The evening times., 1896-10-07

peared with him very litt MI Barry
was always the favorite of two when
they We're together, an,i reception
everywhere, III his new play, ue..ionsi rated
his popularity at each appearance su en-
pIaticdlly that he need never look for
another comedian TO support him The
Risin. Generation tells an interesting
story of the possibility OF a hard working
man ciimblng TO the heights OF affIuence
That rnt>chievous youngster who made
his pa governor or Wisconsin. .4Peck's
Bad Boy will make things lively for the
audience at the Biou Family TheaterueSr
week. including daily matinees. The pa
irons OF that house are far from being
strangers 10 his prinks, but none the less
i their repetition enjoyed Presented Ly
PLAYERS Of such Uniform excellence As Mi.
present company. the comedy, which Is
brought up To date, could not he otherwise
than pleasing.
The pTcoicivus bad boy is Irresistible in
his encounters with the aro.eryman. tIr
servant girl, the minister. the tramp and
ihe big hearted Irlshman, and his escsi-
ptieS with his pa and his sweetheart. The
company Is headed by Dot KarroII, who is
exceptionally funny as the Bad Boy The
big cast contains numerous clever actors
and singers and pretty girls.
The attraction at Kernan's next week
will lie Whalien II Martcli's mammoth h coin
pdny. producing South Before the War"
composed OF some fifty genuine daTkies. in
southern fun-making; fifty soulful singers
dnd dancers, soloiSts, duetistS trioS quar-
tets, camp-nerting shoutcrs. and shooters.
aCrobdtic SalvationistS, glee singers jubilee
>nEerS-nn burnt-cOrk, inconsistent Etfiio-
pan imiiatorS, but caiico-clad. gum sack
ed, fuGny-loving, musicmaking "mokes' TO
whom terpsichorean tripping and sweet
singing are necessary parts OF their jnyfuI
existence.
The bill Is varied one, III which III. fifty
PARTICIPANTS have every opportunity toshow
the,r versai ility-from the loose jointed, and
liiuber-limhed acrobat in silence aud fun TO
the vociierous and leather-lunged exhorter
at camp meeting and the dandified ,iarkIy
in an excruciatingly funny cake walk.
May Irwin. who appears at the Lafayette
Square Opera House next week in The
Widow JONES' and tue advance sale for
whose performances opened this morning
has gained Il widespread reputation for her
ininitahlc singing of characteristic negro
songs. In this particular line OF work She
i unquestionably without a rival on tile
American stage. Her latest hits in this
line viii be heard here next week
There viii he plenty of other good things
in the way of up-to-date dances and spe-
hers OF her supporting company. An in an
The Widow jones' win be an entertain
mcnt Well worth seeing.
The screaming farce comedy, "A Pair
The screaming farce comedy, "A Pair
uf Jacks" is underlined for the Grand
Opera House next week. II is the pen
work OF II. Grattan Donnelly. the author
Of a number of successful plays.
The comedy is furnished by Rich and
Marder's comedians, and the entertain
nent embraces music, dancing. special
ties, singing and pretty girls.
As dramatic or literary effort II lays
no claim to the highest rank, but IL prom
iscs that the lines Laugh and the World
Laughs with You" shall be proven true.
The good business enjoyed by the Grand
this week should be followed by equally
Us large houses next week.
What PoStonianS considered during a half
year the greatest American comedy OF the
day, is soon to be presented here. II will
be seen at the New National Thcatcr next
Monday. The play referred To is Hoyt's
great comedy success, "A Temperance
Town" which completed at the Park The
ater, Boston, a remarkable run of six
months, aud was played for $50 consecutive
nights at Uoyt's Theater, New YORK.
II was regretted both OH the part OF the
Park Theatcr management and Messrs.
Hoyt & Mex &c that this rcignins success had
To be taken from the stage of the Park The
ater while in the very heighth Off success.
but the play had already run more than
twenty weeks beyond the original engage
ment made, and in order to keep their
word in regard to several engagements
throughout the country, it was necessary
to take comedy away from Boston while
it was well on the way to run right through
the summer at the Park.
IL Is great fun which Author Hoyt has
created by depicting rural characters and
the doings nf some particular classes, rs
the rum crowd and the Temperance"
crowd in = little Vermont prohibition town.
The incident on which the author has
based his comedy is a matter OF Vermont
history which concerns George Kibbling,
sent to Jail for a term of nearly sixty
years by accumulative sentence or pay a
fine of $4,000 for selling TOO glasses Of
liquor. The original company headed by
Richards and Garfield. which is one that
has delighted so many thousands Of people
In Boston and New York. will he seen here.