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of Music.

ADJUSTMENTS.
Academy of Music.
e. H. Sothern. with his well-balanced
&c eomedie play q.ard 1h ehum mUs5 ' iast nighf
in the Academy of Music. and with that
piece. will close a successful week.
In the comedy, delightful for its smooth
ness and humor, Mr.. Sotl!ern has been
most popularity identified and those VINO
nave seen him before, declared last night
| that his leading role OF the ~d-nature
| s~imple-minded, unaffected aristocrat was
| distinctly an artistic creation There IS
this to be said about the company now
ir tho academy. that one can seldom apo
| ply to dramatic visitors here. They are
All actors. il is not a case OF a star sur
rounded with nebulae. but a clever act0r
supported with equally clever people. 10
worth, ably played by Rowland Buck
stone. down to Winterbottom, M auto,
part is itself a study of good conscienti-
Gus work. Mr.. S; Sothern in the LEY
tenant. Morton Soften as Inc Wickedi
as Tommy Tucker, and c.. P. Flockton
as the bad burglar, are each admirable
in their parts. So, too, the ladies'
Misses Grace Kimba1l. Bertha Bartlett,
Fanny A~ddison-Pitt and Edith Evelyn,
are collectively and individually charm
ing in what they undertake; nroa,,oed
again tonight.
thrilling scenes in Humanity at
the Academy.
Humanity the latest London sue
cess, by Sutton Vane, which was pro.
duced for the first time in America al
Manager W. A. Brady, will be seen here
at the Academy of Music next week.
The story of Humanity" is one OF
as to h hold the interest Of the audience
closely throughout its five acts. The
blot may be briefly told. Bevis Gran
bourne, a Lieutenant Of Dragons, ub 1--WE fs
the first act is visiting Bevis' mother.
Major Fordyce Dangerfield seeks 70
marry Miss Dunbar Previously he haa
him to London. where he ruined and &c.
serted her. Dangerfield enaeavors TO get
Manassas Marks, a Jew money lendeT; 70
ruin him in Miss Dunbar's eyes, but
Markssfefuses News comes of the 6oeI
uprising and the dragons are ordered
te sq pinn A retnsns IN ho rne f to ask 1 forgive
ness of her father. Matthew Penn;
Bevis, meeting Lesbia, OFFERS money anu
and she believes Bevis to be, Miss Penn.s
betrayer. From a bank-note, Matthew
Penn arrives at the same conclusion ano
confronts Bevis- The latter con
and then the old man through
overhearing a conversation learns the
truth. He attacks DanSerleiu WITH IS
killed. Marks, however, witnesses the
murder. The third and fourth acts are
located in the Transvaal at MISS Dun,
bars home, which has been transformed
into a fortress and IS held by a COM
pany of soldiers under Beyis- Danger
field is discovered giying n,nhsr drlve 20
him from the house. Bevis attempts to
break through the enemy lines, but is
captured. Before his capture, however;
Combat, and, ~strapping little Burke. the
drummer, to the captured horse, thrusts
the dispatches in the holsters and sends
patches on Bevis, the Beers attempt to
search Alma. She r~esists, and Danger
field undertakes the task. when he S
condemned to death at sunrise next day
but. reinforcements arriving, the Beers
are driven off after a thrilling battle
scene.
In the last act all are back in old Eng
land. Bevis has been decorated with the
Victoria Cross. and a ball IS to be given
N narf sls h9 m9les at b Gra may fher aai and pa an
euses Bevis of PENIS murder before
Mrs, cranbourne. who is blind Alma
o gieb 6ar ri ans: @ aba i9 TheSe p 2 \ sfrsa1
gle and Bev.s enters and strikes Danger
field down. Marks confronts the muir
ends happily with the chimes ringing in
the New Year. The cast is a notable
one, and the scenic and mechanical eff
fects are on a scale of elaborateness
rarely seen in melodrama.
Attractions at tbe hon Ton.
The attractions promised at the Bon
Ton Theatre next week cannot be ex-
eelled in their line. The bill includes
the great and only original musical kings.
the Weston Brothers. in their comical
musical act entitled, "Letter-go'; the
e~ccentrics comedian. Charles Fostelle, in
an amusing monologue and songs; Amer
ica's representative character singers,
Hafford and Mantell,. in an original sing
nour, in her daring evolutions on the
trapeze; the well known comedy stars
Shayne and Worden, eccentric entertain.
ers. up-to-date; the Irish 1innet. Bertha
Brush. in a selection of Irish character
songs, delivered in her inimitable style;
first prize character sketch duo, John j.
and Lille Black, in their original sketch
entitled, Uncle Seth's Arrival; the cleo
trio spark, Nettie Collins, the up-to-dats
soubrette, in her entertaining songs and
dances; a great novelty act. Mclean and
dress, black up in ten seconds. in view
of the audience, make a quick change of
costume, and conclude with their bigshoe
plantation songs and dances; the English
contralto, Felicia Morris. her first ap-
p~earance in this country; the two hot
famaies, Fields and Lewis, writers and
~introducers of popular parodies; the i'm
n~ersonator, George Davis. Special at
.~tention is called to Mr.. Davis imitation
sion and dialect. The %acrobatic musi-
clans. Cunningham and Staley, a positive
novelty from start to finish.
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