The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29

terspersed with vaudeville, and the company
Is said to have been formed with a view TO civ.
ing incidentally n good variety show. -
Volunteers. easily able to give \ good enter
tainment will undertake to do so ut the Four
teenth Street tonight for the benefit of the
widow of Lennder Thompson.
The smooth running Of the current plays 10
not altogether without incident. At the hun
dredth performance OF Rosemary" at the
Empire on Tueeday night, souvenirs ''of q
character that will certainly SURPRISE are TO
be distributed. John Drew engagement has
a month left to H., and then the Charles Froh-
man stock company will be brought homo to
act in a dra matte version Of Stanley Weyman's
Under the Red Robe"
Tomorrow nights performance of Brian
Boru'' At the Broadway will be its fftieth. The
souvenirs are declared TO be ''the handsomest
ever given away in q New York theatre" The
Whitney company is to remain hero with the
Irish romantic opera one week longer, and
after that Fanny Davenport will all a months
engagement with n round of tho Sardou pieces
In which she has distinguished herself.
What is billed ns q holiday edition Of Jack
and the Beanstalk' will DO performed at the
Casino tomorrow night. In other words. q
lot of new songs, dances. and other interlopa-
lions have been prepared for this CAV extrava-
CANA More comicalities have been devised
for Mr.. Donnelly and Mr.. Girard, now music
for the Misses Leasing, Perkins, Orborn, and
Hollios, and new mechnnisms to help the fun
of tho pantomimic passages.
This IL the last week of The Mandarin" at
the Herald Square. The comic opera with
Chinese tendencies. has been steadily improved
in words and music during its term at this
theatre. and Is now At to be sent on its tour in
the best possible order. Tho ensuing play
hero will To Tho Girl from Paris" a French
FARGO which comes to us by tho way Of London
%and-which we shall get at the hands land feet)
of a Rice company.
Only one week is left of the time belonging
to Roaring Dick and Company at Palmer's,
the name of which theatre is changed back to
"Wallack's" Maurice Barrymore's COM
bined efforts as dramatist and actor has been TO
his decided advantage. The role OF tho outla
in good society. with n redeeming quality of
goodness in his nature. is wlnsome rs he plays
It. Z. S. Willard is to appear here a week
hence in "A RoEue's Comedy"
Auguste Van Biene will conclude his en-
gagement at the American this week and then
go on n tour. His performance as actor and
musician in 1.-THE Broken Melody has not
failed in his expectation to command atten-
ton here, as IL did in England. His unique
personality, mis- equally singular methods of
acting. and above all his playing Of the cello.
lave proved interesting. IN one way OF another,
to many thousands of New Workers.
The Lyceun has beyond n doubt found that
rare and valuable th'ng-an adequate leading
ing. who made her American debut in This
Courtship of Leonie" pt assesses youth, beauty,
graceful distinction, and emotional power.
ties, she seems bound to remain. as.she has
been thus Ear. n very conspicuous figure on our
stage. She has excited much interest.
Those boys who are named in the title of
Two Little Migrants" ar. having eyerything
was bound to be the case. The olay is a siren.
nous tnelodrama, 1t Is performed with general
force. and some of It's settings are very slight
to the winsome pair OF wandering. vagahonds,
whose adventures are the irresistibly appeal
1he way has been further cleared at the
long as 1T is wanted. even though that should
ragement has been ehifted to the Knicker-
booker. and that Of n Bison farce to the Gar
nations and its generally admirable perform
ancc. Is fortunate in beins able to remain I'M
d'S fur Fou r1 en9hs Street ~ .ss i Sns Ssen a fortunate
cess there with The stlil Alarm another
is..now all right again with "The Cherry Pick
sncos Of this war; melodrnma viii be- Increased
TO at least n hundred before It is sent away
from this house TO travel.
"Gebildote Menschen' all this week, the &C
ceptanco of 1t bv the suppo tiers OF this theatre
tinuanre beyond what is usual. 1t illustrates
with Il moral and with amusement the lack of
RRD nsInsss sense ems among some folks Of culture.
The performance by the Conreid company Is
in nearly every respect coinmendable.
No an nouncement Is vet made from the
Olyn pia OF any change OF play from Santa
Maria the Hammerstein comic opera. which
for about three months has held the stage of
the theatre in tina, big eSta bllshmeDt. Nor
does the week bring further alteration in the
company performing the piece Tho Arctic
ballet and scenery remain n glittering exhibit.
and the episode Of the court trial Is an episode
of popular fun.
Continuous vaudeville has one new recruit
this week in Max Fisman. who. with Lillian
Purkhardt, will appear at k"ith's Union Square
In n new comedietta called Dropping a Hint
Biondi. too. is n newcomer here, and he will give
his Italian opera specially in q condensed
form. Two shining liRhts among the specialists
OF the programme are Bonnie Thornton. who
talks ballads TO moro effect than most vocal
lists Of her grace sing them: and Press Eldridgo.
a joker that blacks his face and dons Grotesque
garments. The cinematographo still has an
inning. and other entertainers that are here
are The Morellos. Loriaux and Wandell. Leola
Mitchell. Conwell and O'Day. Mile. Flora.
Sexton and Miller. Dobson and Travis. and
haZZiOttA-
The SIdmans two sketch players that arc nos
to PASTORS, head its roster. which includes
Williams. ventriloouist; Clivette. prestidigi-
tateur; Fanny Leslie. CONTROVERSIES; the Sa-
Vans. Josephine Sabel. tho Donovans, Ber-
nard Dyllyn Olive. st. Clair and Lorenzo, Ed
win Latell. Katie Rooney. the Craig trio. and
McCale and Daniels.
Newcomers at Proctor'a Pleasure Palace
are Sibyl Johnstone and Lyon Adams. who play
a short comedy entitled "A Woman's Way"
and John Wilson and Bertha Warning, who
come from burlesque and are paired in singing
and dancing. Pauline Hall Is in her last week
a. Proctor's Twenty-third Street tho Nudge
legs and the RossoWs being conspicuous among
COMPANIONS.
A new featurve in music hall gymnastics will
be shown tomorrow night ut Roster 81 Balls
by tho Zedoras, one OF whom Will be shot
across the auditorium as the arrow of q huge
At the end of her flight she " Ill
be caught In tho hands of one of her compan-
ions. Specialists in continued employment
are the Glinserettis. Lew Dockstader. Williams