The herald., 1897-02-21

pOIltan section OF New Ulk, the BOW
cry while his company, which is IA
| large one, is, from report, most excel
| lently cast The organization is the
| same which was seen in the piece during
! its five months run in New York last
winter, and during its recent months
engagement at the Park theater, Bos-
! ton.
THE dramatic Chimmie is a song and
| dance performer at another time he Is
| a melo dramatic hero; he is found in the
slums and left in a fashionable drawing
room. He has fits Of high comedy. low
comedy, farce, vaudeville and emotion.
Take him for all and all, Chimmie is ap
| parently a versatile young fellow. never
| dull, and generally amusing. He is rude
| in speech, manners. and construction;
yet he is human, and type of character
which exists, as the vulgar say, in our
| midst. 1t is easier to hear dialect than
| to read it, and for this reason those who
were terrified by the strange language
| of Mr.. ToWrsend's book may enjoy his
| picture of low life at the theater without
| bother Mr.. Hopper's realization of the
| character has brought him fame and
money. An unknown star, he went into
New York last winter, without undue
proclamation gave his first performance.
and the next morning found that he and
his play were what is known as hits
The sale of reserved seats opens tomor-
TOW IlOIHlHS.
BURBANK THEATER.-Thi house
has been doing well the past week with
"A Fair Rebel" which has attracted
large audiences. The bill will be changed
tomorrow night and the following is
what the management wishes to say in
advance of the piece to be presented
Next week will be presented one OF
the strongest society dramas that have
ever been before the public for the past
eight seasons, Jim, the Penman.' IN
1880 Manager A. NJ. Palmer's Madison
square company presented it in this
city to crowded houses at the Grand
Opera house, but that was with prices
ranging from $15O down Next weak
Manager Pearson, by special arrange
ment with Manager a. NJ. Palmer, VIII
produce the same play. but at popular
prices. The scenic effects and stage set
tngs will be quite elaborate and in keep
ing with the text The ladies are prepar-
ing some stunning gowns. and it will be
quite dress affair Jim. the Penman,'
is one of the strongest dramas yet given
on the American stage. 1t first ran for
$50 nights at the Madison square the
ater in New York city. 1t was this play
and the Madisonsquare company which
Manager Palmer took from New York
city on the afternoon of April is, 1883, I D
Washington, d. c., and presented this
sterling drama at the National theater
before a brilliant audience, including
the president of the United States and
members of the cabinet. The proceeds
of the performance, amounting to $500
We're turned over by Manager Palmer to
the Actors fund of America. Manager
Pearson is endeavoring to raise the stan
dard of plays heretofore presented at
cheap prices in this city. In Jim, the
Penman,' the lIeenest interest is aroused
and the attention of the audience is
held from the start until the tragic
death of the central figure. Miss Jessie
Welburn will interpret the part of Mrs
Ralston and is perfectly capable of i'm
parting to the emotional scenes the pow
er that has moved audiences before
since her engagement in this city. Miss
Kate Pearson will be seen as Agnes
Ralston Miss Gertrude Berkeley as
Lady Derlincourt and Miss Adah She
man as Mrs. Chapstone Mr.. George
Montserrat, as the smooth. quick -wittad
and daring rascal of the play will GER
tainly prove acceptable to the audience
Mr. Walter Fessler will make a hand
some picture as Louis Percival Mr.
Frederick Jader is clever enough 70
make quite character out Of the part
Of the languid Captain Redwood. Mr..
Eugene Kay. in his quiet manner, should
produce a polished and aristocratio
Baron Hartfeld. The remainder of the
cast is in careful hands. New features
Will he presented through the cinograph-
oscope, a series of new pictures hayino
just been secured from the east. On
Monday will be given an extra matinee
IN honor of Washington's birthday. The
engagement is for one week and a re.s-
ular Saturday matinee"
ORPHEUM.-The great feat ture Of to-
morrow nights bill. which is to continue
for the week, is the imported ballet. The
gentlemanly press agent in the employ
OF the theater and who furnishes to the
newspapers those wonderful advance
puffs of coming attractions. has been
moved to extraordinary efforts on this
occasion. We regret not having SPACE
for the whole of his able effort but take
pleasure T. quoting in full that part of
II which relates to the entrarCing sub
ject of the corps de ballet. the contem-
plation of which appears to have excft-
ed his imagination to fine fight. He
says:
Tomorrow afternoon will witness the
advent of the much talked of Wilson's
European Aerial Ballet the original
flying balleD and Arnold Kiralfy's
grand opera ballet of forty coryphees.
These magnificent attractions, while
virtually a whole show in themselves,
are but part of the gorgeous vaude-
Vile carnival. The ballet. of course, is
the paramount feature of the program.
1t is a magnificent spectacle that can
better be imagined than described. All
the allurirg beauties Of the original bal
let are embodied in the new, with such
notifications and additions as to make
It tenfold more enhancing. There are
the same regular ranks of pink tights.
the same soft, insinuating music to which
the fairy hosts keep dainty pace with
many an extra flourish or graceful toss
of the toe, the same shapely dancers,
with all the old-tme grece Of form ard
feature; in fact, all the attractiveness
that used to make the front row: so pop
ular, all that and more. The UP to date
ballet Wilson's flying ballet has no end
of splendid accessories. TransDcrt an
old corps de ballet from the boards to
mid-air, let every member do her caper-
ings there, flying about with airy grace
like flock of birds, ard a partial idea
of the aerial ballet may be gained. IL
illuminate the whole with brilliant glow
of electric lights, and the scene is con-
Verted into a veritable vision Of splen-
dor. Turn on the calcium lights until
every line ard every founcirg, gauzy
scarf and every fcvm is radiant with an
ever-changing rainbow glow ard the
enchantment is complete. Words can
not picture the real beauty of the spec
tacle, It is dainty, graceful, novel and
Voluptuous, gorgeous beyond belief, and
cannot be appreciated without being
seen.
when the fairy dancers in the air
have fairly reached the climax of their
airy tour, kiralfy'S pretty cOryDheps