The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06

present company and outfit. The performances
The cast oaers q complete change from tic comic
talent, which has Rrown..
pa Tsls e ,bs the ssn a = w W Which 81 I for a S Month irO an
W'allaek's exhibits q new company, and one not
less efficient thar the one which was employed
cessors, John Drew viii come, hore next, With
has GAINED eSmmendation in several american
cities where tested.
M MAJ af9r Il 1Ss T 9Sly i s left 70 Sot nTh sen STSpG Il
lions hero, II : a typical Rice entertainment,
learned to expect in that manager,s achieve
Wedding" which is Papa Goo-goo" under a
A matineo for tho Missionary Sisters of tho
sacred Heart, who do a good work OF charity
next Thursday, nndcr the direction OF Augustus
Piton. and he has arranged an attractive pro,
scenes from " MoaspF Tq for Measure" The &c arst
Act Of "Cnmhorlnnd '6l" will DO given by John
guson, Frank 'Tosco. Lionel barrymore, Marie
Shotwolia Amelia Summcrville. and Louise Gal
t iocrsy. too nne MPcb bfI SSSet copriN ySnG Is onS OF op' the
Tho TwGifth Night Club of actresses, distinct
lively admirable because they are self-rcspecting
women. will hold IA public session on the stage
OF the Empire a week from next Thursday after
hooh' hu .tnltTldluIlBnI lot INC Dcncnb OF lnO
treasury will ho given. Tho programme is being
made up by President Viola Allen and Active
Members Alice Fischer and Annie Russell.
A conspicuous figure in continuous vaudeville
tomorrow will be Minnie Seligman-Cutting,
whose return to the stage after several years OF
absence places her at Proctor's Theatre. Sho
will appear in w. 5. Gilberts comedy and
Tragedy" assisted by Richard Ganthony, J.
Lester Wallack and n dozen others. Besides
this unusual number OF pla yers for q continuous
show drama, especial provision has been made
in new scenery and properties, and much has
been done to make an event of the recovery Of
this queen Of ranters. Employed here in variety
turns are Thatcher and Marble. Coote and
Kingsley, Alice ]. Shaw, All Grant. the Nichols
sisters, the Quinns and the Midgclcys. Living
pictures constitute ono other number.
The nearest to dramatic features in Mondays
bill at the Pleasure Palace are two farces, The
Woman Upstairs" in which is Laura Biggar,
and Tho Quiet Mr.. Gay" which was prepared
by Joseph Hart and is played by himself and
Carrie De Mar. James Thornton is chief of spe-
cialists, the programme also engaging Rialta in
dances. Leonidas's cate and dogs in their re-
markable accomplishments. Alburtus and Bar
TRAINS club swinging, music from Bigger and
Dreher and from Smith and Fuller. and innings
for Frank Cushman. the Fansons, the Melon.
oughs and Van Leer and Barton.
keith's will have tomorrow one new drama Of
pocket size for Francesca Redding, for whom it
Is claimed that sho was the first legitimate
player TO desert to vaudeville. Tho new piece
Is q costume comediette, and is called THE
Sheet" is a continued feature, but its sixty
negroes Is all that holds over, for song, sheet,
Russell Brothers, Caron and Herbert. Thomas
and barry, The Fortpnis, lie Clair and Hayes.
Adelina Roa!iino. Next week, Charles A.
Stevenson will be here in a short play,
farce that she has proven to be acceptable in the
continuous shows. and for once1,,barring Mr..
dominant here. But Florence Moore, who styles
herself The California Nightingale, sings, and
as this theatres youthful, proprietor has for
some scores of years been known as the East
Fourteenth street thrush, there will be on its
stage this week singing of the real thing sort;
At Weber g. Fields's tho big item is "Pousse
Cafe" which still employs y half dozen capable
lesquers, and ,vocalists, of the other sex. The
Corn Curers y is a sketch in comic treatment Of
. "The ,S c9GnHGusrors that Is under way and will
wayman" and The Little Minister" Three
speciSlties precede the Extravaganza.
Roster & Balls will be newcomers. Among
these are some monkeys that are trained to copy
complicated Eymnas,iesi the Hnrachins, whose
acrobats; Ajax. a contortionist; Snto and tho
A ASsE are T beed Spsci b1 Is,, Wh9 cG 1Gm ma nnd from imn, inst
'AN
Charlse Agnew. Julie Mackey, Delmore and Lee,
De Bessell aud Silvern and Emerie.
The Harlem Music Hall lists Fox and Allen as
its sketch players. Hodges and Launchmere
sing, and dance, Press Eldridge jokes, and others
are Marguerite Ferguson, the Villonas. Truly
Shattuck, the Abaccas, the Vests and Walton
and Doyle.
A t the Eden Musee cincmatograph views of
the " Passion Play" are shown twice a day and
are made more impressive by a spoken descrip.
ton and by accompanying music. A programme
OF band music. too, is played every afternoon
and evening, including to-day. and the extern
siye wax show is an all-day exhibit.
Vaudeville managers are hustling with prep.
%arations for their performance for the Actors
Fund, which comes at Roster s Balls. Feb. 20.
Specialists are quite as actively interested and
volunteers arc galore. Recent otferers are w.
II. Carleton, Marie Tavnry, Witter Peabody,
Alice Shaw and her whistling daughters, Bobby
Gaylor, and Florence Bindley.
Performances by vaudeville vocalists are
given this afternoon and evening at Proctor's
Theatre and at the Pleasure Palace, and this
evening a, Weber & Fields's and at the Harlem
Music Hall.
Costumes promised for the women engaged In
the performances at Sam y. Jacks arc an
adaptation of golf dresses, These are worn in
the progress Of 1.-THE Model"