The morning times., 1895-11-24

At Daly's this week Mile. Jane May is
appearing in a pantomime entitled Mile.
Pygmaliun.' Mile. May is talented
woman and it is TO be hoped that she VIII
meet with success. ] dropped in TO see
'Hansel and Gretel' again one night
last week. and was much amused at what
seemed to please the audience most. The
cast had been changed and the TWO leadmg
parts are now sung in a most satisfactory
manner by Cecile Brani and Jessie Huddle-
ston.
As / said before, the music is delightful.
and charming duets and solos were passed
by without ii hint of applause. Fina lly the
witch does a song and dance and ends 1t by
pranCing around the stage straddle or
broomstick That brought the house
down, and the first and only encore of the
evening was demanded,
Two weeks ago it was hard TO tell just
who would come out ahead as the pos SCISSOR
of the play called Honour" In fact,
numerous people insisted upon being Hon
Durable" After much litigation and
free newspaper advertising, j. NJ Hill
won the race. and produced ii at the stand
ard last week. II existed just six days.
If you have tears. prepare TO shed them
now. Honour" gave way to Sins OF the
Night" "Frailty thy name is'-play-
wright.
Nellie McHenry is ''biking'' at the Grand
Opera House this week as The Bicycle
Girl" Her bicycle is not made for
two" for she is an Independent, up-to-
date girl, who can paddle her own
bike However, West-siders like her, aud
the business is good.
"The Prisoner of Zenda" will be sue
1l...r
20 by the Lyceum Theater Stock Company
in The Home Secretary" by r. c. Car
ton. Love, politics, and society are the
principal themes of the play. Notwlth-
standing the gossip Of last season, Isabel
Irving continues as the leading actress Of
this organization.
POINTERS.
Manager Rosenquest has resumed regular
dramatic performances at the Fourteenth
Street Theater, opening Monday night
with the Merry World" George Monroe
follows next Monday In "a Happy Llttie
Home"
w, III. Crane begins his annual engage
ment at the Fifth Avenue January 20, in a
new comedy written for him by Franklin
Fyles, called '.The Governor of Ken
lucky"
tucky."
The Stag Party" a musical comedy by
Paul Potter and Bill Nye, is to be pro-
duced at the Garden Theater, December q,
by A. NJ. Palmer.
There promises to be row between M.
b. Curtis and Rudolph Aronson over Gen
tleman Joe" / have seen the CONTRACT
which calls for its production a t the Bijou,
January g. and l also know that Minnie
Palmerin THE School Girl' is booked at the
same theater for the same date. In order
to save trouble should advise Ar0ns on TO
narfprnlDncp- beginning
at noon with Minnie, to be followed in tue
| evening by Curtis.
The regular season at Days Theater be
gins Tuesday November &c, with the stock
| company, headed by Ada Rehan. in "The
| School for Scandal This will inaugurate
Mr.. Days twenty seventh year as met
ropolitan manager. George Clarke, the
| stage manager and leading actor of the
| company, has been with him from the start,
Manager Augustus Pitou starts the tout
| of his NINE. Sans Gene" company next
| season in San Francisco, jumping from this
| city to the Golden Gate direct. There is
no truth in the rum or that he conteinpiates
organizing q number two company to ap
pear in Sardou's play.
| I happened to notice short paragraph
| in the Garrick Theater programme the
other evening, which referred to the toui
| of Richard Mansfield. The words "Mr
| Mansfield" occurred six times in eight lines
| Next season Maggie Cline is TO blossom
out as q star in piece called "On Broad
| way" in which she Will probably throw
down McCloskey" at every performance
| Harry Williams, who manages "On tht
| Bowery," is TO direct her tour.
Pete DAILY is turning away people every
| night at the Bijou. As might clerk
| Pete is q success.
Manager Wilkinson writes me that Alex
ander Salvini's tour of New England is ex
ceedingly profitable and that in his cas-
the cry of 4hard times" does not apply.
In 1.-The Privateer," which Lewis hoTi
| son produces next fall he Will be seen a.
JACQUES Morlane, sort of Rip Van Winkl
| character. One of the realistic effects
| will hp a huge vessel CARRYING one hundre,