The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-28
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
NO LACK or SUCH As THRIrE HELL
IN the WEATHER or JUNE
Father Lavelle'S Incomplete Anecdotc of

o. June, Melodrama is altogether lacking.
Seriousness can lie found nowhere ON our
stage. The only legitimate play is Ills En-
cellency tho Governor aud that is oitogether
lauChabc, though the bill nj the Empire in
sists that it is romantic IN some way or an
other. Amelia Bingham is now cnacting its
politely aggressive heroine. the vaErant act
ress In modish attire and manners. Miss
bingham is cleverly versatile. besides being
maRnetically humorous. The Man in the
Moon nils the stage Of the New York with its
great quantity and variety OF things. Down
at Manhattan Beach. Frank Daniel. and his
COMPANY are presenting The ldols Eye" in
precisely the same way that they did last win
ter in Manhattan borough: and the other en-
tertainmeuts at that scashorc are Sousa' con-
certs and Pains fireworks. "A Spring Chick
en- Is the same riotous farce at bergen Beach
that IT was In town. Slafer's Marine Band and
a sclection of vaudeville SPECIALISTS are occu-
Dying Music Hall at brighton Beach Naude-
vile shows are given on the steamer Eeuub!ic
on each Of its thrice daily trips TO Long
Branch.
Vaudeville is provided in four continuous
theatres and six roof resorts. A seventh roof
show will he started at the American on sat.
urday night. with Pauline Hail. the Barto-
!etti ballet. and Caion and Herbert as the con-
spicuoIs performers. Roster & Balls ton
story is in tho hands Of SPECIALISTS. aad a
troupe OF negro voCalists. OF when johnson
and Dean arc the chief Iair The Venetian
Terrace Garden nj the Victoria is OF interest
because OF its novai arrangements. aside from
the speciaties 4iven-un its stages. In the
glass covered top , the New York thc bill is
made w Of SNOWY dances and specialtes.
Cissie Lotus aud Ezra Kendall contributing.
On the Casino roof. Cole Johnson and their
comuanions have a new musicai farce. and
mil am i ~ al L., NJ
variety rerfutmers, Nile Pillar Norm and
the AYons are to the tore at the Madisou
The continuous show houses make nearly IA
extensive provision rs in winter Lillian Burk'
Taac". and Smith and COOK 5 AID I'd NHsicei Wa!e
are smrinlis's who have good places. Corirne
'fS s in 1s n% sss s
and tn" EllrihGes being in the list. Re-
sides short ,fa;re that EMPLOYS Charles Dick
son ana kathryn ''stern'an at keith'S, there
are new sketches for Gertrude Man sheld and
for he fohypses, Motion picture. Of Cham.
ZION hru,sei i'm JelIles reinforce the variety
iu!h AZ Pastors.
Father laveiie'- sermon ut tho funeral OF
hugustiu Day contained an anendote of Mr.
Day ard an unnamed dramatic editor whose
journal abused tho manager until he bough.
peace. Father 1.avele has written a letter to
say that il ne used the word dramatic it was
an accident. He meant to say only an editor
That leaves the putii. to guess whether it
was the EDITOR o! daily, weekly. month"; or
quarterly. Tho story would he Interestingly
complete with the name Of the man.
Robert Cotton. the very tall and very thin
comedian. whose acting talent asserted itself
above his singular personality. will! sail to day
for his home in England well. nigh hopeless
invalid.
San Francisco got The Turtle" with and
without indecency. After it had been played
one night with all its foulness and the news.
papers next day had sayagely denounced it.
there was inevitably crowded audience on
the second night. Then the owne. of the thea.
tire got out an Injunction and duriag the rest c,
the week tho farce was given with all its sala-
cious language omitted. and with its bridal
chamber scene so modified that the bride
won't t. bed with her DAYTIME clothes on. The
attendance.1 windied at once. to unremunera.
John II. Gilmour knowing that the Wash
ington stock company, Of which he WI. the
lack of money at the end OF its Arst week. took
the private precaution to have the owner Of
The collapse. the assurance was founl: to be T.
Legal. and the wages which Mr. Gim9ur had
ere fund from which he aud his comrades
shared equtahly.
o Jame- l. w Ezra is wrG to the order e
next season. a u.e.oi "nrla of New York life
enttled The le!rnlcl 1t is said 20 con-
tain original strength IL situations aud char
Cssie Lotus has added De Wolf Hopper to
tho list OF stage reople whom she initiates
CASEY at the Bat and rcproduccs many Of
his deep tones closely. At times she hits upon
his peculiar manner of speaking. but she does
not get the general effect as well as in some Of
her other tmpcrsona,lons. Hoppsrs ways Of
standing and walking are lacking. also. and
that is not usually the case with Miss loftus's
mann MeTi%aes The only Way. me adapta-
and ,N,p ,.p 81 Ia in Has.
under CHAR es Frohman's management. Mr.
ins syTnDy Gr rai XII for Her." pIay
taken from the same move! Of Dickens and act
wa Unable oy NT Hs ss Sc.d ha he
fresh piece on the subject would suit hi, rur;
poses letter Now he has The Only Way
Aew iofE is 70 Y,S 0nEer the only ely in the
company which recently gave Hamlet in
This tongue. boston enjoy. perodical visits
iron. from the actors at the theatre in the bowery
week. rhi!atelphia IS also visited regularly
By one Of the New York companies The Two
Little Migrants" and many other, popular n!elo
Flowers Of the Forest, not seen for a long
time in this country. was last week the Offer
Ing of a Boston sto,s company.
Lawrence ltan,ey. who has been the some
lately written The Doctors Wife,
Ihs COMPLAINT IS frequently. heard from the
Eumher ot waltZcs appropriate AS accOmpu-
nments to the acts Of Jugglor~. acrobats and
imil0r rcI formaLces Is SO SINAI! as to c0mIei
constant repetition Of the same tunes Any
body familiar with vaudeville music can tes-
tity 10 the truth of this. 4 few OF Maldtcu.
f. S familiar waltHeS seem - he tn" limit 81
the average r,uertoire. NonC Of the new
coiuuostlnna l. considered sntisractorv. Tho
death ct Jnhann strauss ought ia can aiten-
ton to tho wealth OF appIC3rtatc Inu~Ic anon.
his writings.
Ida Conquest is to - tno heroine Of WI.
liam Gi!iettes Sherlock Holmes drama
Alexander biSsOn. the most successful
farce writer Ia France. has lately Lcen telling
how. n his Younger DAYS, he wrote IL lettcr to
Napoleon III Ielllr. him that unless lie sent
- franc, On the next day to the cuf'' IN which
ls was writing lie would throw himsel Il into
the Seine. lie was n poor clerk out Of work
then. lie returned the next day IN the hope
Of finding an anGwer. II was there in I he per
fon Of Il policeman who arrested him for
threatening the Emperor. He was pardcncd.
though. and soon got place III the railway
service The Emneror learned later that he
had been discharged .as worthless because lie
spent all his time at his desk in:writIng plays.
S, all