The sun., 1897-06-24
SOME THINGS IN THEATRES.
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN SUMMER
no AMUSE OUR AUDIENCES.

,ut,e Frayed-Mary Hormnu's Character
mouoIoEue In n Vaudeville Entertainment. |
Tho new version of "a Round of Pleasure" is
,ustifying tho titlo OF that extravaganza at tho
Knickcrbockcr Theatre. Under the Red Robe
,,ul ranch 25oth performance at least before
,toppua at the Empire. "Tho Girl from Paris"
has had that number of representations at tho
Herald Square. "The Whirl Of the Town" is q
CIV affair at the Casino. This IL the final week
of"Thc Circus Girl" at Daly's. Those five plays
are all that arc with us now But we shall have
"El Captain" by Dewolf Hopper and his COM
pany next Saturday at Manhattan Beach, where
the Sousa concerts and the Pain fireworks are
already under way for tho summer. Tho
Pain pyrotechnical spectacle Of "Tho Grecan
War" will have fiery features tonight, pertinent
70 the Victoria Jubilee Tho Fitzsmmons
Corbett prize fight Is shown twice day
at tho Academy Of Music, Tho Neuendorff or
chesral concerts are the seasonable diversion
on the Madison Square Gardens roof. Charles
Dickson, Lillian Burkhart and Patrice en-
listed in tho current continuous shows and arc
at Keiths, where Mary Norman and the Deonzos
have novel specialties. At Pastors the Moss
family is making IT, first visit, and tho lively
Crossar and Cohen are announced in the top
lines Of tho bills at prootors Theatre; IA An ~ un,
HiSay o of ywefno%n S oomio opera Soosists at tho
Pleasure PaSes while a st kSstsr BlSas StS arc
rooms and Kara hold the Olympic roof. and ses-
sions OF vaudeville and ballet are nightly atop
e and By Wes ses S
his top crust swatted hourly.
q The visitors to Huber's Museum seom to think
i' that tho largest platform in tho main hall now
presents one of the most realistic stage settings
that ever happened. 1t backs up the five win
some delegates Of the Washerwoman's Conven-
ton, and Is wonderfully contrived in wellworn
material. A soiled white coast line is four feet
high, and is rugged but for the punctures made
for inca ndescent lights. At either side is a tree
Of the same stuff as these cliffs, the broken and
leahess limbs attesting to the fury Of the blast
that comes from o nearby electric fan. High
above both, as IL cast ashore by the resorts
current wave Of prosperity, ia q fiuted mussel
shell, its gaping halves propped open by yellow
pine plank. Over all and through oil II the SAVIOR
of a salt marsh. and nothing is lacking to COM
pete the atmosphere" I" but mosquitoes A host
Of the Jersey brand had been netted and Grated
for transfer. but the discerning management
fOresaw that the slapping caused by the descent
Isl Ism would have the effect Of misplaced applause;
30, to avoid this fatal result, the last touch was
Without Without wavesi They're there, In tubs, three
wooden onos. And as the wavelets lap the
deep feeling and the true Austin rhythm. he dc;
calls attention to the washtubs, the Wrinser. and
the ironing board. The latter two accessories
ss s4 Nth III
Ss to a W. Sss
seen a olotheslins near waves, shore,
Ssha a 't II. an Then slsSy Ty not Msssr ss
s to ha1e Sa Ss the %e the
disclosed in heshinss and taken their positions
stwaye tubs. wringer, and ironing board; Then
o Be Washed de
gates. Three handkerchief are a wash, one for
them gingerly. as il disclaiming such labor, but
In minute the articles are washed. dried. and
s Whistle c. calls the audience
other centres of ioyousness. the women resume
bears a pacard warning peepers, and for an
other hour the waves and breeEes whisper to-
geiher the wonders Of Huber's
A characteF monologue in the current continu.
Gus bill at keith's smacks SO strongly of the
lyceums as to be in pleasant contrast with the
/ usual imitation Of variety shows. 1t is done by
Mary Norman, who represents in turn the Bos
ton woman of intense culture. the artificial New
York girl, a woman from the Southern States
and breezy maid from Chicago. A shift of hat
and wrap while In view Is all the change of cos
tune that is made; the rest depends on carriage
manner Of speech and the language. Boston't
type is severe of raiment, gushing of manner
and long of hard words. She is made to address
esoteric. and to secure his services for q future
gathering of tho womans learned coterie
There is not more OF earicature In this thar
4 san awkward waoble that happily g not recog-
social rivalry Is proven BY the manner in which
she snuhs a friend, and she Is accepted as 2
marks tho next lex oharacter, S @ and while there % Is
some eXaggeFation in It's infeetions and pro
nunciations, 1t is not caricature. and q bit OF
seriousness is put into it. Chicago gets a hit
and its young woman is the type the humorists
uses being lent BY her talking vivaciously to az
aEs6S partner 9s she & waltTea Next to thia
sshins must bear testimony to their subjugation
IN place Of the conventional apparatus covered
with with spsngles and plush they have four empty
the barrels s and d4Ps many T Of their ieaps % are
remarkably difficult. Occasionally they place
iss to sS Gaos the
tlscQmforts In their concluding trick both men
Beween two table, and in the middle
this is a third barrel. Both men jump from theil
as s@ss thfp egshss sst
tSaI as 'neY Jump out again without hindrance ant
their eye bandases @ and disclose smiles In Which
sweetness and breathessness conflict
Theatrical companies are being organized fol
next season with unusual care. especially In tn,
selection OF leading actresses. Mary Shaw hal
oeen chosen by Mrs. Fiske to play the bibuloui
mllkmad in Tess of the d DUrbervilles." Annie
lish vii! 20 with Mr.. Crane to be the heroine o.
eugene w. Presbrey's new play. "a VirginiG
C0uFtship" and Annie Sutherland with Mr.. JET
lerson as the wife In RIP Van Winkle.'
Blanche Walsh will be with Sol Smith Russell
% the beautiful yrago In THE Tanning of tn,
shrew,' and Maxine Elliott with Nat G. Good
a., win In the same role. though both will hav,
pSaG pSpts also In modern plays. There will be nc
nnahse ~ Leading women of our three stock com
Ranies, Viola Allen remaining at the Empire
han by y, MmnGnering, at tho Lyceum, and Ada Re
van at DAYS, Florence Rockwell will b1 tbs
Ifohhanllc young heroine of "Cumberland, '6l.
hASoe AGe Irving will take the place of Maude
hq4ams with John Drew.
Hope Booth writes to THE Sun that she reads
d,natii n,n ceilings OF mingled amusement and in