The evening world., 1894-06-21
GIRLS IN "M|KAD0."
Manager Duff Introduces a Fea-
ture in the Comic Opera.
Sardou Said to Be at Work on q
Play for Clara Morris.

W. g. Gilbert is in London, and tits
well that the billowy wet separates him
from Manager Duff at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. For into his pet opera, THE
Mikado.' which Gilbert prizes as
Shakespeare must have priced Romeo
and Juliet imperial dancing girls from
Japan were introduced last night. Gill
bert was not consulted the introduction
hfsas made for purely box-office reasons.
drhe lobby of the theatre, fronting upon
sTwenty-eighth street. was fitted up with
iChinese lanterns and a few satin screens
from the Fourteenth street stores. In
,act, the decorations were most elabo-
ate. They must have cost at least S5.9S.
The dancers appeared in the second act
Of the opera, and did the vaude-
willie performers call a good turn"
The girls, according to managerial state
ment, ranged in ages from sixteen to
eighteen years. but Japanese maidens
never look conspicuously young and
would be great acquisitions to Kiralfy
ballots. The dances executed were the
sh~i-yo-kee-mi, or ancient court dance:
the kappa re, or peasant dance; the shi-
ki-mo-yama or flowers of the four sea-
sons, and the sangra, or religious dance.
The public may possibly like them, but
THE Mikado' does not need any such
aid. We may soon expect to see Pima
fore" revived with living pictures on the
masts of H. NJ. s. Pinafore. Mr.. Duff,
It will be remembered, produced The
.ithe original performance in this city at
1.-THE Fifth Avenue by the D'Oyly Carte
company. Gilbert must love him.
sardou, whose name is so frequently
taken in vain, Is said to be writing a
I ,play for Clara Morris. and he is not here
to deny it. Poor Sardou must be a very
busy man just now-writing with both
hands at the same time. So far, the only
actress whom he is not supplying with
surprising how few of these Sardou
plays are ever produced.
A brand-new comic opera Is to be put
forward next week in Washington by
:the Edgar %strakosch Comic Opera Com,
'pany. Philander Johnson. a journalist
of that city. has written the iibretto,
while the music is the composition OF
Emory Shaw. "Markcn: or, The Legend
OF VIur Bril-" is the title Of the work
Its hero Is a swell New Yorker. who
wears a monocle and is afflicted, with
Njfew living pictures will be introduced
EOtherwise nothing seems likely to sue
tceed, just at present.
u vernona Jarbeau will probably head q
lburlesque company next season-and Il
will be her own, too. She ends her en-
gagement at the Casino Saturday night
She will then, go to Paris; Later or
there will be details about the gowns
she has secured there. AT any rate, We
must hope for the worst.
The agile young comedian. by name
~. Abrahams, who PLAYED the cat u
Manager Henderson for Aladdin, Jr,'
Z c6 II a he d III S.a nG! p pei1 wl yest .n!
day. BY the bye. there is some sort o
scented at the New Park when tt
atre.
Harry Lacy, on a lovely white sheet Q
D Dapeces VIII .hat bl has p nra g Sfhe %lf Man from an
the West" dramatized from a book en-
titled From the Chagarral to Wa
/ have carefully studied the publ
taste" So have a good many men, Jus
n been able to arrive at definite results.
They do say that Leonard Boyne wi
never return to this country; .siste
~ Mary" may be produced without MN
Mr.. Boyne told n friend before sailin
that he should remain in London unles
he found some very. startling play likel
to recommend itself to Amsricans: M,
Daughter in New York. Out of it bot
Boyne and the play were failures. 1t l
said that the play lost money during tn
entire out-of-town. season, with the ex
ception of one week.
There were FIN de steele" pictures o
the Casino roof last right. and rathe
!. In the Night" THE Greenroom-
Neptune and the Summer Girl an
As'Before, During and After the Ballet
We're a few OF the tableaux presented.
IYound the Dead Body of an Infant
The dead body Of an infant, found by wiiIiaI
II. somertlle. on Yves; End avenue. bstwee
leey~nfy-sccond and Seyenty-third streets, WI