Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-01-05
THEATRICAL.

Manager william j. Davis. Of the Co.
lumbIa Thcater. gave delightful and
informal dinner Wednesday afternoon
~ the Great Northern. Mr.. Davis
guests We're: Lyman !. Glover. W. +.
Hall. Barrett Eastman. Hepburn Johns.
Thomas McCutclieOn. and George Abe.
After dinner the company were charm.
ingly entertained by Captain a. A.
Donnie. whose pnrlOr prcstidigitution
ana wonderful manipulation Of cards
bnvr made him u favOritc local enter.
talncr.
There will DO two first parts to the
minstrel performance given by Prim-
rose and Vests companies at the chi.
ongO Opera House next Sunday night
and for the succeeding eight perform
nnccs. The company Is II double one.
consisting of forty whites ana thirty
blacks. The cOlOrcd singers will up.
pear In the first part, interpreting min
s'rclsy of past days. The white artists
Will give the second first part. illus.
tinting minstrclsy of the present.
ON next sunday evening Eugene
TompkiE>' production of "'rhc Black
Crook" will again make It's appearance
NJ McNicker's Theatcr. The spectacle
VIII bc mounted In magnificent style.
and placed upon the stage with u large
company ana with many new features.
The two companies of last season have
been combined. making one of the
strongest, largest. ana best spectacular
0rgn nizations that hayc ever travelled.
Everything IL on II larger ana grandcr
scale than II was during Its run ut Nc
N'ckrr's summer before last. The
AthOs FAMILY OF ncrObnts. who were on.
gagged In Europe especially for this pro-
ductiOn. are said to he excellent.
The revival OF "Thc Highest Bidder"
by Mr.. T.. II. SOthcrn at Hooley's Thea.
ter Inns proven highly satisfactory.
crowded houses being the rule. To
night and for the balance of the week.
including Saturday matinee. the bin
VIII no changed to 'I.Ord chumley."
TN Monday night Mr.. Sothern viii be-
gin his third ana last week. presenting
nm entire novelty In his new play. ~
Way 10 Win II Woman" his latest New
York success, by Jerome Il. Jerome.
The reports from New York ana Bos-
ton commend the manner In which Mr..
So,hern has presented the central char
nctrr. which Is rather more serious In
Its tendency than any he has previous
~ offered. "A Way to Win u Woman"
will he given for the entire week. in
Guiding "Wednesday and Saturday mat
inecs.
"Wednesday afternoon Just before the
matinee Manager Thomas W. Prior
was made the recipient OF Il beautiful
jeweled locket, rs II testimonial of their
regard, from the attaches of all depart
ments of the schiller Thenter. 4 few
minutes before tho curtain was rung up
Mr. Prior was hastily summoned from
his office to the stage. where he found
Mr.. Frederick Warde. of the Warde-
james company. surrounded by repre-
sentntives OF the various departments
} Of the theater awaiting him. Mr.. Warle
made the presentation.
Chicago theatergOcrs will be nabled
to pass judgment upon now dramnti-
zation of one of Richard Harding Da-
; Wis short stories next week. 1t IL "IIer
First Appearance" renamed 1.-THE Lit
TEST Girl In its stage version. The
decentralization WIS made by Robert
billiard, who will use II as II curtain
raiser preceding "The Nominee" at the
IIaymarket Theater next week.
Col. Robert q. Ingersoll will deliver
Il new lecture at the Columbia Theatel
Sunday afternoon. Its subject Is
(which Way" which suggests that
he Is back again at his old complaint
against religion. The sale of seats has
already begun.
A precOciOus child dancer whose
, name appears on the bills as Little
Ruby" has been added to the company
presenting ION the Mississippi" at Nc.
Vickers. She appears among the spe'
| cialties In the fourth act.