The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-26
PROSPEROUS SUMMER SHOWS.
DRAWING BTG CROWDS IN TOWN
AND AT THE SEASHORE.


AND AT TIE SEASHORE.
Midsummer Amusepnents Now In Fnll
Swing--yaudeyAHe Actors MoMping y
Harvest Furnish Most or the Summer
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Concerts I'm Town
The only novelty of the week will be pre-
sented tomorrow night at the Crystal
Garden roof, OH top Of the New York
Theatre, when George v, Hobart's skit
on the yacht races, entitled Lifting the
Cup" will be put on. This travesty will
take the place on the programme hereto
fore occupied by "The Dress Parade"
1t ia said to be rich in burlesQue humor,
and Emma Carus and JUNE McCree will
have the principal roles. New York
Forever" "a new song set to music by Ben
Jerome, win have a special setting and will
bs sung by Emma Carus. The English
pony ballet has been we'll received and
will be retained as one OF the popular
features Of the roof.
Hammerstein's Paradise Roof Garden
holds a great many persons, but every night
last week standing room was at premium.
continues to head the bill She has proved
very strong attraction.
The second edition Of Punch, Judy
& Co has achieved popularity with it's
pretty chorus girls in dainty costumes.
The four Nightons and Agnes Mahr, an
eccentric dancer, are also on the bill the
coming week.
There is always breeze on the Madison
Square roof for it is one OF the few I'M
covered roof gardens in town. "Otoyo, the
Japanese comic opera, which opened the
season there, Is running along smoothly.
Bettina Girard still assumes the title role
and she sings and acts well.
Herbert Smock, the tenor, has returned
to the cast. William F. Peters, who com
posed the music OF @Otoyo,' has taken
entire charge of the orchestra conducting
during the concerts as we'll rs during the
opera.
Although it has only been open a week,
the Grand Circle roof, on top of the Majestic
Theatre. has been doing a big business.
There Ia good orchestra there, W hioh Carl
Reinecks leads. This is popular price
roof and there ia q new instrumental and
The steamer Grand Republic is the float
ing roof garden and it makes three landings
every night except Friday. The yaude-
Vile bill this week is good one. and in
cludes the Ford sisters, Nat Jerome, Barr
and Evans and May Ward.
That successful extravaganza 1.-THE
Wizard of Or" III still at home ut the Ma
jsstic Theatre. The warm weather does
not seem to decrease the size of The audi
ences. The straw man and the tin man are
rs funny as ever, not TO mention the cooling
effects Of the Kansas Cyclone.
With clear field as far as ,heatricals on
Broadway go this summer, 4The Runaways"
is making things hum at the Casino Fay
Templeton is the star Of the show, but there
are other well-known performers there,
too. Mabel Carrier now plays Helen Lords
! role, jeanette Darling. Miss Lord had to
leave the cast because Of i'll health.
Preparations are being made TO celebrate
the 200th performance of "The Earl of Paw
tucket' at the Manhattan Theatre. This
is the first legitimate comedy tina, has re-
manned during the summer at a New York
theatre In many years.
| The first theatre to open its doors for the
! coming season il the Third Avenue The
| house l. scheduled 10 reopen next Saturday
| night. N"The Game OF Lifa," melodraina
with many thrills, will be- the attraction.
Proctor's Twenty-third street house will
| have an excellent bill this week and it will
be headed by Mrs. Odell Williams and
company in a vaudeville absurdity entitled
! Big Sisters Beau
Lord Chumley" will be the Offering at the
! Fifth Avenue. Walter ETskine will play
| the title role and Beatrice Morgan will be
: Elccaor There are d half doaen vaude-
/; VILE features between acts,
. AT the Fifty eighth Stree, Theatre MY
! Sweetheart" will oe produced. Belle Gold
! and Joseph r. Willard head the cast. The
I, other important io'es will bo filed by Robert
! Cummings Edna Crawford. Charles haw-
| kins and Duncan Harris,
Proctor's Harlem house, in East i25th
street, viii have "The Old Coat" comedy
. Margaret Drew and Frederick Bond, two
, old fevori.es, Will essay he principal char
! acteis.
Keith's Theatre has another tempting
summer bill. This continuous summer
show il always made up of top-notchers
in the vaudeville field. The Lawrence
sis. era, Smith and Bryan Welsh and Mel
rose and Rice and Cady are In the bill.
/; Tony Pastor heads his bill this week
4 with Melville and Stetson. Other per-
formers are Raymond Teal, black face
comedian Orville and Frank, equilihrists,
and Brooks brothers, burlcsQue comedians.
An extra attraction il the team of Maddox
and WAYNE in funny shit
The cinemaLograph ut the Eden Musee
is showing many new and interesting pict-
ures They include some take, by the
! new process of photography which repro
duces the scene in the natural color. There
will he the usual concerts afternoon and
evening.
The Duss concerts In Madison Square
Garden are we'll attended. Venice in
New York is really the biggest summer
garden in town The soloist this week is
Miss Blanche Towle
There will be concerts tonight on all tina