The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-01
THEATRICAL AMUSEME
uuJt THE STAGE OFFERS THTS
urEE 10 OUR AUDIENCES.
r.r,. comedians In the Forms or q Seal
rnb nm Elephant, aud 10th are Funny
Thr Inevitable MoneS.iending dew OF
r,atiah Neiodrama IL In Humanity"

r,a..d,,,s performance Of THE weavcrs" at
,hs. irving Place: but the Barnum Il Bailey
shov will stir the streets with n parade this
.vonirr,. II the weather permits, and open Mt the
,todlson Square Garden tomorrow anyway.
me cprtinuances OF " Bohemia" at the Empire,
"Tn, Prisoner OF Zonda'' at the Lyceum, and
"a House Of Cards. at the Fifth Avenue employ
asrecably the stock companies Of the Frohmans
and Rosenfeld. The stars In town are John
Drew at the Garrick in THE Squire OF Danes
Rose Coghlnn at palmer's in Madame"
charles II. Hopper at the Standard In
"Chimmic Fadden," Lillian Russell Mt
kbbey's in 1.-THE Goddess of Truth"
MAY Irwin at tho Bijou In Tho Widow
Jones" Chauncey Olcott Mt the Fourteenth
street In THE Minstrel OF Clare" Dan Nc
C,rthy nj the Columbus in THE Cruiskeen
Lawn" Mrs. Potter and Mr.. Below at Days
I'm The Queens Necklace" and Hermann at
the Peoplo's in his mystincations. The week
only is ID devoted TO The Strange Adventures OF
Miss Brown" at tho Harlem Opera House, as
that farce will be brought down to the theatre
IN Olympia next Monday. Marguerite" Is
retained at the concert hall end OF Olympia.
Excelsior. Junior" has crossed over to the
broadway. where it began with n 150th time
and souvenirs. The meiodrama, current are
%"iitn Sm 5aGHTS q M at ihs aca SItnS lieF "Th s'I Inst
stroke at the star, The White sleve" et the
CASINO, and TG;o Two EssuftcGsons" at the
vaudeville is administered In big doses at
those tho , ,heatres i nj o o@o. at m mGIn SRd f Sst tss
length of tho programme doesn't cheaper its
quality. as may be judged, from tho leaders of
the continuous shows. Sandow. the strong man.
and Selma. the operate soprano, top the. list at
iroGtor,s Pleasure Palace; George LoSkhart's
elephants are n big item Mt Proctor's Twenty
third Street, the Craggs' tumblinR is ANNOUNCED
IN black types at Keith's Union Square. Billy
SGmpEin and James Thornton's songs Hps" arg
well, placed at the Galety, and the Rogers
S SGG'"' at Pas The sV CHIEF specialists iiiHas'' Of
the music halls are Chevalier for Roster &
At n'f tbs s. Tr 1pR,dtS H ana Gilmore IL 1ns u ana Recn mqt"a az
the Imperial. Souvenirs viii be given away this
Torrance in the house as a broadway resort.
Gus Hill sets the pace at Miners Bowery. and
Cabaret du Meant and the Eden Musee are all
day shows. and so are both Huber's museums,
where Prof. Ferris and a bag puncher are the
leaders.
A seal Is q comedian at Keith's. In the min
strel half-circle Of seals and sea lions that hlls
the stage opening. he is an end man. and his
instrument in the orchestra is a banjo. For o
time his fipper thrums the strings industriously,
but soon 1t becomes feeding time. for luncheons
of raw fish are in order between selections with
these musicians. Between the tub where the
fish are kept and the seal is q large and active
seal. the sea lion grabs it. and according to his
S@if,pound fish is grabbed. it is Time to remove
the plates for the next course. OF half a dozen
i hofd i n SSs one for and the that ltst the e ssa llo he .a Ssss
from him and swallows at one gulp., As soon
as the supply up *. Of rd Ash Is exhausted, u the be. second
Is the same as the first selection, but the seals
Ssnio is as mute MT v as the ,eo harp a19 , h1s of hung bon on
come even more discontented when his trainer
tells him that there is no more fish. AS his
criaa n aan I'M the trimmer brings forward the
little tub that the fish were IN and places 1t be.
fore The he i hsaS Ip a m0sio' ths tn me c lsttep f at 1nse
thereby satisfying himself that there Is no food
inssssr abe Begins a. o again w to bang et the banjo i strin Rs
This trick is done at every performance the
animals give. and never fails in its comicality.
Boney. the smallest of the three trick ele-
plants now showing at Proctor's, Twenty-third
street, is a fun maker and as nea. an actor as
an elephant we'll could be. She and her two
larger companions are on the stage together.
but in showing their PAGES are exercised singly.
Little Boney is the last of the trio to do a trick.
and she invariably accompanies its accomplish
mcnt by a trumpeted blast that seems to indi-
cate reasoning on her part to this effect: :" You
thought l couldn't do it and l fooled you" Her
ride about the stage on q tricycle. Is q sight that
Invariably creates general laughter. but close
watching shows that there is little fun
In IL for the performer, who gets on and
wherein "Boney" becomes tip,v, her manners
make her out the soubrette pachvderm. She
tits'down before a small table, with a napkin
about her neck. her companions being similarly
develops unruliness. Catching up her table
cloth with her trunk, she passes 1t over to her
ment by what looks very much like a wink of
the other eye" II may not be a wink, bu,
expression from that Of the second elephant
as he passes the cloth on to his fellow; who
beasts TO handle II preserving n funeral
%solempity the while. Then when food is
eaten their share they, taks the plates,
and, when their master extends his hand for
them, lower the erockery carefully, all in tho
her plate. too, but only to dash it on the floor in
many pieces. Then she seizes her dinner hell
It is brought in on goes to smash like the other
one and when a hottle Of stage wine Is brought
ana empties the bottle into her mouth. Tipsi-
ness follows. her eyes take on a stupid leer, she
then N ore and more feebiy, and finally sinks on
the es hoGT' having first pulled on an attendants
In ~red-paint style generally.
since Nat G. Goodwin as Mr.. kaacs threw hts
In the Portland prison scene OF 1.-The Black
Flag" no depicter OF a carlcature Jew has SO
nearly dominated a melodrama as does Dore
Davidson in Humanity" But though alike
In prominence, tho two characters are otherwise
very different. Mr.. Isddcs was a thorough
going scamp, and Mr.. Goodwin made him most
eomical in pretending all manner OF illness to
escape prison labor. There was not q good trait
In him. Manassas Marks. which is the name OF
"Humanity's' jew. is q money lender, and be-
sides being the plays chief fun maker, he may
De- styled first assistant hero. On his
nrst appearance he is in a hunting rig.
with ~ill-ttting red coat and breeches that
heg wonderfully. He has much to say OF his
borse, which, he says. kneeled In the street
before n salvation Army procession. for which
m,lek he has christened him, Gen. Booth. In
thls scene he is hobnobbing with the swell per-
:;Snages of the play. whom he has sought out for
tuhS purpose Of collecting moneys lent. Both
Villain and hero are In his debt, but that he de-
serves a position among the good folk OF the
play ID made clear very early In The act by his
tsuslng TO enter into scheming with the villain.
very soon after his first appearance. too, he de-
nyers his catch line, which is I'd dakes my