The times., 1899-12-17

Fales Coward. Otto Cushing William r,
Wood, the Misses Hoyt, and Arthur G.
Lamb were notable among these, while
Emily Key Hoffman made a hit with a
Spanish dance that was just a bit reckless
for a non professional Doubtless the affair
viii make money for the Strollers. its pre-
senters. and for several well-knOwn chart
ties, but nevertheless it hardly can be re-
gaTded as an unqualified artistic success.
The only other event which the week has
| brought forth is bazaar which is being
conducted in the small ballroom of the
Waldorf-As by the Professional Wo-
mans League. This league-let me eX-
plain to the uuinitiated-is a society made
/ up chiefly of actresses. Its headquarters
are on Long Acre Square and its principal
object seems TO be the giving of regular
functions, attendance at which has an ef-
feet to be compared but with that resultant
! from psrusal of the Ladies Home Jour
nal" The bazaar is an annual dissipation
with this body. It differs from other ba-
zaars mainly in that the girls in charge
Lillian Russell and Cora Tanner kindly note
that / said girls much prettier thar
! is usual with such entertainments. Men
/ who visit the pace are separated from the
/ cOEtents of their purses in the ordinary way
/ and receive the ordinary useless trinkets in
/ return. The feature of the fair always is
an auction sale of dolls on the last night OF
/ the enterprise. These dolls which general
! ly are manufactured to represent their do
noTs are parted with at fabulous prices
( and. sometimes with startling accompani-
ment. Imagine for example. the sensa-
/ tions Of the layman who was informed that
he could have Alice Nielsen knocked down
for $50, could buy Ada Gilman for S25 and
could take Fay TempIeton home with him
/ Tor 800 However these statements are not
as bad as they sound.
At the American Theatre, the Castle
Square Opera Company has been providing
a week Of repertoire. III Trovatore' was
| given on Monday and Tuesday, Rome
and Juliet at the Wednesday matinee anG
on Wednesday evening Carmen" on
Thursday and Friday, and Aida" at to.
days afternoon performance. Aida also
viii be sung tonight. The works have beer
rendered with the degrse of correctnes
and excellence for which the Castle Square
people are becoming notable, and audi
ences have been both large and enthusi.
astic. From next Monday until Christina!
the house viii be closed, pending certain
elaborate TeyiYals promised for the neal
future
Christmas Day, by the by, viii see a yer!
great number of changes M broadway
John Drew will terminate his local en-
,
that occasion and the Empire Theatr
Stock Company will come into its hoUs
for q fortnight OF Lord and Lady Aigy.'
! After this piece has had its fourteen hear
ings Ny Lady's Lord" will be substitut
cd. At the Fifth Avenue. that greatest Q
American actresses, Mrs. Fiske, is to Civ
way to r. A Barnets Three Ltd
Lambs as offered by Edwin Knowles
while Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliot
Z oh, 10 Lruf4 Mil L1s
much discussed The Cowboy ana tn
Lady" The Village Postmaster succeed
the successful and profitable The Dair
Farm at Manager ROsenquests resort, an
there will be other moves and removes.
Anna Held and "Papa's Wife" siill ar
doing a rushing business at the Manhat
tan, where they probably will renal
through the season as a monument 10 Ne,
Yorks bad taste in things theatrical.
Gotham is talking of Charles Frohman'
deal with W. II. Crane.
That's all. NANCY SYKES.