The evening world., 1894-06-04
THE ROOF IS NOW THE TA|NG
Opening Of the Madison Squares
skyey Garden Tonight
Other Roofs VIII Blaze Too-Mans-
field After a New Repertory.

ExterSive alterations ana inproNe-
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 n steel frame
work twenty feet above the roof and
over 100 feet above the street. from
which can be seen Central Park on the
north and the Brooklyn Bridge and
gives the effect Of being really suspend;
ed In the air. This part of the roof VIII
undoubtedly become one OF the popular
resorts Of the Summer. The chairs.
iower-pots,. stage and everything apper-
tanning to the Garden have been repaint,
ed and renovated. giving them n brand
new appearance. and II great NUMBER OF
ton to 800 incandescent lamps. In
cased In Japanese lanterns, which sur
round the veranda. a list OF artists
Fielding; the musical clowns. Deltorelll
brothers; the ~well-known German come
dian. AL II. WILSON,; Miss Bonnie Thorn
ebrated Dare brothers. Messrs. seeley
and West, the Empire city. Quartet,
r. M. Carroll. Miss Sadie Cushman and
Holcomb and an enlarged Srchestrs um.
der the leadership OF Mr.. Gustave
D'AGuin guarantees a most enjoyable
evening for patrons OF this garden.
The American Theatre ROOT bnruen
also will open tonight: Roster y 3iaIs
and the Casino roofs began to do busi-
ness last week.
There will be great goings on at the
Garden Theatre tonight. when Rice's
'II92'' celebrates its 350th local perform
ance with brass bands; decorations
seven-pound souvenir clocks. new, living
pictures and other things that VIII go Nc "
Rice Is In his element upon an occasion
OF this kind. He has beguiled a number
of well known citizens into going on
in the Madison Square scene.
Lady Gladys" with Miss Minnie Sc
lgman-Cutting In the title role, remains
at the Madison Square Theatre this
week. and perhaps Longer the play
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 crowdlne
aging over So, 900 a week In receipts, witt
a probability that its pront and popu'
larity will endure all summer; the other
! S%yihnSsy; G WHICH so eet the most ss enthas, sat
tic reception and Endorsement at the Co,
i iumbia Theatre. last Monday, night thai
!. was eyer aec9 2n a play in co Gh,sng2
4 admirable Interpretation OF the play hac
much to do with the triumph, OF course
Henry Miller and Viola Allen got sever
curtain calls after the stirring sex
against SEX scene on the opening night
and the vast fashionable audience wait
ed after the performance was over u
/. applaud until the curtain was sent uI
. three different times. and the entire
company was brought forward AS often
9 This enthusiasm has been repeated
= e cspis n wgh e sinss; T lcoo hT The we w pe ere
formances last Wednesday drew owe
s.. 1000.
Comedian Thomas Q. seabrooke hai
just been made a present Of a hand
n some yacht called The Tabasco.. 4
warm admlrer and friend in phiiadelphi:
Is the giver, In a characteristic letter &C
writes. among other things. to MIR. Sea
brooke: Tommy, there Is one reques
!. that ! have 70 make. and that Is, II an &c
boat; don't attempt to swim ashore, n
matter how close II may be, as that is In
yariably the way people are drowned
TJ 1S o yAo Bear sann tS,, sT IN mln are T sSis'I I
rather funny advice to give TO OGrady
the oniy man alive who ever saw Mo
Ginty at the bottom OF the sea.
While the pluudits for Vesta TilleE
whose farewell night II was, were sti|
ringing through Tony Pastors Theatr
last Friday night, Manager Harry San
dcrson sent for his advertising MAJ an
said "This is Il great night, EDDIE, bu
J we must not forget business. The Kin
is dead. long live the King" Get on
some OF those three-sheets OF Bessi
n Bonehill and put them on the boards
u front OF the house before the audienc
goes out" And Harry smiled. Whe
the audience hled out the Bessie Bont
hill tnree-s sheets were there.
Richard Mansfield sneaked OF to Lor
don the other day and is now ther'
looking for new plays. Mr.. Mansfield,
is known, will not be seer next seaso
N any OF his old plays. He made m
~ determination before he left. Just wha
!, dramatic material he has his eye on "
II can't see, but he must have somethin
goo in sight when he shelves his who,
= repertoire so summariiy.
'.The Amazons" season at the Lyceul
Theatre will end on Saturday night. TT
company will have its first vacation
IN two YEARS, this being the year II dot
not go to the Pacific coast. which teri
tory this summer will be pre-empted b
the Empire stock. the Lyceum goin
thence a year from now. Daniel Frol
s, man, Miss Frohman and +. II. Sotherl
70 10 England on June g. Ferdinar
Gottschalk, Mrs. Whiffen, Misses Georg
and Alice Cayvan, Rowland Buckston
Vincent Sternroyd and Herbert kelct
also 20 abroad for their vacation, v
j. LIE Moyne, Fritz WiNiam ms and the Wa
cots 20 into the country. The compar