The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-30
Mainly Theatrical.


Of brick brought from Holland by the
| Admiral some ninsty-hvr wears ago. The
gardens OF III" house ran down Ia the river
nj ths foot al Water street. In those davS
there was no Front street or south street.
! These two streets were filled IN long after
and were what - called made ground
I Pearl street from Beskman street To Maiden
/ lane had nothing but dry goods stores in u.
and II you wanted spool Of cotton or some
mu-lln- YOU had tn go there tn l." supplied
/ wonder what the dry goods stores Of to-day
would think OF thi-' 4 7 stewart had his
dry goods store IN ia.hrrin. street. and on
the corner Of this street and Water street.
I think. ] had my first suit OF clothes mad"
/ by Brooks Brothers. The same people are,
believe. still In business uptown -omew here.
I NV. hut was proud Of those clothes | had
blue jacket, nankc-n vest. and small
/ plaid pair OF pants. and the only thing that
annoy ed me was that had only on" pocket
and that an outside one in my Jacket.
| Up Fulton street at the corner Of Nassau
street was the publishing offc@ OF Tn Sun
Moses y. Beach. the publisher. had just
issued n wonderful story about the moon.
written by man NJ the name Of Locke.
The story stated that Sir John Herschel
had by means o. his large telescope AT Cape
OF Good Hope brought the moon To within
| thirty miles Of the earth. and he could
plainly enough what the inhabitants wers
busy about and how their buildings we're
constructed. This story was So admirably
written that n drcri we'd thousands OF people.
and remember my father making het Of
its truth with Cyrus ". Field OF ocean 90 BILE
| fame, Of a fine lunch at the old Rainbow
| Hotel burned down forty wears ago. which
was in Beeknan street lust below Pearl
/, street ~ course my father lost his bet
hut am not sur" but thar he believed the
story trn. even then. and that he had hecn
taken advantage or IN some way
I N Burton'- Theatre. in chambers street.
/ Palma : old Opera House. saw the SERIOUS
| Family. Toodle-. sc. Burton playing IN"
principal parts. Once III hIle would Ho
M town with AN Older friend a. Ear ~ Wal.
lacks Theatre. on the corner Of Broadway
and Broomr street. and see James WaliaCk
! play >hgi0ck and IN other Shak.sprarian
parts He WAS lame from an accident and
limpet badly. hut M one had a Thought OF
this when he wa- ON the stage ~, Wa-
ably supported ny his stock company
This consisted of Mrs tlo.y. III. wifi. oT Mr.
John HoeN OF the adams Express Company
Miss Laura kepnp. MARY Cannon sweet
Mary. she wa- ALWAYS called. Iohn
Bruugham. Mr. Blake Charles Mal"Ot MIR
Fisher and others that | cannot 'aIl to mind
mat now. Mr.. Nalla"k wH- great m Don
',--arde Basan. from which Mr.. " Wal
lac" made has opera Mariana How
bows used Ia watch the clock on the stage
until n came TO the hour when hon 'dSdE
was Ia Ice shot. and how stamped and
whl-t"d when Ne found that he wa- 10 go
free and not to b" shot after all Delight
tul flm"- Glorious tunes
MIR BruUgham rot" a small opera IN
two acts called ~Pocahonta- Ne PLAYED
he indian chief P"ThGi'n. His Inirudu,-
tory song was In" King of the IuS'arura-
80 To the jun. OF Tn. King ~ th. Gambia.
Islands Tn" leader of tn. orchestra wa-
Signor La MannnH. very -N"itahl" and
nervous man. and h. almost dropped from
his chair when Mr. BrouRham in the second
act cam" down {" the t"ntligh'- and sang
old g"-in the Beau. altering ~. last line
! remember one verse of this old song !
think that ~ Na- follows
have travelled the wide world over
Nnd now another "a GO.
TOR Know that good GuariCr, are waiting
To welcome Old Resin the B"au
. But instead OF the las i'm" thus = what hc
sung
Now la Manana. Just ro~n youE bn~
The old leader almost had a ~ Lester
WalIn,k ~ those oid DAYS Used to play t.nd.r
IN. name nf Iohn LESTER and " was not
Gn'Il hi- father died that he took on th..
uam. Of Lester Waliach rh"r- was ,
charming story published IN EIpckrroi.s
HG0o:i"' NJ about tins time called Lady
| "-- " Widow hood. which Mr. Nallack
, mad" ~" ~ "a masking his play "Eo-.-
DIAL" This plaN Ma very -rCce--ftn and
ran Tor u Very long Jitne No doubt many
81 nj So r"a't"r- have seen n ia pY,t
days Dion E0ucicault used to pI,y al
Ndliark'- Th,otr" II was then. thar no
mi reduced nI- Irish play IN. shaughr.nn
Barney Williams al" mad certain Vogue
Ne. however. was mot III the sam. class As !
liruugham ~ B"ucicani' In ,lri there haN.
never been. "a my opinion. any players equal
, io the above two gent lrn"n IN irish ,h,r,,
tors within the last MY YEAR wf.r
hey died IN" h"''"r class Of Irish drntna
lied with them, for they did NOR. Ia make
IA acc"p'abI. character on III. stag. INV
masking him much NOR" than a person
usng "niy n nrogH" {" portray he and
What h" 81 than any ON" that | nav.
-iU,F' their time
Docs any ON" ~ Your numerous readers
r-m"uh"r jharlry Whites N.lud.nn 90,
IN" IIoE cry Here Wa another rui,,.,r,.l
h"u-" IT." only "n. - m" Last SIDE. ina,
wa~ very -urce--fuI IN. prices vor.
Ia cen - cents and - cents A. tht- ,,ri.,
IN" seats W"r" ALWAYS MI and AZ : - ,.lo,L
here Wa not vacant spot for any on..
- stand ON Further up IN. ~tr,,., M.
IN. B""ery Theatre. Of which 7 IlntuhI,u
Na- ~" proprietor. Their" I INV TN.
Cataract of IN" Gang-- also N,z.nu.
a." lid hnr-. ~ ia" Inrihr- Tn. h,r..
in 'h- drama was ridd"n hy Id, I.,.,,..
Nrnken H"enan Shs. Was Fastened b.,
ropes tn the hor-e'- back and often Unp
d"rcd WI, tn" ropes did not ,.ut her ST., |
"a- chrh"d ~ 'lzh'- and nothing else and
wh"n The Mid hnr-a ru~h"i 40 th. ,,av.
d.cnVitl"-. higher and -till higher until ~.
roof al the rear Ha- reached. u wa, "A ma,
sEcitinx -c-'n- aud very thrilling to IA. hoy.
" this ihaatr" 7 saw Forrest Eddy a.,
Kirby. with MANY Others When ki,L,.
played he had one scene here h.. dt.d iii |
over IN. stage. and "bcy- knew his ui.v h,.
heart -e~ing u 80 often. and all ~. ,,,.I
for vas =" 80" him IL" So many ~ II.
would 40 T." sleep and only a-k To- h. sv,E
sn~d when Kirby died In fact rht. ,.,,,.
10 lie quite saying. and often and often
heard u IN the street Wake IN. an Vb.n
Kirby dies
VINO remembers VI Julien a. IN. ,I,
rystal Paiac. Al Forty second .,r.., ana
sixth Avenue. and his wonderful conc.rt.5
Ne had cprnet player there VINO h.- n..,.,
hcen -'Imall"d His name Was. think |
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