Evening journal., 1907-03-30
PLAYSANDPLAYERS

John W. Vogers Big City Minstrels
will be seen at the Crane Opera House,
Wednesday afternoon and evening
The company is half a hundred strong
and boasts of roster second 10 none.
Manager Vogers reputation for being
a standard bearer is enough to satisfy
us that the performance will be in
keeping with the heralding. The ORR
entail paace, a new and very elaborate
first part setting, will be presented
here for the first time and it is said
! to be the most beautiful and costa
affair ever used by any theatrical COM
pany In this or any other country.
The advance sale of tickets opens
Monday morning at 3. and the demand
indicates an unusually crowded
house.
When reading Of Shakespeare's hero
ines Of fourteen paltry years, who pos
lsessed all the fervor, and passion, and
poise, and maternity of modern forty.
the time and environment are taken
into account but there Is OF necessity
much Of interest in a fourteen year
old girl of today who can play Juliet
with success before an American audi
lence. That is what Miss Maude Fealy
has done and although her playing of
Shakespeare's heroine was presented a
few years ago, she has done much OF
value in her work since. She has been
leading woman with Irving, and is now
lappearing in a modern drawing-room
comedy and is all I'm all one OF the
most interesting young women Of the
stage Miss Fealy comes to the Grand
Opera House on Thursday evening
April attn, in the THE Illusion Of Bea-
trice."
The business manager. I'm common ol
s garden parlance, the press agent Of 9
theatrical attraction usually runs hii
fountain pen dry in the a1notation. con-
notation and denotatiou Of the charms
e possessed by the attractions feminine
s contingent, but with "Tne Boys Of Con
III pany b." Arnold Dalys new stella
4. vehicle. the process could easily be re
i versed. for speaking Of matinee idols
there IS a regular riot Of them i'm tn
. new National Gpard Comedy. There
Mr. DAILY and Alfred kappeler an
| Howard Estabrook and Charles Arthu
=. | and Morgan Conan and Roy Fa-rchil
= and Percivai Moore and E,mer Boot
/, and. we'll that's enough. on the othe
;, hand. Frances Ring. Gretchen Dal
i and Florence Nash arc three Of kin
y that would be hard to beat.
Mr.. DAILY viii lie seen at the Gran
a opera House on Monday evening, Apr
lst.
T. Miss Mamie Fleming in "Yanke
Bess.' "a sensational comedy drama Q
e the West. comes TO the Lyceum Thea
c tre on oMnday for three days. "Hanke
y Ress" has four acts ana as many 50
l. scenes. These are laid in and nea
Y Montana. Those who are familla
7 With Miss Fleming's production nee
? hardly be told that with this materia
y the story Of the piece has been furnish
y ed a setting that exceeds in beaut
S and impressiveness anything that Mis-
- Fleming has ever attempted. Tn
s characters Of yankee Bess" is one {
4 varying moods. suffering and enjoyin
experiences which requires an eXcer
I, tional amount Of emotional ability
dcpict. specialties Of unusual mer
will be introduced throughout the sho
- by Miss Fleming, w. VI. Gracey, Bah
4, Edna. Master Tommy Cullen an
II Tommy West
AT the Lvceum Theatre this after
noon and eevning Joe Hirtiz in "O'
' Friend Fritz" win be the attraction
The show is one of the best seen he'
C. this season and it ought % have bl
ne houses at both performances. NJ
+ Hortiz sings in a manner which hs
captivated his audiences.
as
ht Chiefs of Dover's Red Men.