New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12


received with such favor at the Empire Theatre
that 1t has been decided to extend the time OF the
play for week 1t will accordingly close Its en-
gagement September %, the date as 1t happens,
oom ne Secret serSre viii be followed here
by Miss Maudc. Adams and her company In THE
Change Alley" will be the principal feature OF
z. H. Sotherns repertory for the coming season
Its production at the Lyceum Theatre is one OF the
most elaborate and finished that have ever been
given at that house. The usual Thursday matinees
will be resumed in October. and at these Mr. soth-
Although it has now passed its Tooth performance
at Days Theatre. and is now In its second season.
THE Circus Girl" appears as fresh as ever few
weeks yet remain for it-no exact number being being
spccihed-before the promised revival OF The
Geisha," which Is to precede the novelties OF the
season.
George H. Broadhurst's farce What Happened
to Jones'" enters upon Its third week tomorrow
evening. and from present indications It seems
likely that II will remain at the Manhattan IneaTe
for some time to come
Mr.. Broadhurst TO be making himself
rather conspicuous in town just now. or. rather he
Is making his plays So Another of them, The
Wrong Mr.. Wright" has been bearing up against
the hot weather as we'll as could be expected at
the Bijou Theatre, and has made increased rep
u;ation for Roland Reed and the players who ac-
company him.
The usual array Of gorgeous scenes and rich cos
tunes is displayed in I'm Town" at the Knicker-
booker Theatre. The element Of feminine beauty.
always so prominent in pieces Of this class OF pro-
duction is we'll cared for, while persons OF anti
quaran tastes find qualification in the song which
Mr. BrSed sings sbSu gu isnr, ~a Witch
Seymour Hicks sang at this very theatre over three
years ago In Cinderella and afsrwaTd at P So
years ago, in THE Shop Girl
The admission becomes inevitable that there IS
nothing Of startling import to be announced about
the Eden Musee. The public is assured. however,
that the Eden Musee is still there. and that the
waxworks. the concerts and the cnematograph are
also still there.
The 18th performance OF THE Whirl OF the
Town" will be given at the Casino en- Friday even
ing This work which has lasted so well through
bs By Bee on Sep
TENDER q.
The company which is now playing THE Girl
from Paris at the Herald Square Theatre will re-
main there for only week more. ard VIII thea
begin its tour But the farce will not be with
drawn quite so The present company Will be
succeeded by the one which is subsequently, to pre-
sent the work In Boston. This company Will hnisl
s na Il he tns
Maid"
The bill at the Pleasure Palace this week will be
headed by Steve Brodie who will appear In farce
with its laid In his own place Of business
and will sing a song. The other features OF the
programme will be Hlda Thomas and Frank
Barry Hiatt and Pearl Curtis and Gordon. bag
punchers: Annie Hart and her sullivan Chowder
Party G. Williams and his MAKING 6g ana ' onS-
ng Leslie AND and Hcsa 'hs Moo
Kenbeck and Coakly and Hustled and their dane
n s Van and Nobgs Baker and Lynn
Jansen Jere Mahoney. the Comedy Quartet, Edwin
r. Lang and others.
The performances go on at the Olympia ROOF
Garden. although the most oc the theatres are now
entertaining their guests downstairs. new pro-
Ing Jerome and Alexis in feats of contorton; John
lie Clair, in a Juggling speciality; Emma Carus:
the English Int troupe Of acrobats the Ronald broth
sTs in balancing fsas sgnor 0qnt9 3 a ns Mme
Finette's marblesques
Leo Dietrichsten who collaborated with B. B.
Valentine in writing "A Southern Romance" has
made some advantageous changes In the play He
has cut out the railway scene bodily ana SO zone
away with unnecessary touch OF meodrama'
Tony Pastor offers an unusually attractive bill
for the coming week, several Of the acts being new
at his theatre. The programme includes the -FOUR
Cohans Jerry. Helen, Josephine and George. In
their new sketch, Money to Burn written by
George Cohan Williams and Walker O'Br!en and
Havel. the newsboy and the servant; Edward
NJ. Favor and Edith Sinclair. the cinematograph,
9aHpn E ana Fpanas nf Bryant s mimic
Hathaway With her monkey actor, e ard efg brotb
ers and Melrose and Elmer. duettists and change
artists.
The melodramatic tastes OF the frequenters OF the
Fourteenth Street Theatre still cause the new
play Shall We Forgive Her.. TO be appreciated
at that house. The actor who Is most especially
looking is Miss Gertrude whtly who plays 18th. the
that are lavish even for Fourteenth-st
Several popular and attractive actors are en-
ployed in the presentation of "A Bachelors Honey
moon" at Hoyt's Theatre. Another farce. called
1.-The Proper Caper, is set down for production al
this theatre on October L.
Many changes have been made In Mature at
the Academy Of Music. with view to making 1t
as presentable as a play II Is as a spectacle.
Nobody says anything against the scenic enects or
the ballots the and h eye G@ o bes end
would indeed be an advantage.
"At Cav Coney Island" will be for the frst
time on the West Side at the Grand Opera House
tomorrow evening. The leaders Of the organiza-
ton are Mathews and Bulger, who have gained
prominence in local music halls No claim Of ORA
matte merit is made for the production but 1t Is
declared to provide scope FOR some thirty or more
singers dancers, etc.
Charles Frohman's second season OF management
OF the Garden Theatre will begin on Monday. Sep
tember 20 On that date he will offer as his first at
traction Sol Smith Russell In a new play by Miss
Martha Morton entitled "A Bachelors Romance"
In the cast will be Miss Annie Russell. Miss Blanche
Walsh Miss Margaret Robinson. Fanny Addison
pitt Orrin Johnson William Sampson, William
Seymour, Sidney Booth; Alfred Hudson and George
Cooke "A Bachelors Romance" VIII be produced
In England al about the same time that Il Is first
piayed here John Hare assuming the part that Mr..
Russell will all here.
The company which will support Miss May Irwin
this season in H. A. Du Suchet's farce THE Swell
Miss Ftzwelr' will be composed Of Miss Carrie
Romer Miss Marion Giroux, Miss Jane Birbeck.
sharks Ignacio Martinett Charles Jackson. Will
fam Burress, Edward Mack, Roland Garter and
William Porter.
Francis Wilson comes back to town one week