Evening journal., 1906-10-20
PLAYSANDPLAYERS

on October 22. A l0ing-hearted old
Irish woman. herself little above want,
yet finds means TO spare from her
scanty store a little food to help keep
l.fe in her more unfortunate neigh
bors, heart-broken mother with
dying child. The quaint old lady with
her sharp, ready tongue, but sympa-
thetic heart, teaches a lesson which If
followed by the rich. would soon end
much sorrow and misery and make the
world brighter for many poor unfortu-
mates.
With a view Of adding to the COM
forts OF the patrons Of the Country
Roller Skating Rink, at Brandywine
Springs, Park, Manager Cloward has
had four large stoves put in service
and the large building is as comfort
able as possible both for skaters and
visitors. The most important improve
ment however is in the floor which has
been planed by the large electric ma
chine from Harlan & Hollingsworth
Company and as a result the country
rink can assure their patrons of the
use Of one Of the best floors in this Sec
tion of the country. The Springs rink
is patronized by ladies' principally and
on last Tuesday night every skate was
on the floor and some disappointed Mr..
Cloward opens another rink In Chester
to-day, using the large floor Of the
Moya building at Ninth and Crosby.
Comis opera lovers saw the best light
opera Of the season in "The Girl and
the Governor" at the Grand last night.
Jefferson De Angels. as a comedian.
Richie Ling, as a lover. and Estelle
Wentworthe as a charming and CO.
quettish maiden, We're never better.
Assisting them was a strong chorus OF
pretty girls The story treats Of d
shipwrecked English girl, Miss Went
worthe, OF La Guayia, who is about TO
be forced into a marriage with the
governor of the Spanish county, Mr..
De Angels, whom she despises. By
means of a love potion. however. she
escapes an unhappy marriage just as
her English lover, Richie Ling, arrives
with marineS and takes possession OF
La Guayra, the governor and his sub
jccts, I'm the name of the English
Crown.
The story is well told in catchy
music and the costumes and scenery
are most elaborate.
New Yorl0s most phenomenal success.
"The Sleeping Beauty. and the Beast
win be presented at the Grand Opera
House on Tuesday evening next THE
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" and
what travellers are wont to style, a tre-
mendous Drury Lane spectacular pro-
duction Is a fairy extravaganza which
delights the young and brings back to
the parents those days when these very
tales possessed indescribable charms.
While THE Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast" is represented as the greatest
spectacular achievement Of the English
and American stage, the story is not
| smothered.
Some idea OF the magnitude Of the
/ extravaganza may be gathered from
the statement that "Ben Hur" with all
/ It's spectacular effects, Is just a ro-
mantle drama. and not spectacle
when compared with "The Sleeping
Beauty and the Beast"
George Primrose and his all-stai
minstrel company Of comedians. vocal
lists. dancers and musicians. win be the
attraction at the Grand Opera Hous
Tonight, with a special bargain matt
nee at 2.80. presenting genuine black
face minstrelsy amid Southern planta
ton surroundings 1t was Mr. Prim-
roses complaint for several years past
that real minstrelsy was receiving toe
little attention i'm the so-called min
strel entertainments. For that reason
when ne decided to exploit the rea
thing last season, his earnest and
fondest desire was to have the biggest
Nnd best black-face minstrel organiza.
tion ever organized. The result has
satisfied his most sanguine anticipa.
tions. and he again promises theatre.
goers minstrel performance that shal
be replete with clever comedy brilliant
music surprising and entertaining spe-
calites. and best Of all. the old tim,
minstrel songs and darkey characters
Burnt cork viii cover the faces of al
the performers. The big spectacular
number of the entertainment is en-
titled "The Evolution Of the Negro.
1t comes at the close of the perform
ance and comprises five pictures, de
plotting a negro plantation, Old Ken.
lucky Home, Emancipation and tn,
Darvey Heave.
one Of the strongest dramatic situa
tions ever seen on the local stage take
place in "The Cow Puncher" whicl
opens at the Lyceum Theatre for three
days on October %. In the fourth ac
n band of cattle rustlers. headed b,
Carlos Mendoza. sworn enemy o
Tom Lawton, the captain OF the rang
ers, and Black Hank, an all-around ba'
man. have captured Billy Lawton
: Toms brother, and are trying to fore
him to Join them by starvation ant
, threats Of death, when they are sud
, denly surrounded by Lawton's men
Lawton believes his brother guilty
and sentences him to death with tn
rest. Carlos Mendoza, swearing Bill.
guilty. The. scene where Lawton pro
nounces the death sentence on his owl
brother is one that tho author, Ha
Reid, has taken full advantage Of, be
tween his love for his brother and nj
sense Of duty Lawton rises to tn
heignth Of dramatic possibilities. Blacl
! Hank. with an Unborn sense of honor
tells Iawton that his brother is limo
tcent and the brothers are united at tn
brink Of death. when the Rangers re
turn after hanging the balance an
announce that Black Hank has escape
and that they couldn't see to shoe
. because the dust got i'm their eyes, tn
audience feel that he deserved TO ge