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13 THE PITTSBURG TRESS, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 189X To AH Peoples. Nations, Tongues and Languages tr T7 ra IU1 111 of women In tight was confined to the performance of "Maxeppa," in which either Adah Isaacs Menken, a Kate Fisher or a Leo Hudson wa lashed to the back of a wild, untamed Barbery steed. The sensation can be Imagined when all at once the stage at Niblo garden. New York, was filled with what seemed to be myriads pf women in short skirts, In trunks and in breeches. It was a beautiful spectacle, and it appealed to the senses as no theatrical performance ever had before.

The present revival Is superb. In fact It is superior to the Initial production. The allegorical ballets are al( gorgeous, and those with an Illustrative significance are most entertaining. The European specialties are novel, and In point of true excellence, outrank anything as yet brought to this country. 'It Is a huge undertaking to start a large company en tour, and Its MM SPEAR proved to be a rare of extraordinary worth.

The success of ladles' and children's matinees at this house seems to be permanent. The closing farce, "The Court No Account," was one of the beat skits ever seen at the Academy of Music. An anxious correspondent writes to ask about that smile which seems perennially to wreathe Itself over the face of Ot.s Harlan, and affirms most positively that public Interest demands a complete and prompt analysis. We hasten to say that the smile appears to be Indigenous to Mr. Harlan, and so far as the present writer Is Informed has grown on him he its rapid action, there not being a moment's drag from the time the curtain Is raised on the first act until It is lowered at the conclusion of the third.

Highly amusing lines and situations predominate, with a mixture of Just enough seriousness to give the production a relish as a whole. Tha New World's Museum and Family theater starts off to-morrow afternoon on the second season of its existence. During Its short run last year it was phenomenally successful, and the chances augur well for a repetition of the crowded houses that ruled at almost every performance from the time, the house opened tn December until it closed for the heated spell. During the summer It has been renovated and redecorated in a manner that gives It the appearance of an entirely new theater. There have been no extensive changes for the reason that the house was elaborately Improved and altered last yule-tide, but the appearance Is different from the fact that the decorations are new and new stage effects have ben added to the equipment.

To-morrow the Boston Extravaganza and Burlesque company will appear In the latest burlesque on "Trilbv," entitled "Billy Trilby," which is described as a very funny show. The Interpreting company Is a carefully-selected one, and consists of 20 beautiful and shapely bur-lesquers, aa many male comedians, and well-trained choruses and ballets. Elaborate scenery and splendid costuming are employed In the production. It Is said to be. replete with catchy musical numbers and there are several topical songs that will permit of bright localisms.

The ballet will be led by the attractive little premier. Miss Lillian Curtis, who was a prime favorite at one of the ParHan theaters last fall. She will be assisted by young and shapely coryphees, who have been well schooled. The chorus Is said to include some solo voices. Prominent among the star of tha company are: Henrietta Baleau, a pretty little soubretf Lillian Roblo, the statuesque queen of burlesque; Nettlle Albion, Clara Cole.

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CASH OR CREDIT. They are all splendid specimens from the best Kngllfh kennels and merit the attention they receive. The two acts located In the Trans-vnaj present a series of beautiful wttr pictures, without the noise and confusion of the stand buttle. The cast Is In competent hands and every assurance of the great production. 'The Alvln will have the flret comic opera of the season next week, wlien Frank Daniels will appear with his company In "The I sard of the Nile," a new cpera written especially for him by Victor Herbert and Hurry lb Hmlth.

The story of the "WUard of the Nile" has its locale, an Its name suggests, In Kgypt, when that picturesque Ptolemy II, ruled. This period has been particularly fertile tn its suggestions and possibilities to the author, and Mr. Bmltli has furnished what Is so often promised and so seldom realized, a genuinely comlo opera, not mantlo or grand opera, but comic opera, with music In it. Mr. Daniels' character Is tlm.t of Klhoeh, a tramp magician, on a professional tour of Kgypt at.

a time when the Princess Cleopatra was but a girl of 18, and had never heard of love. This Is enough of the story for theatergoer! who have been Jaded with trite pernio opera plots to grasp the comedy1 tsiaslbllltlea existing tor an artist such as Mr. Denials. "The average New Torker ll absolutely dls- fusteil with the roof gardens as they have een conducted this summer," says the New York Hun. "It Is doubtful If a more gibbering Idlotlo series of performances were ever put before a puhtlo which still makes pretensions of being sane.

