The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

John VI. lSham'S 'Dct0raons.' COM
pany uf the best talent nf their race,
will appear mt the Academy of Music
next Friday ana Saturday and special
matinee Saturday, with Il programme
Of great excellence. AS Il matinee en-
tertainment. il cannot b. eXceiled for
every feature is such as any child may
witness without disapproval of care
ful parent. The vocal selections intro
duced during the OpeuirG skit. "Th"
Blackville Derby" are of a humorous
style. ana everything is Oae jingle OF
gayety. But. if those who delight in
the jollity Of life find advertisement in
the beginning of this varied pro-
gramnc, those who revel in the grand
music of high opera find great floods
, of delight in the close. when selections
from such gems as Cavalier Rusti-
Gamma "Pinafore." Robin Hood.
"Erminie,' Tar and Tartar" and III
Trovatore." will be rendered in Il man
ncr beyond adverse criticism.
The legitimate stage has gained what
the vaudeville stage has lest in the be-
coming comedy star of Maggie Cline.
\ new play was written especially for
her by Clay NJ Greene and Ben Teal,
and those well-known play-writers
builded n most interesting dramatic
]
Cline. and made her the heroine of Il
/ comedy of our own time, that is called
ON Broadway" which will be seen at
the rockingham Saturday night. 1t
has pictures of life as it exists in all
quarters and i'm every section Of society
in the large cities, which are marvels
of realism. These scenes include Il
mansion on Lexington avenue. exterior
of the Tombs. the arrival of the Black
Maria. foot of Thirty-siXth street and
East River Lower Broadway. with the
cable cars moving to and fro. and u
fine reproduction of u down town Sky
scraper and its sensational collapse.
/ The story deals with life in New York
City. and the title is given from the fact
/ that most of the scenes are laid in and
about that great thoroughfarc.
Pete Baker. at 10. 20 and 80 cents il
! remarkable. The leading German dia
lect comedian of this country present
! ing his famous play at these prices is
a novelty to say the least. but the pub
lie sustain the wisdom of the move
| menI by locking to see this attraction,
| Mr.. Baker is surrounded by clever
| company and sings with all the sweet
ness of former years: his humor is
quaint, refined and very contagious
and Chris ana L"na," as handsomely
{ 'itSS'' anu Sttl)tIblS SluStu us vi Stl''
| He will open at Divis's theater this at
| t"rnoon for a three days engagement.
/ At the Academy of Music next Mon
! day evening grand scenic production
| Of Richard III' will be given. a spe-
| ciJl ear load OF new scenery from the
! studio of the well known artist. Thus.
q. Moses. being used in the staging of
the tragedy. John Griffith is II young
( actor who believes that what is worth
doing is worth doing wcll' and he has
! spared no pains or expense to excel all
| previous ATTEMPTS at mounting this
tragic idyl. In his individual per-
| formance of the crooked back tyIant
| Mr.. Griffith has displayed great daring
/ and in Il measure broken down the bar
! ricrS of tradition. giving an original
/ conception of the character. and intro
! du2ing some new and startling ideas
! in the way of 'business.'
| W. j. Lawrence, an English writer i'm
/ the Magazine of Art deprecates the
| custom of using scenery from scene fac
tories of st. Louis, Chicago, Kansas and
elsewhere. He says that these scene
! shops are "a product of the rank COM
mercialism of America" and that they
have debased the artistic currency of
| the country by choking up the minor
/ play-houkes with mechanically pro-
duced work of a crudely conventional
order. bearing no more resemblance to
! the genuine article than chromo-litho-
! graph does to an oil painting. 1t is by
no means an uncommon thing for an
order for a scene. say thirty feet square.
to be received by telegraph in the
rnurning, and the whole. Dainted, dried
and put ON rail before niShtfall. l. ,,ie
wonder that the factory artist works
s!ap-dash fashion in full body colors.
recking nothing of the art of glazing
or second painting