The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06
This Weeks Attractions.

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SEATTLE TIKI aTER--MidwInt~r
Ntghss Dseam.- for the Benefit Of
she y A. e.. Commences "Wednesday
and Auns Out the Week.
THIRD AVENUE THEATER-Trancis
Jones In "Oia aadr3a.- Week.
PEOPLES THEaTEE-yaudevi
BELIA UNION NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Drama.
TIE past week did not bring single az
traction 10 the Seattle theaters worth
talking about q second time. At the
Third Avenue Georges Operate Min
etTeis, combined with Georgia University
Cradnates." opened for ii week in az bad
minstrel performance as II Is possible
TO conceive. Coming IL did upon the
heels OF Black Patti TfoubadnFs." il pre-
scented only comparison between what
WAS highly meritorious performance by
some particularly clever colored people
and a display Of se-cailed professional
quality. far below the line OF niediocr!fy.
The capable negro Is quite as good an en-
tSr1ainer insiIis way as SIS hts Write con-
Temporary IA ifs bsf' the negro giving a
very bad and inartistic imitation of him.
self is worse than no performer at all
A year ago Mr.. Georges blue ear doomed
across the horizon of the railroad tracks
leading into Seattle. and he brought with
htm In the azure coach some good negro
entertainers. at the head OF whom was
Erpcst Hogan. since grown rich and
famous" as the author OF a number Of
popular ''coon" songs. The performance
at that time Was good enough In its way.
but some other and more tempting offers
having lured Hogan away TO a larger field.
the Operate Coiored Ministries. COM
bined with the University Graduates"
has dwindied 10 very tame concern
without any merit except in respect 10
noise.
I'm Gay Paris" at the Seattle theater.
held up large crowds Monday and Tues
day nights and gave a raw performance
that consisted principally OF turbulent
vacuity. There were six or eight poor
little girls who tried to be devil,sil and
suggestive and who only succeeded I'm
being tiresome. There were a number OF
cheap vaudevillians mixed up in the az
fair and the rest of it IL better forgotten.
The Pike street theater has yielded 20
the Inevitable and the doors are closed.
II was particularly happy exit-if the
exit became necessary--As Messrs Town
send and Levine paid all of the bills and
abandoned the project with clean score
The announcement was made Sunday
morning that the bin would be changed
Monday to "A Kentucky Belle by the
stock company. but the management re-
fused to proceed further In losing fight
and the keys were turned in the doors
after the close of Sunday nights perform
ance.
Tommy Getz' rewritten and done-over
"A Night I'm Bohemia was welcomed by
many friends Of author and piece M the
Seattle theater Friday and last nights.
Mr. Getz plays the part of Dusty Rhodes
and has Injected new life into the char
acter although he tells me that he Is going
10 give IL up and devote himself To man.
agement exclusively. In It's professional
aspect "A Night in Bohemia j. much
better than IL was as an amateur produc-
ton, There Is plenty Of meril IN Dir.
Getx' piece and II enjoys a consistency
that is sadly lacking IN the more preten-
sious efforts of many Older authors Of
farce-comedy. Taking the week as a
whole. "A Night In bohemia was the best
thing youehsafed us.
While the In Gay New York Company
was playing at Wallack's theater In New
York the subject OF ballet costumes was
touched upon during an incidental CONVEX
satlan In Theodore Mess private office
The relative weight OF a complete ballet
costume as compared with the weight II
feminine outfit for the street was the
point In argument. and the veteran Moss
who has had long experience ~ such mat
ters. gave II as his opinion that the reg
uiatson ballet costume would weigh about
one~fifta as much as the ordinary street
costume. Marc 1<iaw insisted that there
was a much greater difference in their
relative weights. and finally a wager of \
New Years spread for the entire company
was maas.-~the supper 20 be- served On the
stage os Waliacks theater after the per
Torrance on Saturday night. business
peaied 10 80 arbitrator. and being % a
practical turn OF mind sent FOR the ward
robe mistress Of the company. one Of the
Fougere costumes, worn in the dance az
The peers ard heiresses. was secured. l.
was hardly fair 20 choose this particular
COSTUME thare's SO little of ie-hut the
governor "a Mess So called agreed TO e.
The silk tights the black Eauze skirt the
bodice and the tuay slippers were rat on
postal scsse ana marked exactly ere
pound Then complete street costume
was secured and weighed. and showed
sixteen pounds on the scales.
IT'S curious how these "a 70 ideas stiil
iarsr." remarked kla~-
swell, they wear fewer clothes sn the
ballet row ;hsn they aid in my younger
DAYS" remarked Moss as he sent the
order fur the supper % the caterer.
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The Ac.cHs' Society. q America. ha-
sent a communication - governor Hack
Of New York ard II thu legislature pro-
testing against the bill recently intro
dusea hv Assembly II sFhurEer. 81 thss
city. iegalixinE sunday theatrical perform
nnces The communication states that
the Actors Society % AmeF{es wishes E,
s-uneuutveeany recor6e' that p'Aytvs ars
opposed 70 sabbath Performance. heiis'--
snr day 81 rest % be- as essential 70
their wei being 90 IL Is ~ that q any
other class 81 workors." TIE co-raAuni-
cation further states that tsse society
must decline - ac1Utesce 81 nr00oe5-
;ien irsJing color % the uHfoun1sa .ua.
preston taat The people IF ara stage arr
Indifferent - 70 the suaeritfss - 1fe aal
- TIE faors} sentiments % CHRISTIAN rs-o.
pie" In conclusion fsse rornmuu}c3 r{an
reats. We as actors. are gauf0sits~i
psrfsgre- ~ ~'sbrsis 70 sTauv fsarcsittNnx
ana We arr satfvetss - iatssnls.se thRt
t1zssrues ss taey are c~eTrs& aTike -
the wo.sen - car cainnx - 20 the men
ara assgss1S 1sut=araS3e az ghev a~v hufvYL
Eating, The siugie measure - profectta-
specifically extended n tee &eto~ mu5e,
fhs slsfgsss Ok New NsgA Is tie prasss.-
t;aa ef Sunday performances Therefore