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ShhnRe IN the nlIOTHhtlnW Dlllb NJ tnlf tnout.o
for awhile. THE. Gelsha" will be given on half
the afternoons and evenings b., the same, com
pany that has been engaged in II here during
Three months have been occupied by The
SIheTry Picker AZ a. the he fourteenth c"ustss I'll ar street st sn of
It's Withdrawal has been. fixed for Jan. 20. II
has established Itself well up among the sepsn-
uonal melodrumas. Avowedly mechanical IN
some Of its devices for excitement, especially in
It's scene with the big gun that menaces the
acted in tho right spirit.
The Tooth performance OF Secret Service"
will be reached at the Garrick two weeks hence.
and the souvenirs for that, occasion are ready.
This war drama Is to remain here until March.
Besides being set down fore London production.
1t will probably DO exported to Australia; It's
GneSy a. t sSe earlier r p InSpSs r Mr. as Gillette lett Os 'n0
The time Of "Two Little Migrants" has been
end Of January, and it is possible that even then
\, Will not have exhausted it's drawing power:
taking TAXI @ Sold Of the P hearts tsS Of ali il so stsS Of psopi G.
and so its audiences are composed OF rich and
poor, fashionables and their oppositcs, and par.
II is not only settled at the Herald Square
that q fftieth performance OF The Girl from
Paris" shall be passed on Jan. Is and observed
with souvenirs, but that the play shall be CON
one of those Intensely and extremely French
affairs that, with all their suggestions OF, devil
euccess ia helped. too, by an uncommonly clever
lot of caricaturists.
Hardly ever are the outside" theatres so we'll
of for really strong plays and companies as
they are this week. The Harlem Opera House
has The Sporting Duchess" not with a second
rate cast. but with q retention of those actors
who distinguished 1t during Its long season
down town. Agnes Booth. J. II. Stoddart, Cora
Tanner. and tho others In the organization have
their original roles, and the turf scenes arc to BIO
filled with people and horses.
| Tho Daopla,a haa anothar NJ tho htu and ahowv
dramas In Under the Polar Star" the Arctic
melodrama In which tho bravery and sufferings
of adventurous voyagers In the north seas are
depicted with remarkable spectacular eGects.
The episodes of danger and death by fire and
water. the exhibitions Of q winter life on an Ice
borg, and the climax of rescue are about as
realistic as anything yet put on the stage.
The Columbus offers an entertainment which
was recently conspicuous in Broadway, and in
which q foreign celebrity has been greatly ex-
plotted. The play is "A Parlor Match" in
which Charles s. Evans and William Hoey have
long been popular as the book agent and the
tramp, but now they have Anna Held for a new
companion, besides n score or so OF singers, dan
GERS, and comedians. The vaudeville element
is strong.
The American will retain " A Man of Honor"
a second week. This meiodrama dragged and
miscarrIed to some extent on the opening night,
and several of its intendedly exciting episodes
were frustrated by misshaps. These faults disnp-
peared after n few performances. and now the
piece is acted with celebrity and smoothness; II
is a good specimen OF the Kind of play that finds
wide popularity with n large portion of the pub
lie, which goes to theatres.
AT the Grand Opera House. too, the rule OF
changing the bill every Monday is broken in
favor OF "Superba. " because that Is a peculiarly
suitable piece for the holidays. and the elnbo-
rateness OF the reproduction commands extra
interest. The makeup OF this extravaganza.
com Combine ii 't farce. nto m Ballet baliot. vaudeville
and spectacle il liberal quantities and we'll
The Star is a third "week-stnnd e" house to
carry over an entertainment from Christmas TO
New Years, and hero again the show Is OF q
doinss in Merry Tramps." The hundredth
D De TnIrsS s of Ufv that TTH,r" ,SGss m, viii be- s nisn
the important roles are an able and very lively
trio. They are comedians condensed.
The Murray Hin offers the American hunlor
Of "A Texas Steer, in which the first act, rep
resenting u political campaign in Texas. is just
about MS good and genuine native comedy rs
depicting official life in Washington, ranges into
is now performed by a company selected to
travel with it this season.
The continuous variety shows extend their
performances by from two to three hours on
New Years. and the music halls are to give
matinees Two of the leaders at Keith's Union
Square. Bessie Bonehill and Amann, have held
over from last week, but among the newcomers
are Helen Mora deep voiced and tending to
songs of domestic woo the Finneys. a man and
woman VINO 90 lnelT bpeClAlty III OF uuuer
water tho FIVE Richards. acrobats Werner
and Rieder. d~uettists the four Cohans. the
Electric Quintet, Emery and Nodine. Charles
iamon Stanley Whiting. Lorenz and Allen,
Ray L. Royce. and the Whiting sisters.
At Proctor's Pleasure Palace are the Hanlons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. Francois X. Zeltner.
the Borellis. and a dozen other specialists. Lew
Dockstader. Billy Carter, and Wood and Shop
ard are down for to-day's concert. Dockstader
1 a. - o-l L. ~, r-Ay \ 49, - 800
Twenty-third Street. and among his compap-
ions are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Ellis. Rachael
Walker, the Yassar Quartet, and Waterbury
brothers and Tenny., To;day's conspicuous en-
tertainers are Charles Wayne. Jessie Millar.
Tony Pastors entertainers include Willis p.
Sweatnam. the SidmAns. jerome and Bell. Maud
Raymond, John and Bertha Gleason. Gallagher
and West, Edward and Louise Lorrctt, Peters
and Walters. Morrow and Ruthden. Melrose
and Elmer. Sadie Hart, and Belle Hathaway.
with her trained animals,
Music Hail is Mile. Katrina, a Spanish dancer,
whose sinpous and cal1Fic performances have
Others added to the vaudeville company are the
tell, Haines., Pettengill., and James Thornton.
The principal figure on the stage is still Louise
Beaudet, the plauant singer of ballads In French
Yvette Gnilbest has but three more weeks to
ing. Tomorrow will bring a few changes in
her budget of songs; but Its present English
numbers are retained. anu prove quite as enter
tanning as more artistic renderinRs In French.
New companions for her in this bill are the
MerTliiees sisters and the Dunhams. and among
the holdovers are Press Eldridge. Williams and
Walker. the ZedOras, and Wormwood's trained
dogs. Tho biograph views are still exhibited
nightly.
Luniere's cincmatographe is in its second
week at the Eden Musee. One OF Its pictures
shows Ii Hung Chang moving into Fifth avenue
at Washington Square. There arc. too. several
new items in the wax collection.
shortly after noon to-day the two subjects
whom Prof. Ferris has held In o hypnotic sleep
mt Huber's Museum since last Monday will be
awakened and will witness this hypnotist's
other experiments. In tho list with Ferris are
Major Mite. the Tiny imitator of Chevalier. Uno.
q snake eharmer, Kid Royal. ex-sharper, a half
dozen albinos and a scorc OF specialists.
At Weber d Fields's there Is a continuance OF
THE Geeser" Durlesque, into which such. fea-
lures as tho Embarrassing Sisters, Miss Rankin's
have been interjected. The vaudeyille section
of the entertainment employs a judicious selec-
tion from the front ranks ofthe army OF special
lists. One comnlenduble fact about this music
hall is that the show always contains a we'll
balanced variety.