The evening world., 1894-04-17
CHANGES At THE THEATRES.
Vesta Tilley Scores a Success al
Tony Pastors,
Grand Opera Again Heard at the
Metropolitan.

Nesta Tilley made a distinct hit at
Tony Pastors Theatre last night. There
liz no doubt at all about that. We had
heard II great deal of Miss Tilley. and
her name had been before us constantly
Tor the past month. yet she went beyond
our expectations. and triumphed. She IL
n very small, slender woman. with dark
hair and n mobile face. She has not
the slightest pretense to prettiness, but
she has II most magnetic presence. rho
stateliest uno might he lacking in the
charm of manner that Miss Tiiiey posses
Sc. She sang six songs OF very different
Observation-Disclosures songs, descrip-
tiv sketches, sentimental bits. and she
sang them al admirably. THE Major"
went particularly well, and a song re-
lating how two little maidens went for n
desperately Ill, ~convulsed the audience.
Miss Tilley Is certainly an actress. The
dramatic action she gave her songs was
very clever. The programme at Pastors
was a good one. In addition to Miss
Tilley there were Senorita Nannetta.
rheoi Calm and Welch; Laurence and
harrington, Ed: runch. the J~ulians.
Frank Bush and the Morellos. The Rus
sell brothers were. as usual. received
WITH cyclones Of laughter. Their fun
certainly work untiringly.
METROPOLITAN OPERA-HOUSE.
The supplementary season OF grand
opera opened most auspiciously last
night at the Metropolitan Opera-House.
Ihere was a very large AUDIENCE. and it
was Faust with Melha ns Marguerite;
Scalchi. as Siebel; Edouard de Reszke, as
Mep~histophe,es; Jean de Reszke, as
faust. and Mile. Bauermeister as Mar
ia. Nine. Melba was in splendid voice.
she has never sung better thar last
night. Her Jewel Song was perfect.
lean de Reszke was also at HIS best.
In fact, the entire performance was a
most creditable one.
PRoCTOR'S THEATRE.
The list OF attractions at Proctor's
Theatre yesterday included the Wilmots,
hve Hindoo Jugglers, the three st. Felix
SISTERS, the Quaker City Quartet, John
western; Lynch and Lovely, Adele Pur-
Wis Onri. Atroy, Edwin. Stinson and
Merten. Isabella Carlini. Lavender and
lomson. Fannie Leslie, AL Tanner, LII
Han Robe, Martin. the American jap
and Ollie Thompson.
EDEN MUsEE.
Nizarras and Mile. Thora, who exc
cute astonishing feats on the flying
rings. appeared at the Eden Musee yes
.'''uS' iH'S Will u"lllOuDtpulN prove TO
be a great attraction at hat house.
Powell. the magician, presented a new
Illusion. and Lolo Ybherri contributed n
CLOUD dance. Other attractions We're Ma
Ilton with his japanese Pastimes;'
Ruth Davenport, the charming ballad
singer. and Danko Gabor with his Hum
garian band. The Holdsworth trio pre-
sented n sketch called The Tinker"
CENTRAL OPERA-HOUsE.
The Central Opera-House. at Sixty
seventh Gtrpof orl TNhgrl n,,e. "
tering intelligently into the ranks Of the
vaudeville houses, and an excellent per
formance was given there. last night.
Delmore. in ia danse Krolmotrope;'' the
Sexton brothers, George Bryton, Annie
,Wilmuth Curran, the Albions, the MIL
iers; Waller and Waller, the three
gler.
HUBER'S MUSEUM.
Charles II. Duncan. Bentley and Cam
eron. Evans and Horn. the Western sis
ters' Clark and .Angeline. Bessie Searle
vaudeville performance that was given
houriy at. Huber,s Museum yesterday.
In the curio halls were Master Leon
Norris and his troupe OF educated Bor.
neo ponies: Polly. the talking seal; Prof.
Horns trained birds, Ida Williams, Viz.
GINA Knapp, and a menagerle.
DoRIS'S MUSEUM.
Uncle Toms Cabin the good old
favorite., was acted in Theatre No. 1
terday. In Theatre No. 2 was an ex-
ceedingly good variety company, and
In the curio halls We're Prince Tinny-
mutt. said to be the smallest man living,
being nineteen years old and only
twenty-one inches high: Jefferson. a
strong man.; Prof. MaZZohi's rat circus,
and Muller and Meyers, Austrian paper
workers.
ROSTER & BIAL's.
| Mile. Adrienpa Iariya apptbar cbap-
teuse eccentrlque. made her first ap-
pearance at Roster & Balls concert
hall last night. The programme was n
Inaudi, the mathematical enigma; the
AVOIDS. xylophone soloists: Conroy and
Fox. the comedians: Astarte. BESSIE
Ronehill, the a%crobatlc Eddys. Kokin, the
juggler: Bertoldl, the Deltorell! brothers
and the Braatz brothers.
IMPERIAL MUSIC HALL.
Unlimited Utopia. the burlesque on
the latest Gilbert and Sullivan's opera,
was produced last night at the Imperial
Music Hall. II proved to be roaringly
farcial n quite amusing. Songs from
various Gilbert and Sullivan operas were
introduced. and the cast was excellent,
including Sam Bernard, Madge Leasing,
Helen Dunbar and Martha Franklin.
The burleslue was preceded by a vau-
deville entertainment.
STAR THEATRE.
Joseph jefferson returned to his favor.
tie Star Theatre last night. and appeared
as the hero OF the ~well-known RIP Van
Wrinkle" The house was crowded and
the play went extremely well. In the
cast were Edwin Varrey, an excellent
actor; Joseph Warren, George f. Nash,
Annie Mack-Berlein, Blanche Bender.
Grace Parker. Nanon Fowler and Baby
Parker, RIP Van Winkle' was very
effectively STAGED.
AMERICAN THEATRE.
Wang" the burletta, in which De
Wolf Hopper used to star, began a two
weeks engagement at the American The
atre last night, Edwin Stevens, a very
funny actor. played the part that tie
Virginia Earl appeared a? Mataya; Della
FoN's original role. Wang did not
suffer by comparison with its former
presentation. and the indications are
that II will nave a profitable two weeks
at the American.
GRAND OPERA-HOUSE.
Those 1.-TWO Orphans will never die.
lonlyinp worry 90 rneStly at her. "yOu