Evening journal., 1901-11-02

karnak' he shows how it is possible
to send a young woman through the
air in the theatre. in full light. over
the heads of the audience so quickly
that no one can see her go. He ac-
complishes this i'm the following man
ner: Two wooden cages with clatted
lsides and doors are shown, one on the
stage and one suspended ten feet I'm the
air The princess is locked in the
lower one and at the magical word OF
command is gone She is seen trip
ping lightly down the aisle OF the
theatre from the rear toward the stage,
but how she got there no one can
fathom. She is again imprisoned and
a second time as mysteriOusly and in
simultaneously disappears. This time
the audience crane their necks to look
at the rear of the house. but she is
mot there. The upper cage is unlocked.
and there is the princess. smiling
prettily whilst in the cage on the floor
is a six foot soldier in full regimentals.
This is but one of a dozen full stage
illusions that will be given when
Magician Kellar comes to the Opera
House this afternoon and tonight
Daniel Frohman may be said to be a
maker Of actors and actresses. He il
was who first introduced e. H. SOthern.
Hilda Spong, Mr.. Hackett and Georgia
Cayvan TO the public as stars and
Others who have appeared under his
management, received valuable tute-
lage from him and now numbered
among the stellar attractions are Her
bert Kelley. Henrietta Crossman Mary
Mannering, Mrs. LeMoyne. Efie
shannon, e. J. Morgan, John Mason
and Virginia Harmed. Cecilia (Cissy)
Lotus too, who is featured now as
leading lady to Mr. Sothern, was given
her first important opportunity 10
enact serious roles by Mr.. Frohman
That managers latest star is beautiful
p Bertha Galland, now making her first
annual tour in the five act melodra-
matte romance. The Forest Lovers. '
y an adaptation Of Maurice Hewlett.
novel bearing that name The sur
passing success achieved by Miss Gal.
land, not alone at the Lyceum Theatre
in New York where she has been an.
. pearing since early in September tC
large audiences, but in every city
J. where she has since played, bears evi
dence that her manager has made nc
a mistake in advancing her to stellar
honOrs. Supported by the original com
pany and with the production intact
as given in New York, Miss Gallant
will be seen at the Grand Opera Hous,
on Monday night.
1t is promised by the Management
that there has never been seen on tn
~ 81 OF "a
full and complete pictures as those L
be presented by +. C. Whitney ant
Edwin Knowles in their mammOt.
nj production of Quo Nadis," on mex
Tuesday night. The well-lnoWn inter
national success is divided into sil
. acts and there are eight scenes in al
l. distributed as follows: Petronius
house; the grounds surrounding Aulul
b. Plautius home; Neros garden ant
palace at Rome; an antechamber il
yl Neros palace: the interior of the circus
maXimus from a point overlooking tn,
l. arena where the famous scene witt
Ursus rescuing Lygia from the viii,
I'd bull occurs. These scenes are of cours'
familiar to those who have read "Qu,
Nadis," and there are doubtless but few
who have not done So To these few
it can be said there is rare treat II
store for them. Quo Vadis" is cor
% rectly termed an international success
\, after it's long and profitable run in New
. York as well as in London, and in Id
last tour of this country people file
80 the theatres to overflowing whereve
there was an opportunity Of seeing il
There are thirtyAtwo speaking parts il
the version as dramatized by Stanislau
Stange, which will be seen for the frs
time here. and it takes a large numbe
of supernumeraries to make the neces
n sary filing and background for TIN
gorgeous stage pictures to be presented
The popular young actor. HOwarl
Could evidently is making the success
! Of his career in his tour in the New
York Empire Theatre success, "Brothe
Officers" under the direction of w. N
r Willzison. Brother Officers" is tn
work of Leo Trevor, a captain in tn
English army, and his hand is shown il
the correctness Of uniform equipmen
and military observance which is 81
wOefully lacking in the great maiorit,
a. of plays of this character Better THAI
this. however, Mr.. Trevor has tn
III Nlduldllt lNcLutL III Il uldIktu uoAIef
and having something that is wort.
the telling, gives to it virile expires
sion. From an artistic standpoint tn
play is the most pretentious of an
that Mr. Gould has yet appeared il
and Manager Willson has surrounde
him with an excellent company. Nh
Gould will appear in this city, the pres
ent season.
s, William A. Brady's beautiful an
id successful production of the Clyd
lg Fitch play Lovers Lane" will I
5u seen here in this city at the Gran
D Opera House on Thursday nigh
s. Lovers Lane" again emphasizes II
lasting vitality Of a clean, wiholeson
play of rustic theme Not long befol
his transition to the unknown Colon
I Robert IngersOl said in an address
or the Players Club: "I do not incline
al the play which solely moves to mirt
on nor THAT which alone stirs the seriol
,la Isensibilities. The one which comfor
mt and consoles me and wooes me to 70
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