The sun., 1908-06-14

resound nightly with echoes. The vocal
headlinsrs for the coming week are ].
Aldrtoh Libbey and Miss Katherine Trayer,
ooprano. oue Of the chief features OF the
night for Q brief engagement OF the oornet
virtuoso, Paris Chambers.
The Mendelssohn Society, conducted by
W. 8. B. Dana. will sing Cowen's cantata,
The Rose Maiden next Saturday after
noon at Edgewater Heights. across the
river from Harlem.
Brooklyn Rnd the Beaches.
At the Brighton Beach Music Hall this
week the principal features will be Lily
Lena, English comedienne and singer; Ade-
laide Hermann. "Ths Queen OF Magic;
Rioe and Provost In aBumpty Bnmps';
George Bonifaoe and Bertha waltzinger,
comedian; Weioh, Meaiy and Montrose,
the Water Melon Trust. Lyons and Parkes
and others. t
PAINS fireworks and spectacle will open
in its now home. Brighton Beach Park,
on Thursday evening next. Tho new
amphitheatre is situated about 1000 feet
to the west OF the old stand at Manhattan
Beach. It is twenty-five minutes from
Broadway on the Brighton Beach express,
from the New York end Of the bridge,
or can be reached by the subway from
uptown by continuing under the river
to tho Nsvins street station at Fulton street.
The subject Of the picture viii be the DE
struction Of Jerusalem" Care has been
taken to eliminate anything which might
have religious tendency.
hol Aa>c, .n ax,ln - Hn,,,A npd
had been appointed by the Senate as King
Of Judea. He returned with Pompey. Cen
eral Of the Roman legions, and attacked
sieges the devoted capital Of Judea had
undergone. For weeks the combined
crimes Of Herod and Pompey hammered
at its walls. The legionaries attacked
again and again, only to be repulsed with
terrible slaughter.
weeks but the result was inevitable. The
undrilled, poorly led defenders were wcfn
out by ths continued and logged assaults
OF the well drilled legionaries, who seemed
never to sleep and day or night were at
lacking this part Of the city or that. Finally
Romans poured over the walls and the
city was captured at the point Of the sword
Tbs production OF the picture requires
100, 900 square feet Of canvas. 1t has taken
the combined efforts Of eight scenic artists
and their assistants three months to paint
used and hundreds Of gallons Of oil. The
lumber would be sufficient to build fair
sized village and shelter fully 10, 200 people.
Of the fireworks it is sufficient to say that
Pain will try to add to his already well
established reputation as an entertainer In
this line. which Ia peculiarly his own.
At Percy @. williamss orpheum this
week Jesse Lasky's production Of "The
Love Waltz by Paul West. will be the
stellar attraction. Barnold's Pantomimic
Dogs in "Dogville' will delight, and the
canine will please with his an
tics. The Eight Original Berlin Madoapss
irigolat's Aerial Ballet have a ballet
stunt" Edwin Forsberg and company
will present Emmett Corrigan's sketch,
The Card Party" Barry and Wcford are
different humorists. Dave Lewis,
. German comedian and Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart
complete the bill.
The Gayety will begin the last week OF.
ts present season with the usual Monday
matinee and will close it's doors for the
summer next Saturday night. The weeks
,ill will be offered by Weber & Rushs
Dainty Duchess company. Two musical
comedies called 1Pousse Cafe and "The
M From Mars both oomsase fr9% tae pen pc tss .,
company. with music by Harry Armer,
will be offered.
At the conclusion Of the current week the
star Theatre will close its doors for the
sason. The final bill Of the season OF
9o7-os will be offered by Jack Singers
3ehman Show, which was seen only three
weeks ago at the Olympic and which did
he record business OF the season at that
louse.. The organization. which numbers
ixty-five performers, presents two lively
kits called "The Passing Review" which
8 somewhat similar in idea to Ziegfeld's
Follies Of 1901" and an extravaganza |
allied Hoy ,Diddle Diddle."
Next Thursday night at o'clock Maurice |
Ievi and his band will give their first |
oncert Of the summer at Manhattan Beach.
Two concerts will be given every day |
throughout the, summer and no admission
70 seating capacity for more than two thou
and. The band consists Of thirty-ive |
among them Herbert l.. Clarke, |
ornetist. who has been engaged exclu- |
lively for Maurice Lewis band during the |
Beach season.
Winged horses and an aerial ballet will |
70 the latest features which will be added |
0 the Hereafter" spectacle in Dreamland |
his week. The ballet represents half human |
,ats lowering above the cauldron Of the
Iamned In the last scene Of the pantomime
pera which William A. Ellis has selected
. the feature production at Coney Island
his season
'The Dance Of tho Wild" and @The Powder
'east" are the new features in the Moroc-
AN village, where Raisuli's troupe Of Moor
sh bandits are on exhibition. "The Powder
Feast" will last Tor three weeks. in which
ime hundreds OF pounds Of powder will
ave been used by the bandits.
Besides these shows Mr.. Ellis is con-
the new Devil Ride which
ill b the most thrilling Of all the Coney
sland rides. Another now water ride to
@ opened next week is the new Hell Gate
nth dark channel 5000 feet.long.
An imaginary battle Of San Francisco
ay is fought on the east side Of Dream
md. whore George Olsen has reproduced
Is spectacle which took up part OF the
Exposition. Ten wafShips. the
xact models OF the ships Of the Japanese
nd United States navies. are used with
feet Of submarines and torpedo boat
estroyers. Mines are exploded and all
ne other realistic effects OF modern war
nder the ocean are shown.
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