The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-22

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d@iyerting companions, Proctor gets those aipgu'
1ntyrs and Heath. Here, too, ers. the cestillIans
Soms sie'f TSny M Pastor s'i a4d f Teols INIT SIttc i%HS; arc
pears 1Tsn az thS E9sn M Ss sh iS tho hor sdait HSs'f fo the dS
resort'e diversions OF a Christmas pantominle
SS1 rsyS's sy %sri sns asiuo TsiS T. } sn "a 4 for Gajl.
the children like is the Winter Circus. and
sized Sisiturs. At the Jonah, Sloggers Corbett
and F~itzsimmons are thrice daily pictured
a.bruislng.
Among the forthcoming stage d6butantes
are the late Admiral Skerritt's daughter,
Edytho, who will 20 into Charles Frohman's
stock company; Senator Stanford's niece. Electa
Page, who will act at a n matinee OF Mrs. Wheat
croft's pupils, and Jessie McAdam, a niece Of
Judge McAdam, who will have q part In q new
comedy.
The dwarf actors known as the Lilliputians are
to speak English on the stage for the first time
In a Newark performance tomorrow night.
They have acquired the language during their
five years of tours in this country.
An amusing linguistic thing is Anna Held's
negro Song at Roster & Balls. Miss Held can
speak English perfectly, but it suits her piquant
purpose to affect French pronunciation and
accent, which she does 30 well that audiences
believe she can't holp #. In her newest ditty
she attempts a negro dialect, and strives at
ine same Ss.w yame tho 10 tSo into on str F ! hnSSisb. out
Richard Mansfield, who had to give bonds In
Philadelphia to answer the charge Of whipping
posed. a handsome sum for wounded feelings.
in M tns opl sGnafp prcd sne iSm OF s PTaef sfseS a cpooRsS
and who subsequently retired from the stage as
Mrs. 10 now giving dancing lessons in
,b sts s,sssn Wright sa ! got wS Snss,n n9 E.s shsnse ,s to plsS
the Illness OF Maurice barrymore. and did It
we'll; but Mr.. Barrymore is in his place again.
tha hepo G in aTSes P II @asin and { .s Eco a Rera a.
throu b the prolonged absence of James X.
Mckee Rankin and Nance o'Neill are to begin
thu new year in the continuous show Ct Proc;
Proctor forces arc Laura Moore, Annie Yea.
mans, John W,ld and Dan Collier. Charles
MfeG'ii a seG an nk eThib Il NEXT nss p week rl az Roster eos Se1 e
Balls. He will wear the evening dress Of q
po ao.sS eSn asrt' M and nSop punch ansltI nothing DaEt but { bag g.
short farce Of hin own writing called The
assistant In this. and they will carry their own
Fanny Rice. declares it to be a positive fact
that she will have a theatre of her own in this
city a year hence. May Irwin processes a de.
one Of her ventures being to put Sam Bernard
into a farce. tombstone Bennett, the mannish
n nnrsnifs combines on 6rnsp Professional sde . and and oSSmmis sSinI
goods manufacturer daytimes and appearing in
vagdeyills theatres evenings.
actor at the Lyceum on Monday In q small part
in Tho Princess, and the butterfly" Mr..
from his father and mother. He Is still under
20. Joseph Wheelock, another youthful mem.
Charles Froihman for aThss c one Zero laHnG In q q
letter received by Daniel Frohmsn the other
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the run of the Pinero play on condition that he
could have, her services at any time on two
weeks notice. Pinero, who has not enjoyed in
The butterfly" since tho days Of Sweet Lsyen.
found such favor hers. The arst two acts 81 bis
ceived at the Lyoeum, and the play will DO
acted in the spring.
Heart Of the Rockies" suddenly changed into
an Alaskan drama when tho craze for the gold
fields there took possession OF the public.
A Comedy Written ana Acted BY Csluubia
sophonores.
"a Modern Miracle" o two-act comedy COM
posed by Frederic Lewis Bullard and Robert
Hurt Moulton, was produced at Carnegie
Lyceum yesterday afternoon and evening BY
the classmates of these young playwrights, the
sophomores of Columbia University. The piece.
which is very amusing, hinges upon the start
ling idea that there can be three Sundays In q
week. Jules Verne made two extra days. bur
Mr.. Billiard and Mr.. Moulton 60 him one better.
They do 1t by having o widow 60 around the
world one way, while one of her aged lovers
chases her in the opposite direction, and her
old beau STAYS at home, When tho two come
back 1t Is Sunday. Each Is a day ahead-a Sun
day. The complications arising from this are
humorous, and there are lots Of love scenes in
the play. Three stalwart youths plead ardently
with as many buxom damsels. sweet soy and
Hjorth Boyesen. one Of the best oars In last
years freshman crew, sighed and pinned and let
the tears roll down her budlike cheeks. the
checks Of a blooming Saxon maiden. provoked
roars of laughter.
The parts were all cleverly acted, and the
Bmoothness with which the. piece was gone
through indicated most careful rehearsing. The
play is given for the benefit Of the 1900 fresh.
man crew, which rowed a very close second to
Cornell at Poughkeepsie last juno. 1t will be
repeated tonight