New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04

full from both financial and artistic points Of view
New plays Will be- provided Tor hin. for his next
seasons engagement at this house At the matinee
on Election Day Lord Chumley" VIII bc presented.
The engagement OF Che Lillputlans at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre VIII close on Saturday evening. No
vember TO- There Will be only more evening per
formances and three matnees there viii be an
extra matinee Election Day. The business has
been profitable. and the I.putlans. supported by a
large company. have made "Humpty Dumpty Up T.
Date" of the most enjoyable entertainments
they have ever given. on Monday November j..
the IEputians Will start on their annual tour.
which viii last far into the summer. ending the
| Pacific Coast
The attraction at the Bijou Theatre this week
will be Miss Marie Jansen. She has a new play
called Miss Dynamite" The plot concerns the adj
| ventures OF a number OF people IN the American
colony IN Paris. In Miss Jansen's supporting com
pany Frederic Bond. Charles Il. Welles. william
Norris Charles Mason. Soldene Powell. Fred W.
Peters, Miss May Merrick. Miss Hope Ross and Miss
Annie Shinde
Ten years ago Thursday evening De Wolf
Hopper who at present playing the title part In
Or. SyntaX' at the Broadway Theatre. made his
first appearance on the comic opera stage. In John
Philip Sousas "Dtsiree." the Broad Street
Theatre. Philadelphia. and in this decade he has
appeared in a round OF famous light comic operas.
and in a numlsr OF them has created the leading
comedy parts. Among the more important have
.
Duke sgismund in "The Prince Methusalem"
Franz. In "Piedermaus"; Hackenbeck. in THE
Black Hussar; Despard. in "Lorraine': the Pasha.
| in Josephine Sold by Her Sisters Marecha in
THE Growing Hen; Eveguarde IN THE Bell
man; Cassimr. in "Clover; Falbach. In "Falka''
Lambertuccio In "Boccacco"; the Captain. in
/ "Francassa" Filacoude. in Castles in the Air.:
| the Regent, in Wang Pausanias. in THE Lady
or the Tiger; Pedro. in "Panjandrum," and the
genial pedagogue in "Dr. Syntax" An extra
matinee of this opera will be given on Election
Day and Thursday evening. November 49, the
| seventy-nfth performance OF "Dr. Syntax" will
| be marked by the presentation Of handsome and
| appropriate souvenirs.
| "Charley's Aunt will be played at the Harlem
! Opera House this week. Etienne Girardot w. j.
| Ferguson. Frank Burbeck Miss Nannette Comstock
and Miss Ellie Wilton. all the original cast that
carried IT through its whole seasons run at the
Standard Theatre last year. will be I'm the Harlem
| representation. The old lady from Brazil. where
| the nuts come from" was extremely popular during
! her protracted stay here. and she will no doubt
receive deservodly hearty welcome when she
| makes her appearance In Harlem.
| shenandoah" has held the attention of the pub
lie strongly all through the exciting political can
| vass. and IT finished its twelfth week at the Acad-
| envy of Music last night. The forty horses and
300 soldiers in the Sheridans ride count for
| great deal with the pOpulace but after all.
| ''Shenandoah's" dramatic force and completeness
: do than anything else TO keep IL going.
Tomorrow evening Chauncey Olcot begins the
| sixth and last week OF his successful engagement
| at the Fourteenth Street Theatre where the forty
eighth and final performance Of THE Irish Artist"
will be given Saturday night. The young actor
and vocalist has become favorite. and has drawn
| overlooking audiences nightly. His singing Is a
| strong and attractive feature. and wins encores
| at every performance.
| At the Standard Theatre. ''The New Boy" now
! has r. G. Cotton in It's cast Mr.. Cotton is the
man who played William In "Jane." and who madc
| that jealous husband enjoyable. James r.
| Powers put a good deal OF life into The New
| Boy when ne took hold and he and Mr..
| Cotton are working admirably together The farce
passed its hftieth performance at the Standard
| Theatre Friday night. There will be matinee
| on Election Day.
1t is quite impossible to saw before seeing and
| hearing II. what sort Of entertainment Mr.. Sna-
| zee Is TO give tonight at Palmers Theatre 1t Is
| called Music. Song and Poem. Plctorially Illus
| trated." The programme. as announced. Is given
herewith. and the reader judge for himself what
1T slkeiyt be lke At Sis precisely, the scene