Evening journal., 1901-11-25
Grand Opera House

Attractions at the Opera House this
week number -four. On Wednesday
night Chases Where the Laugh
Comes In" a dramatization of Vice
Versa. will be seen; ON Thursday
night George w. Monroe will be the
attraction; on Friday night Lewis
Morrison will appear in Faust and
on Saturday night The Gamekeeper' :
will be played.
The Opera House on Wednesday
evening will be given over to Charles
w. Chase's three-act farce-comedy,
where the Laugh Comes In" The
piece is said to allow scope for the in
PRODUCTION of many clever specialties.
Without any doubt George w. Mon
roe. who will be at the Opera House
Thanksgiving afternoon and night.
can with perfect propriety be crowned
the King Of Biddies, for his name has
been so long inseparably linked with
impersonations of Hibernian women
who answer to the name Of Bridget. E"
that whenever the name of Bridget is
called upon the stage you invariably
anticipate Monroe. His true to nature
delineations of certain type of Irish
character place him upon the same
plane with Jefferson as RIP" O'Neil,
as Monte Cristo.e or Morrison as
'Mephisto' George W. Monroe will
live always in memory as the greatest
impersonator of Bridgets of this day.
His vehicle this season is a brand new
version of his last seasons success,
Mrs. b. O'Shaughnessy (wash LADY,.
Last season this comedy required the
services of but nine people, whereas
this season twenty-eight well-known
artists are carried as we'll as a chorus
Of fifteen handsome girls who are
given ample opportunity to display
their various talents. Mr. Monroe has
been surrounded by many well-known
vaudeville artists, among whom are
Linton and Mcintyre; John Conroy
formerly Conroy and Fox;) John
Donahue and Matte Nichols; Anne
kenwich; Edward Hughes, Eugenia
Winston; Matthew Hanson; Fred Hy-
lands. Three Montrose Sisters. Miss
Isabella Vosetl1a, Wallace Brooks,
Reede Purcell and others.
Goethe's story OF Faust" in its
dramatized form has been presented
| twenty seasons, of thirty-hye weeks
each. by Lewis Morrison, making the
number of performances Mr.. Morrison
has given of Mephisto slightly in ex-
cess of five thousand. The constant
repetition of this one part wearied the
actor. and he determined two years
ago TO retire for a temporary rest to
his California home The retirement
heightened to two years and all efforts
70 obtain his return were unavailing.
/ Apparently his climatic ana social
surroundings yielded a sufficiency OF
/ pleasure and recreation and having
been fortunate enough to acquire q
comfortable fortune he was content tc
leave the field to others. On a recent
trip to New York, however. julie.
Murry, his manager, offered strong
Inducements in the shape Of the fines
new scenery, chOristers, electrical ef
fects and costumes ever devised fol
Faust" il Lewis Morrison himsel
would consent to Teassume the part oi
lMephisto which he made famous al
over the world Artists. costumers
electricians and mechanics were inter
viewed. Lewis Morrison, indifferen
at first, became interested, then en-
thusiastic. and finally consented. n,
expense was spared and this season.
now Faust" has the most elaborate
equipment ever provided for any star
Lewis Morrison himself appears a
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