The evening times., 1896-01-04


heard her. a contract was signed and .,
year ago last October she made her first
appearance at the Savoy Theater.
When Ills EIcellency'' was produced st
the Lyric Theater in London, Miss McIntosi,
-to1s the priIna donna role, in which she
achieyed great success and in which sh.
VIII make her debut in this city. She is :,
special protege of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
There isno doubt tina the Trocadero Wand
evilies, headed by the peerless Sandow, is
the only vaudeville organization now tour
lnH the country that can and does play first
class houses.
Sandow will be seen at the Academy OF
Music although the coming; week, and wha 9
Is more, In an entirely new program, en-
bracing some new and startling reats OF
strength, which, TO the ordinary man Of
atrophied muscles, must, To say the least,
seem wonderful.
+. Ziegfeld, jr., his Manager. has surround
Ell nm this year with company that is
second IN none. The roster includes sg.h
names as Aniann, Europe's greatest inn
lrrSsRator, who will introduce this sea son
his characterization or Svengali, the char
-sictcr made famous by Wilton Lackaye in
the play Of .Trilby, the Flying JOrians, five
in number, do an aerial act that is without
parallel in the annals OF the world: The wiz
ard Cyclst, y. f. Kaufman, who has traV-
elcd the world over, and met and conquered
every woull-be champion in the bicycle
line Then there Is NJ. OGust, the cel,.-
brated French clown. in his wonderful inii-
tations or animals, birds and musical instru-
n:cntS; Herr August Dewell. the celebrated
scandinavian gymnast and there are others.
chiefly BILLY Van, who, by the way, has :,
new Joke. This is said i'll all seriousness
whatever may be said 10 The contrary.
There will be a special matinee Wednesday,
and the regular matinee Saturday.
Probably the opera which has the credit
of drawing the largest fnTses in New ORR,
Boston and Chicago in the German opera
season, not only of last year, but OF the
previous seasons is "Siegiried," which Af.
DamTosCh produces here 1T the Grand Opera
House the latter part of January.
This possibly is due to the wonderful irn-
preservation or the Gcd-like hero by Max
Alvary, in which part he is considered
without a peer in tie musical world.
In the eastern forest where Fafnor lived
In the dragon cave Siegfri.d lived ana
grew to manhood; his own companion and
teacher. Mine, The dwarf, educating him
TO be The means Of rcgainiBg the ring
and treasures. Siegfricd must kill the
dragon, and he, Nine, VIII XIII Siesfried
and gain the ring, which Will make him
master over all things.
Siegfried completes the task, but knows
nothing OF the treasure concealed III The
cave As he raises his hloOG-staiDei hand
to his head some dsCiiS OF the dragons s
blood wet his lips, ard through its m;rgic
power ne immediately understands Il bird
that sings to him, telling him TO enter the
cave, to secure the helm. md ring, and Thea
I to okillMine, who intends to poison him. The
becomes possess or of TIE hoard.
Sicgfried's necessity of loving leads him
to Brunnhida. Wotan's necessity to ren-
der his beloved Walkure human ObligeS
him 10 wish her TO bccCme the bride OF
SieEfried, ard yet he must prove the
courage of the hero. He strci iches his spear
to har the passage up the mountains. De-
spite him, SicsIricd gains the mountain
top and awakens the maiden. He over
'cGByS her proud refusal to love human
hcDg,- and inspires her with such devotion
to him-that she laughiDsiy OvercOIncs all
sorrow, forSets her lest goddess life, ana
casts herself in the arms OF the man.
Ny Cnclc,- sam I. Jacks best comedy,
with Il splendid cast. headed 10y Miss
Pyiiis Russell and thd; sterling old comedian.
Mr.. Harry Montague, comes To kernIn j
LSecum next week and can doubtless he
counted on 10 duplicate the success which
a ba., attended its production. everywhere.
My Uncle from New YORK. is one Of the
brigIteS, little comedies of the age. Its
plot deals with TIE cOmicIl adventures
of an old New York millionaire, who law
isles his wealth upon his nephew. a Cai-
so ifrrnian. The latter, obta ming iars" sums
from his uncle for the support of an
imaginary family. remains giduy bachelor.
and. thus wakes rat and wealthy. The uncle,
however, finally takes an unheralded trip
to California and catches the young man
in the midst of his sins. The attendant In
e.idcnts form the basis fo- unlimited hilarity.
The dialogue OF My CDcie' is bright and
original the comedy clever and free from
t,oarscncSs, and the action vivid anu Ell
joyablc.