The morning times., 1896-08-09
sQU|Bs FROM sANs-GENE
Actor Folk in Their Mysterl-
GUS Summer Retreats.
THE SEASONS OPENINGS
New York viii Be Stated for the
First Few Weeks with
Comic Opera.

middle of August bring the theatrical folks
out OF their summer lairs onto Br oadway-
BY the way where do all the actors keep
themselves in summer. There ale many
euusauds WHO i'll season earn their salary
behind "a make Up ana what puzzles me is
what they do with themselves in that
interim which begins where the last season
begins.
Not eco of them own their own summer
homes. indeed, 100 might lie considered
an outside figure FOR this class. A COUPE
of hundred save enough 10 90 l" the top
story of some sumner resort hotel by TIE
sea OF in the mountains Where are the
rest. To be sure, the GoZeB OF summer
stocks swallow Il few score, cut there are
still thousands left.
II may judge by few have heard Oh
the theatrical population is widely scatter
ed while the sun shines hottest. Two we'll
known comic opera singers clerk In
lower Canada summer hotel. a farce
coIucdy light helps his brother on MS iowa
farm. A soubrette whose skirts are Famous
ier, bcr address with the dramatic agent
as"with Il maiden auntat Chceseport, MISS
VIII sins; in the choir and double IN the
dairy" rohle Roman who wears toGas
and niadems all winter and helps his father
shear shecpin n back comfy, and leading
lady of no mean Accomplishment took two
girls and Il boy, ch.ldreH of Il wealthy
Newark man, OIL tour of Great Britain.
This work is play for them. They love the
country and lump at the chance to browse
among the hay rick ard drink warm milk
for breakfast.
THEY'RE COMING BACK.
But they're coming back, not so fast as
Anticipated, but the sound o. their steady
footballs is audible over the hills. and the
clouds OF dust they raise cast their shadow
before. In two weeks tie iiveliest place
in the city will be Broadway, between
TEirt y-third ana Forty-second streets.
There is the famous Ria.to. 1t hasn't al
ways been there 1t moves. It's up-to-
date and progressive, is the Gotham Rialto,
moi Il bit Ike the Venetian Rialto, which
has stood still for centuries. and allowed
the world TO wag about il.
Our Eialto was originally down on Union
Square, from Fourteenth 10 Seventeenth
streets Then il moved up To Madison
Square, from Tweuty-thirl to Twenty-sixth
streets. The next move was up in the
thcater region as far as Thirty-third street.
Now, ii has forS3ken the Palmer, Daily
and Bijou neighborhoOd for the strip OF
street adorned with the modern facaGes
of fiayiuan's KEickeri'ocker, Frohman's
Empire, Evans Herald Square. the Metro
poitan and the broadway. There You may
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Tor gossip.
SOME OF THE OPENINGS.
There is merry scrrry around the local
theateTs. RehearsalS are in progress in
a few The openings are all arranged,
though weeks intervene before the first one
John Drew opens at the Empire ON the
31st Of this month He will appear in
Rosemary one of the only two success
fal plays London has given Us in year.
This, Of course, means that WyDdham will
not come to Amelca this year. Dan Har-
kins, who has for years been q faithful CO.
hort of Mansfield, will be a member of
Drew's company. Down at the Garrics the
opening Will take place the 18th OF this
month. ''Thofougnbred'' will resume op-
crations where 1t left off III June. Pre-
sumably it will not play longer than Sep,
tcmber Z, for Don that date Albert Che valief
opens at the house with a vaudeville COM
pany under Charles Frohman. An imported
novelty for his support are the Abbott
sisters from London. What they do haven't
discovered.
PLENTY OF OPERA.
The Fifth Avenue will first present
Lost, Suaycd or Stolen" which made
something OF 4 success in Chicago. On
the Same evening that Chevalicr opens q I
the Garrick, our friend jeff De Angels will
begin his stellar career q the Broadway in
..Thc Caliph" EeheaTS3lS fer This piece
ore now in progress. TIE Herald Square,
with Evans & Hoey, begins about the first;
Abbey's Thcater, with Francis Wilson in
his new opera II a King" starts on
September =: and Oscar HamnerStein pro
duces his new opera, Santa Maria" about
the same date. Then the Lc W Murray Hill
Theatcr opens about this tine, with the
Bostonians. These are few examples to
show the severe competition that Will ex-
list from the very start.
Evidently there will he plenty of opera.
as there always is at the start in OF
The season. l often wonder that man.
ayers do no. keep this class of entertain
ment-that Is one or two Of themfor a
little later in the season. when the rest
have gone away There is always bust
ness for 4 couple of comic operas in town.
while there is always danger wien We
have five or six. But manag gers are among
the few creatures on earth who never
learn anything by experience. They are
always surprised at exactly the same
things happening year in and year out.
CURRENT ATTRACTioNs.
As for current attractions it's the same
old stvry. The roof gardens are st i'll ON top.
The continuous performance are q close
second and somewhere nearby are the in
side regulars.
The Casino gave a new version of .Gay
New York; this week. A flash light was
taken. and everyone present will get Ii copy.
Walter Jones put onhis old tramp tatters and
look merry whirl oct of the Old speciality
Iiicre was new imil;tor of Yvette Gull
bert; Virginia Earl had a new song, and in
TACT, everybody re!inGuishcd the old for
novelty The last night is announced for
August 20.
Proctor has whole bill of new faces
at his Pleasure Palace. but as n matter of
fact his only novelty. is the cycle path on
lhe roof. L put on my bifurcated skirts
and went up the other evening. 1t was
great Cycling on top of the tenth story
ran you equal it, Here is the only cycle
roof garden.
Animal trainers seem to be in vogue at
the variety houses. There are six acts OF
Ibis character on at present. But though
prior 10 Hasenbeck they would have been
considered marvellous, they rather pail
now, and the audiences are relieved when
the next speciality is on. on the American
roof l heard 1.-The male Yaw' last night.
Isn't that delicious? Clara wieland, the
only performer worth mentioning in Gen
ileman Joe.'is with us on the roofs. She's
q clever girl.
Au revoir. More anon. The season is
crOwdiGs us. TIE merry speculation of
what il may contain. SANS GENE.
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New Personal Ornament.
The latest new craze in Paris is said
TO he the wearing of a lighted lantern as a
personal ornament. The fashion originated