The evening world., 1894-06-04
THE ROOF IS NOW THE THING
Opening Of the Madison Squares
Skyey Garden Tonight
Other Roofs VIII Blaze Too-Mans-
field After q New Repertorire.

Extensive alterations and improve
ments have been made on the Madison
Square Roof Garden. which opens this
evening with an unusually strong array
Of vaudeville artists. The most impor-
tant change Is the construction of thir-
ty-two private boxes ON a steel frame
work twenty feet above the oof and
over 100 feet above the street. from
which can be seen Central Park on the
north n the Brooklyn Bridge m
Statue OF Liberty on the south. and
gives the effect OF being really suspend
ed In the air. This part OF the roof will
undoubtedly become one of the popular
resorts of the Summer. The chairs,
fiower-pots,, stage and everything apper-
tanning to the Garden have been repaint-
ed and renovated, giving them a brand
electric lights hav E" been added, in add
ton to 800 incandescent lamps, in
cased in Japanese lanterns. which sur
round the yeranda. 4 list Of artists
Fielding; the musical clowns, Deltorelli
brothers; the well-known German come
dian, Al II. Wilson; Miss Bonnie Thorn
ebrated Dare brothers, Messrs. seeley
r. M. Carroll. Miss Sadie Cushman and
dsr the leadership O Mr.. dustaye
evening for patrons of this garden.
The American Theatre Roof GARDEN
and the Casino roofs began to do bust
ness last week.
There will be great goings. on at the
Garden Theatre tonight. when Rice's
1892" celebrates its S50th local perform
anca with hraaQ hands decorations
seven-pound souvenir clocks. new. living
pictures and other things that will go to
kindle a binding blaze Of glory. Ed
Rice is in his element upon an occasion
Of this kind. He has beguiled a number
of ~well-known citizens into going n
in the Madison Square scene.
Lady Gladys" with Miss Minnie Sc
llgman-Cutting In the title role, remains
week, and perhaps longer. The play
and star have drawn large houses;
Lady Gladys" will be the principal
play in Mrs. Cuttings repertoire next
season.
Two big Charles Frohman successes
are now the theatrical sensations Of Chi
cago. One Of them Is the farce Char
ley's Aunt" which has been providing
Hooley's Theatre for four weeks. aver
aging over $4,000 a week in receipts, with
a probability that its profit and popu-
larlty VIII endure HI OullllIltTt Tie otler
sydney Grundy's beautiful e Sowing the
Wind" which got the most enthusiast
tic reception and Endorsement at the Go.
lumbia Theatre, last Monday night, that
was ever accorded a play in Chicago.
The Empire Theatre stock company's
admirable Interpretation of the play had
much to do with the triumph, OF course.
curtain calls after the stirring sex
against SEX scene on the opening night,
n the vast fashionable audience walt
ed after the performance was over to
applaud until the curtain was sent up
three different times. and the entire
company vas brought forward as often;
This enthusiasm has been repeated
ceipts will exceed 81, 900. The two per
.sss .oCo. last wednesday ore" over
Just been made. a. present of a hand
some yacht called The Tabasco.. A
warm admirer and friend in Philadelphia
is the giyer. In a characteristic letter ac-
writes, among other things, to Mr.. Sea-
brooke: Tommy. there is one request
that have 70 make. and hat Is. II an &C
boat: DON'T "'i'a attempt eGGp to aT swim 1aS ashore. no
matter how close It may be. as that is in
Those who eannS Ct, swim are T seldom I,
the only man alive who ever saw Nc
Ginty al the bottom of the sea.
While the plaudits for Vesta Tilley,
whose farewell night 1t was. were still
last Friday night, Manager Harry San
derson sent for his advertising man and
said: This is a great night. Eddie, but
Is dead: long live the King! Get out
some of those three-sheets OF Bessie
Bonehill M put them on the boards in
front Of the house before the audience
the audience fled out the Bessie Bone
hill t~hree-sheets were there.
Richard Mansfield sneaked off to Lon
don the other day n is o there,
looking for new plays. MI. Mansfield, 1t
Is known, VIII not be seen next season
determination before he left. lust what
dramatic material he has his eye on we
can't see, but he must have something
good In sight when he shelves his whole
repertoire so summarily.
Ida Mule. the petite prima donna. has
been engaged for Summer opera at At.
lantic City.
1.-THE Amazons" season at the Lyceum
Theatre will end on Saturday night. The
two years. this being the ear 1t does
not go to the Pacific coast. which terri
tory this Summer. will be pre-empted by
the Empire stock. the Lyceum going
man. Miss Frohman and e; H.: Sothern,
go to England on June 9. Ferdinand
Gottschalk, Mrs. Whiffen, Misses Georgia
n Alice cayyan, R0wl aadb sgckssEns
also go abroad for their vacation. w
J. lie Moyne. Fritz Williams and the Wal.