The times., 1899-10-10
Grnnd-VnudrriIfe.

piece couple Of years ago.
Grnnd-yaudevfife.
The string OF specialtiss which Burke &
Chase are Offering this week at the Grand
would all but entitle those enterpriSing
managers to paraphrase Marshall Wilder's
line and advertise "a bill At hsadIInsrs and
headliner of bills" The aforesaid string.
which is an unusually short one. numbers
no fewer than five vaudeville stars. most
OF whom are given their traditional place
around the intermiSsicn- Oddly enough.
the best acts provided are those least ceIe-
brated, TIE two ends Of the metaphoTical
cord being well up while the middle says
sadly a director cannot always grade his
people by putting per cent mark after the
figures OF their salaries
me feature Of yesterdays performance
was nnquestionably John W Rarsons who
IS Iunny. knows it, and don't care who
knows that he knows IT, Mr. Ranscsne's :
representation Of Richard Croker Is more
than novel caricature-lt Is humorous
inspiration. Mr.. and Mrs Mark Murphy
appeared in The Seventh SON. sketch
that does net begin until ten minutes afts-
it commences. During the interim. Mr.
Murphy tells jokes that have served him
well enough and long enough to be retired
on pension. Later on the team does more
to deserve the applause with which il was
rewarded last night, but the work is never
quite up to the average. No more can be
said OF Mrs. Hogan's Music Teacher" in
which Mr.. and Mrs Charles T. Ellis aTs
shown II is very rarely that the feminine
member CT such duo is responsible for its
success. but Mrs. Ellis is quite the saliva
tson OF her husbands turn Mr.. Ellis
sings fairly and had bouquet OF flowers
which he distributed among the ladies' in
the audience
Pete Baker began his act With MiIwau-
kee monologue that might make hit in
Berlin, but IS hardly likely 10 bo .,d.sF-
stood here. Subsequently he redeemed
himself with a Hoesisr poem passably re-
cited, and song in which were introduced
more dialects than Israel ZangWiil writes
Maud Courtney is substituted by Gypsy
Quartette' that, like her. sings the old
songs and sings them very we'll A new
vehicle would improve the turn, :" however
Conway and Leland. the merry mono
pedes, are nothing short OF wonderful. and
Madame Titenia is still more remarkable
than graceful. She dances capably, though,
and won two encores last night The BILL
! all in all. is an attractive one. though il IS
not worth what it must have cost Mana
gers Burke and Chase.
Acndemy-"Tyvo Jolly Rovers.v
Not only were Leonard and Wade. who
are appearing at the Academy as Two
Jolly Rovers. apparently in a happy
frame CT mind last night, but everybody
within the doors OF that snug theatre was
also feeling jolly, and that is not always
the case az vaudeville performances. The
building was filed with aDpreciatiye and
f-ffr rfrrI Il AZ
med with the friends of these people for
the remainder of the week.
There is not likely To be better "sho7g'r
OF the sort in town this season than Two
Jolly ROvers-' John F. Leonard and
Sherman Wade, in Irish parts, prove them
selves able funmakers. presenting some
jokes which are new and good They also
dance in a fashion that came near literally
bringing down the house yestsr-evsning
and. with several other members OF the
cast make themselves generally into a
live illustrated supplement of the New
York Journal" All of the folk in the
company can dance and some Of them can
sing, while the costumes are both gorgeous
and picturesque. Maize King is very
clever On her toes. and Alice Gilmore. who
is seen as a dashing widow does some
fine wcrk-though all Of it cannot be so
graded Miss Gilmore is hardly at her best
when she tries to mingle plantation dialect
with Hibernian brogus. The American
Comedy Four is one Of the most amusing
combinations lately heard here. It sings
one topical song which caused the gallery
to rise up and howl with delight, while the
rest Of the audience destroyed gloves in
an effort to show its appreciation An
ether bit which should have received
more applause than it got was Charlotte
Miltcn's Torpedo TILL" The music of the
piece is reminiscent to the last degree, bat
the borrowings are iudicious. Solomon
Leyi'' is such a roIlicking old tune that
one does not mind hearing strain OF it
now and then, and the ragtime selections
are passable. The whole performance is
bright lively. and full of ginger. There is
not a dull moment IN IL, and very little
mere noise.