For this the managers have been largely to blame. Looking back on the season which Is Just closing, it Is Impossible to remember a single novelty that has been produced or a single specialty that rose above the level of mediocrity. Five years ao the roof gardens promised to form an Important part of the town's amusements. With the opening of the Mtifllmon Square the better class of the theater-going people began to patronise thorn extensively. Oi-ntlewomen could be taken there with Impunity.

Uut In the last two seasons a chance of tone has coma over the performances. There were Jokes cracked and songs sung on even ths more respectable of the roof gardens this summer that would never-have been permitted In a The unannounced and unexpected arrival In America of Krau Klafsky, who Is to be the principal dramatic soprano of Walter Dam-roach's opera company, has a story back of It, Krsu Klafsky will have nothing to do for two months to come, and ehe Is here in defiance of the contract rights of Mr. Polllnl, her manager at the Municipal theater, of Hamburg. Her departure from Germany was secretly mode, anil In all probability to prevent legal Interference with hor projected American visit. seems that ehe could not agree with Mr.

Polllnl on the division of the money which sho expects to make here, snd so tcok French leave of him. Blnce he Is a member of the Herman society of managers, whose principal purpose Is to punish singers who break their cont'-aets, It seems more likely that Frnu Klafsky's European career Is at an end, unless she shall be willing to pay the very stiff penalty which will be aaseenrd sitainst her, and buy hen way back Into th good graces of Mr. Polllnl and his clip-agues, tint says that he wanted one-hnlf of all her American earnings, and the statement will sound plausible enoimii to those who know the Hamburg manager. Polllnl, whose real name is Pohl, Is a Jew, was bom In Cologne, and was once an opera singer. He was et fine time the private secretary of Maurice Htrnkisch, and afterward his partner.

Just before Strnkoscli brought Nllsson to the United States, Polllnl withdrew from the firm, becauro he had made up his mind that more money was to be made In German than Italian opera. The difference between hl financial fate and that of fttrakosch shew-4 the wisdom of his choice. He has been director rf the Btadt theater, In Hamburg, since 1874, having previously filled the same function at the Italian opera In St. Petersburg and Moscow. III Grocery Burned Oat.

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The only answer I eve heard given when an opponent of the drama was asked why It Is a sin to witness a theatrical performance, was "well, I should not like to die- In a theater." Neither would nor has a church any attraction to me as a plaM to shuffle off this mortal coll. I would prefer to die at. home surrounded by those I love and who have administered to 4 my comfort when In health. If fear of the dreaded summons coming In a theater Is the only argument 'against the drama, the drama will go or, for the records are clear of any Intimation of 1 the coroner having been called to a thea- ter on official business. Accidents have occurred, is true, and some of them have horrified the world, but the drama did not cause them.

Ministers of the gospel should remember that in declaiming against evil they have a corresponding duty to develop the, good. If our amusements are evil the church Is to blame. The church should regulate them. They should teach people how to use amusements' without abusing them. As a matter of fact, dramatic performances are given In most of our churches, and the only difference between the exhibition in the church and that In the theater Is, that the church is not so skillful, and Is therefore more pious.

Proper amusements are right because the divine law written In our nature makes them so. It 13 the custom of those who denounce the theaier to say that men and women of the stage are not moral; that most of them have been through the divorce court If condition of affairs is so, why not have ithe divorce laws changed. Divorces are legal. All actors are not moral; all preachers are r.ot moral. Can any one point out to me a more moral woman than Julia Itfarlowe? or Olga Nethersole? or Clara Iene, whom we all know, or a host of other women on the stage? Are there better christian women than Charlotte Cushman was, or Mary Anderson? la not a man In Allegheny county whose character Is more spotless and life more beneficent than Joseph Jefferson's.

