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AT THE THEATER.
Town Topics" wnI start on the
Week.
Henry Lidden

Town Topics" wan start on the
Week.
The week viii open az the the1ter with
the farce comedy Town Topics" tonight.
Fashiona ole boarding house life often fur
nishes scenes and sayings that arc called
funny But the real thing Is hardly equal
10 stage productions based upon them.
nor as laughable What. IN this respect
is said TO be holding the mirror up 20
nature with various exaggerated phases.
is Town Topics" The hNt act repre-
seuts a boarding house scene in New
York city. and here the fun that lasts
until the end begins. Tho chief charlc-
ters are Mrs. Quick the laudlay. her jeAl-
Gus husband. German professor. with
a colored valet; two chummy young m, n
who believe IL Is better TO Jump" their
board bills when they can. than a. settle.
and several pretty young women. The
second act takes place az the Quicks
seaside home. and the third and last act
az their city residence. There Il abund-
ant diversion throughout the perform
ance The songs. dances. specialties and
costumes are said to be new ana up 10
date.
wednesday night Thomas @ scabrcoke
VIII DC seen III ne hWAIAtiHs ne
production. with SCabrooke as It's chief
funster. rollickcd along az the New York
Casino last season for 30 nights. II Is
described as a comic opera Vaudeville IN
three acts and four scenes. and was
adapted by Harry 3. Smith from The
French version Of Les Fetards" cThe
Jolly Boys'D. which was written by Mara
and Hennequin
The music Is by Ludwig Englander. and
Il Is said that his present effort sur
passes in tunefulness all OF his former
compositions. not even excepting TIE
Passing Show" score
The scenes OF the play are laid in Biar-
ritz and Paris and permit OF some picto-
rial ideas in costumng The FIRST scene
OF the second act is. possibly. the most
startling This Is supposed TO take place
IN the Stars dressing room In a theatcr
IN Paris. II n IN this scene that Ber-
tina Waltzinger. In the character Of Thea,
a ballet dancer Is intruded upon while
changing her costume by the Duke de
Patty du Clam This BIT OF stage husl-
ness. while Of an anxious nature for a
few moments. Is said TO be turned on
mos, iitiiIs0Toaziy. eae =! she newest 81
the incidental characters Is Siegfried Got
terdammcrung. the leader OF German
street baud. lie has been engaged 20
play and has been paid in advance g. md,
therefore. insists upon rendering his DIS
cordant music at the most inopportune
times. simply because he has been paid
to do so. aud somebody must get tho
music
seabrooke himself Is credited with the
greatest success OF his career in this
piece lie appears throughout It's thr e
acts as Magtnnis Pasha. an Irish Turk
the combination issuing from the Cclts
wreck on the coast Of Turkey and his
subsequent adoption by the sultan. In all
three acts he Is variously comic in his
repeated searches and capture of Thea. o.
a Jolly dancer. OF whom he Is enamored
Thursday the Klimt-Hearn Company
will give two performance matinee az
2,a0 and night. % o'clock. presenting Mr..
Charles Frohman's meioirama in four
acts The Fatal Card" The sale OF seats
will begin co morrow morning at o'clock
The prices are Night. 10 20 and 81 cents:
matinee. adults o. cents. children 10 cents