Evening journal., 1900-10-02

opera success. The Three Little
Lambs
"Old Si Stebbins' was given a hearty
welcome at the Academy of Music last
night. and scored one of the biggest
successes of the season. The play is
well written, the plot skillfully woven.
the characters cIeyerly drawn and the
dialogue tersc and amusing Dan Dur
leigh, who appeared in the title role,
proved himself 20 be a character CO.
median of considerable ability, and
made a well-deecryed hit His man-
ner is natural, and his methods artistic.
The supporting company Is q fine one.
and as result the performance moved
with pleasing suioOthness. The spe-
cialties intWduced were numerous and
of the highest class and made a most
dccidad hit. In fact, they furnished a
complete vaudeville show In them
selves. The band and orchestra car
ried by this company Is a decided fea-
ture, and they almost furnish an en-
trtainment IN themselves "Old 81
Stebbins' will be given aaain this and
tomorrow afternoons and evenings. At
the afternoon performances women
and children will be admitted to The
NEST seats on the lower floor for ten
cents The Grassxille Band. it's mem
hers being made up as "rubes, mace
another street parade to-day.
\ For the last five years vaudeville
has been an the rage among the bet
Z ter class OF theatre-goers both IN Eng
land and the principal cities OF the
United States. Tho enormous cost Ol
these entertainments has been such
that It has been considered impossible
TO present this c.ass Of entertainment
Ia any OF the smaller cities without
great loss. But j. X Burke, Of the
Grand Opera House, Washington, and
t, Auditorium Theatre, Baltimore, who Is
II a prominent member Of the Vaudeville
. Managers Association Of America
which Includes the celebrated Keith
! and Proctor houses. has arranged tC
give TO this city once each week dur,
Ing The coming Winter a series Of tn,
best OF these well-known perfCrm
ences, On Thursday afternoon anC
night, at the Opera House, Burke,
, Vaudeville Festival wiz make its mrs
appearance IN this city giving tw,
7, performance. matinee In the after
noon FOR the special benefit OF womeI
and children, at which the remarkably
, low prices OF admission will be 10 ans
25 cents: for the evening performanc,
the prices wiz range as follows: Gal
lory Is cents. balcony reserved =.
, cents. first floor 35 and SO cents.
The program Manager Dockstadel
of the Wonderland Theatre, presente
to his patrons yesterday was goo
one in every respect, and was thor
oughly enjoyed by the large audience
: present FRANK Bush, the well-know
! monologist, was the hsad-liner, an
9 kept the people in constant roar {
e laughter The Wilson family, a colore
q quartet, are above the ordinary; Ear
q land lara, military entertainers; tn
= Sisters Ia Blanc, Bartholmes, FL
. land Harvey, Frank Jones' and Mis-
Walton are contributed to) make a goo
bill. The cineograph gave some e.
4 cellent pictures OF the Chinese wa
I Mr. DOckstader yesterday afternoo
a distributed for the first time the hant
some new programs, which will be use
during the season.
A play that should make a decide
a hit here is Uncle Sam in China" {
open al the Opera House next Monda
night IL deals with events of intere
to all Americans. and is produced vii
NJ a total disregard for expense For co
a rectncss of detail and interest tn