The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-25
NOTABLE IN THEATRICALS.
EASY TRANSIT BETWEEN DRAMATIC
AND YAUDEVILLE STAGES.

Ai.n ,whn1 khA hat ana n,oat 60
.uN.s 80 hsd ware IN bo found In tho
NOUS eo'ors .Io. %a. hoo,m.o prooanon Ia
o".ls.oa' IT,. Io,or ncriod ,h.n ,ho .,ao,,
Nv 1890 :, ,ho co., Ia hoa u,yon -
ORGANIZATIONS VI 'ho oee1 'N . si'eh way
go ,~omid rot nerform there for feor Of
.n,irohins ,h.ir nrotessiopnl reputations. Upon
smircn,nE 1"e ,, ,ro yy,udsor which h.a hoOn
erected on tho site Of the burned Stadt, the man.
.n.- S.Oi.oa ~ hosin with a porformanc. ,hat
would at once m large audiences and set
an example for eminent players to follow. Ho
approached the late Lester waila'k with "
,v,th hia nomnanv. which was then In fashion.
ahIo proodvav vorue. MIR. wallack snid
.au.o,h,nn III. tnt.tut and noob.noob put
,vhon tho oTor NJ tho ontiro uross rece;nts va.
- to him ho ron,,ed TINT bo von,d th,rt
ohout u Tho reault Of bis medjtotion was that
Letter wo,,ack and bis aasociates Mt waIlact,a
nrossntsd .orrs,, at the Windsor Tho VISIT IA
r.Ionod nj, tho v.,ue tbot had boen counted nm
rho proudest .ctora Waited tho Rowerv unit, IN.
theatres tbere fell into disfavor and mo longer
folded n an ,cjcnt proat- A similar CHANCE n,
rating h,. taken p,aco IN those vaudsvi,Ia
,hootre. wherein the absence NJ ,Icobo,,c ,ro e,o
m.rts a distinction from tho concer, halls Ths
o.r,,or aroroti, ootor. =, orro,r In ,ho 60,
,iruono" .ho,vs ,voro subiocts of oo,oni.,,.n.
"uo e"o"e - u .e'ou'ehneno
and commiseration. IL was thought that they
would lose caste to such an extent ;s to rem
d.r thou, foroy.r worthlesa In .ier,,;ma,.,
uoi nom ''o, .I.. III
employment. Already mat prejudice has
practically disappeared. The names Of we'll
reputed artists In the vaudeville advertise
ments no longer mean anything except promises
Of interesting amusement. That Maurice bar.
rymore is at the Pleasure Palace, or Minnie
Sks sisSGs' o at P hsstrics n %o ls1s1d0 a. mrqHPh hs,tr' Gt
causes no comment, nor does tho announcement
that among the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO vaude-
willie is James ii. Stoddart. These and many
others now pass to and fro between dramatic
and vaudeville stages, as their opportunities
dignity.
! theatre audiences. Example, of that kind of
$50 ,;,orot,ro ora rorair ,hou,.-..ut a.
charity programmes and dramatic school exhi.
billions. One of the latter occasions brought
out four new pieces by a single author at Hoyts
yesterday afternoon. They were the work of
Alice Yates Grant. Their principal merits
were originality OF idea and rapidly OF move
mont. Their worst fault was O feminine lack
Of virility. There was not much OF anna
flourish crudity to complain of in the compost
ton, even though there was a scant amount of
brilliance. THE Sword of Remembrance was
q sentimental and pathetic conceit. A very old
man encountered the granddaughter OF the
woman whom he had loved when he was young,
and, as she had dressed herself In her ancestors
the OBJECT Of his lifelong memoir .aI """ss B a
elor's Wife was in a comedy vein. Three
Occupation roomed together in bohemian fash
ion and had some humorous experiences with
he wooer OF one Of them. Jerry Burke, Moon
sinner" was a serious drama In one act, The
hero was a revenue officer, the heroine was a
distiller of Illicit whiskey and the old, old choice
between love and duty presented itself to the
man. .'Thc \ issing Mrs. Pettijohn" was a
farce at a railway station with a young wife
who had missed q train, an clipping girl waiting
for ono 81 comic MISUNDERSTANDING No IN THAR
identities and a large number OF Incidental
ers were advanced students of the Stanhope-
Wheatcroft Dramatic School. There were
thirty.two Of them in speakipr raies and half
as many more in silent parts. Their average
of aptness and proficiency was high and SOME
Of them reached a PROFESSIONAL standard Of 1t,
over the earlier matinee of the same Institution
was marked.
At the Metropolitan Opera House yesterday
.na soo,s ,or -. n.r,ouno ta
tho .usnioos ~, ,bo 49,, Te,.o.aan =.
beha,f ~ tho sufrar.ra from tho batt1..hin
Maine disostsr Chauno.x NJ nonons mss -
have snokon hs,or. tho s.II,rn ~ s.at. haaon
but was de,aved md rho hiddina horan hntoro
he arrival II wos h,1,od for H. - 81. or,a.
. foy hoxoo bod bo.n .oa n. ~. "a
m;t,o1 II har,n,i,o ,ho. a. ,u.. a. a..
railroad man to be on time. and laid his tardi-
ness to his having been meeting other railroad
..Tbe cou IN stnpds SIN panaia y sac d,ot
but our sympathies do not stand still. We nave
a upon the scene OF the disaster to
S Saan ann, ny al AVA ~ - sec IL crime nae
that crime has been committed, il our flag has
been assailed, II our brothers have died as a re-
th h y nee I f"r anu ~ n ins ,hns assHu.t, = excel
vaded territory. But we trust not. We hope
that peace may be maintained. In this pres
ism Tbe SHi Went neI p II Iue ma . n Oh pntri8ti
mission, but ready at a moments notice to do
battle il need be, All her men. Therefore. took
their lives in their hands. They met death, and
are as much heroes as though they died in
In the bidding all of the parterre boxes were
sold at from $50 TO $500 each, and many Of the
orchestra chairs wero disposed of at prices OF
from So to so. In the neigh borhood Of "a, 900
was realized altogether. Among the purchasers
Of boxes we're the Maurice Grau opera company,
Richard Croker, Comptroller Coier, Lillian
Russell, J. b.. Sexton, Isaac Fronme, j. i.
Carroll, Della Fox, and A. Hummel.
Sir Henry Irving will not oct IN ..cvrano do
80 Ns '' So ~ as oho w