ; Greene and William
Furst Miss Fox has secured an excel
lent company. including Paul Arthur,
bell. All Wheelan, Charles DUNCAN, Ed
Marie Celeste. Hattie Williams and
Violet Aubrey. The production is un-
der the direction of Richard Barker.
,. Harlem has new play next week.
drama, SHAFT No. q" and 1t will be
seen at the Columbus Theatre. The
play first saw the light in Philadelphia,
where IT was well received. The com
The well-known melodramatic actor.
Gilmore, Jessie West, Mrs. w. J. Jones,
Leila Hutton, Paul Scott, James F.
Macdonald, Edward solomon. Victor de
Silke, J. L. Gilbert and Ben ID. Deane.
The Empire Theatre begins its season
Monday night with a revival Of the
given with the original New York cast.
including Etienna Girardot, who inmper-
sonates thai skittish old LADY; "; J.
and Nanette Comstock. The farce will
stay at the Empire for two weeks only.
1t has just closed a sixteen weeks en-
gagement In Chicago.
be revived at the Academy of Music next
Thursday night in a very realistic way.
The spectacular features will be empha-
viii be J. H. Johnson. E; j. Ratcliffe,
Bruce McRea, 0dette Tyler, Margaret
Robinson. Harrison J. Wolfe. Louis
man and Theodore Hodgins.
The Prodigal Father will be the play
at II. r, Jacobs Theatre next week. II
presented at the Broadway Theatre. Ii
the company will be William Jerome
| the parodist, proud author OF He Didn'I
Split the Wood" and He Never Came
IL ~ rAH 4 Kall
Nellie Sennett. Marjorie Fair. Jeann,
Graves and Laura Thorne.
-, 1872 resumes Its race at the Garder
| their arduous work. There will be som,
new people In the extravaganza. plent!
of novel specialties and some new livinl
pictures introduced by Herr Kilanyi
Walter Jones. Theresa Vaughn, Richart
Harlow and the other favorites will APP
pear in their original roles,
With the coming week the perform
Garden will come to an end, These las
days will be interesting. for MANAGE
Gottschslk has secured an admirable
Maggie Cline, the Irish Queen: Lotto
ellison. Senorita Tortaiada, Harris anC
Walters NADIA Reynal. Mark Murphy
The Dare brothers Brooks and ID. I Denton
"Nydia" and THE Arts" will be TIVE
new living pictures added to the. serie
| at Proctcrs Theatre next week Mr.
| Proctor announces novelty in tn
Workmanship of Edward NJ. Gordon
who fires at "A steel xylophone, and II
that way performs popular melodies
Among the vaudevillers will be Mons
Lolsette. with his storks, geese. dog
and monkeys; Nina Bertolini, Dolan an
Lenharr, Davis and Lacy, George Fishe
and Won Tilser and Sidney.
Tony Pastors artists for the comm
week will be John and James Russell
the Irish Chambermaids:" James
Hoey, in a new sketch. called Miami,
the Flower Girl" WIN H. Fox. Pro
Charles Osten. with his European al
pictures: Billy Carter. the banjo come
dian; the Burke brothers. Laurence an
Harrington, Matthews and Harris, Lilli
Western, Travella, the magician. an
the Brunelles.
The second series of living pictures g
Roster a Balls Concert Hall has mad
a great hit. "The Abduction OF Helena
will be added to the list Monday nigh
The vaudeville portion OF the pro
gramme will include the Lars-I.arse
family OF acrobats, Troja, the seriC
comic; Murray and Grovini. Afro!
Caicedo, liking OF the Wire;" Falkov
sky and Mile. Marguerite, the contol
r ZIONIST.
The Grand Opera House opens II
/ doors tonight, when Paul kauvar,
r the stirring melodrsma by the late Steel
Mackaye. will be the attraction. TIL
{ play will run through the coming weel
II will be a new version Of the melC