The record-union., 1896-08-23

On the 22d of September Manager
Todd Will present at the Metropolitan
Theater the new play "On the Bowery."
This play is partly a giorification of the
dauntlessness of Steve Brodie, but it is
much more than that, we are told. 1t
is a very exciting story. full of stirring
incidents and effective climaxes. and it
contains pictures of low life that have
not been excelled in comicality. 1t is
needless to recite here the story en-
acted. 1t involves burglary, false ac-
cusation, escape, resist of arrest, at
tempted murder, a jump by Erode
from Brooklyn bridge and a lot of ex-
citing incidents on an East River pier,
including an exciting fire scene. The
saloon scene and other funny portions
Of the play are among the most sue
eessful achievements III realistic COM
edy. The fine scenic equipment of "On
the Bowery" will all be brought here.
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The expectation is, indeed it is quite
o promise, that we will have Sadie
Nartinot in this city presently, sup
ported by one of Frohman's troupes in
the comedy THE Gay Parisians," with
James o. Barrows and full company
of talented players in support.
There is pleasure in announcing that
the dramatic season will be opened at
the Clunie Opera-hOuse on the eth of
September. But could not Manager
Todd have managed it to open on the
1st? The first week of the State Fair
will otherwise be without open doors
at the opera-house.
At the Metropolitan Theater Tuesday
evening, the 25th inst, Arthur Arnold,
the welI-known athlete and athletic
teacher, and his wife, Maud Caswell, the
dancer, will take a benefit. A complete
vaudeville performance has been ar
ranged with athletic club members in
plent; the club quartet, assisted by
Lynn and Leibling; Miss Caswell in new
dances, and a new act with Mr.. Arnold );
the first appearance of May Dennis,
dancer; plantation comedy, vocal and
instrumental music, ventriloquism and
other merry features. There will be a
small regiment Of people on the stage,
and a rapid, spirited and varied pro-
gramme.
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler,t the pian-
ist, comes to the coast in November
And who is Zeisler? Music" for No
yernber. 1895, contains several por-
traits of the artist and a biography of
the lady, with strong Endorsements from
critics and musical celebrities. In
short. she is represented as a female
Paderewski Her home is Chicago, and
her age is 81. She is a native of Bielitz.
Austria, but she came to the United
States in infancy. At the age of 10 she
attracted the attention of Carl Wolf
sohn. who undertook her training at the
piano. for which while a mere toddler
she had developed remarkable apti-
tude She advanced with giant
strides" and at 13 was playing all the
masters and appeared before the Beetho-
ven Society. which. while not greatly
musical. as a combination of critics has
not had its superior in the West. About
that time she was brought before Nine.
EssipofT. surprised her. and received the
advice TO go at once to Leschetizky of
Vienna So her friends sent her over
the water to fatherland, where she
worked for five hard years. Her drill
was something terrific under that ex-
acting T13SlSI AfAN liz ANAA1 GAAA lcQ
lots of pluck and won, and went before
4be nublic of Germany and won again.
Then she came home to America and
made her mark in the Rubenstein con-
,arto in d. Her great tone and mass
i've strength" astonished the West. says
.Afusic'' and charmed the critics, and
amoney others DR.. William Mason was
cantivated by the girls genius. and SO
exnressed himself declaring that she
,vae all around "the best female pian-
ISL he had ever met She was not con-
1ant with music, however. and studied
and became an authority in English
and German literature of the classical
order Since then her progress has
been steady and remarkable. She has
not indeed yet reached the zenith OF her
career she became the wife of i
r,romfnent lawyer, Siegmund Aeisler'
who leaves her to her career and graft
fes her every taste and ambition in mu-
s;c EDITOR Mathews of Music" who
bas known her since infancy, speaks Of
ber as "a magnificent artist playing
.,,o,iouslv. not only with strength and
fire but with wonderful deiicacy and
tbot magic with which the puphc is so
,,,,,ob in love" 1t was Mathews VINO