The morning times., 1896-06-14
GARRICK 7HHTER CLOSED
New York Public Has Had
Enough of Thoroughbred"
SUMMER OPERA FAILURE
Roof Gardens Are Also Doing Poor
Business-Tim Murphy Delight
ing Large Audiences.


New York, June 13.-Another theater
puts out the lights tonight. Thorougf
bred has run a good race at the Garrick,
and reaches the wire after Ten weeks Oh
swift travelling. Next year the play VIII go
on tour with different cast than that at
present at the Garrick. Tom SeabrooE
may remain, but il is unlikely. He is still
anxius to profit on his position as star,
but il a eiit-edge contract were quietly put
in his hand, he would be content to See a
couple OF inchescut offof the display letters
that announce his coming into the one
Light stands.
.:rne sunshine of Paradise Alley will
go behind a cloud tonight and will forget
TO shine any more. They had fair run,
but the piece is hopeless hodge podge,
aud ought to he buried on the East Side
with the local Chmmie Faddens for pail
bearers. Chimmie is responsible for the
incursion of tough types We can for
give him his own sins, but he ought to
keep his gang" off Broadway. They be-
long on Avenue A, and ought TO be told
their place.
SUMMER OPERA FAILS.
The Carleton seasonofcomico opera stopped
SuuueDly d lew bittf WIOtc tOu
my last letter. They only played one
week Up at the American, the bin is being
changed frequently, which is a confession
that there are no strong pegs to hang
success on. "Pinafore" is ut present the
bill. and Dorothy Morton is the Josephine.
THIS leaves the field to lei Captain" and
"Gay New York" told you last week of
the jubilee nights which Herr Hopper had
marked out. They all came off gIoriously
10 ha nt,,r a.
mark with Il vengeDce. Gay New York
will he in the financial swim all summer.
Ii is a merry trifle. but the imita tions and
burlesque, bright stage pictures and the
faculty Of giving clly a little of each act
has established the hodge podge in absolute
favor. Thecast is Il 1ong one, md you would
recognize most OF the names. They are the
usual heroes and heroiDes of the Casino re-
views.
Whatever is the matter with the roof
gardens is beyond me. Perhaps it's the
cool weather; Pc ssibly it may be the poor
programs. AT all events. since these aerial
resorts opened very small audiences have
attended them. and the the;iters and music
halls sineularly enough have enjoyed
crowded houses.
PREMIUM FOR A NAME.
If you want to earn 500 here is the recipe:
Send n Uane to Weber and Field that will
suit them for their new Broadway house,
which is the erstwhile Empire Music Hall
These two thrifty vaudeville artists are
making no end OF money. They have dis
covered the secret OF Nessrs. Proctor, Ham
nierstein, Keith, Pastor, and Roster and pro-
pose TO reap some OF the profits that have
enabled other managers to pay them $500
a week.
Abbey's Theater is on the market for a
teuant. 1t was rumored that Nixon and
Zimmerman, who seem to be gobbling
everything in sight. had decided to make
TINS house link in their chain. They
promptly denied it. There is no end of theo-
ries about the Abbey affairs. It's all ill
timed gossip. Nobody knows the inside
workings of the business except the direc
tory of the company. I'll wager my sum
mer hat you should see it-that the firm
Will be ON its feet prepared to do busi-
ness at the old stand next year, You
people in Washington, too, will be gwen a
chance to lay down your ruffled five-doliar
bills, or perhaps five silver dollars, IL the
election goes that way, when the winter
song birds reach you.
wAsHWoMEN STRUCK.
o Manager George w. Lederer was waited
upon yesterday morning by tie half-dozen
Celtic ladies of the mop and duster whose
privilege ii is to free tile cushions. carpets,
woodwork and appointments of the Casino
auditorium and lobbits of POSSIBLE dust.
The women were incensed by Slavin and
Grcgory's act burlesquiDg pair of tiieater
scrubworncn in the Casino lobby scene of
"In Gay New York.
why" replied Lederer, kindly, ''it's
only acting-it's Il part of the play-they
don't intend offense-it's only harmless
fun
ITS that harmless 'retorted the spokes-
woman, that If they don't quit il well
quit
Slayin and Gregory are still on the pay
roll OF IN Gay New York" but there's a
ne W batch of cleaners "a the Casino batch
of dusk Y daughters of the South.
The new Murray Hill Tbeater opens Octo-
ber 10, with the Bostopians. who promisean
entirely new opera. The foundations of
the house are in and the walls begin to
ascend heavcnward.
Tim Murphy is in for a long run at
Keith'S. where the house is always full for
his half hour. Fregoli is apt TO stay at
Olympia through the summer.
Roster and Bali dark and Cheyalier has
gone to the mountains. Kellar is actually
crowding Daly's, and delights the audi
ences with his magic. There are two
strong cliques in this city. One is for
Keliar, the other for HerrmaDn, each swears
by its idol
LADY SHOLTO'S DOINGS.
Lady Sholto Douglas is making hay
Her arduous duties in her song and dance
business are over by 10 O'Clock. and by
way OF recreation her ladyship always
adiourns 10 one of the roof gardens
she appeared at 10 O'Clock on the Casino
roof the other evening, chaperoned Ivy
Tony Pastor and three other young men
or Mr.. Pastor Lady sholto seems to
stand in very wholesome awe, hut after
a little while Tony grew tired and left
the party, and Immediately the wild West
.rn spirits of Lady Sholto began TO assert
She insisted on arranging bouquet for
herself from the boxes of pottcd flowers
which are strewn about the roof and no
sooner had she reached the street than she
broke into skirt dance. This dance made
uch hit with the pedestrians that her
adyship stopped again Just in front of
Ahbey's Theater and repeated it amid great
applause. SANS-GENE
A successful Monologujst
George Graham, the well-known WASH