Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-04
Entertainments. uvpRRT0r

The Boston Grand Opera House con-
 pany will present Arthur Wallsok's great play, "Rosedale, or the Rifle Ball." to-
 morrow evening. The company includes
 the following favorites: Messrs. Joseph
 Hsworth, William Mesteyer, Frank Kee-
 nan, Mark Price, Howard Gould, Misses
 Isabel Evesson, Annie Clark, Kate Ryan, Helen Dsyne, Belle Stokes. The scenery
 includes "Gypsy Doll" scene and the fa-
 nous 'Ball Room" scene. It is instruct
 i've to note, by the large audiences and fre-
 quent applause which attend "RosedaJe,"
 that, in spite of the new tangled style of
 theoretio discussion on the stage. human
 not gone out of fashion. Sale of seats now open.
 Hoyt's jolly comedy, "A Trip to China
 town," comes next Saturday evening, pre- sented by the original New York cast. It will be the first appearance in this city of Harry Connor in his famous character of
 "Welland Strong, the Man Who is Going to Die" Anna Boyd will play the part of
 the daring darling widow, around whom is written a highly seasoned, rather Frenchy story, toned down to a discreet lead by MT. Hoyt without, however, sacrificing any of the amusing situations, incidents l or points. George A. Bean, the delightful character actor, has his original character, "Ben Gay, tbe Giddy Old Sport" Sadie Kirby plays the part of the French maid
 and Harry Guilford will introduce his l whis ting and imitation. The production here will be identioally the same ss given c. ticle of scenery will bs brought from Hoyt's Madison Square theater. The sale of seats is now in progress.
 GRAND OPERA HOUSE. To night and tomorrow night, with special matinee on Thursday, comes
 Charles H. Yale's ''Newest Devils Auc-
 tion," acknowledged to be one of the most
 expensive attractions travelling. Not only docs the actual company number over
 fifty people, but there are also the extra
 auxiliaries, male and female, the working crew of stage carpenters and assistsnte, property and baggage men, calcium and
 lime light operators, wardrobe keepers,
 armorers, who are regular members of,
 and travel with the company, outside of
 the artists and stage people. Then there is the entire scenic production, which is carried and furnished by MT. Yale. The special scenery cars, which arc the prop
 erty of the proprietor and manager, the
 scenery vans, the calcium light plant, in
 fact, the entire parsphernslia, complete in The Devils Auction" has always had the reputation of being . record breaker, pos
 sessing the happy faculty of drawing money in all kinds of weather and at all seasons of the year, and the probabilities are that this engagement will be no deviation from the rule.
 This great spectacle will be mseniacently staged at the Grand. Sale of seats now open.
 The man you all know, Mark Murphy,
 and his clever company. including Sam I. will be seen on Friday and Saturday even
 ings. There will be special matinee on
 Saturday. Mike Kelly. king of baseball players, t'Slide, Kelly, Slide," the SIG, 900
 baseball beauty, will appear with this at traction.
 PoLIs WONDERLAND THKATRR. Poli's Wonderland Is packed to the doors daily with delighted audiences. The
 bill this week is pronounced by many the
 best yet ct Wonderland. The Leondor Brothers present most decided novelty
 in their gladistorial pastimes. and it Is as
 good as visit to an art gallery to see
 their remarkable statues. Standing im-
 movable and lit up by the calcium light
 they are the perfection of manly strength,
 and as they assume the various attitudes
 of the famous works of art the audience
 breaks out into loud applause. The sec
 ond part of their set Is equally remarka-
 ble and their acrobatic work is wonder
 ful. All of the features-and every act
 this week Is . feature-sre the best in
 their way and most enjoyable perform
 ance Is given. After months of neeotia-
 tion, Manager PoH announces for next week the positive appearance of the small est man in the world, Prince Tinymite. This miniature man is nineteen years of sRe and stands just twenty-one inches in height. He is an excellent checker player and during his engagement next week will . ~