The evening world., 1894-06-05
ROOF SHOWS ARE ALL RIGHT.
The Starry Domed Gardens Now
Open for the Summer.
All Have Entertaining Bills-A New
Vaudeville Theatre.

When Summer is fairly settled among
us. she will find no more delightful even
Ing resort than the Madison Square
roof garden. That place OF entertain
ment was formally opened last night.
but Summer was not there. The wind
which blew across the roo was chilly
and meddlesome. II intcrfered with the
skirts OF the fair dancers and song
stresses. and 1t dallied m~ischievously
with the silk hats which the juggler
tried to balance. Nevertheless, all the
seats In the garden were occupied at
one time or another, and an audience OF
good size sat to the very end OF the pro-
gramme. The new tier of boxes on the
roof, and the other improvements In
seatlnas and surroundings. excited IA
vorable comment. The chief performers
on the stage were Lottie ellison. Bonnie
Thornton. the Tortajada troupe, the En-
pire quartet. the Dare brothers. Field
Ing, the jugglei, and Al Wilson, German
comedian. With these names given, 1t
is unnecessary to add that the entertain
ment was an exceptionally good one.
THE AMERICANS ROOF.
The American Theatre Roof Garden
favorable conditions. Tine place wal.
made attractive with varied colored
lights, while the audience in attendance
was limited only to the capacity OF the
larity, and In her Midway Plaisance"
bad to respond to several sncores.
John w. Ransone revived recolleetions
tho Brokers Down in Wall Street" His
i~mpersonation OF Dick Croker caught
the popular idea. The remainder Of the
programme was more than acceptable
toists; the Byron Sisters, in fetching"
his unique dancing, Wood and Shepard.
in ~ a mIslGai d sansss; M Nae De the her Gown
acrobatic feats, and Papinta. in mirror
a esrown i bY the Eh's s1d eo of eslsiu enef iis Tas
The orchestra under Henry Helwig.
was above the average. Taken as a
whole. the Roof Garden season started
well.
ROSTER & BIAL's.
The real opening of Roster g. Balls
Roof Garden occurred last night, and
the house. inside and out. was %thronged
with. people who know a good thing.
on the roof the kossuth Hungarian Or
did a programme of sixteen numbers, to
the accompaniment Of the chatty voices
of many patrons and the merry clink of
lures, nineteen Of them, rouse much
enthusiasm, ''Tannhauser and Venus,
The Three MUSES." and The Angelus"
being the decided favorites and the most
artistic. The programme included Reu-
ben o. Williams's sweet whistling mu-
sici Mile. Lalo, the electric bicyclist; Ma.
oml. equilibrist; sarina. the White
Rsmsh and 'f Judd .ns sood yankees sI from
the Coliseum. Munich; Adrienne La.
rive. the chic little chanteuse: the three
Sisters Ethardo. In their r and-new ath-
dian, and Caicedo. who Is a wonder on
the wire.
THE CASINO ROOF.
The Casino held more than Its W
against the other roof gardens that
spedeq b,l last Wa. n's sassent An f /, eontainsS
eighteen ffst-class vaudeville special
ties so cleverly. arranged that song.
dance and comedy followed each other
garden even as late as ii o'clock got
his full moneys worht OF entertainment.
M Wc,,c Black, shn ShpRer quartet, Aga
H,e'aese, :u ME t,"'e sib A.sGe TopaeF a ind
steele, Harrison and Mari. the Thur
gate sisters. Tim Cronin and Minnie
Renwood were among the artists who
plants. and Its colored, lights give a
~fairyland glow to the place which will
be cool and ENJOYABLE in the hot Sum
theatre had a crowded house, Three
new burlesque living pictures have been
added. Lady Godiva," cupid and
Psyche" and The Diver" One ticket
garden, and whoever is looking for two
big shows for n h%alf-dollar can't strike
any better place than the Casino.
TERRACE GARDEN.
A new vaudeville house was opened
last night on Fifty-eighth street, be-
II Is known as Terrace Garden. and will
be run during the Summer and perhaps
after that as a music hall, The variety
ire. and in the garden adjoining Nahan
Franko,s band will give promenade con-
certs. There Is a restaurant. also a cafe,
during the performance. The opening
last night was a great success. Dorothy
Darfron., the dancer. was n star feature,
and made e great hit with the large au-
tone. whose songs are always welcome.
got an enthusiastic reception. Other
features were Annie Hart. in her latest
screw: the bsothers Fonte.Boni. duet
lists: Meehan and Raymond, the COM
edy trio; Edward Clearance and the Qua
ker City Quartet.
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
A week Of English grand opera was
begun at the Grand opera-House last
night, when III Trovatore,' was sung to
a large audience Of music lovers, The
company inSluSss NM: Tsyary. Conrad
pSIICiS E"iic. oi6Ilu "oiis r dy It, SldTht,
Miss Marie Severn, Miss C%nSlotte wal
ker, Sig. A. Bielletto, A. Blum and Miss
Amelia Harrison. There Is a chorus of
sixty, and the augmented orchestra
is directed by Max Gabriel. The
repertoire for the remainder OF the
week Isl: Tonight and Saturday
matinee. Carmen Wednesday mat
inee and Thursday night, 1.-The
Bohemian GIRL Wednesday and Satur-
day nights, Faust" and Friday a repe-
tition OF III T~rovatore.'
THE BIJOU THEATRE.
Last night THE Skating Rink" began
It's third successful and final week at
the Bitou Theatre. where this amusing
medley OF fun. song n dance contin-
ues to draw large audiences. Flora
Finlayson was heard in a new song
called "Fleur de Lys," and Bessie Bone
hill appeared in several new and at
tractive specialttes. Charles Ward, a
descriptive tenor, made his first appear:
ance with the company, and was given
q cordial reception. william Blaisdell
introduced n new comic song
II. II. JACOBS THLATRE.
There is alot OF fun in 'Peck's Bad
Boy" which was presented at II. r.
Jacobs Theatre On Third avenue last
night, and will run there during the
week. The Atkinson Comedy Company