The evening times., 1896-11-24

| Wtuhesdiy, Thursday and saturday matt
| nees.
| ~, 20 rental America is the menu for
| THANKSGIVING weed ut tile Acadcmy OF
| MUSIC. The performance last night was
| an excellent INDICATION of what might be
| expected from this COM bination OF octo-
\ iU'iis, "u" sing, dance ana JOKE with much
| clevcrness.
| Joiin >, Isham has collected a good COM
piny of coiored artists. and they all have
good voices. Special attention has been
| features Of the Scenery. -.-.
The menu ahounds in comicalities and
| specialtlcs. As usual, Billy Eldridge was
| IA iavOrlte ana provoked IN uuII laughter Inc
opening skit showsLi Hung Cnang on a visit
| to the Isle of San Domingo. Eldridge, us
| an httache OF Ii. creates much amusement,
ana the old gentleman himself. Stirring
| Tom Brown
The lattcr's jokes, rendered as IL special
feature, are crisp, DrlghUa aud witty. There
are many catch ysongs, and Miss Margaret
Scott did We'll III tnat line. Shipp and Winn
| afeciever in songs and dances. The twenti-
| as japanese Yum Yums, but are more
striking in natty bicycle boomers, made a
decided hit The flower ballet is Ingenious
It's scenic effect rs tasty and pretty, and
the dancing novelty.
The performance concluded with selec-
tons from The operas. gwen with correct
tenor: Miss Plato and Miss Matte Wilkes
X endit Ions from ''Trovatore, Robin
Hcnd'' and '.Rigoletto" were on the bill
last night
Taerr Will be a special matinee Thanks
giving Day in addition to the gular Wednrs-
day and Saturday afternoon performances.
Slaves of Guld,'' strong melodrama,
opened at the Ri iou Theater last night Ia
" well-fillcd house.
the plot, which hinges on the trans
formation of a man OF good impulses into
n villain by his love of money, is full of
good situations and exciting climaNes and
affords opportunity for many novel and
realistic scenic effects.
Mr. Arnold Reeves. the star-manag ger, not
not only acts his own role of William Hope,
the father, who parts with his child to
save her from Starvation, very Capa bly,. but
has surrounded himself with u very ef-
fiCieut company.
Miss Katherine Hunt as Grace Hope the
heroine. gave It finished reading of her lines
Richard Bartley, whose greed for gold
furnishes the motive for the plot, was well
depicted by william !. Clark.
Leonard MUnCktun, the villain, was made
villainous as the exieencies of the plot
demanded at the hands OF +. Guy Spanclcr
ing and natural aud Harry c. De VIII as
Percy FitZroy, descendant Of kings
acted TO perfection the part Of the dude,
who Is not Ia he Hurried. bur who, under
Ibis impassive exterior. has plenty Of 60
in him. Mr.. Charles Herbert was a
convincing Col. Clifford, the aristocratiC
trade.
LittIe Grace Hope also came in for her
Sh1Ie of the applause, especially from .he
feminine portion OF the audience.
Especially strong was the scene III the
wrecked mine where the heroine and her
father are imprisoned. Both the flooding
and explosion of the mine are finished
pieces of stage realism.
The tzSantIey BurlesGue Company
held the boards at KeTnan's last night.
aud it's coterie OF pretty girls who posed
as models ana the clever comedians pInved
to be royal entertainers.
la the initial nuIuLer, u musical comedy,
Paris and Pleasure double Quartet
Of artists ideals appear. not as Living
Pictures" but Pictures That Live and
and in their midst is that sweet little
Snngsiress Katie Gilmore to add to the
gayety. Then came an clio which nrtt.d
many rounds of applause Dawley and
Waldron follow in clever dialogue.
Fisher and Crowell. the latter young
lady secure ,hrlr cnCrres b. dancing and
difficult acrObatlc work.
The striking costum .s of the pretty Eng
SfToInsiSters was what took with the house.
and their ne w song, With Papa in PaTee.'
was ono or the hits of the evening.
Joseph j. Sullivan. comedian OF long
Standing. took his turn ami kept the au-
dience in continuous good humor.
Not less amusing were the Gilmore sisters
in song and dance, introducing several
novelties and new songs.
The saa lIra ~ the" ling was ne hONin:.
and bag punching of Miss Gordon. Her ex-
ntntiipn - SKA with rr' gln 's wOJIlr ha =,
done credit to a professional.
Tu-. show terminated with tue Satiricai
buriesuue, Gay Life in New York" pre-
s,.atpa in three SCENES. the firs' OF wuiCa
showed the portions of kernan'S Thedter.
md tho final Il grand banquet at the " Bali
dorf" Hotel