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rymore. The role is well calculated to ex-
hibit in favorable light the talents of Mr.
Arden, who comes to the Lafayette direct
from Maude Adams company. Theater-
goers viii remember Mr.. Arden for his i'm
personation of Metternich. the prime min
lister, in Miss Adams production of
L Aiglon." In the recent production of
Because She Loved Him SO" Mr.. Arden
played the role of the young husband. The
| play Capt. Swift deals with the return
| to England of a former Australian outlaw
ana bushranger In England he encounters
his mother, who had cast him of In in
fancy. and the gradual reconciliation of
mother and son is one of the strong fea-
lures OF the drama. There Is also a love
interest though that is unsatisfied in the
emu The more dramatic action Of the plot
! deals with the gradual identification of the
returned Australian as the notorious bush
ranger of the antipodes. In some respects
the play resembles Jim the Penman" and
| The Social Highwayman." Mr. Arden has
prayed this role before, and is credited with
making an immense hit as Capt Swift.
ihere are many good roles in the play and
| the capable members of the Lafayette
| company may be expected to handle them
| lnteIligently. The strong role Of the mother
OF capt swift Will be assumed by Iouise
Macintosh, while Minnie Radcliffe will
| nave congenial sentimental part as Stella
! Darbisher. The heavy role of the Vallain-
Gus butler, Marshall, who figures in the
| carry ni-treatment of Capt. Swift will be
played by Myron Leffingwen Thomas l..
| Coleman will have the role of a Greens
| land squatter who once held up by
capt Swift and never afterward forgot
| his voice.
| CHASE'S NEW GRAND-Keitb's Dro-
| auction of living pictures. Harry Gilfoil the
/ Hoyt whistler and comedian: NIaude Court
| ney, ana Kelly and Kent are the principal
| features of the bill with which the second
week of Chase's summer term will open
| Monday next. While the exhibition of liv-
ing pictures or art studies, as they may be
more appropriately called, may be regard
eu as somewhat of an innovation in polite
| vaudeville, the fact that they were design
ed and produced by Mr.. Keith would Sc IN
| 10 De suff1cient guarantee that they may
De viewed without undue apprehension.
They Were posed and painted by John Gler-
| denning, the well-known figure artist. ard
| enjoyed run of three months duration at
kelthS New York Theater. They were re-
| ceiVed with extraordinary interest and ad-
| miratfon by audiences of unusual size. Art
| lists and art students We're drawn To the
| theater and commended the pictures from
technical standpoint. The same apprec!a-
| tion and expressions We're evoked in Bos-
! ton and Philadelphia. where they have been
| exhibited since. The pictures appear IN a
! huge gilt frame, and twenty-eight persons,
| including several pretty children, together
| with a number of little domestic animals.
are employed. The models male and re
| male. are for the most part professional
| ''posers. The titles of the subjects are
| Music" (bas relief. Temptation Of st,
Anthony Visit to Art Gallery Walt
! ing, Spring" ''Wooing." Cant Iou
! Talk" Rock of Ages" Yankee Doodle"
| 'Evangeline' and Arena" Yankee Doc
! die" is a reproduction of the celebrated
! painting of the revolutionary heroes OF
| Bunker Hill, showing the three fiferS and
| drummers in advance of the patriot sol
! diers. There are number of graceful
| nudes. but there are so finely conceived
| and delcately draped that unfavorlble
comment has been avoided. Harry Gilfoil
| is one of the beSt-kRO%n comedians made
| famous by participation in the Hoyt come
| dies. Beginning as a phenomenal whistler
| and imitator of animals in "A Trip 10
! Chinatown" he advanced each season in
more important roles He is a native of
Washington and has a legion of friends and
! well wishers. Maude Courtney, who sings
| the old songs" has not been heard here in
| a long time and Will receive a warm wei
| come. The Royal Hungarian Gypsy Band
| has grown daily this week in popularity,
and will continue 10 dispense promenade
and entre-act music.
| EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE BIJOU To-
! NIGHTTIME Pan-American musical ex-
| travaganZa, The Devils Daughter which
| has been especially organized by Managers
| Miner and Van Osten for summers en-
ga cement at the Court Street Theater,
| Buffalo, will receive its first presentation
| on any stage tonight at the Bijou Theater,
| this city, and there is every indication that
! the production will inaugurate a new epoch
! in light stage diversion. The piece is de-
| ScTlDtu DIS DtlflS more liIc iilIS VI ldl u
comedy with the manifold attractions of
! Spectacular extravaganza than anything
that the American Stage has seen
since the days of Aladdin, jr.,
| similar character. that David Hender-
son produced with such great success in
| Chicago some years ago. These have of
recent seasons had no counterpart on the
! stage principally no doubt because of the
| great expense attached to the elaborate
productions. When Proprietor Wegefarth
! of the Bijou. this city, and the Court Street
! Theater, Buffalo. was on the lookout for
summer attraction for his Buffalo house,
| he received any number Of propositions
from managers of buriesque organizations.
| In each instance they wanted to put on the
regulation variety entertainment. with
opening and closing burlesques. But one
proposition was out Of this line of stage
endeaVor and this came from Managers
Miner and Van Osten, who sought to get
away from the tine-worn devices Of trav-
| cling burleSque combinations. The COM
pany includes Billy E. Van. Alf Hampton,
| Nellie Leonard and Jennie Perry. The
Ladies' Military Band and series of liV-
ing pictures in which numerous models
will assist Lenore White famed Califor-
MIA beauty. in reproductions OF some of the
most noted art treasures of European gal
| leries.
KERNANS LYCEUM THEATER.-m
the Robin Hood, jr., Burlesquers, the at
traction next week commencing Monday
| ognize old title, but are promised a
! performance that IS calculated to afford
entire satisfaction. 1t has been several
| seasons since the attraction appeared al
! this house, and it is practically In
| equipment and personnel. The first part,
'On the Fall River Line is a nautical
| absurdity. in which in the saloon of the
steamer Priscilla a theatrical company in
| dulges in rehearsal under difficulties and
| is an old idea cleverly worked up. Among
| its feature is the dancing speciality of
| Irene Young, whose terpsichorean diver
sons are designated a Moonlight Sere-
nade,' Might Watch Chorus" Comedy
of Errors and Magic Hair Craze" The
burlesque is caricature of a Female
Drummer" and retains many of its far
ccal characteristics, though adapted more
especially to the tastes of patrons of bur-
lesque and including many spectacular eff
fects and ensembles that are found oftener
in more ambitious productions. Ruby
Leoni. who win be remembered as the orig
inal principal boy of this company, sus-
tains her reputation in both burlettas and
shares the honors with Mildred Connor,
who will make her first appearance here in
leading soubrette roles. IN the olio are
Riley and Hughes black face comedians;
\