The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-09

..In Did Kentucky Coming.
ssIn Old Kentucky comes 20 this city,
opening at the Seattle theater next Friday
for two nights. with the prestige Ok gem
ulne success and inHorsed ard CONNIE ndei
on al sides a. a play ~ unusual strength
and great scenic display. IL ~, IN iaet,
che Of the striking successes Of the day.
Its series Of truthful pictures Of southern
Iife have caught the fancy of piay-goers
wherever the play has been presented IL
II q upelo-dramatic spectacle, and com
piete Dew outfit OF scenery Il said TO have
been gotten up FOR this tour.
great feature Is made Of the race. and
r. Is a real race 50 far as II Is possible 10
have one on The stage the horses making
a wild dash across the stage and under
the wire IN full etew Of the audience A
view Of the lannon's Lexington race track
IL shown. with the grand stand flied with
enthusiastic spectators, the bookmakefs
crying the odds and iBciting the people 10
invest: the hard stand occupied b. the
pickanniny brass band OF young darkies,
the judges ia their box, and the multitude
Of hangers-on always 20 Or found at race
track. The paddock Is aiso shown. with
the horses, Jockeys. touts and other attend
ants. the weighing-in. tho mount, the ofh-
er bits OF business common 10 sueh places.
Another scene Is a grand and awe-iIiSpir-
showing tremendous chasm spanned by
a small f0ot-bridge and built to a height Of
thirty feet. IT is In this act that lovers OF
meIodrama will find plenty Of excitement.
The bridge falls into the gorge and the
heroine makes flying swing across the
chasm hanging 10 rope, saves her lover
from impending death BY picking up a
dynamite bomb. which Is about 10 explode.
and huriS IL into the abyss. where 1t ex-
piodes with terrific force. shatteFing the
walls OF the precipise and causing the
whole TO fall.
The play deals with Kentucky life and
character. and whatever may be its merits
a. a drama OF domestic life. 81 has lennon
strated its popularity By Milling the theaters
wherever II has been given. With the aux
iiiaries, nearly loo people, 10 say nothing
OF the Kentucky horse contingent. VIII be
employed tn the production.
a feature OF the play that has attracted
widespread attention IS the Pickaninny
band. Little darkles have been seen on the
stage before, bat never such a lot OF color
ed youngsters appear in In old Ken
lucky" They play 3 number OF brass ia
struments. and while this is described as
an amusing bit. their real work consists
tn dancing and tEe pranhish frOlic Of lively
coiored stable boys. Southern people who
have seen this part Of the performance say
u Is marvellous In its fidelity To nature and
a. credtabie as Il Is striking. II II a COM
binatiOn OF many clever bits Of this kind
that has made IN Old Kentucky" the
greatest success In years.
s'ridings' Prom Gotham.
Two per cent. is about the proportion OF
the population OF a community that at
tends the theater each day.
Carrie Radcliffe has succeeded Mrs.
Stuart Robson ia the character OF the mu-
sic hail singer In Mrs. Fonderbury's
Past"
"a woman's Reason" the new play just
produced By Charles Frohman's stock
company. In New York. Is described as a
an de- steele "F'fou-Frou.
Helena Modjeska. whose unexpected and
serious illness obliged her 10 cancel her
Chicago engagement. is reported progress
ing very slowly but surely towards health.
She IS in Cincinnati.
The young dancer peyo. who Is now
skipping and kicking herself into public
favor AT Oscar Hammerstein's Olympia, IA
New York. Is al American girl. with an
Italian method ami French name.
Katherine Grey il TO play the leading role
under A. NJ. Paimers management, ia a
new farce from the German entitled An
Faaden'' at the New York Garden theater
The Cabaret du Meant" I'm which death
is made light of. is such a success in the
Casino chambers. in New York, that exit
billions are now given IN II every afternoon
as Wen as an TIC thSfttli@s aAta Atao t4 sun
DAY.
Charles Frohman assumed the sole man
aEement Of the IfsrFiek theater. New York
iasf Monday. when T.. NJ. and Joseph Hol-
hand played a return engagement In their
highly successful play. "A Social High
waymau."
Last summer Boerbohm Tree and Paul
Potter ciramatist OF rrilhy." We're a log
eeTheads because OF differences OF opinion
over the question Of the English royalties
90 bc paid By Tree 10 Potter. Now Pot
ter is ia London. and the English actor is
entertaining bin IN pualic and private.
That admirable organization OF artists
known az the Rostoniaus declare their in
tepuon az directing their Efforts in more
serious channels. They propose 10 produce
a series Of legitimate comic operas. iuclud-
Ing a new opera ~ NascaGni. another hy
Massenet. and other ambitious works
Tole Fuller sailed February and will
omen February Il AZ Roster and Biars.
Shc viii receive tire largest salary ever
paid any artist In This couniry--s97 utare a
performance than NNette GuiiheTt rcceiv-
"a and double what Lillian Russell ever
received for her services Tor q single week
she will hiring with her all the rarapher-
malta aud scenic ard electrical ELECTS she
used la London and Paris the past TWO
years.