The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-28

tiers about THE young girl "Dofis,1 VINO
has been divorced from the husband Of
an early and unhappy marriage, ana
who afterwards loves ard IS loved py
the young Squire Kenneth, whose queer
unhappy couple into serious coiiirhca-
tons. The we'll defined vein OF comeuy
running through the play IS N pieaslns
contract with some others Of MISS lis
ier's repertoire. The company is the
usual good one of this organization, ana
includes the familiar name OF isrsnk
Weston, John a. Ellsler. Hoibrooh BHnl'
and Beatrice Dauncourt.
Press EIdrEdge in Command Of the
ARMY OF Finn az the Bop Tou.
Press Eldridge will appear next week
at the Bon Ton Theatre in conjunction
with a lot of clever people. He is a
great favorite in Jersey City and the an
nouncement of his appearance mere VIII
be of itself enough to fill this pretty
little play house during his coming stay.
Mr.. Eldridge never dishes up old songs
or "Chestnutty'' jokes; his stock Is al
ways new and of the best. He is styled
the "Commander-in-Chie of the Army
of Fun and thoroughly deserves TINS
title. He will be ably supported at the
Bon Ton next week by the following az
tists:-The Queen Regent of serio-comlcs
Nellie Waters; the Brothers Grothe. IN
their u~nrivalled feats of heavy IItlng'
a unioue speciality, Nile. Ida Morello,
and her troupe of beautiful lrallsa
snaniels: the Celtic comedians, McBrlue
and Flynn; the vaudeville stars, Whlt-
man and Davis: Americas favorlte ,Vo-
calist, Harry Marion. in his refined slnS-
ing speciality; the leaders of eccentrlclty,
DaIy and Hilton. introducing bright sing
ing and dancing; our German cousins,
Ward and Brown. the language butchers;
the yq e1 t P Ph comadx the lset rSlh teams ans
Loring and Leslie, singers and dancers;
the modern fashion plate, Julia Lee, in
her fin de steele speciality; first appear
ance here this season of Baisley and Sy-
mondS, eccentric comedy sketch team,
and others.
Geo. w. Monroe in His New Play as
the Lyric Theatre. Hoboken.
"A Happy Little Home is the title of
comedian George w. Monroe's new
comedy satire, which he will present
at the Lyric Theatre, Hoboken. "a
Happy Little Home'' is said to be a most
irresistably funny play hat that fat
comedian of my Aun Bridget has
yet been seen in. The author of the
new comedy has from all accounts fur
nished a book which, for crisp, witty
sayings, and up-to-date dialogue, is fully
equal if not superior to most of the
comedy successes lately presented on
well known ability of Mr.. Monroe for
devising ridiculously funny situations
you nave what a we'll known critic
in a recent criticism of "A Happy Labtle
Home called one long, lingering laugh.
Mr.. Monroe has, moreover, been pro-
vided with an excellent supporting com
pany. most of them having won reputa.
lions for themselves in the past. In all
probability. one of the cleverest mem
bers of Mr.. Monroe's company is Miss
Idalene Cotton. Miss Cotton is the
daughter of that well known and Justly
famous minstrel, Ben Cotton, from whom
she perhaps inherited her remarkable
mimetic gifts. Her limitations of famous
actors and actresses, which are intro
duced in the third act of ga Happy
Little Home are said to be remark
ably accurate. Miss Cotton's work is
on the order of Vesta Tilley's,. the young
English girl who created such favor
able comment at Roster & BiaPs Music
Hall, New York city, last season. "a
Happy Little Home comes to the Lyric
Theatre next Monday evening and re-
mains for three nights engagement.
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