New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-12
A VARIETY or ENTERTANH MEATS

The first actual entire week of the summer sea-
son Of the Metropolitan Opera House began last
night The promenade concert by Anton Selai oi
cbestra was enjoyed fully and the other FEATURES
of the combination Of entertainments were app'ecl-
ated proporonately. The vaudeville part OF 'he coz
lection is up IN the little theatre OF me opena NJ:
on the bill for the week are Press tidrldge MIS-
Catherine Bartho the Deltorello brothers; Parislan
musical clowns: Miss Pearl Andrews IN inI'a,loM ions
melodies; Prince Kokin japanese jugger ana eqn Gull
brst the Newsboy Quintet ana the three be'1N'''''
Tho naw feature Of the programme at Roster n
Balls last night was the entertainer Biondi WHO
impersonates many characters and performs "ho'e
play The vtascope continues TO excite au'H'i"'io'''
and the frequent changes that are mace III 'he
views presented keep up the interest in It's procren
ngs Chevaer is now In the last week OF ms en-
easement The present programme for the week IN
Saiancers and gymnasts the brothers Horn and
Charlotte Haett the three oei aIi' her fire
Satanic Gambols'' ana lda fuie'' III "'' nv
dances.
At palner's Theatre last night Mr. Hermann
added his splritualistc manifestations to the pro-
grammc He does them remarkably well. ana gains
as astonishing results any medium Inc otncr
parts of the entertainment are little cnamsei ne ne
are Mrs Herrmanns brilliant dances
The continuous performance at Tony Pastor Inc
ar IL none the less continuous because OF the not
.aa,ber T, e,es straight on, and il Is remarkable
70 find how comfortable the theatre is. all Things
being considered. The programme this week ihcinueS
James r. Hoey. the etory-teler Miss Katie Rooney,
IN limitations Of her father. Pat Rooney; Miss Maud
ieiie Wellington singer aud dancer; The Donovahsi
monkeys and dogs; Lucier and Greve. Gould ana
Burt the King sisters slnger dancers n anr 9
ward B. and Rollo White. and Barbours iliuslona
proctor's Pleasure Palace with its ventilation and
cooling appliances and 2j-cent summer admission
means 70 bid defiance to heat and humidity. 1t
has now such entertainers as John kerhc.I' 'flHl-
minis and Gore the American Macs, whose amiabe
er1eavor seems 20 be 10 beat each other into in
scnsibility: the Russell brothers as Irish servant
girls: Miss Bonnie Thornton; Mile Ar&son on ,hc
ioftv wire. and Mario Durham Trio, on th,
tripe bars Agreeable incidents are me juggling OF
De Camo; the sketches of Brown ana Harrison te
VentriloQusm or Ineouolc anu 'ile Oa'J' 'PNN'''''
OF Gertrude Harrington
The crowds at Proctor's Theatre. Tweniy-thrd-
St. yesterday testified TO the popularity OF the sum-
ner prices which include any seat. orchestra or
balcony for 25 cents. Welcome was given to Char'es
r Ellis Iottie ellison, Foreman and West. the dane
ing sisters Don Eleanor FAX and sherman anu M
rjssey together with the Carriers iluslonists' me
Naili,one iugglers: George Fisher and Andy Lewis.
Martha Franklin and Ray Vernon, serio-comcs ana
Annie Buckley
At the Eden Musee the usual order of things is
maintained. The waxworks are on view ana Inc
concerts OF the Hungarian orchestra HBh'e" '"o
afternoons and evenings
Mile Paquerctte appeared at the Trocadero MUSIC
Hall last night and amused a wellhlled house with
her drolleries Her little donkey, as usual, also
created merrinent. This is Mile Paquerettes rare
well week at the TrocaderO. She VIII start LOT
Paris in two weeks and Will not return 10 America
in some time Another favOrite VINO ls taxing a Idie
well OF Trocadero this week IS MISS ILniiah ~. a.
Among others who appeared last night Were d
trapeze performer named Valesca. the 5Iahd SIstci >
In songs and dances, and the Manhattan I ohncu!
Four. The buresque FRA Diavolo VIII De re-
placed next week by new one.
The many voiced Fregon failed TO appear III tle
Olympia Music Hall last night. He had just ar
rived from Europe and had not had time 10 prepare
himself for his public performance 1t Is announced
that he will be tonight without fail MI nam
merstein last night introduced some living s'a'uary'
under the title OF "Marblesqucs. They proved 10 pe
simply living pictures In white. 1hey were rd,ns
better than the previous efforts that have Deel laue
in the same direction. but their erect was no' ht
that have been seen here. The eidoloscope was an
other new feature Of the entertainment oi iast
~ showed the Whirlpool Rapids. Fftn-aVe on f-as-
ter sunday the drill of the Mexican engineer corps
Snv reaiIsiic effect The instrument and us enects
haye been fully discussed In these columns DeloIe.
The programme Of last night was firtner nnaue w
~ the 1ler Troupe ConstahZ anu iIa -n nin,o
a. and monkey circus Weber and Fields, fapihta
h oe avo,o Trio and Ben Abdua. in his performance
on the wire.
NOTES or TIE STAGE.
The Conried-Ferenczy Comic Opera Company