The evening world., 1894-05-04
MR.. COGHLAN's "CHECKB00K"
Story of the Play His Sister Rose
Will Produce Monday Night.
Vesta Tilley at Tony PASTORS Is the
Vaudeville Sensation.

At Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre
Miss Rose Coghlan begins her Spring
and Summer season on Tuesday evening
next. presenting Charles Coghlan's far
clcal comedy, THE Check Book" in
which his sister Rose will appear. and
which tells this story: Tom pringle Is a
dashlng young fellow who has married a
far-away cousin because she has money.
imagining hat he can get any amount
he wishes: he nnds himself placed upon
an allowance. his wife. Lottie, paying
him that allowance regularly by means
of a check. from which episode the play
takes It's name. Col. aud Mrs. Simcox.
both Americans and friends Of the prin-
giles. are living In tao same hotel. Mrs.
sim has married the Colonel because
he has money and she finds herself In the
same p~redicament as Tom Pringle.
Through this association a platonic at
taChlnent arise between Tom Pringle
and Mrs. Simcox, and the main and most
amusing complication In the play arise
In the hopeless cntanglomcnts into which
this attachment leads the principal char
laughable situations is at the end Of the
second act, when jealous Mrs. Pring!e dis
covers that her husband has bought a
handsome dress for Mrs. Simcox, a dress
biltl us 4 NE hS NNp'N'Sh hNiDCil
ton Just now. She has made a tramen-
dous hit at Tony Pastors. Her work Is
the cleanest and cleverest ever seen on
the variety stage. And she Is not only
singing six or seven songs every night.
and with cac. making a change of cos
tune. The new descriptive ballet. Half
Past Nine" is very pretty. She is not
ONLY 1rn wing large audiences. which in
cludcR many female speciality perform
ers who are after Miss Tilley's bust
ness" but she has achieved the
distinction of having a woman's hat
named after her. The Nesta Tillev hat
is a sailor" with wide silk band and
sra .a THINNING 7 on 9no the Gdg e. c,d !, Is I q re-,
wears in one of her Autographs.
Miss Virginia Stuart. the young Phila-
%delphian, who makes her professional
debut on the stage May u. at a snec!al
matinee n to be given at Palmer's Thea:
ths quaker City. and has appeared in
tia! Sasse, KiTSe.a s?Tts ]r ,sEsmeT@ld nnG
of Lyons" which she is TO present at
palmer's Theatre, Miss Stuart will be
1SSn as as ra" cln ad snp Msinotte by N Nslsah
Wheatcroft as Col. Dumas. Richard
G%nnthony. Joseph w. Shannon. Alfred
Fisher, Charles Hahn, Sarah McNicker
and Carmen Lange.
Albert Brnning, who Is to play a
prominent character part In "Charley's
Uncle" at the Bljou Theatre. was Ed
win booths leading man during his en-
gagement in Berlin. Germany. This
viii be Mr.. Bruning's first appearance
In farce-comedy.
The scene. II 1t ever existed, of giving
the Passion Play" at El Dorado. the
summer resort in Jersey, has been aban-
done1. and instead a spectacle and bal
let, entitled "Benamela. a Summer
Nights Dream" will be presented early
In June.
Bostcn's love of the antique Is exem-
plifted his week by her playgoers flock
ing to see Uncle Toms Cabin" "Arrah-
na-Pogue," Hands Across the Sea- and
Three Black Cloaks:'' and "Pinafore"
and "Oliver Twist" are underlined.
Ada Rehan celebrated her birthday in
England. but the year Is not recorded.
Jenny Dickerson, the well-known con-
tralto. who formerly sang in Robin
Hood" playing the title role. Is to make
her debut on the continuous perform
ance stag next Monday at u. f.
Keith's Union Square Theatre. She is
to do n character turn, something on