The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-24
Grand Opera House.

The characters of the pavements of a
great city We're selected by Thomas III.
Davis and William T. Keogh for their
imposing dramatic spectacle, "The
Sidewalks of New York" which is to
be seen at the Grand opera house to-
night and tomorrow night with bar
gain matinees both days, prices 10, Is
and % cents. 1t involves an exciting
story of love and crime, an intricate
plot of absorbing interest, and entirely
new achievements in the line of sensa-
ton Realism is brought startingly
close to actual life in this play by pic
tureSque scenery, depicting familiar To-
calities, reproduced from photographs
of the actual buildings and views by
the mastery hand of the wizard artist,
John H. Young. In the second act the
New York Herald building is shown in
accurate detail when the enormous
presses are at work and the editorial
staff is in active operation. The third
act is laid in Brooklyn. This scene
represents an old distillery and shot
tower by the East river. The villains
are using the distillery as receptacle
for contraband goods. At the same
time there enters one Of the female ac-
completes, whom the principal scoun-
drel mistaking for another, seizes and
plunges through a trap into the river
Too late, he learns that he has destroy
ed his own wife,and out of revenge tries
to murder the real woman, who then
appears on the scene. Her brother, a
villain himself though experiencing
1o,.
to pitch coins fer her life. Treacherous
luck decides her fate. The woman,
| whose evidence is needed to clear the
| hero of foul charges, is hurled into the
water The latter is impersonated for
the moment by the champion high div
er of the world, Kearney P. Speedy,
who appears at the upper window of
| the shot tower and makes a thrilling
and blood-curling headlong plunge of
fifty feet into an immense tank of real
water.
"a RUN ON THE BANK"
There is no more shining example of
the success of painstaking in the make
up of theatrical companies than is to be
found in the welcome everywhere &C
corded those prime favorites, Ward and
Vokes, and the big company of farce
comedy artists with which they are al
ways surrounded. Manager e. D. Stair
in presenting his stars in their funny
skit, "a Run ON the Bank" for the ap-
probation of our theater-goers, at the
Grand opera house Friday and Satur-
day evenings, has for this, their third
year outdone both of the previous ones
for in the company are such names az
Charles Guyer, who has been "Pierrot, >
the clown, with Hanlon's "Superba'' fol
the past two years; Tony Williams, one
of the original company; Joe Kelley
the Con Mann of last year; Charles
A. Mason, German detective; Gus Nee,
han. the sweet-voiced baritone; t w
Eckert and Miss Emma Berg, lyric ar
lists extraordinary; handsome Gilberti,
Learock, the book agent of last year
Margaret DAILY Vokes as the "tougl
girl" Emma Francis, an exceptionally
clever soubrette, an Australian import
alton. and a whole host of pretty girls
all under the musical direction of Mr.
! Hugo Marks, one of Americas fore
most musical directors.
There will be bargain matinees oil
Friday and Saturday; prices 10, 10 AM
- cents.