The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
AMuSEM ENTS.
Acadamy Of Music.

Manager Henderson of the Academy of
Music announces for the attraction next
vel, Under the Polar Star" which will
be remembered as the largest and most
realistic scenic production of the century;
The play is the joint work Of David
Belasco and Clay M. Greene. and is with
out doubt one of the most marvellous
melo-dramatic ~spectacles ever attempted.
In the mounting of the play, no expense
has been spared to make it perfect. and
the elegance and novelty of the stage
pictures have called forth favorable press
comments from all over the country.
The story starts with the departure of
an expedition to the North Pole. but the
what hansen did, had the misfortune to
get poisoned in the first act. Had he
different; but he died, poisoned by the
william Of the play. who shrewdiy out
numbers the deadly drops intended to
give him relief n manages to throw
the blame for the act upon the hero and
heroine of the piece.
Then the departure takes place: the
commander of the Polar Star, who Is a
naval officer, starts from Brooklyn
Heights in the evening, long after the
lights in the houses nave gone out. and
when the ordinary we'll disposed persons
are supposed to have gone to bed, and
the heroine of the piece is supported in
The idea of joining the party by an
Esquimaux who makes his entry at an
oppoftune moment and really does his
ItLle part III an exceedingly SOUu 1Hdfaef.
In the next act. the steamer Polar Star
Is shown in extreme danger, 1t Is a good
scene, too, If n~avigators don't c~riticise
1t too closely. h vessel still under naval
wind in the vicinity of icebergs is sailing.
but there are lots of capering around on
the main deck, while the men on the
upper deck. especially the man at the
wheel, have all they can attend to. Then.
there is a sudden crash. The vessel
strikes a berg.
Act three shows the vessel in winter
quarters, surrounded by icebergs. prac-
ticaily Embedded in ice. She has a most
convenient opening in her bow to admit
the entrance and exit of the heroine, and
everything is made comfortable as pos
sibie for the unfortunate voyagers.
In this act. Is shown the glaring blaze
of the Midnight Sun and the wonderful
light of the Aurora Rorealis.
In the next act, the last. there Is a
wonderful scene of desolation and des-
pair. Nothing more appalling has been
shown on canvas. The ship has been lost.
The little company is tranded among the
foes, and while the scientist of the party
has planted the United States flag upon
what he believes the nearest point to the
North Pole, the other member of the
party are thoroughly Respondent.
There is a wilderness of ice. it is cold,
inaccessible and very wicked looking.
There is no food. men are dying on every
hand; there is a struggle for a drink from
the canteen, there is almost a fight for
a small bird brought by the Esquimaux-
guide; the heroine has lost her sight In
the sharp and deadly light of the Land
of the Midnight Sun. There is despair
everywhere, and it is little wonder h a
the players are recalled every night.
after their really pathetic work in this
scene.
Bon FOR Theatre.
Bryant and Watson's American Beau
ties will be at the Bon Ton next week.
Among the artists to appear 81
c. Bryant, Miss Mollie Phelps. Watson
and DuPre, Mitchell and Love, Miss
Josie Gregory, Wilson and M~assoney,
O'Rourke and Bennette. The perform
ance concludes with a burlesque called
''Bunco Bike
RosenthaI the Pianist.
Rosenthal, who the foreign critics deem
a greater yirtuoso that Paderewski, will
be heard here during his season., and it
is confidently predicted that he will
Rosenthal, it is true, is nor a a to
Americans, for he gave over one hundred
concerts in America about nine years age,
when only twenty-fOur years old. His
initial appearance, successful as 1t was at
the time, did not reveal the wonderful
powers he has since acquired. Every sea-
son brings out a new fad, and as 1t seems
certain that yRosenthal win be the fad
of the musical world this year, it is for
ton and will probably prohibit exhibitions
that characterized a number of recitals
in Eastern cities last year. Most of
Rosenthals dates are already taken or
bespoken for. n his original tour of
fifty concerts, has been extended to
seventy concerts. He will appear in
Carnegie Music Hall. November II, 20, %