The sun., 1897-12-26

A claim OF legitimacy, in contradistinckion to
the common run OF comic opera, is mado on be-
Cormiok. and nobody is likely to dispute Il.
There y no choap colloauial wit or clownish
1t lies within the lines OF reasonable charscteri
Sstion. and the audiences need not be ashamed
N ha StSrd r. This T0sf
Another theatre now definitely associated in
tainment is tho Bijou. This is tho house OF bal
lad farce, and May, Irwin is its jovial mistress.
% orSN songs swy ron The s'f sWs Miss
Fitzweli.". was FIRST tried out OF. town, but she
gives It here, is full Of tho things that her Su:
aesnSes sn e. want her to DO: hldoiPh Ar9nson ,i has
on a tour will bring It to the Bijou.
Irish plays are the stock in trade down at tho
aH SS Of
there now, and the play is IAN Irish Gentle;
sling: many % tGnerSi ~ irish ballads. He Is to @ re:
main nearly to tho end OF January, being well
oicott will return to the stage of his many and
long ongagemonts with sweet InniscarrS
which Charles Coghien, the sdapter, calls "The
Royal Box" has had a right good start artisti-
y ey st sS f wdsf % S has mso
clear, concise play of ", and he is enacting the
With hnS S finish and forS9 He
effort. and without recourse to any badly
theatric Devices
Earnest work has been done with "The, Ballet
with view to eli eliminStns nina myth The 81 London 3 soRsness
jecting OF New York spriehtiiness to mako it
light and airy. This process has involved the
at and ho%
and that which incloses the Moorish ballet Is
This Show will sss rank rsn sS the
many Rice achievements in the same line.
The s, only change to Z, note IL the performances
She sings two solos and has a duet with Mr..
sGses night 81 to M
ballad about the animated dinner. This theatre
farce and the present example Of that opular
kind of diversion seems determined to hold its
place long time yet.
The week between Christmas and New Years
is time for haymaking with all.day vaudeville,
and 90 this weeks programmes are unusually
extensive. Keth's performances begin half
hour before noon, but 1t is not till long after
ward that Joseph Hart, their most conspicuous
contributor. appears. Assisted by Carrie De
Mar. he will play a sketch of his own writing.
Hayes and Lytton remain to play comic sket tch
and, with the exception Of tho biograph, all tho
rest is made up Of variety innings. These are
filled by Press Eldridge. Thorne and Castleton,
the Northerns. Burt Jordan. the Kingsley sis
beck. Kathleen Warren, the Renfos. Cook and
Clinton. and j. ]. Sherman.
The top-line names at Proctor's arc Mckee
Rankin and Nance ONeill, who are to play
short version Of "Oliver Twist" Auguste Van
Biene is to play his cello In dramatic sketch
called IAN Old Love Song" and three farcical
sketches that SAVIOR distinctly of the variety
shows, yet that are brighter than most such bits,
are done by Cawthorn and Forester. Evans and
M
as a Parisian novelty and named The Storm
Dance" is ballet with novel electrical dressing.
H and sort The Es1s
Derious DAILY, and the Collinses.
Pastors has in It's roster for the first time. and
sketch" with which she has gone the rounds Of
asoree Iesie Specialists seIS here are LeW vs.
Hawkins, Irene Franklin, Gus Williams. Can:
Arno. Merkie and Algere, Rochefcrt and May. lay
Howley and Leslie. Campbell and Beard, and
The Doris Winter Circus promises some of
the most novel and daring innings that can be
the tastes OF children have been kept in mind
in arranging the programmes. Small visitors
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night repay adult attention.
ves.ibule holding q Brownie on his knee and
some hidd.n mechanism keeping the tobacco
alight until Il is consumed once the cigarette Is
offered here for the holiday attendance OF little
folk. The Marionettes continue.
Many persons find that the mirror held up to
nature at the Jonah iB far superior to the real
thing Certainly the veriscope makes it possi-
Bile to follow the course Of the prize fight be-
tween Fitzsimmons and Corbett without keener
impressions Of Its brutality than come from pic
tured swats and thumps. Tho whole fight is
projected into view three times day.
The Pleasure Palace, the resort of vaudeville
| In which music hall and continuous show are
| blended, offers an unusually large number of
| specialties that have never been given In the
upper part Of the city. 1t lists Gautlers haz-
ardous inning Of horse training; the circus ring
| maneuvres Of JESSIE the baboon rider; Charles
! r. Sweet is its ragged pianist, Helene Mora its
| chief vocalist; Williams and Walker and Nc
| Intyre and Heath are, respectively. real and
counterfeit negroes, and the Castilians are its
| dramatic sketch folk. Other innings fall to
| Deavess marionettes, Pepita and Rosita, the
| Randalles. John thinner, and to the Street
| Arabs Sextet.
| At Weber s. Fields's Pousse Cafe" continues
| attractively. and is not infrequently enriched
| by new layer or so. which can come at the top.
| bottom, or in tho middle. 1t has Comedians
| Weber. Fields. and Bernard gotten up success.
| sively as Germans. Scotchmen. and Cinnamon.
and besides thoir usual comical antics there ID
at times u laughable inconRruity between dia-
| lect and make up. A variety bill precedes It,
Another extension Of Anna Held's stay at
! Roster & Biais keeps her there through the
| performance OF New Year's Day and night and
she promises ~ novel addition to her inn ing, but
| docs not divuIgo Its nature. Everything here
! now Is in the variety show way, the programme
| including the acrobatics of the De Rocks, the
bounding wire exercises OF Caicodo, Chdrmion's
nnsecmly preparations for gymnastics. and
| Daisy Mayors negro songs.
Sketch folk for the Harlem Music Hall are
| Barney Pagan and Henrietta Byron. Maud
| Beal Price Is an attractive monoogist. and
| others In the list are Conroy and Mcdonald,
Lara and Page. Polk and Collins, and Delmore
| and Lee
vaudeville concert at tho Star tonight en-
cages Josephine Sabe Jennie Yelmans, Eliza.
| beth Lawrence. and Watson and Hutchins
among others. One music hall. Roster & Balls
has discontinued Its Sunday evening perform.
ances. but use is made OF Weber & Fieldss and
of the Harlem this evening. Afternoon and
| evening concerts arc given at Proctors Theatre
and At the Pleasure PALACE. the former reserv;
| ing Helene Mora, the Angela sisters. and
| Charles V. Seamon; the latter resort listing Ed
Latell, Alice Atherton, and Barney Fagan.