The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-06
OUR THEATRES NEXT WEEK.
Hoyt's to Open with "A Milk
White Flag"
Melba's Concert Season to Begin
Wednesday.

Hoyts Theatre-the name by which
the Madison Square will be kown in flu
ture-will be opened for the season
Monday night with Hoyt's latest play,
"A MIX White Flag" that has had long
runs in Boston and Chicago. In a
MILK White Flag Mr. Hoyts intention
Is to satrize the citizen soldiery, and
he has based his story upon the rivalry
existing between two military compa-
MES in the same town. The cast will
include Miss Isabelle Coe, Charles Stan
ley, h. A. Roberts Lloyd Wilson, Ar
thur Pacie, Frank j. keenan,, Frank
Baldwin, Frank Lawton and Sam Wes-
ton. Mr.. Hoyt has written the verses
of several songs that will be introduced
and Mr.. Percy Gaunt has composed for
them music as original as he dared TO
make 1t.
The Melba Concert Company will be
gin its season at the Metropolitan
Opera House Wednesday night, and the
box-office for the sale of seats will open
Monday morning. Nine. Melba will be
assisted by Nine. Sofia Scalchi, NJ. Man
giere and NJ. Plancon. Sig. Bevignani
will lead the orchestra. The third act
of Faust" with Melba as Marguerite.
will be a feature of Wednesday nights
programme.
"Humpty Dumpty' Is doing remarka-
bly, well at the Fifth Avenue Theatre.
and the clever Liliputlans have made as
good an impression uptown as down
curiosity than eyer since the Messrs.
Resented allowed him to appear in the
audience to show that there Is posi-
take place Monday Oct. %,
The Merry Wives Of Windsor" with
William H; Crane as Sir John Falstaff,
weeks longer. 1t will be succeeded by q
new modern comedy from the pen of
Paul Potter, entitled The Pacific Mail. v
friends IDS have 0Gksd to 'as
the adipose and bibulous knight. The
| play Is staged very sumptuously. and
| no expense has been spared.
mainder Of John Drew's stay at that
| house: 1t is the best play, he has pre-
| scented so far, and 1t would be success
not the case with the last play in which
he appeared, THE Butterflies" Drew's
earnest work as Lord Clivebrooke has
widened his dramatic possibilities. His
Belasco and Fyle's melodrama, THE
Girl Left Behind Me-" goes to the
| Peoples Theatre next week. after very
| blanche Walsh does very good work as
| Kate Kernion. the heroine, and the
cast is good ,throughout. The patrons
Of the Peoples will appreciate o, this
upon railroad collisions and fire-engines
for success
Charles Frohman has abandoned his
Academy OF Music this season. .shen-
andoah" will remain there, for its re-
vival has succeeded far beyond mana
gerial expectation. The second Of tbs
given at this house tomorrow night by
| Gilmore's Twenty-second Regiment
Band The soloists will be Mile. Mar
celia Lindh, soprano, and w. f. Towns
Palmer's Theatre will be closed mex
week, and Miss Olga Nethersole will be
Rouse Monday, Oct. Is She viii pre-
sent THE Transgressor," in which she
made such a hit in London: The com
pany engaged to support Miss Neither
Holland. j. H. Barnes, c. ]. Hickman
Harry Holiday Miss Ida Conquest Miss
Fannie Jackson and Mrs. d. =. Bowers
,r, The long run OF 1872 at the garden
day night. On Friday night the foul
hundred and fftieth performance will
be celebrated by the distribution OF
souvenirs. in the shape Of bronze-hilted
Columbus swords. The successor. Of
1892" will be Little Christopher Column
bus" in which Helen Bertram. Yolande
Wallace Nettie Lyford, John w. WI.
son, Harry Macdonongh and others will
appear
Little Miss Della Fox will remain for
three weeks longer at the Casino with
I 1.-THE Little Trooper" Miss Fox is to
try another new song Monday night, and
jefferson DE Angels will add new verses
stellar success very rapidly, In fact II
came instantaneously. She has worked