The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-06

snd 20 TO take, charge of the Jockeys and the
Gh,luren together. as a. species of eIpiation. IL
act seriously. founded as they are on a stu.
Atom which ought to have led UP TO lively
10 ne, ana comic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1t
y not 10 DO taken humorously. either. for
the young clergyman Ia n very earnest
mgure, and remains so, even in tho last act,
amusing, comedy. Some OF pinerU's lines are
WHY, all of them are gracefully written, and
not a few ironicHl, almost after the buriosquo
piece well and II has moments full OF polite and
agreeapie entertainment. But 1t Is such an in
false and contradictory elements assert the,n.
serves, always To the damage OF the pieces inter-
NV ~ uoes IN these respects show plainly the
his earlier works to such a masterpiece as "rhs
Benefit OF the Doubt"
Incidental cddies ure observable IN the current
OF thes,ricals this week. An American
Beauty" has u new aid to Lillian Russell la VI.
Is. Curtis. who plays the jew money lender in
the Monte Carlo gaming scenes. The Cherry
fickors' had = hundredth performance. with
souvenirs ut the Fourteenth Street on Monday
night. Tho Girl from Paris" Mt the Herald
Square. has restored Cheridah simpson to its
cast after her illness. Equality" has been
postponed n week at the Savoy, and Society
Shadows" Is continued In tho meanwhile. Sc
crot Service" has souvenirs ready for its hun
dredth time at the Garrlck on Monday next.
The continued bills include Under the Rcd
Robe" at the Empire, The Late Mr.. Castollo''
at the Lyccum. Much Ado About Nothing" in
alienation with The Geisha'' at Days. Dor
cas- at the Olympia, 1.-TWO Little Migrants" at
the Academy OF Music. and Ills Absent Boy"
at the Irving Place.
The weeks visitors already familiar include
"Thorough bred with the Frohman company.
at the Harlem Opera House. and that theatre in
70 nave, next week, another play with It's down
ton. the coinpany OF" Lost strayed. or stolen,
Is, unchanged since. II left the FIfth Avenue.
Ihe Grand Opera House has In Old Ken.
Press" the Murray Hin has The Rising Gen
Grafton. aud the star has Fallen Among
There IL n reproduction Of Tho Gay Paris
ians y at the Garden, with about the same cast
which INC farce enjoyed during It's "riginal
D'Arville IN 1t. at Wallack's. The PLAYS new to
our, stage. are The superiuous Husband
Hobby Horse" with John Hare, ut the Knick-
srboeker; "shanus O'Brlen' az the Broadway.
A Contented Woman" at Huyts. Captain
lmpudence at the American, and The Fatal
city at the Peoples.
Our vaudeville enlists many of the most en-.
price. At Weber Il Fields's are George Caron. a
pantomimic clown from whom his watchers
Hobby Gsyior. an eccentric Irishman. and Lot.
tic ellison, n character singer of the top rank.
Al Roster a Bial's Is fvctte tiuilbert, who will
appear ~ nm especial matinee on next Friday.
and tho bill includes two spccialtlcs that were
given In this country for the first time on Mon
day night. The Olympia music hall retains
Louise Bcaudet and Katrina. and it's newest item
Is a broad burlesque OF the now notorious
stag at Sherry's.
The pace set by the music halls Is not n bit too
fast for the continuous show houses. whose pro-
grammes are black with letters that spell the
names OF specialists OF tho first rank. At
ksith's Union square are Lydia IeRmans Titus,
Arthur Dunn. the Finneys. and tho Russell
brothers; Tony Pastor. Amelia Glover. Maud
RaymOuI unh the Hernafus are Mt PASTORS.
Proctor's Theatre engages Raymon Moore,
Wood and Shepard. Mr.. and Mrs. sidney Drew.
and the Horns. and the Pleasure Palace heads
its list with the Hsulons. the Glinserett!s. tbs
Luttemann quartet, and the Webbs. At the
Eden Mus6e tnero are new groups OF wag fig
ures. and reArrangements OF the old ones and OF
tho cincmatographc views.