The morning times., 1896-10-15
COMING To THE rhEATcRs.

Denman Thompson and George w. Ryer
are creuiteu by tneir representative Win
having salu 10 themselves before wn,llg
I"Tne Sunshine oil Paradise Alley which
comes TO the Lafayette Square Opera
house next Monuay: we Will give .nc
pubiic tnut which rs Wholesome anu what
| tney ought 10 have, Just as we aid I'D tilc
"Old Homestead;' we VIII preach Il ser.
mon wnie amusing the most olase OF
| theater-Soers, and at the same time the
| clergy snail see our entertainment and
Judge IL To be the most ut for the most
innocent eyes and ears"
IL Is 10 tie nOpeu tnal In his enthusiasm
he has been miSquotcd, and that what
the authors really saIu 10 themselves was
we shdii, not I'VE viii" Jaueu, no.
"blase:" IT, was OF the Sunshine OF
Paradise Alley" that Ella Wheeler VIII
cox wrote: 1t left sweet taste IN my
mouth
There is hardly a city in America that,
| has d thealer. where Jnere is u thcatrr-
| going puhiIc. but what the name OF Charles
| II nuyL Is almost "A household word. his
well known author is to degree the
| fatner OF farce comedy. lie first time MS
| name was brought prominent before tine
| public was when" bunch or Keys was
cess. iiuu IL has made more people laugh
lhan any other production IN iarce COMEDY
Its annual visit is Always looked forward
| TO with pleasant anticipations in the cities
where IL mas been before. because those VINO
| have Witnessed the performance know
good long iaugn Is III store for them. heater
goers never grow Tired or the comedy. "A
Bunch OF Keys" Will this season be pro-
uu.eu On grand scale by Gus botnner. WHO
has engaged an excellent company TO pro
| uuce lnIs excellent comedy.
The piece has been puilsiled up TO date.
ana special attention. has been given TO
the sLe,laitles. winch Will embrace several
novel features, among them the Acme QUAR-
let. 4 ne Musical numbers will also DC Il
feature. The company Is headed by Asa
Bothner. WHO will appear as II eddy" ana
the bl.uu Fanny iiedIcr Is the place. All
the week with daily matinces.
The attraction at Kernan's Theater next
Week will be the latest Duriesque sehsatiOn
Weber's Olympia. This eXlravagant en-
terprise has scored decided hit IN every
city IN which il has appeared. the scenic
embellishments are truiy wonderful. ana
the company is one OF the best eve r org ganizcd
The opening burleitH entitled. Right
Mr.. Wrong" Is an up-lo-date satire, aud
will serve To Introduce the full strength of
The company. lie olio which follows Is an
exceptionally good one. aud includes Miss
LeLlie MerIuitn. late OF I 1onpkIu's black
Crook Company. Miss Meriuith Is saiu To
be the most perfectly formed woman on
the American stage; Gallagher and West.
III cUIheuy nils oil the aay Leslie ana leu
ley, the Celtic wits; Deimorc aud Lee, re-
fined sketch artists; Whitney Brothers. ex-
pert musical artists; Evans and Huffman.
singers anu daucers; Miss ADbie LainerauX.
| the peerless burIesquc star, aud the uoopc
Sisters. the little electric sparks.
The performance cQpcluues Win Tile
original burlesQue entitled, ''Fads and
Fancies." III which will lie Introduced lhc
sensational John Good Dance.
Seldom, II ever, has any artist made n
| more unqualified or stupendous success in
this country than that achieved by La Loe
Fuller, who will be Xt weeks attraction
ut the National Theater. Her marvellous
dances have startied ma delighted ah cUnti-
mental Europe. When Miss Fuller returned
to this country two years ago she had al
ready made herself famous in Europe US a
Serpentlne dancer.
since unen sue has become even more
of a celebrity, and when she makes her
reappearance ut The National on next Mon
day evening she will present dances that
have never been seen here before, and
which only the fertile ina ginatiUn OF La
Luie'' could conceive. They are too won
derful to be described, except in the gen
erality. One OF her dances is called The
Night In this she wears black cos
-, in M',s,n One eiectilc nslts nave the
effect of gems.
Another new dance is THE Firmament."
in which are produced the erect OF the
stars, the moon IN its various phases. and
finally of vivid flashes Of lightning, The
Fire Dance and the Nile Lilly" will
| also be shown. Miss Fuller lis assisted IN
| herentertainment ny high class yaIdeville
| company composed Of Molly Fuller and
Fred dallen, Doncan. the yentriloquist,
Charles b. Ward, the original Bowery 10y;
Swift and Chase. musical act; Louise
| Montrose. singing soubrettei Fielding, the
| juggler, and many others.
Monday night the Academy presents the
| lavest in sensational melOdraina, when
London Sleeps" AS its name implies, the
scene Of tie play is laid in Lonuon and is
| reSpec able portion of its population is
| fast asleep. The play was originally
produced in this country at the Fourteenth
has enjoyed a reception that fully equals
| its London success.
One paper says of it: "The play is in
| in reals ,ic situations and thrilling eli
makes. It's situations are not strained,
| however: The play is MOI by any means OF
| the blood and thunder order. The scenery
carried by tile company is most ella aborate
| and diliclatestmechanical devicesare utilized
! TO rive the best possible effect to the
| settings"
A natural pastoral drama. favored With
the breezy local color OF Tennessee life
and rrrmratrd With the soft Southern
of Coon Hollow" which will be seen at
the Grand Opera House next Week, with
a wealth of scenery and mechanical ef
| fects and one OF the largest acting COM
panies on the dramatic stage.
The realistic mechanical effects used
in celebrating the work add to its inter
est The story finds its origin from the
name of dam in ronantic glen in
East Tennessee that from the earliest
times has been know n as Coon Hollow"
Among the several other scenes are
night betNee the Robert E. Lee and
- N:'"',1. thr boats lighted and under
! full heads of steam.
| A cotton press at work is another ef-
| feet. band of plantation darkies are
seen at Wood landing on the river,
| " here, by moonlight, they indulge in the
songs dances, aud antics that have made
| the colored race humorous factor in
history. Two quartets Of colored boys
and girls are heard in the quaint songs of
the sunny Sonth. and genuine plantation
brass band greets the many boats.