The times., 1898-09-25
"The Little Corporal PrOduc.
ed at the Broadway.
ROSTER & BIAL'S REVIEW
The Dewey Theater Opened-LiIlfan
Gillette, Denman Thompson and
stunrt Robson Leave New York
Items.

the week. MONDAY nlght saw tHe Dig
Broadway Theater packed to the doors
by admirers of the comedian, and it is
safe to say that in all his career he has
never made a more solid and emphatic
hit. Harry B. Smith is the aat5er of the
book, and Ludwig Englander 4 response
BILE for the music of the piece. Both have
done their work WELL and have turned
first act is laid in Brittany in 1887. Petit
pas (Wilson) is the valet of Honore St
Andre. of the dignitaries of the vii
lage. and royalist. Napoleon's Egyp-
tian expedition is decided on, and to the
Breton village there comes a detachment
of the emperor's army to drum up re-
cruits. Petitpas and Honore are COM
| PEELED to enlist. In the second
act Petitpas assumes the charac-
ter of Napoleon in order to save his
masters life. The deception is complete
and here some of the most amusing COM
| plications of the piece are exploited. To
say that Mr.. Wilson was funny in this
scene doesn't half tell the story. The
audience fairly shrieked with laughter
and at the end of the act there were at
least dozen enthusiastic curtain calls
for the popular comedian. Lulu Glaser
| in the role of Jacqueline, never looked
| prettier. She sang delightfully."- and was
really a most attractive feature of the
performance. Denis OSullivan. bari
tone and Lillian Berri. new members of
the company, were given a special curtain
call. Mr.. Wilson's chorus this year is
| larger and better than ever. The scenic
| effects and costumes are handsome and
| appropriate. AT the close of the second
act the star made one of his characters
! tic before-the-curtain speeches.
! Down at the Fourteenth Street Thea
! ter young actor. whose stage name is
! Paul Gilmore is appearing in an absurd
| Cuban war drama called THE Dawn of
| Freedom" Paul Is what the girls call a
pretty boy" but for all that he is not
fully equipped for the role of a star.
understand that he is backed by a
wealthy wagon maker OF Peoria, Ill.
| am afraid that before many moons the
aforesaid w. NJ. will have more experience
and less money. However, the Dawn
| is nicely staged, and is exciting mild en-
| thusiasm among the patrons of Manager
Rosenquests house. As a play / have
seen worse.
The regular season began at Roster &
Biais Monday night with new and very
much undressed burlesque. called I'm
! Gotham" The piece is a series OF local
| and familiar scenes strung on the thin
! nest thread of a plot. One of the sets
! shows a well known department store on
| Sixth Avenue. l have been in it many
| times. but up to date have failed to no.
| tice any of the shoppers or "salesladies'
clothed only in flesh colored tights and
dresses cut decollete at both ends. / am
! a little near sighted, but 1 will wager a
! red apple that if any of the girls in that
store were dressed as they are shown at
| Roster & BiaPs / should have noticed it.
! i will venture 10 say that there is no pro-
! duction in town so well equipped as to
/ pretty and handsomely formed women.
! Josephine Hall. VINO thinks the posing Of
! Clara Betz in Yankee Doodle Dandy at
! the Casino is an insult to her profess
! sion(D is in the cast. which also includes
/ Cheridah Simpson-she of the piano legs
! and perpetual grin. I'm Gotham is
! given with an unusual display of hand
| some scenery and costumes.
! There was a hot time in East Four
/ teenth Street a couple of nights ago when
! that astute. politician. Dry Dollar Sui
/ livan, started in as a theatrical manager
| by opening the Dewey Theater, named in
| honor of our brave admiral The new
house is located near Third Avenue and
| is not intended as a resort for the 400 -
| The initial attraction is the High Roller
Burlesque Company" an organization
| largely composed of blondes, brunettes
! girls with hair of the colors of the rain
bow, forms like that of Venus, and man.
ners that are, to say the least, free and
easy. They were seen in a piece called
/ 1.-The Paresis Club" and / am honestly Of
| the opinion that the performance, as
| given Monday, will add many new MEM
| bers to the society. The chief idea of
the management is to sell liquors and ci-
| gars. The performance Is a secondary
consideration.
Over in New Jersey Signor Perugini
/ is suing his wife, Lillian Russell. for a
| divorce, and the prospects are that he
| will get it. He says that the chief reason
! for the separation is poker, at which the
| fair Lillian is said to have been an ex-
| pert The signor claims that she pre-
| ferred to sit up all. night playing cards
| to peaceful slumber at his side It was
| a cold Winter and he needed the warmth
| and comfort of a wife's presence but
| did not get it, hence the present pro-
| ceedings.
Three of the stars now acting in this
! city leave US at the end of the present
week. William Gillette closes Saturday
| at the Empire, and will be followed Mon
day by John Drew, in an English play en-
titled 1.-The Liars" Denman Thompson
ends his long engagement at the Acad-
! emy of Music on the same evening, after
which he takes the "Old Homestead" on
the road. Owing to the very great sue
cess of Stuart Robson in 1.-The Meddler' -
his management has decided to close the
] engagement at Wallack'S with the pres
! ent, so that after Saturday night and
! probably for several years to come New
| Workers will not again hear the melod-
| ious and laughter-provoking squeak of
! this comedian Alice Nielsen. the new
| operate star, with a large and competent
/ company, follows in 1.-The Fortune Tell
| err a comic opera by Victor Herbert and
Harry B. Smith. Sporting Life mel
odrama which Jacob Lift will give big
production at the Academy of Music, fol-
lowing the engagement of Denman
| Thompson, has been running for many
months in London. Nearly score of
well-known actors and actresses have
been engaged for the piece. The scenery
and costumes are to be of a spectacular
! kind.
! After e. Fl. Sothern's engagement at
| the Lyceum Theater in THE Adventure
| of Lady Ursula the stock company will
be seen in Rose Trelawney of the
! Wells. which is expected to run all
Winter.
''The Turtle" at the Manhattan The
| ater, refuses to be turned on his back
| and informs an expectant public that he
| proposes to stay right where he is all the
| season. Sadie Martinot continues to fool
| audiences at this house with her dsrob-
ing act AS a matter of fact, she does not
| disrobe at all. The shoes. stockings and
! skirts which she throws over screen are
properties" and not part of her ward
ha aft h &c