The evening world., 1894-05-14
THE PASSING SHOW" STARTS
A Brilliant Night, but a Long
Entertainment at the Casino,
"Sister Mary" Postponed Until To-
Morrow Evening.

Morrow Evening.
The fault found with THE Passing
Show" produced at the Casino Saturday
night was that 1t took too long to pass
"A given point. II had been sydney
Rosenfclded into toomuchncss. There
was a monster procession of glittering
~pleasantries of the vaudeville kind
strung together on a thread OF bur
lesque, and people enjoyed 1t as long as
they could and then went ava to avoid
being tired out. Some never saw the
end OF the merry column OF entertainers
that now through the scenes the
majority of those present yawned
through the Itosenfeld b~rilliancies and
were spasmodically chcered up by the
variety turns" which were the motif.
so to speak. of the entertainment.
There is a perfect avalanche OF this
variety entertainment, and anybody who
goes to THE Passing Show solely for
enjoyment that doesn't require an effort
of the mind. and who Will Danish all
idea of the Paris Revue and that sort
OF business from his brain, Will get more
than his moneys worth.
Messrs. Canary * Lederer have
dressed the extravaganza with lavish
most creditable production so far as
they are concerned, and II should
make a popular Summer-nights festi,
val Of froiie after it Is cut down and
pleasantly enough HIT OFF the season's :.
s sESsrisy!s 'i ASn ts0T aFEe s SECOND T' hrs.
thurs limitations OF Henry Miller as
Mr.; .Bra6az9n and Of De ReSske as
simile-ing of Viola Allen as thu virtu-
bus. sweet-voiced Rosamunl, and Grace
Filkins's piping imitation OF Caiye We're
the evening. Jefferson, De ANGELS. as
the boy detective. with a variety of
make-ups. was also good, and Mabel
STI sBheIs' hscv ree b ! an Sanc Minis'i nnii
Hcnshaw and Ten Broeck's contribu-
tons to the programme were most en-,
joyable features. The Passing show
viii no doubt get a move on this week,
and when II doesn't take so long to
pass 1t will be a better show. The mu-
sic Is very pretty.
The fifth play of the Empire Theatre
1t is the thrce-act comedy "Gudgeons,"
which mad IA hit in London. THE
Luck OF Roaring Camp a one-aGt
drama by the late Dion n, BonciGaulti VII
~ Va A'"s -
mans stock company will leave the
Empire and go to Chicago for twelve
weeks. Then 1t will make "A tour to
California and back, returning here in
November to resume the successful run
of Sowing the Wind" and to present
new plays upon which the most eminent
are now at work, When the stock corn,
pany appears in New York again 1t will
be composed of the following members:
Henry Miller, Viola Allen; William
son. w: II. Crompton,, Robert, Edeson,
s !; Baekn annie i; (; Whlit% oae;ite VIVA" Tyier'
Adrienne Dairolles, May Robson, Mary
Hampton. Kitty Cheatham. Olive May,
Genevieve Reynolds. Margaret Craven,
Sister Mary" which was to have beer
night, with Leonar Boyne and Julia
Arthur in the star parts. has been post
poned until tomorrow night. This
evening. there will be a dress rehearsal
of the play.
Although "Adonis'' has enormous vi
tally, as show by the boom with which
Its new career at Palmer's has begun.
never be seen in New York after Its
present run. 1t Is no secret that Ed
ward f. Rice has important new pro
auctions of extravaganza for the Gar
! Y IV"t SVuSol ~ ii'iiN 80 i'N's !"
likely to figure very prominently in
them.
Herr Z. Won Kilapyi. the exGitable
beautiful living pictures in 'l492' at the
Garden. met with n painful accident the
other night. He climbed up to adjust
the draperies of Cupid and Psyche. and
platform, His left leg was thought &c
be broken. but was only severely
sprained. Herr Kilanyi, said somethine
in Polish which sounded like .Jaxstrwiji,
ucmrwrzogntski, which, was interpreted
to mean a call for a doctor and a cab
He got both and was confined to his bed
each picture is now displayed in iegible
letters on the frame, This Is a, good
idea, as the darkened house makes II
impossible for people to refer TO theil
programmes.
Nat Goodw win was taking a lung bath
the other afternoon in grand style. He
bowled up Fifth avenue about the time
not a better looking rig In the Park
than his victoria. nor Il more pictur'
esque idler in the dress parade. He was
as carefully posed as the French beau
tongues. and the gentle zephyrs toyed
with his lovely yellow tresses.
Vesta Tiliey. the prettiest, jolliest
most natural and most boyish specialist
on the vaudeville stage, whose songs
are clean, whose fun is innocent anG
whose style of wearing boys clothe:
leaves nothing to be desired. has IA lit,
tie hair-bare brown wig that one
couldn't buy, She got 1t twenty years
ago In Nottingham town; then she was
n slip Of a girl. not half a dozen years
of age, doing skits in kits and sox: II
fitted her rather loosely, but she grew
into 1t, and she has been wearing 1t ever
since. There are no curls on 1t and very
little hair. Like the wig OF "a rackety
rollicking boy" It Is SCARED with the
records of bloodless victories. won by
time and moths. Instead Of pulling the
false hair down over her face. the line
Is hidden by brushing her own brown