The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
THEATRICAL, ADJUSTMENTS.
THINGs THAT ARE REING DONE ron
VIEW FORK AUDIENCES.
Ala Rehan's Absence Gives an Opportunity TO
Lettice RairrhH In Number Nine "-An ola
Farce Yields New Oncs-Ths wcek,s Biits.

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Lettice FairrnH In Number Nine"-An OLE
Farce Yields New Oncs-The weeks Bits.
Several OF the plays ore in their last per.
formances in New York for n time, Julia Ar
thur Is finishing with "a Lady OF Quality" Mt
Wallack's, where elaborate preparations for "A
Ward Of France" are being made. Frank Dan.
iels and ''The Idols Eye arc at the point Of
giving up tho stage at the Broadway to Tho
Highwayman." This is the final week Of Lotto
Collins and '"rhe First Born" at the Garden,
where opera In English Is to cnsuc. Alexandra
Viarda is ready to shift from Alexandra" to
Deborah" ct the Fifth Avenue, and Juhc
Kopocsy from "waldmcistcr' to 'Das Model"
at the Irving Place. 1900" will close at the
Casino on Saturday night, and the house viii
chen be closed for q week before '"rhe Telephone
Girl"
The weeks changes OF bill at the outside
tholtres provide for two of them plays direct
" from tho centre Of tho town. Cumberland
81" Is at the Harlem Opera House, with no
alteration in either the company or the scenery
that were admired down town. Francis VIII.
con has gone over to the Grand Opera House
with Half q King" and no deterioration.
Marie Wainwright is at the Metropolis with
"shall We Forgive Herr Lillian Lewis at the
Columbus with For Love and Liberty" Katie
Emmett at the Third Avenue with 'The Waits
Of rev York." and Adelaide F~itxallen at tho
Peoples with Madeline Of Fort Reno Tho
Murray Hin stock company IA playinp '.Hood.
nan Blind, Mt the Star.
Tho other current pieces are Tho Little
!nain,ster. WIN MISS Adams, at the Garrick;
at the Emnire: "An American Citiyen., Wiz
Mr.. Goodwin, at the Knickerbocker; My
5oys; WIZ MT. ttlcnaTds ana MT. Canneld, AZ
s Mr; M Mf.s f = the Eo s,ts NH. Street, lsin;; .t tT Re
Pyou: "t. me- fTlnScss and the Butterhy. at the
81 Music. .aTbe French Maid" at The Heraid
Square, and "A Stranger in New York" at
h9yI A.
ve.E's yau5evilie nrnarammes are for the
continuous shows, tombstone Bennett, Frank
hSushh, ana press EIdrldge at proctors; CsarIes
and CampbeIl for Keith's, and Charles r Al.
drich, Tony Pastor, and Haines and Pettin-
gu AT fastorS
HalIen and FnIIcr, end the Rnvaesens for fhs
Pleasure Palace; Lew Dockstader and "Pousse
Sale. are respectiveiy chiet specialist and the
Nadge Fills nnd En;cedo hsvs inninna nj Kos,,
Ter 6 Balls. and Hurtig & Seamon's Harlem
hnS y. Il. Emmett, James Thornton, and Allie
Three eroups Of way f,pures ara now and as
many more are of recent modelling at the Eden
Mnsee. lectures taken ct the ringside Of the
the yeriscone Mt The !Jopab nor,s's NV}n,cr
Circus follows the rules OF the tented shows and
gives two performances daily, and they are far
'''''f oheS 'h"h" 4 usuai Win ohe-rihs shows
The absence of Ada Rshan from the new farce
at Days Theatre last night gave an oppor-
tunity for Lettuce Fairfax to make her debut.
talent and loneliness that he had made in Eng
land. As to the just estimate of those qualities
in Miss Fairfax there may be some difference
Of opinion 1, but none Of the divergent views
viii DO likely to rate her as remarkable
cate Young woman, with a pretty face
and an air Of refinement, but her come.
illness hardly amounts to anything perfect
enough to accept as outright beauty. In the
matter of talent she evinced very little in what
she did last night. The role assigned to her was
40 u,n, ,sa, 'ts sue s s..n aS see' n,a. =, less oonse.
quehce thah 'he part she piaSea. her voice
She was awkward IN nose and movement, and IL
$1,000 80 h.t ,h. "a hoon n.,r,r aar.no.s
srem am sa , ,n to u uro, esd Uo1n , neS '1 Ho~.
ever. Mr.. DAILY is a famous trainer of actresses.
IT The new farce brought out at Days was tho
latest work of Oscar Blumenthal and Gustave
Heidelberg. turned into English oy +. I. Bur
nand. 1t was OF the same pattern as many older
them were used at this theatre in the timoa
when John Drew and James Lewis were stage
companions with Mrs. Gilbert and Miss
Rehan. Once again Miss Gilbert figured as q
henpecking wife and keenly ooserVant mother
ln.iaw; but now william owen was the husband
pr C = = tho Ws rrie5 damghter A. NJ rore The
mon wero guilty of escapades. and the women
caught them at II. me familiar suspicious,
seconciiiStions 1ipstsd tbran9h three acts ~
short that the performance covered only two
hours very thinly, ana they wonid nave
"a cot hnem tor tbs mse ~ the cinemato-
graph. That instrument of Photographic de-
ptction was not actually used. but Il was talked
eity 10 The old. Old scheme of The farce. The bus.
banda had been snapshot while in attitudes of
forbidden gayety with seductixS women, ana tne
pnlveS The man in domestic diHcnIties. Two
other characters. acted by Joseph Herbert and
Snnriss hichman, were anectea Dy tne same &C
n frank pirI wooed and won by a Glib Irish gen.
tleman.
The performance was extremely smpota ana
tante .nd tbe si incl room in which the action