Evening journal., 1907-03-09
PLAYSANDPLAYERS

INUIIH ANNWAMIlH IllN NaNIAAANNN0 AAANl.A
donna soubrette. who created n furore
as Teresa in the isle OF Spice during
it's metropolitan engagement and has
since gained considerable popularity
with that attraction on tour Is now
scoring another distinct triumph as
Paquita in B. c. Whimey's sparkling
musical surprise, -"The Isle OF Bong
Bong in which that well known man
ager is presenting that noted German
comedian, John w. Ranscme, the orig
inal brewer in "The Prince OF F1isen.
"The Isle of Bong Bong" win be seen
at Grand Opera House ON Monday
evening, March II.
Charles r. Blaney's pleasing mili-
tary comedy drama. ACROSS the Faci-
hc," will be the attraction al the Ly-
ceum on March a. 10 and l6. The play
is built around incidents Of the war
in the Philippines. and + aboupds IN
startling situations; in fact The author
has crowded one scene Of excitement
upon another with wonderful clever
ness. until the great block-house fight
is depicted. This extraordinary scene
quite surpasses anything ever seen on
the stage. A rapid-fire gun IS intro
duced to show how trivial ordinary
guns and revolvers are when It comes
to dealing out deadly missiles. The
roar and crash of the fire arms and
the blind struggle OF the little band q
Americans defending themselves
against overwhelming odds afnord q
stage representation seldom eXcelled
Tn eopening act Of Across the Paci-
ic" is laid in Montana The second
act takes place in Chinatown san
Francisco and the third act shows the
departure for Manila Of big unitel
state transport loaded with troops
Farce comedy is the most popular
form OF theatrical entertainment. be-
cause In addition 10 amusing the peo-
ple and distracting their attention from
ortenary cares Of the day. II gives them
their first chance 10 hear the newest
and brightest humor Of the hour and
the latest song hits of the hour. Farce
comedy is elastic and win allow OF
constant changes and the introduction
of new and catchy material and while
the thread Of the story is never broken
it is capable of being strengthened by
the addition Of the latest stuff" D" There
is a great rivalry among comedians
and farceurs to be the first TO intro
duce something new. and the liberty
allowed them by the management in
sures the public something fresh every
dav '.McFadden's Row Of Flats
which will be presented at the Lyceum
next Monday Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
sITncle Toms Cabin" win close it'
engagement at the Lyceum Theatre thi'
afternoon and evening. The company
IS the best seen here for many years.
Following is the list Of attractions
due at the Garrick Theatre Monda,
next: Miss Nan Engleton & Coa IT
GLOW the Widow Was Won" George
Honan's latest novelty feature, -
Night With the Poets" with fourteen
people I'm the cast; Tom Whiftin vii
clifton g. Co, in "The Hall-roon
Rows" wentworth. Van Cieve an'
Van Cleve and Pete. in big coined!
hid. Mohn and Bertha Gleason, thu
dancing stars: Adele Purvis and Flor'
lAnthorpe, novelty dancers; Brooks an'
Fdder. i'm comedy; Harry Tsuda, tn
Japanese mequiubrist, and the Kineto
sraph. in a new film picturinging hap
penings in Hades. 1t has every ear
mark Of an excellent show all the wa
through. Performances as usual az
ternoons and evenings az the week.