The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
sUMSrER THEATRICAL DITERSION
INDOORS AND OUTDOORS.

INDOORS AND OUTDOORS.
A.. SERIOUS Drama and Four Merry Pieces
In NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or All Grades In
Gardens. Music Halls, and Continuous Houses
Theatrical diversion has taken on its accus-
,ound summer aspect. That Is to say, the
drama proper has all but disappeared, and
hardly anything else than music and m%orriment
IA in view. Tho exception is Under tho Red
Robe which picturesque molodrama, favored
nv popularity and tho weather, is still prolong-
ing its term at the Empire. 1t is in its seventh
month. Robert Edcson and Ida Conquest are
playing the hero and heroine.
"a Round Of Pleasure" ut tho Knickerbocker
will have Ida Brooks in its cast to.morrow night,
taking tho place Of Marguerite sylvia. New
things are being interjectcd into this splendidly
pictorinl extravaganza, and one Of these en-.
ploys Jeanette Bogoard and the Rogers brothers
very comically. This exceedingly ornamental
play OF nonsense has several weeks yet to stay
IN town before rounding out the Knickerbocker
season pleasurably.
"Tho Circus Girl" remains q frisky and tune
full occupant of Days and win do so until a
week or two into July. May Young. a young
actress, but long n member of the DAILY company.
has been assigned to one of the roles in tho mu.
steal farce. Her dancing is nimble and graceful.
That is one of tho recent changes in the cast.
Miss Mcintosh and Miss Earle remain in service
as the circus queen and the na1ve schoolgirl.
"Tho Girl from Paris " passes into its twenty
eighth week at the Herald Square. The players,
and especially the actresses, are taken out of
tho performances and put back again FIRE.
quentiy. Two or three companies will DO sent
on tours next winter, and the recruits for them
are thus put into practice now. Tho old mem.
bers OF the organization arc at tho Same timo
enabled to take vacations. The quality Of the
.ntortaipmept IA not much affected.
"The whirl of the Town" is a whirligig Of
fun at tho Casino. As an exposition of Tender
loin life, in the Casino manner Of ruthless frivol-
iy and mad exaggcration, 1t fully equals any OF
its predecessors. Dan Days share In the per
formance has increased since the outset, Madgo
Lessing's industry is greater than ever, and
Henry Norman puts vim into his topical songs,
especially the malevolent lay OF the cable car
motorman.
the Bijou next Tuesday afternoon. 1t is de-
scribcd as a farce, its title is Friend Tom
and its authors are Edward weitzel and F. 8.
Isban. II it proves meritorious 1t will be put
into regular use next autumn.
An entertainment will be given tonight at
the Casino by professional friends of Mr.. Orpen.
heimer and Mr.. Appleton. members Of Manager
Lederer's business stan. Tho list Of volunteers
means more than usual. in view of the positive
assertion tnHU every On0 VI tnoU Will appear.
They are Lillian Russell. David warield. Lee
Harrison, Madge Leasing, Catharino Linyard,
Willard Simms. Gertrude leila. William
Pruette. Julius Steiger, tho Clipper Quartet,
Truly Shattuck, Williams and Walker. Ma
thews and Bulger, Virginia Earle. Dan DAILY,
the Putnam sisters. Baby Lii, Louis Harrison.
Newhouse and Waffle. and Walter Jones.
The v~eriscope representation of the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons prize fight remains at the Academy
Of Music, making of that theatre for the time
being a sporting resort within the laws safety
line. Fashionable women are plenty in the as
semblages.
The concerts by the Metropolitan Permanent
Orchestra are continued at the Madison Square
Garden on the roof. save when the weather
makes the amphitheatre more comfortable. The
programme for tonight makes selections from
posers. Sullivan's music will be given exclu.
siyely next Friday night;
.@fo ssta@O roof I garden nsspS because Sc n It hss ei been
fitted up for excursions down the bay with
vaudeville and musical Entertainments A triI
will be made every evening. rain or shine,
beginning two weeks hence.
The coming season at Manhattan Beach
comic opera. For the first time in the history
July together at the Beach. and most of their
snGf libr nSs &c Of Z the e1e opera. N r ihmpt task w lie n sssss
state a rigorous supervision over the orchestra,
his opera personally, resulting in a perform
ance of Captain " more interesting, spirited,
The Hopper Company Is Is to be- Tsstlro ene then sdiS "nd
increased for this engagement. and an extremely
Prosperous season is anticipated; At the end Of
a season of light English and French opera
and this managers experience at the Metropolis
pany will be carefully selected. well rehearsed,
and excellently equipped for a month of melody
Bostonians to finish the season, but 1t is likely
that souss, Hopper and Perry will carry the
This weeks programmes of vaudeville are
made up entirely Of specialties and sketches
that SAVIOR of the variety shows. At Keith's, g
continuous show in which many Legitimate
actors have made their shy at vau deville, q
new sketch falls to Mcintyre and Heath, two
eccentric imitators Of negroes. Other item:
are the biograph pictures and innings by George
W. Day, Redding and Stanton. Frencelli and
Lewis, the Mimic Four, Merritt and Gallagher
Kriesel's dogs. Joe Goetz. Howard and Bland
Wills and Collins. and the Coulson sisters,
Dan Mccarthy is listed at Proctor's Theatre
and will be heard in a comic monologue. Rival
ling him in conspicuousness Is Baroness
Blanc, with a speciality of ballad singing. The
Lorraines. two v~ocalists from London music
halls, will be seen here on Monday. and among
tne remaining ones arc Berol and Belmont, the
Eidridges. the Engstrom sisters. Rosalie, d. w
T.. Davis, Short and Edwards, and Joe Bonnell
John I. Sullivan is one Of to-day's contributors
newcomers at Pastors are the Sullivans, who
arc London sketch players. Others are Omene
woman magician; Cook and Clinton, sharp
shooters; Ben r. Harvey. a i" rag-time" pianist
Mcbride and Goodrich. Dolan and Mccarthy
the Blondells, Dawson and Farlowe. Melrost
and Elmar. Phillips and Robinson, Bartelmas
Iaswel and Arnold. Leo Delmore. ana Francis
ture here.
pretty general change about Is made in thu
music hall rosters. Gautier, the horse trainer
Sad williams and Walker hold over at Roster s
Siai 5, o1t the remaining specialists arc newly
employed. They are Zelmo Rawlston, James L
hoey, Edgar Ely. Witter J. Peabody, the Dort
Srpthers, and Hill, John W.. Ransone, and
blacE PATHS Troubadours mako their last MP
pearahccs at the Pleasure Palace this afternoon
SSnu evening. Tomorrow they will be succeeded