The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
WHAT rs ON THE NEW FORK STAGE
FOR U DIpERSIoN.
Hsnry n. DixeS as an Entsrtniner with Tricks,
illusions. ana 1mpernonations-Notea 81
several View Things Tn vnudevile-rhe
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~ u rOuTpoonLn DtTcbJ 1nentTo mas oNUlTtus
and owing to n prearranged tour only two
weeks could DO added, SO the play il In its last
nights here. Mr.. Sothern Is alternating AN
Encmy to the King" The Lady Of Lyons"
and Lord Chumley' during his Anal week at
the Lyoeum, whore all Is ready for the return
OF the stock company In Tho Princess and;tho
Butterfly" The term of 1.-THE Old Homestead"
will expire with the week at the Academy Of
Music, and after that THE White Heather
will begin. Mr.. Mansfield 10 playing in The
Devils Disciple" at the Fifth Avenue prior to
. closing week Of selections from his roper
tory. Miss Francis Of Yale gets u second
week at the Manhattan. and its successor viii
be Ills Little Dodge" After tonight Tho
Magdalene" will DO withdrawn at the Murray
Hill, and True to Life revived. Tho plays
brought over from last week include THE Lit
tie Minister" with Miss Adams, at the Gar
rick; "a Marriage Of Convenience" with Mr..
Drew, at the Empire;; 'Tho Idols Eye" with
Mr.. Daniels, at tho broadway; AN American
Citizen" with Mr.. Goodwin. at the Knickcr-
booker; "a Lady of Quality" with Miss Ar.
thur. at Wallack's; "a Stranger In New York.
at Hoyt's. Tho French Maid" at the Herald
Square, THE Heart Of the Klondike'' at the
Star. "The Geisha" at Days, and "The Cooling
Dove at the Irving Place. '"The swell Miss
Fitzwell' Is now, with Miss Irwin, at tho
Bitou. and 1900" at the Casino.
The visitors at tho outside theatres arc I'M
commonly interesting in several cases. Mar
Raret Mather is at the Grand Opera House with
the production Of "Cymbeline' which she made
at Wallack's last season. 1t Is a beautiful IL.
lustration OF Shakespeare to look at, and Miss
Mather's acting, as well as that Of most OF her
companions In the cast, Is quite good enough to
make the performance pleasant to listen to.
The Liliputians are at the Harlem Opera House
aisporting In rho Fair II, Midgettown." Marie
We Forgive Il He sf"' at tbs sn Th dIea0 ASen M sal
den,s Row Of Flats. at the Columbus.
The most conspicuous contributors to the
current music hall bills arc Clara Morris, the
Grifilths. and the Carpos Brothers, who are at
ton. and Pablo Diaz. who are at Roster 4 Biafs,
where the Faust ballet is now given before the
end.
In the continuous shows Mime. Tavary, Sig.
Nutini. a dog that plays the piano, and Flison
Joseph Whselock. Jessie Couthui, Lima Pant
ger, and the Northcrns; at Pastors are Tony
Pastor, Felix and Cain, and Lydia Barry. Va
riety performances and a full roster of human
oddities make a continuous round at Huber's
Museum. The Jonah shows its prize fight pic
lures three times daily.
Judged by the diversion that lies in his per-
iormance, Henry Dixey Is a magician of the
first class, and there is no need for making
allowances for his unfamiliarity with his
present tasks. Using, as no is now doing
at the Garden. the extraordinarily large outfit
OF paraphcrnalia with which the late Bancroft
toured, DiNoy already practically duplicates tho
others programme. His fellow delivers In matters
hiystifTing may sec reason for criticism In the
fact that straightforward Is not abundant in his
displays, hut there is enough of 1t to suit gen.
eral taste. and all of 1t is deity done. Handker-
chiefs in his hands roll to nothing. to re-
appear in unlocked for places; oranges,
eggs, and billiard balls go, the unin-
itiated know not where, and Alexander
rma motto, Tho more you watch
the less you sao." applies to Dixey's slcights
with full force. Then accompanying these
tricks is a rapid fire of fun-;okcs and puns
E~alorc-which. If not particularly instructive.
makes him also nearly, II not quite. tho equal of
Hermann AS an entertainer.
Among the smaller mechanical tricks that no
bran. and coffee berries into sugar, milk. and
hot coffee; finding borrowed rings within the
smallest nmdsstc Of a series SE Sst OF boxes ;1 fetching I a 6orrowsa
the proscenIurn arch. and doing seemingly
.eSmpliGstcd mathSmnIioa xsmpl with
calculates In the way of large iiiu.
sipo ,, se sees !.Ths th MIPssje, Ti e d RansE IT., sn; q;
moment later trot down the theatre aisle. Tho
within two trunks, and replaced in ten seconds
By yo a negro. t An inning ming Of Sos what a. is &C commonly no
black, with White objects moving S:'s about in
midair without Visible means Of sup
port: a,npidl the 6ma ia to S,ad this rd is . new
by a cloth. With IS Withdraw in a few sec.
onds, when she is gone. In her PLACE is a c,go
about restlessly and looking with hungry inter:
est at the woman, who appears in a circle of
'S One " OF ihe a. p 1es SaGR O. M i've s'e dkisiIsions is do,
We, yS'U flG to Mi #, D dS'SS. 'p Df a a Thtch ab Is @FSs
Seven Ages" The gestures Of the speaker witha
woode, arm, the recitation OF the awkward coun-
arc there. and in much better arrangement
than when Mr.. Dixey recently used much
the the. SAM matter in continuous n yHu de-
by each part. of the programme; with n
change of facial make up. too, which helps
ones. His tricks Ire done, apparently. without
sonfedera;os in the audience. though in his
final itOIn he has tho assistance of a professional
rustic. | successor to the late John Manning.
A new iangle Is on at Keith's between Filson
and Enroll. They have for several years quar-
relied and made up twice daily, and so a new
s~quabble means that they have essayed a new
sketch. Having proven their ability to en-
tcrtain as warning husband and wife. the
order was for IL sketch thatshould continue them
In those capacities, and this was filed without
aifording them much to do that.is new. A jeal-
GUS woman opens her husbands telegram, and
constructs n "tip" about a race horse to convict
her husband of carrying on an intrigue. A
husband reads his wifes message from her
brother, who signs only his given name. And
there you are, with a quarrel hot and heating.
When they rave about their supposed wrongs
INC audience Is away ahead of them in know.
Ing the inwardness Of matters, and that most of
the fun is entirely obvious doesn't count much
against It, so It's a quarre! that will last. An
Other new item n ke!th,s bill keeps three
81 novelty. The setting Is a copy of a railroad
station, the turn musical. So when trunks,
boxes, and baggage trucks nro seen strcwn
about the surmise is that these articles CON
coal instruments after the manner of the para
phernali. of such things, but the Instruments
IRE hidden In new ways. Two OF the men arc
blacEed mp. and artor some predatory 'moke's'
nntics. are approached by n station agent, whose
uniform Is 81 much like that OF the theatres
stage Lands that for a moment IL looks as il
real trouble was on tap. He sets the others to
/. sorting two, busincssiikc rings of baggage
checks. buL IN " moment these are pulled out
i1to a straight row., held by two of the must.
clans, and, Played upon by ali three in zylophOne
Fashion. Red lanterns OF the railroad signal
light sort arc swung about, tho bells they contain