Is Mrs. Cleveland less a christian because he Is a friend of her husband or that she honored Olga Nethersole socially? Let us be fair. If the women on the stage are wicked, why did not that western minister prove It In the case of Pauline Hall stead of begging her husband for mercy after he had been arrested for uttering In his pulpit a cowardly and malicious falsehood against her good name? Religion Is not scoffed at on the stage. Its spurious representatives' are held up to ridicule and contempt. One minister said "there Is always a villain In a play and vice Is depicted.

It Is Indecent." If the exposure of a sin Is an Indecency then all the literature In the world, sacred and profane. Is as guilty as the theater. This preacher forgot to tell his congregation that virtue and vice are contrasted. I know of no standard play In which the former is not trlumph- ant in the end. Crimes are committed on the stage, so are they In the Bible.

The themes: on the stage are the passions of men. These may be prostituted as evil, and' st) 'may horses, but because they are often the gambler's richest resource, shall we refuse to use them? As a matter of fact preachers know but little of the theater. I never saw but one or two In a playhouse. What they preach they glean from the.sermons printed and relating to the theater of 200 years ago, and they won't believe that the theater has Improved since then. The men who wrote those' sermons remind me of the preacher who denounced dancing In such a way that the dancing went on, but the parson was discharged on account of the vul- garity of otils discourse.

Denounce the abuses and encourage the good. To those people who are in doubt aa to whether, as Christians, they can go to the theater, I would answer, if you can, refrain from whatever your conscience forbids, but refrain sJso from condemning your neighbor, whose conscience may not require him to walk in the same path you have marked out for yourself. These eermona against the drama teadh those who have the -theater as an Institu tion at neart a lesson. What can be done xo e.wvate tne stage so that ministers will not only ceflvie to condemn It, but will draw many of their Inspirations from playa they pe. un minig must oe aone.

mat is, improve the educational tone of the the. atrtcal profession. Nearly every medical college requires students to have a college degree, and in many states one cannot practice unless he has the desrree of B. as well as M. D.

It rakea about sevn years to get through the courses prescribed before a man can beofmre a presbyterian minister. must ne anie, ror instance, to read the Bible In original Greek and Hebrew. A cathobllc prlit must. In addition, be able to speak Latin fluently. In the methodJst episcopal church, preachers must pass three yearly examinations after thoy have been given a charge, and If tney ao not pass with a high average, more than 75 per cent.

In all studies, they are euner aroppea or jicki oacit. in these d.n:-s of combinations an actor Is only required to study one part a year. Why does not some manager set the fashion of putting the college decree beside the name of the actorr wny ao not managers set up a Bianuara oi education, witn a duly aopoint ed examining board, and exclud those who cannot Make acting a profession that one must study, and the- tone will not only be Improved, hut the stare will be elevated to the plane of other professions. Sidney R. Ellis, the manager of "Bonnie cscouana, wnicn was successfully produced at the Bijou last week, is a resident of this city and says there Is no nine in the world that has such an attachment for mm as old Pittsburg.

Mr. Ellis said: mis is where I wes born and raised, ana where my parents have lived the greater part of their lives, and always expect to remain here, so Is It to be won dered tnat I love Pittsburg and the people who live here." I have what one might call a company made up of PIttsburgers. "Take Mrs. Louis Rial, one of the greatest character actresses on the stage. She Is a native of Pittsburg, and Is fond of u.

Airs, mm was for two years connected w.th the old stock company in this city. ann is the wife of Joy Rial, who some managed some of the largest shows on the road. Horace Lewis is another who has a claim on this city. Vvhilehe was not born In Pittsburg, he was connected with stock companies at various times, and has been he'e often and long enough at times to gain a residence. Then we have that sterling actor George D.

sohnston, one of the bet leading heavy men of the day, vi-ho hrs Bucn Performers as James O'Nsll, Salvina, and others and who for more than a year conducted a successful school of acting on Fourth avenue. Still another Is John Ellis, who plays a part In 'Bonnie He was born and raised In the city of -smoke uiiu mm nuniB unui a rew years ago. Then Sir. Ferguson, John Cumpson and, I dare say, perhaps another have all reside In Pittsburg at one time or another." Mr. Ellis claims that this city has turned out some of the beet performers In the theatrical biu'w, and can go to work and name a list that would take a book to contain the names.

