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.
Sothorn at the Lyceum-A New
Melodrama.

The Bijou Theatre starts upon It's new
season tonight with Miss Fanny Rice, in
comedy-farce new to this city, enti-
tied Miss Innocence Abroad" The
piece IL an adaptation from the French,
AMI was very well received In the West.
Miss Rlce's company will include George
Il. Edeson. Charles Coote. Frank Jones,
Melville Stewart william Henderson.
Rose Beaudet, Carrie Brkle, 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.
h. IL. Sothern. young actor OF whom
New Workers. are very fond. will begin
his eighth annual season at the Lyceum
Theatre Monday night. He Will present
brand-new play. written expressly for
him by Paul NJ. Potter, and entitled The
Victoria Cross" All the members OF his
carefully selected company win appear In
the cast. The scenes OF THE Victoria
Cross" are laid In India. where Mr.. Pot
ter spent several years. and many of the
events with which 1t deals are said TO
have actually occurred.
a very sensational melodrama called
The Crossroads of Life opens the star
Theatre Monday night 1t deals with
scenes and incidents In New York life.
and Its scenery Will show pictures OF the
life-saving station near Sandy Hook: a
| section OF the Harlem tunnel on the
terror OF a fashionable New York club.
and the steamship City OF Rome at sea.
Edmund Collier and Miss Helena Col
lier will play the leading roles The
engagement at the Star Is FOR TWO
weeks,
c. r. Callahans comedy drama. Coon
Hollow, VIII have Its first metropoli.
tan production at the Fourteenth street
first produced in Illinois. May 10. 1t is
said that some of the scenic effects
win be very ingenious. In the cast Will
be G, L. Dudley. Roydon Erlynne; l.. F.
gan. George W. Nichols, William Brad
ley, Lewis Henry, Marie Hensell, Louise
Arnot, fny Croweli Ella Spencer,
| Louise Hamilton and others.
| Days Theatre opens with the revival
of a well-liked farce Monday, night. II
Is "A Night on" which has always been
The east viii Include James Lewis. Mrs
Gilbert, Herbert Gresham. Percy Has.
well, Frances Carlyle. Laura Hansen
Charles LeGlerea Catherine Lewis and
the part Of Snap. This will be his tirs'
appearance with Days company. There
will be .matinees Wednesday and Satur
| day.
Miss Della Fox will twinkle forth as a
star at the Casino, Thur sday night. ir
new vaudeville operetta called "Th.
e bb y aa irssns and tio sht
Furst. Miss Fox has secured an excel
lent company. Including Paul Arthur
jefferson p Angels, Charles J. Camp
knight Villa Knox; Eva ,, Davenport
der the direction of Richard Barker.
II arla huu NJ lot- N
1, VIII viii Be nj Franz INV ~ hiSby's do%ss,i'
drama. "Shaft M. g" and II will b.
seen at the Columbus Theatre. Tn
play first saw the light in Philadelphia
parry will be headed by Frank Loset
the well-known melodramatic actor
and others IN the cast will be Mario Mario,
Leila Hutton. Paul Scott James +
Macdonald, Edward Solomon. Victor d
silke. J. f. Gilbert and Ben ID; Deane
The Empire Theatre begins IT'S seasS
ever-popular. farce. 'chariey's Aunt.
given with the original New York cast
Including Etienna Girardot, who inmpeI
Ferguson. Percy Lynda, Ellie Wiltol
and Nanette Comstock. The farce vii
stay at the Empire for two weeks only
1t has Just closed sixteen weeks en-
Bronson Howards Shenandoah" vii
be revived at the Academy of Music mex
THURSDAY night IN a very realistic way
sized, and Mr.. Howard has PERSONAL
supervised the rehearsals. In the cas-
WIN , be J. H. johnson Johnson T.; ). Ratclifis
Robinson. Harrison J. Wolfe, Loui
Hendricks. Alice Haslam. Henry Her
man and Theodore Ho1gins:
The Prodigal Father" will be the pla
at ii. Il. jacobs Theatre next week. j
is a roaring farce that was original
presented at the Broadway Theatre. l
the company will be WllliarA Jerom;
Split t1e Wood" and He Never Cam
Rack" Fred Bowers. Harry Cottrel
Nellie Sennett, Marjorie Fair. Jeann
Gray yes, and Laura Thorne, ~. c,-,.
, Theatre tonight, Its forces having RI
covered frcm the fstigue resulting froi
their arduous work. There will be som
of novel specialties and some new Twin
pictures introduced by Herr Kilany
Walter Jones, Theresa Vaughn. R,Ghar
, Harlow and the other favorites will al
pear In their original roles.
ances at the Madison Square RIOS
; Garden will come to an end. These las
/ days will be interesting. for Manage
programme Among tGe artists will b
Maggie Cline, the Irish Queen; Lott
ellison, senorita Tortaiada. Harris an
l Ida Russell and Bogart and o'Brien.
"Nydia" and '"rhe Arts" will be tw
new living pictures added to the seri.
, az ProctCr's Theatre next week. NJ
Proctor announces "A novelty in tn
D craftsmanship OF Edward Nj. Gordoi
=, who fires at a steel xylophone, and
e that way performs popular meiodle
z Among the vaudevlllers, will be Mon
e Loisettc. with his storks, geese. dog
4 and monkeys; Nina Bertolini. Dolan an
Lenharr, Davis and Lacy, George Ftsht
= and Won Tilser and Sidney.
s Tony PASTORS artists for the comiI
r week will be John and James Russo
n the Irish Chambermaids;" James
J. Hoey. In new sketch called Mani
!. the Flower Girl" VIII Ii. Fox. Pro
e Charles Osten, with his European a
pictures: Billy Carter, the banjo com
e dian; the Burke brothers. Laurence al
Harrington, Matthews and Harris, LII
Western. Travella. the magician. al
the Brunelles.
The second series OF living pictures
Roster & Balls Concert Hall has ma
a great hit. THE Abduction of Heleni
Will be added TO the list Monday nigh
:. The vaudeville portion OF the pr
5 Sramme win include the Lars-Lars
;, family of acrobats, Troja, the seri
n comic: Murray and Grovini. Afro
N Caiccdo. king OF the Wire;" Falko'
n sky and Mile. Marguerite. the conto
The Grand opera-House opens I
doors tonight. when Paul Kauvar
the stirring melodrama by the late Stee