The times., 1898-10-16

From a financial point of view, last
week was a remarkable one, since. during
It's progress, no less than two separate
and distinct records were broken-one of
these TO the manifest pleasure of the pro-
prietor at whose house the feat was ac
complished, and the other 10 the keen
regr~t of a second manager. The first al
teration in figures was made at the Ma
ttonal Theater, where De Wolf Hopper's
presentation of John Philip Sousa and
Charles Klein's "Charlatan'' drew crowds
that not only surpassed anything the star
had ever seen here, but came dangerous
ly near overlapping the returns of the
now celebrated Christian engagement,
and thus holding the seasons champion
ship. Not counting the fact that Mr.. Hop
per gave a Wednesday matinee, while
Miss Allen did not, the receipts of the
former player were undoubtedly greater
than those of the latter. On the other
hand, Henry Guy Cartoons Cuckoo"
was offered by a Smyth and Rice combi-
nation at the Lafayette before audiences
even smaller than those once attracted
to the same place of amusement by Henry
E. Dixey and The Thoroughbred" in
that way breaking the second of the rec
ords mentioned above. Outside of these
two theaters, business was purely normal,
no one of the local directors having much
advantage over his competitors. Burr Nc
Intosh made his deput as star at the
Columbia in Lottie Blair Parkers war
Correspondent" and managed TO gather
reasonable assemblies, while Williams and
Walker filled the Academy from top to
bottom-beginning in the order given
with their "Senegambian Carnival" a
performance of rather unusual merit. The
Rentz-Santley company returned to Ker-
mans with better show than it has ever
given here before, and drew accordingly,
while an excellent vaudeville bill suitably
rewarded Manager Grieves at the Bijou.
A varied and promising list Of attrac-
tons is represented on the boards utilized
for advertising this weeks attractions.
Grand opera, romantic drama. comedy.
melodrama, burlesque and vaudeville are
TO afford amusement, while the opening
OF the last of our local theaters foreshad-
ows an interesting event. The Interna-
tional Grand Opera Company comes TO the
Lafayette with a repertoire which will
permit the rendering of Carmen" on
Monday evening and at the Wednesday
evening and at the Saturday matinee, of
Faust on Wednesday night, of ''Caval-
leria Rusticana" and I'll Pagliacci'' on
Thursday night, of Romeo and Juliet
on Friday night, and of III Trovatore" on
Saturday evening All of these with the
exceptions of Carmen and Romeo and
Juliet. will be sung in Italian, the two
extras noted above being given in Eng
lish. The Lafayette will also have the
Passion Play pictures again this evening.
Stuart Robson and his excellent company
come To the Columbia in a new play, en-
titled. The Meddler" written especially
for the star by Augustus Thomas. author
of Alabama In Mizzoura'' and THE
Hoosier Doctor Within the portals OF
the National. an organization from Froh-
mans Empire Theater is to present Pau
Potter's "Conquerors." while When Lon
don Sleeps will return TO the Academy
and the Grand will open its season with {
production Of Davis and Keogh's Lost IL
Siberia" Jermon's Black Crook" bur
lesquers. a combination that has secured
and upheld an enviable reputation here
is to he the offering at Kernan-s. and tn
Bijou completes the list with a high-clas
vaudeville bill. All the attractions prom
Use to be meritorious, and the resul
should be so good that the opening o
another theater may not interfere witt
the returns.