The of Alexander Ralvlrrf the Alvln theater was thoroughly enloyei vy Treatergoers. His wortc in "The Three Guardsmen" and "Ruy Pits" Is too well-known to require a review. As Hamlet was a puzzle. His production certainly "1m1 the virtue of being original, and his attention to minor details was highly commended. In spots he waa weak, but considering the fact that he never plaved the part until Wednesday night, he did well.

On Friday n'leht there was a notlceab'e Irncrovf-mearrt. But he did not Impress the Shakespearian scholars present that he would become famous bv reon of his excellency as H-wn-M. "The Three Guardsmen" and "Ruy Bias" serve Mr. Balvlnl, but If he wishes to add novWty to his week tATiK he should drop Kamlet and place Wmself In the hnnds of a plavwrlght. Hs-mlet's advice to the payers should be amended to read, "A nw play Hi the thing" in his case.

At Harry W. Williams' Aoademv of Murk? the Wataon sisters made a great hit. Notwithstanding the hot weather, there were good audience at everv performance. Their opening piece, "College Days," used to hook amies and borrow watermel ons In his boyhood days. It Is not one of those smiles that can be put on at 7 p.

m. and taken off after the performance any more than the chubbiness that makes him perspire these hot days. Nor is it laid on his dresser at bed time, for we have positive information that Mr. Har lan has been known to use it at sundry times In his sleep when he murmured Complacently, "Yea, If you please." He carries It with him in the parlor cars. It follows him more closely than his shadow and far more faithfully.

In fact, it Is safe to assert that It belongs right where It is found, in season and out, and while Mr. Harlan la a hard worker ana an earnest actor, he comes out smiling night after night Just aa if stage life were an unending picnic, and the infection of his merriment never looses its potency. It has been suggested that If he had lived In the time of Elizabeth instead of the reign of Grover Cleveland Shakespeare would In all likelihood nave altered or blue pencil ed that line, "A man can smile and smile and be a villain still." Much Interest centered In the engagement of Robert Downing at the Duqueane, by i reason or that actor former success in ur. Bird's famous tragedy. "The Gladiator." He was, announced to appear, In "The Gladiator," and theater-goers knowing that he was the actor who appeared in tne piece after the death of John McCullough, turned out to see him on Tuesday night.

Instead of this sterling piece they saw the old tragedy of "Nero, which, to deceive the public, Mr. Downing billed as "The Gladiator." True, other actors have been guilty of the same offense, but the trick coming from Mr. Downing was less wholesome than their deceit. As a matter of fact Mr. Downing- could not helD himself.

Though It was announced, and still be- leved, tnat "Tne uiadiator' was soia oy the executors of the estate of John McCullough to Mr. Downing, the purchaser was really Mr. Mack, who, while Mr. Downing starred In It, was his manager. There nas been a disagreement between the actor and manager, and when the manager left he 1 took his property witn him.

Mr. Downing presented "Helena," a new play by Victorlen Sardou, twice during the week. "Helena" Is a strong play and was well mounted, with perhaps the curious error In the first act of having soldiers on the stage who had just finished a hard three days fight, in costumes as bright and spotless aa though they had been on dress parade In accoutrements newly issued by an armorer. Mr. Downing also played "Vlrglnus" and "Ingomar." His work was only fair.

This week John Kernell -wlM appear at the Bijou as Con MeFaden; the "Black Creole" will be at the Grand onera house: Robert Hllllard will be at the In "Lost 24 hours;" Fred Warde will be seen at the Alvln; the Vau deville company will be seen at the Academy of Music; the new World's the ater will open for the season with a bur lesque on Trilby," ana varlea attractions will be presented at the musee. What the advance agents say about their shows fol lows, wm. C. At the Biimi theater' this week the offering will be the great and only John Kernell and his big farce comedy company In "McFadden's Elope ment. Keconstructea, rewritten ana now the loll est farce comedy of the times.

