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The attraction at the Academy Of
Music next week. beginning Monday
night, will be William Haworth's great
play, ION the Mississippi" This immense
relo-dramatic production, under the
management of Davis & Keogh, embraces
in its performance, sensationalism, ro-
nance, comedy and spectacular features.
Also negro MINISTRIES on the floating
theatre on the Mississippi. Haworth's
play is truly American and the most
successful ever written, the principal
events being taken from those two event
full years Immediately after the war when
the South, where the action is laid, was
in such a feverish and unsettled condi-
ton. The dreaded ku KluX ruled the
South, and from their deeds are taken
an important part of the story. AS can
be imagined these incidents are wonder
fully thrilling, for the respective parts
are played by ladies and gentlemen of
sterling ability, working the climaxes to
the highest possible pitch of dramatic
Orleans Mardii Gras, furnishes highly
eolored scenic effects and gives gay
frivolity to the lighter portions Of the
drama, and is also a large factor in the
plot, while abundantly interviewer
throughout the five acts are humorous
sketches by the quaint characters found
around the streets and docks of New
Orleans, including dancing, singing and
music by the twenty-five darkeys em-
ployed in the cast, notable among which
gagged for ION the Mississippi" The
three hours devoted to each presentation
Of this play is q continuous sho w., OF
before has a melodrama been produced
ON such a magnificent scale and so COM
plete in details.
Bon Ton Theatre.
A long list of leading artists in the
vaudeville line are booked to appear at
Manager Dinkins' cosy little theatre
next week. He tells us the show will be
good, and from past experience we are
willing to take his word for it. Messrs.
Harding and All Sid, the European
comiques, will offer a ludicrously funny
sketch, which takes place in a Chinese
laundry, one of the comedians appearing
as a clown and the other as a Chinaman.
Another strong feature for next week is
the wonderful hand and foot equilibrists
j e@pst'a the i Mifitado of Japan" These
two na able acts IS viii am be we6l sp psr}ormer ny
novelty sketch artists, Garfield and Carl
appearance here of John E. Drew, com
edian. vocalist and dancer; The origin
fLsyunnech." in fheir new Creation, entitled
serioseomic. Myrtle Tressidor. il a bud;
/ SCI O1 iCW oAd POPdloi 5CiSo 0tSt
artists, Warren and Howard, in their
e eongR, w f9n sns Thaa1sn: f] enRtifIed s Tssn
leased by the Enemy" The quaint Billy
W fyamp' r the S 0risInIal f SslIsg, fbe
Belle Sisters, the famous trouba-
dours, in their original act, com
posed of comedy, dancing, singing and
banjo and cornet duets. The clever
black face artists, Kennedy and Will
Jams, in ~knockabout songs and dances.
Carlin and Clark, in their clever act, en-
titled MISUNDERSTANDING" The petite
singer and dancer. Mamie Williams, IN
ans, .Sheehan and Sheehan, in an or
iginal act, introducing funny songs and
sayings, and others.
Lvric Theatre, Hoboxan.
Another crowded house greeted Frank
Bush and his clever co.=pany last night.
Girl Wanted is an uproariously funny
piece and one cannot help laughing all
through the performance. The special
ties of Sanford and Lee, funny little
's4sIpoIBd 'uoIIIG GIIBH pue uqor 'ueuI
and Frank Bush are very amusing. The
last performance of Girl Wanted" will
be given tonight.
In "The Girl l Left Behind Me- which
comes to the Lyric Theatre, Hoboken,
next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
and Wednesday matinee, there is no Of
fensive noise, although it is a war drama.
The authors take other and more effec-
tive means of impressing the audience;
If one wishes to hear how music can be
great third act of this fine play will
lots Of intense excitement but little
noise. The war chants of the Indians
heard in the distance are really terri
Of ear-splitting noise. When actual fir
ing is heard it is all in the distance and
never becomes offensive.
II MO q hannU idea n1 the mart of
Fyles & Belasco, the joint authors of
the play, to place a ball scene in the
an army outpost IN the frontier. The
strong contrast obtained by offering
these impromptu festivities at the army
ground of danger is a splendid feature
of this remarkably. successful play.
na nursdty0t to a soidiers. and here they have
opportunities for both.
ssHIs Exceilency.'' Gilbert's Latest
success.
New York is at this moment enjoying
itself with comic opera. as it has not for
many a day. w. S. Gilbert's new work
arHis Excellency,' the brightest and most
interesting perhaps, of all the librettos
from his satirical pen was produced at
the Broadway Theatre last Monday
night and made the most remarkable hit
ever achieved by a comic opera in the
metropolis. The costumes, the funny stu
ations and the crisp and always witty
dialogue, together with the music and
the Quaint Characters invented by Gill
bert, set the first nighters" to laughing
and applauding in a most unaccustomed
way. It is all right for a playmaker to
out do himself now and then. but for Gil
bert whose Dab Ballads and PAU.
ence'' and "Pinafore" and Pirates of
Penzance" kept causing the. world to
wonder at and admire and enjoy him all
the more each time he came before it
to once again exceed his previous efforts
in the comic opera line was beyond ex-
pectations, and when he accomplished
this with "His Excellency' the lauda-
ions were loud. The dancing hussars in
this opera, the love song of the tenor in
the first act, the funny patters of the
SyndIc of Elsinore. the songs of Ellaline
Terriss and the duos, trios and quartet
ties and choruses in which novel sur
prises of thyme and melody are sprung
upon the audience are features that
could not fail to win favor for the per-
formance. George Edwardes, the English
manager has sent over an unusually
strong company. picked from the best
talent to be found in London, and this
organization gives an exceptionally fine
performance. New York IS quick to rec
ognize merit and liberal in rewarding it.
When it says a thing. is good it is good
beyond question:; 1t has not only said
, nHis Excellency" was good but it has
oponba sized the first night verdict nv