The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
v,UDETILLE ACTORS IN ALMOST EI-
elusive POSSESSION.

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onrdens-speotncIe and Comic Opera Mt
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mt tho Bays.
Not A scrap Of serious drama Ia loft In ourcity
,hoatres for this week nor n full-length play OF
INV Kind, though condensed opera and some
,arces will be found In the continuous shows.
ne going 10 Manhattan Beach, however, an
essentially dramatic spectacle may be found In
"Tho Baltic OF Manila" a. represented with
many men and women. two acres OF scenery,
and A ynst quantity OF illustrative and patriotic
fireworks.
Down there at the soashore comic opera In
ths form OF Wang" will have one moro week
70 finish the engagement OF Dc Wolf Hopper
and his company. The new members. Maud
Hollins, Alice Judson. and Minnie Ashley. have
impaired fresh and pleasing aspects to the
familiar piece. 1.-THE Bcggar Student" will DO
royiyed a week from tomorrow. The Bos-
tonians will have August for Rob Roy and
perhaps Robin Hood"
AZ Bergen Beach the diversions will. as
hitherto. consist Of an extravaganza, Tho
Cash Girl" In tho casino. and vaudeville on the
pier. There will be a change as to some OF tho
specialists. however. and In the feats by divers
and swimmers. This is q handy and popular
resort. Of Brooklyn people particularly.
At Midland Beach. which is on the shore OF
ataten Island. an extravaganza called THE
Maid OF Manila " will be further performed. II
IA a hilarious hodge-podge OF song. dance and
nonsense. A boat sail across the bay and a
abort railway ride along shore are agreeable
adjuncts OF a trip to this place.
summer concerts are thriving we'll. not wholly
because they are a seasonable solace. but also
because their music lie Of an excellent quality.
The Metropolitan Permanent Orchestra holds
an advantageous situation on the top OF the
Madison Square Garden. The place is loft wide
open TO the breezes when they are balmy. or
screened by awnings whom the wind blows too
hard, and in case.o storm q retreat Is found In
the hall below. The programmes blend the
classical with the popular.
Down at Manhattan Beach the Twenty-seo-
ond Regiment band gives two concerts every
day in the theatre. Each day this week is to
have a distinctive programme. Director Her
hart will be a soloist to-day. his instrument be-
ing the cello. and his music Schubert's sere-
made. On Monday the programme will be pop
MAR, on Tuesday 1t will contain many solos. on
Wednesday Wagner will be interpreted. on
Thursday various operas will be drawn upon.
and on Friday nearly everything will be So
verely classical.
The concert season at the Terrace Garden 10
continued. Nahan Frankie is still the leader Of
the orchestra. Singers are also employed on
Sunday evenings.
Vaudeville directors are making a record in
their July indoor standards. and to-morrow's
bills. besides being more expensive than any
thing that has held In past summers. will con-
tain new matter and unfamiliar performers.
A stranger to the continuous shows will appear
ut the Pleasure Palace. She is Mrs. Charles
Peters, who is accustomed to leadership
in touring organizations. and who in The
Sunshine OF Paradise Alley" was last years
most e~rulgent ray. She will appear in a new
farce entitled THE Widow Flaherty." The
reinforcing specialists arc q capable lot. They
will include Servais lie Roy. a sleight-of-hand
performer who operates several deceptive illu-
sions; C. ". Williams. an unusually skilful
ventriloquist; Leonidas's trained cats and dogs.
come of whose tricks are. SO far. beyond copy
ing; Clifford Wiley. Hodgkins and Heith, Will
liams and White. tho Lowells. Emma Francis.
Nudge and Morton. Lucy Nelson and Aresen.
The only continued number is that of the war
graph. which tomorrow will have the usual
Monday freshening.
Near the top in Keith's bill will be two innings
whose players describe them as semi-dramatic
sketches. One will engage Nick Long and
Adalane Cotton. and has as it's theme that most
handy idea of all. the amusement manager
testing the accomplishments of an applicant.
In this case the examination will lead to imita-
tons OF DuBe. Paquerette. Vesta Tilley and
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not even seriously semi-dramatic. or the other
sketch. in which James Horne will appear.
nothing but the title is dNulgcd. 1t is An
Awful Fix" Among the specialties will be the
Damann troupe. who are acrobats with novel
tricks; Imogene Conner, who nearly sets the
gods aweeping and always leaves them APP
~plauding enthusiastically Gus Williams. a
German dialectician who was formerly "a
star" James Tenbrooke and Larry Dooley.
Opera continues at Proctor's Theatre, this
weeks selection being The Bohemian Girl. ("
Cheridah Simpson, Airline Crater. Arthur Cum
bingham. and G. J. Campbell are named as
principals. and their companions will be the
same singers who assisted In "Cavalleria Rus
ticana' last week. This week there will be a
much greater degree of condensation in the
opera Interpreted than before. A farce will be
and Lillian Burkhqrt and Caryl WILDER will play
Dropping q Hint" the most serviceable Of the
continuous shows. All else but the wargraph
views. which will include several new stirring
S9Ss' bS VII Joh be fr9 1nis sR sS 2 Sev,sb Among ts%dr then &Ill
bert Sarony. a female imitator; the Gardeners
Fho are musical and comical; Provo. a, juggler
Edwin Bennetto. q contortionist, and Amy and
Le van horizontal bar experts.
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Heeley:" Garfield and Carleton will burlesgue
S %lsea a Hau Wager BEsdI and n A5nhi% T FRa, do aSo Ike K{T
have real Chinese actors as her assistants
Others are Fields and Lewis. the Fords. Barton
and Eckhof, Allyn and Lingard. Beeson, Black
Apd Lulu. Conway and Leland. the Lovelles. H
W, Bots and Oceana.
Outdoor vaudeville flourishes. Afloat on the
Srand Republic its entertainers are put to theil
pest TO keep passengers from giving themselves
up solely TO the enjoyment OF the nights sal
ss00St The bay and up the Hudson, Every per
former has an inning on each OF the boats two
RtHges. and band music is plentiful besides
Nocalists enlisted in this service. beginning to
morrow, evening. are j. Albert Wallerstedt
Cole. $50
Roster 4 Balls show folk take to the roof to
morrow night. and their performances will con
SlSt entirely, Of ,specialtles.. The music hall
where Cooks Tour" has Just ended. will b
SouiabIe ior unpleasant evenings. so vaudeville
Rerlormances are assured, rain or shine. TIL,
hogers brothers remain at the head of the ros
teT, which is made up OF divertinR contributors
io-norrow's forces at the American roof will
Mmeiude Al II; Wilson. Lottie ellison. John Ia
SSIs . Adele iurvis 0nri. Bert Jordan. Maym,