MesBrs. Davis Keough have been more than usually particular this year and the result is a perfectly irresistible entertain ment, light and breezy and full of new Ideas In fun-malting. People who work six days a week require recreation to enable them to carry out their duties, and there can be no better entertainment than seeing and listening to a company of artists who have made it tne study of their lives to divert their fellow creatures. There Is no more honorable or useful mission In life than to brighten the dingy pathway of tnose wno are struggling ror wealth, and no surer way to do It JOHN KERNELL. than to see Kernell in "McFadden's Elopement." It was written tor pose.

Actors cannot divert unless they Fadden Elopement," as rewrlten has been declared by people In all the big cities wiiuuKiiuui me country to 08 the perfection of light amusement. There Is a great difference of opinion as tn whsthw a fa comedy should have a plot or connected story or merely an excusn fnr Messrs. Davis Keough believe that while jjiui mmum not di complicated or heavy, a farce comedy should have enough story to appeal to nennlo aa wall a. to tne unminKing. Therefore "Mc- cuuueua tens a neat, humorous story, it is in tnree acts; the first, the farm of a cranky inventor, tha secnnrl in a flat In York city, the third In tha country near a female seminary.

Con Mc- muueii ia mi lnsn-Amencan adventurer wno is nrst seen as a lightning-rod aecnt, next as a collector for an installment house, then as a tombstone as a make-believe English lord and all the time a man looning ror a chance to marry into a fortune, other characters In the piece are equally amusing. The Inventor invents nymg machines that will not fly and other fearful and wonderful things, but he does not attempt to Invent a means of softening his wife's temner or of bo- coming the ma.ter of his own house. The partner of MO'adden in his lehtnins-rod Business is anotner nrfffliy laughable per sonage, and there are also in the piece an oia maia, a arug cierK, a trio or likely young girls and several other people. The company is an exceptionally formidable body of farcical players and specialty per- lormers. neaaea oy tne always irresistible John Kernell, drollest of stage Irish men, as McFadden.

the ortranization in- ciuaes also anotner clever Irish run-maKer, k. J. Heffernan; Phil Peters, the well-known performer; the Marions, Dave and Sam, from Koster liials. New York; Daniel and Henry Fenton, Henry F. Wins- man, James K.

Oliver, the Collins Tom and John; Robert Ihaus, David Gar-riek, Nettle Peters, Emily Vivian, the Ur-line sisters, Capltola and Edna; Jessie Her- WOrth. I Rlim Wflllar-e Vtlnlla ninnmnra. Trixle Islesworth and a company twice as strong as that ever engaged In support of John Kernell. Thefe well-known managers have in preparation "The Irish Alderman," With Kernell In tha titl rnlo which be seen during the week. The usual Wednesday and Saturday matinees will be given.

The COmlhB tn th! nltv at thaWs r.ranA this week of that famous spectacle. "The Black Crook." Will recall tn the tne -liiacs CTook" of 1806. with Its aca demic premiers, Its full-skirted coryphees buu nuipiy arapea figurantes, and who last year gazed upon the spectacular carnival at the Academ of Music, New York, With Its BUCCasfiion of twenpu am mni'Afl tn reflection on the change In the times. Prior i.j uiuioi viuuucuon or t-nnr Mrrna- spectacle, there had never been a regular naiiet or any me lit, this country. Lola Montez had flitted acros the stage, and i Fanny Ellsler had danced a few charac.

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Since the clcee of her season. in London, Ada Rehun hns boon enjoylnn a plenawit vacation at her ci ttaKO In Cumberland, li-nsland, where she has hud perfect rest, surrounded by tha quiet and romantic lundscaie of that charm-Intr country. She Is now In Tarts securlnjr her dre.ses for her coming season. Her starring tour will open In Chicago, September 23. Lovers of military life will ffnd much to Interest them In Manager lirady's production -of "Humanity," which comes to the Bijou next week.

