Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05
228-23O King St.
AMuSEMENIS


"The Wizard Of Or" will again
exert his potent spell at the Grand
Opera House Friday, May 18th. This
season a new "edition de luxe is
promised with all new songs, ranging
from sentimental ballads to comic
ditties, by Montgomery and Stone.
The Wizard still reigns supreme in
the field of musical extravaganza, for
the reason that it is continually enliv-
ened by diverting novelties. The
prestige established by this famous
success throughout its long and trium-
phant career in New York has always
been maintained. There is no de-
terioration whatever in the produc-
tion, which Is on a scale of princely
magnihcence this season, eclipsing all
former presentations Of the spectacle.
Among the new features in The
Wizard Of o." this season will be a
new football satire by Messrs. Mont
gomery and Stone, which is declared
to be funny enough to annihilate the
blues" Of the most confirmed misan-
thrope
Had the opportunity been offered
hundreds Of people from Wilmington
would have gone TO San Francisco for
the purpose Of witnessing the effects of
of the terrible disaster which recently
overlook that liace and to have aided
in the work Of succoring the stricken
people. Distance was tooEgreat, how
ever and they gave their money to the
relief fund and remained at home.
They will now be given an opportu-
nifty Of witnessing exactly what took
place in the stricken city and they will
see it just as vividly as though they
had been there. At the Lyoeum
Theatre on May 10th, 1lth and
18th. Manager Humphries will offer
the first and only genuine views
Of the stricken city which have been
taken. Within the limit swept by the
| fire in San Francisco stood a moving
picture plant. The plant itself is gone
but at the first shock OF earthquake
the loyal employees of Miles Bros, the
owners OF the plant, took out the
valuable machines and went to work.
The appearance Of Victor's Royal
Venetian Band of thirty five pieces as
a feature of the bill at the Garriok
next week is one Of the most important
announcements the management Of
that house has made In some time.
/ Victor and his Band are known the
country over as a musical organization
/ Of the first rank. IL comes here direct
from New York. Barrows- La ncaster
Company in the best skit Of the season
entitled Tactics OF "The Blue and
the Gray - The Herald Square
Comedy Four, miniature musioal
comedy performance entitled "Mr.
| Cupid's Hotel, - in which Miss Ida
Crispi, late of the Edna May and
George Edward Companies, figures
! prominently Edison and his trained
dog Dooi Joe Belmont and The XII
| netograph complete the bill. In point
Of its musical and comedy features it
| is doubtful il the Garrick has offered
a better bill this season. The attend
ance at the house this week proves
conclusively that Wilmington theatre
goers are not yet ready to give up good
indoor entertainment for outdoor
amusements.
On Monday evening, May 7th, Will
mington will be given a chance 10 hear
one of the best musical organizations
in the country. The Netherlands Trio
will on that evening give a concert
In the New Century drawingroom,
and Will have the assistance of Agnes
Thomson Neely, the famous soprano, as
soloist. The trio consists Of Julius
Leefson, pianist; Johan Grolle, vio-
linist, and Emile Simon. cellist. All
Of these artists were born and raised
in the Netherlands. and they have
adopted the name OF their native coun-
try for their organization. Mr.. Grolle
was formerly first violin with the
Philadelphia Orchestra, and is now
Concertmeister Of the great Ocean
Grove Festival Orchestra. Messrs.
Leefson and Simon have but recently
come TO this country from Europe,
where, as members of the famous
Lorenzo Trio, they toured Holland and
Belgium and appeared before members
Of several royal families Mrs. Neely
Is one Of the best known sopranos in
this part of the country, and has, dur
ing the past season, enhanced her repu-
tation by her splendid work as soloist
with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The
programme 20 be presented on Monday
night Will follow the plan adhered to
by this organization of beginning with
the classical and ending with the mod
ern. After ths beautiful fifth trio Of
Beethoven, Mrs. Neely will sing the
aria from Mozart's III Re Pastore. Z"
Ihen will come piano solos by Chopin
and List, then three songs by Tschai-
kowsky, Debussy and Meyer Olber-
siaben. The concert will end with a
trio by L. LsBoellmann.