The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-18
Entertainments. HYPERION.

HYPERION.
 Last night at the Hyperion theater before Q large and ultra-enthusiastio audience, Hoyts latest (until his neXb farce comedy, written to introduce his beautiful wife, Caroline Miskel Hoyt, and entitled "A Contented Woman" was produced for the first time in this city It is Q farce in MT. Hoyt's best and most successful style and satiri2es society in general and the new woman in politics in particular. The jokes and puns are of the real old Hoyt flavor, and, as usual caused continued laugh ter and applause,
 Mrs. Hoyt's face Is familiar to every one. Geographically considered, she is the best in the market at pres- ent and her pictures do not belle her. She is a pretty, graceful woman, with charmingly unaffected manner, and although her histrionic abilities are not of the highest order she does this es- pecial line very we'll indeed She wore several handsome gowns last evening, and was especially radiant in the last act in white satin, with pearl orna- ments. She wore a great many fine jewels, distributed in dazzling array over her corsage, and in her pretty tia- ra. The company was quite competent in every respect, containing such well known farceurs as Will Currie, Frank Lane and MT. George Ober. The make up in the characters of the ward heel CTS and the strong minded ladies" ;o1f 1N Bray Josephine Stanton, Fanny Mia co, and especially Frank Lanes topi- cal song in the fourth act, were well done and well received.
 MT. Hoyt, the author and creator of this up-to-dat species of dramatic lit erature, witnessed the performance from box.
 'The Gay Parisians," the fastest com edy success in New York and Paris, comes tonight direct from New York where 1t has been running all season. The cast will be the same that was seen 150 nights at Hoyt's theater, and the original scenery will also be pre- sented. Seldom has so excellent a com pany been seen in a comedy. W. J. Ferguson, so noted as a creator of char acter parts, and Miss Odette Tyler, who has not been on the stage since her engagement to Howard Gould, heads the list. Others who assume leading roles and only at rare intervals are seen outside of New York, are James Barrows, Mrs. E. J. Phillips, Josephine Hall and Charles Wells. The action o1 the play is of the fast comedy order The scene is laid in Paris hotel and the incidents are splendidly worked out Sale of seats now open.
 The Hyperion will put on it's decollete clothes and kid gloves for Thursday February 20, the occasion being tho event of the peerless Lillian Russell and the excellent opera company, of whicf she is the head. Miss Russell stands without a rival in the comic opera world. During this engagement, whicf is for one performance only, Miss Rus sell will present one of her latest sue cesses according it stage setting o exceptional excellence and artistic beau ty.
 The opera will be an entirely nev English version of Lococqs merry mas terpiece, "The Little Duke" adaptation by Max Freeman. Sale of seats nov open.
 Nell Gwynne" is a highly interesting historical comedy based upon the favor ite of Charles II. of England. Rhea i admirably fitted for theatitle role. Spec ial words of praise must be said for tn, delivery of the happy thought of Por tia's mercy" speech in the third act The second act. in which the autho has given her a chance to fence wit IT perhaps the most successful of the play though the third, with the scene Ii which she cleverly assumes Lord Chan cellor's wIg and gown is very stron and at the same time humorous. Tn play comes next Saturday evening a the Hyperion. Sale of seats now open