The evening times., 1896-01-08
COMING TO THE THEATERS

The Shop Girl" which ran almost two
years in London and one hundred nights in
New York, comes To the National next
Week. under the management or Al Hayman
and Charles Frobman.
The original London cast made up of
George Edwardcs' London Gaiety Bur
lcsquc Company, will be seen Eerc.
Next Monday evening at the Lafayette
Square Opera House, the merry, jovial
little Miss Minnie Palmer and her company
OF fifty oEeratic artists VIII tc heard in
the new comedy opera, entitled The School
diri.' She comes direct from London,
where shels great faVOritc.
1t has been 1--WE years since she has been
seen in this country. II has been so usu ual
TO associate Miss Palmcrs name with com
cdy that 1t comes to Us almost rs n surprise
TO see her in new role. II can be stated,
however, that all the sprightincss of man
ncr ana CriSpness OF youthful pleasantly
are present III her latest impersOnaticn OF
Little Miss Lou.
The music, ny ivan Caryn, of which there
is Il great deal, is of an order SUPERIOR TO
most numbers introduced into Tarce or
comedies, and the orChcs tration is in
Keeping with II. The distribution OF the
droii or eccentric cbara cters, arouud whom
the story OF ii. j. Dams libretto is built,
With which the farce has been staged.
All of them are funny and full of novel
and effective ideas of hIm0r.
OF the players themselves, Ethel sydney
makes charming shop giri, who. out OF
the humble and mysterious state of Il
founding develops into an hciress, after
the fashion of girls in plays. She sings
and dances in Il way that wins her great
applause and also makes love entrancingIy
TO Donald Hall, who plays a young. exceed
lngly brisk medical student, full OF witty,
cpigramTnatic sa wings and son of a
naughty aristocrat VINO has object ions 10
his marrying the shop girl.
ueorSc GrosSmlth, Jr., a son or the
famous entertainer of that name, insin-
himEnlf th.a h.U i'm, inv i..a.x
ular favor as feeble. lisping BERTHE Boy.i,
an original youth with emotions equally
divided among in1ne jokes, self-adula
tlon and fOndneSS for n large number of
handsome and statucsque English girls
who dance with him in astonishing ma yes
and on whom he spends enormous sums.
1.-THE Rising Generation will be pre-
scntCd at the Academy OF Music by that
iavurre Comedian, WIIiam Barry Guriup
next week. Mr.. Barry's right to be c,asScd
estaDii>iled Iong ago. 80
His latest play, THE Rising Genera
tlon,' Is by FAR a more legitimate comedy
than 'Muidoons Picnic" or 'McKenna's
Filtration in which he divided honors
with Hugh Fay.
1t is less 1arcical, and there are many
who commend Mr.. Barry for choosing
play which does not go beyond the bounds
OF probability In kissing Generation
Martin McShane has none of Mckcnna's
ridiculous troubles. Tie story is not eX-
NHSdUt, anu Ofe Itduliy DtlitNe ttllU
McShane, who began his career in Harlem
as an aqucduct iaborcr, acquired wealth
as contractor secured political pull
and was elected 10 the State Senate.
In perfection of dialect and in briskneSs
of mannerisms Mr.. Barry has rot an equal
in the field.
The star is fortunate in having the sup.
port of his talented daughter, Lydia, Miss
Eva Vincent, Joseph Davis, Samuel Forest
and James II. Manning. Several excellent
specialties are introduced with the latest
music and scenery, which is transported
in a special car this season, and is said 10 be
superb.
The attraction at the Lyceum next week
will be John W. Isham's superb Octo-
rooms, an unrivaled combination of the
leading singers of their race. including
such recognized talent as Nine. Flower, the
greatest singer of her race; Fred j. Piper,
the superb barytone; Matte Wilkes, the
famous Hycr Sisters, Belle Davis. Mamie
Roberts, and thirty other sone-3irdS, who
will delight their audiences with such high
class and favorite selections will be heard
but this once during the season. Among the
list may be mentioned the solo and chorus
from "Cavaleria Rusticana:" Anvil Cho.
rus, from III Trovatore;'' choice selections
from the Bohemian Girl" 10y Miss Matte
Wilkes; RED Hussar March and chorus;
'.Diletto,'' LuckstOne, by Madah A. Hyers;
octet from .'Eruipie;;" Tower" from
III Trovatore," Nine. Flower and Fred j.
Piper. and grand finale, from Princess