The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12

Founders come to the Gotham Theatre
this week. A round Of gayety may be de-
pended upon.
The Eden Musee is offering for this week
a, group In wax entitled Prominent People
Past and Present. II forms a tableau
in the middle ~ the central hall, among
which can ready be noticed figures OF Gov.
Hughes, Sarah Bernhard, Joe Jefferson
and many others. The cinematograph
and special Easter concerts by the Hun
garian band are features.
Tomorrow is the beginning Of annlver-
sary week at the New York Hippodrome.
With the matinee on Monday begins the
fifth season at the big playhouse, In honor
OF the passing Of another milestone some
features especially appropriate TO the
occasion will be introduced In the per-
Torrance Monday night, The Hippodrome.
orchestra, under the direction OF Manuel
Klein, will play for the overture and music
between the acts various popular selections
from past productions. The big addition
to the Hippodrome bill, Zula, the living
bullet, gave every ono in the audience
last week a thrill. II Is one Of the features
OF the circus, There are twelve other
imported acts. At one time there are on
the stage three teams Of acrobats-the
Grunathos, the Okabe Japanese and the
Heras Family. Prior 10 the circus comes
the spectacle Of The Battle Of Port Arthur
changing into the pleasing and popular
musical melanRe, Lady Gays Garden
Party The big entertainment closes with
the Ballots Of the Pour Seasons, with their
glittering groups Of dazzling dancers.
Over 1000 people and 100 horses appear in
the Port Arthur scene, and there are 800
dancers in the ballet.
The debut in New York vaudeville Of
Zelie de Lussan, the grand opera singer,
at Percy q, Williams's Colonial is awaited.
Simon and Gardner, assisted by their "
company In THE New Coachman," present
. sketch. Irene Frank lin and Bert Green
in their latest musica comedy Offering;
Harry Gilfoil, mimic and comedian, in
his character creation Baron Sands;
Ben WEIGH, Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry,
Hill and Sylyani and Those -Four Girls
complete the bill.
At Percy G. Williams's Alhambra Yorke
and Adams return TO vaudeville in a tabloid
Of Playing the Ponies.' Benjamin Chaplin
and company In AT the White House
present incidents In the life of Abraham
Lincoln. The Colonial Septet is one Of the
musical novelty acts which is artistic.
Stuart Barnes has a collection Of stories
and songs, Emma Francis and her Whirl-
ing Arabs are dancers, Howard and North
appear in Those We're Happy Days Ed
+. Reynard has a number Of figures which
respond seemingly TO his ventriloquial pow
ers. The Marno Trio do athletic stunts
Several new features have been added
to the bill at Huber's Fourteenth Street
Museum for the coming week, Heading
it are Prof. Peet's troupe Of educated mon
keys, Carr and his Teddy Bears and Chief
John Tevis and his troupe Of Dahomey
warriors. The theatre annex will have
the MurZa Spanish Bohemian Sextet,
and the three 0sgood Sisters, besides ten
others.
Although Lonesome Town has been
forced to vacate the Circle Theatre. where
it ran 80 successfully for a period Of three
months, in order that decorators, electricians
and other artisans may renovate and redeco-
rate the new Isman playhouse for the pre-
miere Of the 'Merry-Go-Round' on Monday
evening, April %, there will be no cessation
Of the popular Sunday entertainments
under the title Of Gus Edwards's Sunday
Nights in Bohemia This Sunday evening
will be theatrical night, and many stars
and others now playing in own will be on
hand. Charles Dickson will be the toast
master chairman.
At Tony Pastors Laura Burt, Henry
Stanford and company will be seen for the
first time here in a sketch; the Omega Tho,
in "Sweety's Finish will make their
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Mollie Walsh, che English Coincidence, |
will be seen in her comedy singing act,
and Arthur Yule and company will present
their comedy. Among Others are Gardner
and Colder, blackface comedians; Teed
and Lazell, comedy sketch; Harry and Mae
Howard, dancers; Cramare and Young, in
oddities, the Aerial Naladons, wire artists;
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Hughes, sketch; Al G.
and Billy Bedford, the laxative Two;
Clifford and Raldin, trayesty; the marvel
scope and the American Wtagraph with
life motion pictures.
"Pudd'nhead Wilson will be revived
by the Proctor stock company at the Harlem
Opera House this week,
At the Fifth Avenue will be Alice Lloyd.
Richard Golden and company, Wizard
Simms and company, Shean and Warren,
Matthews and Ashley, Ida Fuller. Wynne
and Lewis and the Watermelon Girls
A large percentage Of the receipts at all
the performances at Hurtig 4 Seamon's
Music Hall this week will be donated by the
proprietors to the Firemen's Memorial
Fund.
At Hammer stein's Victoria Theatre Of
Varieties this week the programme will
be headed by Adele Richie. Second and
last week Of William Rock and Maude
Fulton. Joe WEIGH. comedian, and a COM
pany Of forty, presenting his successful
sketch entitled AT Fills Island Trixie
Friganza will make her first appearance
at this theatre this season in an entirely
new act, Tom Nawn and company, pre-
senting the original mythical Irish comedy
entitled pat and the Genii.' Fields and
Ward, the singing and talking comedians;
the Avon Comedy -Four; Mamye Remington
and her singing, dancing and %acrobatic
pickaninnieB; George Lyons and Eddie
Parks in their musical. singing and dancing
act and new Nitagraph views close the
bill,
Next Sunday evening Joe Weber's COM
pany at the Music Hall will give a vaudeville
concert for the benefit Of Mack Hilliard.
treasurer, and John Miller, stage manager,
OF the house,
At the Fifty-eighth Street Theatre are to
he Ethel Levey, Robert Daley and company,
High Life in Jail" Frank Fogarty. Six
Noses. Spissell Brothers and Mack, Valdare
Troupe and knight Brothers and Sawtelle.
At the l25th Street Theatre are Eva Tan