The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-19
NOTES OF THE THEATRES.
AN AThL ETTO NOVELTY SEEN IN A
SUMMER TIUDEVILEB SHOW.

riyes small promise Of becoming o national
pastime, and the base lines Of the Polo Grounds
need not DO sodded IS yot. Stin tho new gamo
10 q novel one, and 10 divcrting when viewed
for tho first time. 1t engages ten women, Eve
on Q side, all dressed in mems football cos
tuner. Tho contestants line mp on opposite
sides Of the stage and an inflated canvas ball
ak fect In diameter Is put midway between
them. Then an expositor with poetic locks
and dreamy manner stops forth. He languor-
ously explains the principles of the game, and
assigns ono row Of women to England and the
other lot TO these United States. At the word,
the women dash for tho ball, tackle II, and try
TO force II to tho opposite side Of tho stage to
that from which thcy started. Tho sphere
10 heavy, is inflated DO highly that tho players
hands cannot gather up q fold Of its covering,
and all that con DO done Is to push or lift It. In
bracing their shoulders against IL and pushing
the women contest quite manfully, for whom
any motion Of the ball results from such effort,
Il 70 allow and steady.
,om mnI point eI and Tie fSssiSt moves s docide sTSs tS Se
contestants re SsS and ralli q, arc distinct
y ~, feminine on ? SIDE ff ~ sS To%sn are and al t that can ! nat e..
wise motion Is effected the end women arc for
the moment mon, m,I out q play 1 l., BIT s,t,G such amt an oas.sd
lie onoSsnd The contest goes On; AZ times ono
around in indecision herself.
,S Mesn ,Sht v the ball J. NATURALLY, is not going
Is pushed Or falls to the moor. II she ha I,pses
teams fate is sealed. In. that position sFe
covers, the space three pushers would fill, and
soey ynSla 'siyiS sr as % Stepping ns' on or Of o oven h s%Gs'hBbn ass
the players greatest pain Of unceftainty
g SoT Ss,.S Sa ss0m BY yh pussh oa4s from Tt a Ssp' e 18th, the bali al
sioTiy as to cause no Sneasiness, but the higher
4 goes tho easier it hfts. and The greater It's
bali and apprehension Is in each face. Thus
toward as'%; Hf the p goal. oSass it would st@i p then G sopp fSn over s
on to some one which wouldn't Be- 9 bit nice.
rsiisf from this too dreadful suspense. His
Srst Response to them The S@S IS lowered Sea a az fo ,aS
At tho dreadful suggestion thus lent the pose
a Su,t syssy ..6 sSSpP %TI@ sn fs Sp ,ba fss al} sa sho oss,n a
Held at arms length it y then carried to the
back drop. lowered gingsarly AGAINST it, and the
o aossnf the s1 b aGi E E" started e dnS against th %al0 sfforts fe eo
tho and ordinarily end with some OF the women
lying on the floor while their opponents strive
temptation to the gods to quote in mock femi.
nine accents a popular ballad OF some years ago
lsush.sr and applause are in full portion as the
players reward.
On Monday next the Parry Comic Opera Com.
pany will succeed "El Captain" in the theatre
ut Manhattan Beach. and VERY Little Faust
n version OF Halevy's o~peretta," lie Petit Faust 81
will be given there for the first time in many
years. 81. indeed, this Is not the first
performance Of this once popular French
work ever given in English here. The work
WIS sung last in New York BY Paola Marie.
Victor Capoul and Angelo. In it's original form
tho travesty was q remarkably clover and deft
specimen of It's class. Dorothy Morton, Alfred
Whclan and Richard Carroll are to head the
company. Mr.. Parry believes that the immense
popularity OF Gounod's Faust In New York
has prepared the way for q burlesque Of that
opera.
Dc Wolf Hopper and his wife will continue to
rppear in "El Captain" next season, and tho
tour OF that popular comic opera will be closed
by nm engagement Of six weeks. In which Philip
suusa and his band will be heard In con.
function with the opera Only the prln-
ripal cities will be visited. and short
;n % s TSe pe 81 sM1 %'sH Will T be p Ss s,Hssf By IN q
SoIsa COMFORT, and the band will be seen as well
n> heard In tho march that brings the second
Oscnr Hammcrstoin has engaged Frank
Watt : popular London comedian n as well a y
with the Hanlon Ices on their hTst
french 70 actress sn's ' %So Was large largely f@ rsspcnsi ias
Tor the London success Of Audran's opera.
the role which Anna Held viii first be heard in.
Mr. Hammersteiu says that he expects this new
1 msds up 'S eh iefsS Of ' English aa aste e8%p'ns VIII DC
THE Wizard OF the Me" which only q short
company in St: Petersburg. But Anna Robin.
son ,, T sl,r remain Mnn II E Few 9o9 nRd and Gbo With R Mss'
ssseifPpt make the cast in a scene NJ in la French
Maid ut the Herald SQUARE Theatre.
th Iin1 week. ir %ns In w pdSr F SeaIth for sS some tGne
previous to his leaving London. bIt a cessation
Of AL work succeeded in bringing him around.
to conduct the 81. Nicholas Skating Rink as q
music hall. and = win probably remain closed
Nsil BurSsss VII return 70 New York shortly:
o9&H nolh ss'c 3, g glSPnlsy j. J. W H1sInna E4 se SssIs' Ia.
ssia y gS1 'S BY w aaH@a @h lHe%; sn who S'i has Sc pr Hssf
Susly confined himself to shafesPesarias an and %
modern romantic melodrama..
x +; L + ss.sp henson a.; su ,hSps Of k1ob Enemy d to the
ready, for production next winter; ga; sothern
sss decided ss4 Elm not BY to d RGSdG9efF ls tsS p pay ,r Sf!f
Major Andre figured as the chief charae
sef prej ESh a against iGins. t work, t 6eniinf has with s1if shiI
5sstioni such as Henry Guy CsTletSn,s ny.
seems to be a demand for them now.
Sarah Bernhard has brought a suit for libe
against a newspaper which accused her of hav
Ing kept for her own use n part OF tho profiti
from the benefit recently organized in Paris by
her for tho benefit Of the Alexandra Dumai
statue. But she has had time to repeat thu
declaration that she will never appear in Ger
many under any circumstances.
When Eleonora Duse gave a performance II
honor OF The French actors In Paris she appeared
In scenes from "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Ca
mile" and LA Femme de Claude" The actor
OF the Coincide Francaise afterward gave a din
ner in her honor.
Secret Service" has been restored to thu
stage OF tho Adelphl Theatre and tho success Of
the piece was not interrupted by William Gil
lette,s illness. Indeed, after Mr.. Alsop took bill
IoIe IN inc play tho size OF tho audiences In
creased rather than diminished.