The morning times., 1896-04-26
SEASON NEARING A CLOSE
Players Fl0cking to New York
From Every Quarter.
CROWDS ON THE RIALTO
Weary Wanderers Looking for Sum-
mer EngagementS-"A Tammany
Tiger" Makes a Hit.
CROWDS ON THE RIALTO


New York, April 25.-I made the rounds
Aonday night iii my ligbtest last summer
gown, waving a fan vigorously and at
lacking ice cream soda at every interval.
BY degrees tue mercury has dropped 1.-THE
pun is quite unintentionaD until at this
writing / am comfortable indoors with a
fire behind the fender.
The hot weather knocked a hole in busi-
ness the size OF a Democratic ma jority in
Arkansas tsee Congressional Directory.
But as tie mercury went down the receipts
went up, and the end of the week shows the
good attractions again well patronized.
Monday night there were two preniers in
town and one across the bridge. a agreeable
TO scrlptsSal Injunction that the first shall
be last, and moreover because the par
tlcular play is to be with you next week, |
shall speak of the last first.
''TAMMANY TIGER A SUCCESS.
AT the Brooklyn Empire the Napoleon of
melodrama (tiis is the first time), Jacob
LIT put ON the stage Tor ATS initial proQuc-
ductlon, a new play of Gotham poIiticallife
called "A Tammany Tiger written by H.
Grattan Natural Gas Donneuy Though
the author is a PhiIadeiphian, he shows
he knows a thing or I wo about life in lively
Manhattan Ii proved gIcat go.
A true picture OF Madison Square On an
election night is reproduced III the Third
act. The anxious crowds who turn out
10 watch the election returns are de-
pcted by the familiar types who haunt
The streets TO shot themselves hcarse. The
big bulletin with its calcium light spread
ing The returns before tie cage gazes OF
the mob is also in evidence. Ii is Cne OF
the most realisticc OF Kew York street
scenes that has ever Eeen put upon the
stage.
This season has given US a number of
remarkably fine melodramatic casts, and
this one proved as good us the others.
The other two openings We're the Sousa-
Hopper-Klein opera, 'El Captain" and
Thoroughbred The former proved a
winner from the start. The music is de-
HghtfuI, and the book stands cCnspicu-
Dusly forward ut a Time when good IL
brettos are scarcer than profits. The
prophets all say that tie opera is good for
RlI-Summer run.
Alfred Kleiae made a splendid miserable
monarch-you recollect how as the keeper
OF the elephant he was 'tbe miSerahlest
man alive BE is d hIother OF The writer
of the book, and another brother came
all the way from LondCn TO see the per-
foTmancc. All the favortes CT The Hop
per company were in the cast.
Down at the Garrick Harry E. Dfxey
made his return to Gotham with DAILY at
tachments, forgotten in New Orleans. DiXey
hasn't been with US for some time. He was
with DAILY last year, then went to Frisco
with the StockweII stock. He worked his
way across the continent. playing a roper
toire with his own company. He is as bril-
liant and clever as ever. In fact. all the
company worked like slaves to make Thor
oughbred' hit, but the alleged farce was
too much for them.
MANAGER SHAW'S SUMNER COMPANY
Ralph Lumley wrote Aunt Jack" and
in that clever piece seems To have exhausted
his dramatic resources. Now is pugna cous
little Cha riley Frohman going to force this
piece down the public's throat just as he
is bohemia You can't serve two mas
ters-art and mammon.
Tom SeabroOke has been most kindly
received back TO the city in his return to
comedy. Everyone says it's his forte and
he should never have gone into burlesque
opera. 1t is so easy TO give advice and
post mortem comment. These same wise
acres didn't foresee it.
Charley Shaw OF Washington and New
York has been in the city during the past
fortnight formulating and rehearsIng his
summer comedy company for your city.
Charley is a hustler and has a number of
clever people in the list / saw. His idea is
original for summer work 1t is TO give
musical comedy instead of out-and-out
coined y or cOmicopera, whichha heretofore
been the summer bill of fare in the cities.
Our old friend Arthur Moulton heads the
list in the new company.
The season for closing the read companies
Is evidently at hand. The Rialto is he GIN
ming TO crowd up with the weary wander
ers, who flock in from the four corners Of
the country. Between now and the 1st of
June over 5000 actors and actresses will
here; others come to see what arrange
ments can be made for a summer season or
for next year. The year on the road has
not been eminently successful, and hard
luck sotries are plentiful. No one ventures
cues ses as to next season.
CLOSE OF THE CIRCUS.
Thursday l went down to the Players
Cuban opportunity TO see the beautiful
and interesting quarters of the male men,
bers OF the profession, which was seized
upon by every woman who was invited.
Another event of Shakespeares birthday
was the testimonial dinner given to Au-
gus%A DAILY at Delmonico's by the Shake
speare Society.
This is the last week of the circus. The
managers eioice thereat. although the cir
Gus people had nothing new to offer. But
there is an rresista ble Fascination about this
great American institution That hypnotizes
the eagles on the dollars till they scream to
fly into the treasurer's box.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after
moons Duse gave her three last PERFORM
ances in America at the Fifth Avenue
Tbeater. This week ends the grand opera
supplementary season. Tie Academy will
close tomorrow night. so will the Star,
where The Last Stroke has been generat-
ing Cuban sentiment, and The Prisoner
of Zenda'' al the Lyceum finishes its run
of 186 performances.
The uninterruptedly successful pieces are
''His Absent Boy -Chimmie Fadden,"
"Heart OF Maryland 1.-The Black Sheep
''Widow Jones' and the Lady Slavey"
A couple of these will break off i'm q fort
night. SANS-GENE.