The morning times., 1895-11-17

tho Nile" at the Casino CONTAINS no end OF
pretty music, an amusing story, good
Iibretto, large quantities of attractive
feminIniiy, and as quaint aud original a
comedian as ever graccd comic opera.
Frank Daniels comedy lies in his abb
soIufa serinusneSs He never smiles nor
labors Tor an effect. His droiiery wins
the applause he receives. He sings ana
dances well, and has come Ia stay as a
fixed star III the comic opera armament
As a Persian magician he performs "uIy
one feat of necrumancy, and that often. IL
is to UNEXPECTEDLY remove an egg from
the mouth al anyone who attracts his at
tention In one scene huge alligator
gets after him and ne is forced Ia ciitnu
tree. The alligator opens It's mouth I"
warn him of impending danger, when down
he reaches and magically taxes large egg
from between the astnniShed reptile 8 !
teeth.
The opera is by Harry b. Smith and I
Victor Herbert. The scenes are laid IN j
Egypt in the days OF Cleopatra, when she
was Young and innocent, and Tor the mean p
ing of the word love" was Obliged to
refer to an unabridged.
There Is a terrible drouth, as the River
Nile is behind on its annual overflow. XII
bosh. the nagiciau, in travelling through
the country. purloins C:sopatra's private
barge. For this offensc lie is condemned
10y tho Ei1ideu's pepper To have his head
removed from his body with the aid OF
a cIcaVVr. Just before this episode occurs,
Kibosli SAYS that the secret OF making the
Nile overflow pcriSheS with him. Although
he insists on carrying out the original
programme of letting the secret perish.
Cleopair,,'s parent stops the proceedings and
offers kiasosh the hand of his daughter II
the magician will only swell the waters
of the S;lruHkeE river.
KiiosE gees through some incantatlons
never imagining tor IA moment That the
river viii respond. All at once, the thun-
ders roar the lightnings flash and the river
ovcrfiuwS. to the great establishment OF the
magician who says in confidence to the
audience. WELL There's case OF bull
headed luck for your
Ia the second act people are living on
the roofs Gf the houses and the King is
seeking Kihosh's gore for having caused
the flood. Many are the trials and tribu--
iatiouS Of the wizard, but his bull headed
buck" always comes TO his rescue in the
hour Of nced and everything ends merriy
with Cleopatra saving her affections Tor
Marc Antony, whose photograph has come
futo her possession and cleared a way the
mysteries of the meaning OF the WORD
love"
Dorothy Morton is n very attractive
Clcapatra. although her rOguish dimples
and 1.-The naughty little twinkle in her
eye" bcSpeak of a better understanding
OF the word love" than the part calls
for.
She wears pretty cost un,es and carries
herself with the grace and air of princess.
one of her dresses consists Of turquoise
blue ana gold The skirt is made of blue
satin, heavily embroidered with gold ana
opens all the way down tie front, but as
1t laps over at the top, Dorothy's flesh
Colnred tights are only on view when she
dances The bod ice is covered with
loosely woven gold net, sprinkied tliickly
with rlinestones. over the nude sho1i-
ders, two narrow bands of hrilliants pretend
to support the gown, but they surely must
be secretly assisted The chorus girls
are all Young and pretty and the possessors
of fresh voices. one of the topical songs,
in referring to the Curbeft-Fitzsimmons
fight, closes with the following stanza:
"A MI when they do put ON the mits,
VIII FitZ get Jim, or Jim get FitZ?''
Every year the theatrical business in this
city is becoming more concentrated in
the Ia nds of a few managers, until now
not more than two firms handle the bulk
OF amusement enterprises.
Klaw nd Erlanger, who were the first
to establish a regular theatrical exchange
here. have found their business so extensive
that they have been coIHPellcd to lease one
OF the new and most imposing buildings on
upper broadway, near the Metropolitan
Opera House. and in the spring viii move
their offices there.
Among the theatrical enterprises that
have gone out under their auspices this
season may be mentioned Joseph Jefferson,
the DanroSch Opera Company, P1derewski,
Sol Smith Russell. Ada Re.Ian, W. II. Crane,
Frederick Warde, Alexander Salvini. a. NJ.
Palmer'S Stock Company, The Brownies"
Little Christopher" Roland Reed, ''1i92,"
and other important starsand combinations.
/ had occasion to visit their exchange
last week. aud JnOnE the wen knownmanag
ers | saw the1g were Augustiu Daily, a. NJ.
Palmer, T Egnry French, and Hon. II. c.
Miner.
The plump and seductive Marie Jansen
around whose orbit several ex-stars are
revolving is The Merry Countess" at the
Garrick this week. Maud Granger and
Charles Dickson represent some of the
satellites, while Edwin Stevens, Dan Daily,
Lillian Burkhart and others help to COM
plete the constellation.
The pieccis an adaptationfrom the French
by Charles Klein and like all French farces
it is not at all times the acme OF propriety-
As an ex-balIet dancer, graduated into
countess. Miss Jansen is entertaining and
wears pretty gowns which do not obscure
her as wholly as Quakeress or Sister OIL
Charity outfit would.
Fanny pert-"Gismonda"-is talk
ing of establishing "Davenport Home" for
retired stage performers, the children OF
actors who wish to study for the "stoige"
and also histrionic aspirants who will pay
for their tuition.
The retired members Of the -profesh"
will be the teachers. The building will
be erected in Westchester county or on
Long Island and the top floor VIII be
equipped as a miniature theater for the
PRACTICAL use of the pupils Plays of I'M
known authors will be tried and il any one
makes 4 success. the author will be obliged
to pay the home 80 per cent of his or
Der royalties.
The idea is a novel one, and 1t seems as
i1hough il can be made practicable; but me,
sh, my. what will the theatrical profession
be in ten years from now If the list or
schools and teachers is increased?
Several hundred thespians are already
annually ground out of these mills and made
to order regardless OF the fact that there
are forty applicants for every vacant posi-
ton | think the outlook for the future
Juliets and Hamlets is rather dubious.
Pointers.
Richard Mansfield has recovered from his
recent illness and returned to town. 1t is