The morning times., 1896-12-15
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Of an artist in financial difficulty and iater
gave a strong Ortrayal OF a tramp Whosc
makeup ana appeafahcel le,C notnis welIs vy n.
known for his excellent work III tlc III
vdUe Secretary added with Leo Clifford,
a Dutch comedian, much to tie success of
the play
Martin and RADIO gave tontortion act
seldom eQUalled here for dlfficulty Ihey
actually seemed boneless.
The last act is given Up TO burltstlhe
Turkish opera in which all the Company
appear in dazzling costumes Thc features
of this were new skirt dance ana song
by Mile Duanieta and the Turkish Bell
Gayotte,', which made decided hit ana
earned d recall There viii be A Breezy
Time" at the Grand all the week
Nancy Hanks came on the stage last
night at her record breaking gait of 2;U4.
and kept 1T up for two hours and hstlI
to the great, in fact, the enthusiastic de.
light of the audience at the Academy or
Music. IL was souvenir night, Dut that
really had nothing to do with It, III was
stnply a first MI ght of first rate play, ana
the keen prophetic sense or the punnc
took it to that favorite theater en- masse;
There are not many people IN tne cast OF
clever play by Frank Tannehill, Jr;, but
every one OF them is a. bright as the Dlade
and ar keen as the edge of n scinlter some
OF them, for instance Miss Anna Boyd, are
people whom we loved for their excelience
long ago, and there is Miss Boyd WORD TOT
II that she is as full of ginger as ever.
Mr. Tannenht hifnttlI ls III tSCtpblDLdi
character among Characters or the kllin
that has been Gverpl ourced, the man OF
the world, of intrigue, and consequent IN
gennty. He Impressed hlmstli t, iaForanlS
as Richard Chandos 1Rnacio Martlnetti
is the most gTotesqGe OF men masQuefaulnS
an maidens, and besides he sings wen,
plays well and dances marveloqsly These
two are a great part OF the play, but by
no means all of 1t.
The ladies OF the play are fair 70 look
upon and time has written 10 wrinkies
fIgf.N "a II
Hetty Green, Miss ICUiSe Auldener. MISS
Riva Gibson has very little TO DO IN the
play but lCok sweet, but OF that she Is
the perfumed essence. Miss Carrie Rad
life and Miss Florence Lillian Wlckes are
also as pretty as pictures anu are good
actresses.
her dialect songs and oiyGlot dances The
temper of the house On the Cuban cues
tcn was evidenced by a gag on the spanish
cavalier which had better be heard tn an
given away.
Altogether, ard in sections, Nancy
Hanks is Cne OF the distinct good Things
in town. 1t VIII be here all Week ana
bids fair To Go land office business
The Ideals under the management orJohn
a HImnlelein, presented Tile ilrst play IN
their repertoire The Midnight Flood
to large audience at the BiJou Thcater
last night.
the lost heroine and the betrayed wife,
but tie dialogue Is bright and the action
OF the play affords opportunity for the
introduction or some good speciaities, so
The performance passed off very creCiitably.
star feature or the company is the
twentieth Century Orchestra. TINS
orchestra led by Prof Howson. Is composed
OF young and talented musicians, who re-
Ceived several encores during the evening
1or their excellent rendition OF the inter
act music.
In the cast, NJ. b. streeter as Timothy
Zacorah Scraggs deserves particular men
tion for his thorough acting. Beatrice
Earle, in the cha racter OF Clover Wentworth,
also scored hit, and Matte Louise Steven
son, made a pretty and interesting Alice
Scdiey. The role OF Walter wilkins, the
falsely accused hero, was enacted by E.
Lawrence Lee. who acquitted himself very
We'll.
TIE greatest applause of the evening
greeted tiny Baby johnson, whose cute
songs and dances were encored until she
was fairly tired out.
VANITY Fair''is the title OF spectacular
farce coined full of up tO-datc things, which
fills the ante-holiday week at kcrnan's.
The curtain rose on an original creation
illustrating jolly night in the parlors
or the New York Yacht Club.
The Weston sisters IN dancing, boxing and
singing Specialties. were exceedingly clever
and received repeated encorrS. Mile.
Nalesca astonished the audience with her
marvellous and daring performance Ipon the
trapeZeN Hanley and jarvis, in their
turn, ma Je tbehouse shake with the daughter
their Jolhty brought forth.
Lena La Couvief, the pretty Soprano, yang,
while little Emma Carus, the wonderful
female baritone. would make Helen Mora
look well to her laurels. Mullen and Dunn
entertained the audience from start to
finish while Dcltorelli and ClssJiDsiO, the
unique musical team, as the bell ringers
and comedians, were exceptionally good.
The performance concluded with a Comic
opera farce, In Jay New York. or, A Trip
to Coney Isle introducing the lady bar
berS, and the bathing beach scene, inter
spersed with medley or new anu catchy
songs.
AT all three sessions yesterday of the
Ice Palace at Convention II all the attend
ance was better than at a ny time since the
opening night. In the morning the instruc-
tors had all they could possibly do to at
tend to the great number demanding in
struction, While in the afternoon the num-
Der of ladies in attendance was noticeably
large. Besides a number or people We'll
known in society were present at both
sessions, although the afternoon was the
favorite time for them to make their ap-
pearance.
The crowd in attendance last night was
the largest that has yet been seen at the
rink this season, and the ice was a moving
mass of color from = O'Clock until the
Ice was cleared at 1880 O'Clock. The
ice was all that could be desired and Man
ager Towers new machine for smoothing