New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-24

-. n his teeth. Of course. and remarked that by
-. this year most Of the theatres would be
rlose6 FOR. said he in the latter part Of May
- hot nights would come with unexpected sud
s--oss and business would fail of astonishingly.
o1oe such hot spell comes. no amount of cool
esther after II save the day, and the theatres
&c bound close said he Well his prediction
IS been fulfilled. The Madison Square and the
,ov shut I'D last night The Victoria. the Belasco
I'd the Princess will close next Saturday. The
y--,r,re the Criterion and the Garden have been
-1osed for a week more The Harlem Opera
15o,se IS shut W. The American stock company
has ended its season. summer show Is coming
,-to the Herald Square Days is dark. And at
any moment now may be expected announcements
~ the closing Of the ether attractions, which still
hold out against the heat. This week, TO be sure,
nil be lively with spring productions, but Tor
al that the season is about over.
Ana 4readinE on the heels OF the departing
broadway season comes the summer time season
~ the beaches led of. OF course. by Coney-great,
dirty vulgar, salty. dusty, fascinating, educational
co-ev, M. Blue Beard may go from the knick-
s-booker but Bostock comes to Coney- MacAVoy
< succeeded by the trained monkey The Prince
~ Filser' may end his reign at the broao"ay'
bu- the foundatsn on which his prlncipa4F Is
brfIt viii still flow at Coney, even II appears
- sunday C~horuses and comedies depart, but
Ina Park with its thousand wonders. comes to
szlze their places. Let no playwright THINK th4t
he IS indispensable 10 the public The puphc "ouid
s+be- loose all the race OF them than see Coney re
- HH a
-,x- indeed stil waits its critic and Its SINGER
= has been too busy being appreciated TO De cru
Used or sung so far, though il Is the most written
sr.o,lt SPOT perhaps In the country some Gay 4.
III come TO its A poet with me bIead'h %
. 7z-A3-noa-, and O'ShauEhnessys mstrical charm
will see II whole but see it beautiful while some
75eine with his sardonic smile and MS oeaulAu ID
SOM with his wit and his passion for truth IoFe
r,rnr--and Coney Island-vill write a Picture OF
--.,-s7 from Forty-secouc-st.. Manhattan. 10 the
~o,ev beach Il viii he a great work that may nre
e-o+her Arnold TO stand at another grave 3l0
- r.. ultimate alpreciation. Meanwhile, how
e-e- Coney starts Of its season quite ursuspecLIhs
- honor IN store as unsophisticated but not
mite so dirty as IN the past; and as IN the past
-onev and its freouenters bid Broadway De haileeU
And when al Is said. ny how much wloer a mar
~ 5oez the Coney Island amusement season
- The ultimate the true, the beautiful, thah
,ba season on Broadway? Maeterllnck rises IA
wisdom and Destiny 70 remark tnat 10 Ilie AZ
nightly Eve our greatest sins are but the naughu-
- of puppies sporting on the hearth rug ana
doubtless he would have this applied 70 our sIlis IL
49, 5f5 he condescend 10 be SPECIFIC surrey d
drink is drink whether taken at Coney OF III tiie
- osr6. and shirt sleeves and dusty shoes are
but coverings Tor the bsndy leggeo 5oIefui black
1000 nv the most hideOus form OF iSt H.
devised To shooe ' a the mob scene in Pretty
much sqTpr4Ss az 49,, 5aTised with the frank
teggy., I,posa Of surprising his audience The
-ra-5ers Of a Trip the Moon are nc Isss N
s-F1T frsn Julian Aiitchens stage picture IN N
The Wizard OF o. and If one misses ne ~ 81
woodrnan and the straw stqIe9 31 EO +brae shots
~. en- and quickly forget Who would not prefer
instead o. peassS 10 slide himself, nature
coaster down the rattan shute sIGuiG Ugh The
sTT q lima Park2 And to a TIP lnIoueH Sio
wonder cana cas +, TeSerer variety without the
E9s-1eL If footIights More than this the I'D
mission at Coney is only 10 cents allc AZ
- 70 the occasional the rare times "LeH ~ On
Broadway drama Is seen I'm %lcq he taxdry surface
= ne eTrirlgs action and anectloI VIII VIII fnIV
ne s IS larger life or spiritual inspiration C94sy
fss It's parallel too Beyond me arch the
$50 ~ -be universe, lies the great A'lattIe, ,',s
il NV calling the eye TO its far horizon caI ~
ing the soul 10 aspiration ~ c0r7e in one by one
s-o-7 their deep sea trafckng anu =, - ,-oice
burdens on the beach, and theif VOICE - '
Sd in these waves the bathsFs shout In Is
complete
IN. most important novelty q the "eeA n---
-,e-+ for this week only, OF Romeo
- T71lie+'' at the KnickerbockeT AheaIIe' -
7-,--1a rsellew and Eleanor hobson III NV '
- and other Well known players III H0 %
rr5,ie e,4oiaF production is made by Lleoiei " -
- 80 ~, tour for some weeks. meeting, 1t
a. sa35 with popular success every "Htie-
t.7tce-;ors are that the New-hork aloleIC = =,
--,rroyr night viii be large, also nj De4
-, = not ? new thing but Miss ROBSON mas
- e 17l5et only once in this city, at a sIe-
81 matinee last season at Wallack 5 "heIi sIle az
7eared only in the balcony scene Inc ~ -
e safa "a be made with taste ana rolieSS'
,t With extravaganza. I1ebler & o. Ia O. a.
.ae-r 70 have been more sohcitous ABOUT 'iis O1@
7bar the production This cast in fun follows:
7alus prince OF Verona E15n3und Ireese
George ~ 31aTk
In Ola X Ms I
.e7T5li2-- John z Kellerd
-ftH4, --....-. V II Thompson