Evening journal., 1905-02-23

utes later IL had become liquid again. He
burned steel pens with a temperature
said TO be 300 degrees above zero) IN
tumbler Of ice containing liquid air. AL
cehol was reduced to a frozen mass. and
the kettle boiled merrily while resting on
a block of ice. Those who have only read
about liquid air and wondered at its prom
critics, should never allow an opportunity
to pass without seeing what it can ac-
tually accomplish.
The Typewriter Girl comes TO the
Opera House on Saturday afternoon
and night The third act shows the
interior of the steel trust Offices in. New
York. II is lunch hour and the tvpe-
writer girls are enjoying a period Of
recreation. Uncle Silas Ford paws a
visit to his niece. and the comedy is
unroarious until the noon hour is over
when the story is once more taken up
and another strong dramatic climax en-
sues.
Thesfourth act transplres in Farmer
ford's setting room on Christmas Day
where family reunion is taking place
Here numerous musical numbers and
specialues are introduced. OF course.
there is a love story running all
through the play and as the typewriter
girls are good girls, then they outwit
the Williams, marry the men Of their
choice and live happy ever afterwards
Miss Bessie Wynn. who plays the
part Of tom Tom" in BABES in Toy
land" at the Grand opera House next
Monday night, VIII be remembered as
having been the original "Sir Dashe-
mof Daily the poet laureate in the
Wizard Of or" when that extrava-
ganza was first seen. Miss Wynn is a
beautiful woman. whose lot it has been
to be cast for boys parts ever since
she has been upon the stage. So great
was her success I'm the Wizard dur
ling its run in New York city that
when Messrs Hamlin & Mitchell de-
cided to put on 'Babes irF Toyland"
she was selected for the principal role
of tom Tom
Joseph Hart and Carrie peMar IN
"Mama's Papa the new musical COM
edy will be the attraction atthe Opera
House on Tuesday evening.
tt.
Asa production. arhe Wizard OF. Oz"
is ~ its entirely genuine novelty.
There is nothing approxiniating a sus-
tanned story n Il; but the little thread
Of fairy tale upon which the various
amusing Incidents are hung suffices to
annse and please both children and
adults 1t comes to. the Opera House
on March ..
At the Garrick this week. Nine
lStrakosch. the prima donna soprano,
! contributes one Of the most pleasing
vocal numbers that has come before
! iGarrick audiences this season. She has
a magnificent voice. and sings with an
intelligence and force that shows a
Hong training for this particular work
There is every reason to believe that
Nine. Strakosch's reputation in vaude-
willie will soon become as broad as that
which she acquired on the operate
stage, with which she was associated
for so many years.
A matter Of considerable interest to
theatre -goers Is the engagement Of
Americas greatest comedienne. Miss
Ada Rehan. supported by Charles
Richman, and thirty others OF equal
! prominence, in a repertoire of classical
comedies including Shakespeare's The
Tanning Of the ShrewD and Sheridan's
school for Scandal at the Broad
Street Theatre, Philadelphia. The en-
gagement is limited to two weeks,
commencing Monday. February 27.
THE first week win be devoted to
IShakespeares sparkling comedy when
Miss Rehan win be seen in her re-
markable Interpretation of Katherine,
the complex heroine Of the famous
bard's brightest composition.
Ada Rehan stands today for all that
is best IN the drama for to this woman
must be accorded the honor of being
the connecting link between that period
lof the dramatic history that gave
Booth. Barrett, A1ojeska, Januschek
IMccullough and this, the age where
Icommercialism seems tohold sway with
its tawdry exhibits of theatrical noth-
ings, but which has been extensively
advertised as the hour.of the problem
play" and the society drama"
Rlpened by years of experience and
lincessant study, depending not on his
tory or precedent but going TO nature
In order to develop a CHARACTERIZATION
of the two classical roles Of Katherine
land Lady Teazle, Miss Rehan today
shows clearly. guaging by the work
ldisplayed by the theatrical luminariei