The two acts located In the Transvaal present a series of beautiful war pictures wun- out the noise ami coin union i um tls. Th cant Is In competent hands, and gives every assurance of a great production. mutein advance ajrent fir Fred erick Warde, was for several seasons an ao- tor In John Klieier wi: cuiupanra. says he ones i.layed a heavy part In a piece written- by a Pittsburg Journalist, and In the erltlcfcm 'published In ths author's newspaper It was remarked that the play "contained three villains, the worst of whose villainy was tbetr acting. John Drew bet-Ins an ensrsgement at the Kmpire, New York, to-morrow nigni, appear-lnKino- In Henry Ouy Carieton's "That Impru dent Young Couple." Its scenes are located In Tuxedo.

Other plays lirew nm n-iwj mr production are a comedy by Anthony Hup and Frtwsrd Hose, "The Haven of Kent," by Malcolm Watson, and "Christopher, by Muds- line Lucette-Ryiey. Th. Pacini, nt Bchenley park, will close Its summer seaBon on Thursday, the night of the police pension find ball, in nenrs win ra- uin f.i,d until the last week in iK-tober, when thev will again be thrown open for the oMniur ann. In order to make ready for the ir-o ktini? there must be a great deal oi al teratlon, arul It win connunm weeks. Ample notice will be given of the aliening of the skating seiisco.

Th. In Chs. H. Yale's "Oreat Tiv Toinntntloni Is from the brueh of c. W.

Valentine, an artixt of great ability and abounds in complete run tate seis. air. vai omrk i. pretty well known to the pres ent generallon, and as a painter of exteriors baa no eoual in this country. He served his apprenticeship with the lending artists Identified with the American stage.

Mr. Valentino has contributed 12 of the mrst elaborate seta ever painted for any one piece. vi I'umcnd has hit on a neat thing In the way of till-" of his forthcoming play at the St. James, it Is probably the longest on record and runs as follows: "llogcy Being Borne Account if the Curious Behaviour of TiiKemhorilwl Bates." Long titles nave tneir ji.nninr hi't at all events there heed tie no fear In this case inai me name nas been Used before. Mr.

nimwir, nir. Klllott, Mtfts l.tnei ainnnews ana rains r.v Moore are amoiget others going to appear In this (jualntly-namoci piece, wnicn win ue preceded by a 8'andluavian quartet Instead of a "ciirtMiti-ralMer." Jn Old Kentucky," which appears at the New Grand next week, is one of the few American playa that has achieved great finan cial succesK. wetter man any rr ine so-raiieij southern Plays. It promises to endure for Bev eral years. The Btory, while abounding in stir.iuK and sensational scenes.

Is romantic! und ldvllie by turns, and is told with a direct nees of purpose anu reimn rareiy iind ii hvi or lis Kino, ji ooes not oe- fur considerate upon some ingenious oonlc device or sensational honor, Ths lnl dents and strong climaxes are leu up to grsn ually and logically, and are a port of the tf.rv. Pure rentiment. valorous deeds, ro mance, humor and splendid, t-bun-cut comedy are combined with kt-en uramatio instinct. V. Zerfteld.

manager of the new Troca- dero Vaudevilles, has Jont returned from Eu rope, and writt-s to a friend In this city that his company is composed entirety or rjuropean artlRts, of which nave ever appeared anywhere In America, and without doubt will be suoerlor to last year's show. Mr. Bandow has an entirely new act, and as far as can he indued, he will create a sensation. Amann. the Impersonator, win arrive on tne stcamT Stovel.

Kaufmann.the champion trick bicyclist. will come on the Columbia, i ne uucania will bring on Panzer, who Is consld'-red one of the greatest novelties that Paris has prcduc-d this year. O'Oust, the celebrated French mimic, will arrive on the Champagne. The nve Jorrtans snd the Luetfers are the only tnes that will be retained of last year's pen- nle. Tht new Trooaoerc vauneviues win play at the New Grand about Christmas week, and should prove a gala holiday attraction.

Sutton Vane Hpnears to have the faculty of striking the popular chord in all his phiys. His characters lire so virile 'that they stand out as distinct creations, and yet they nre but the characters of every day In the bustling rid. The rcenlc effects ot Humanity are startling In their realism and add areatly to the good work of the ec'ors. The story, while simple. Is a pretty one, and works out like a fairy tale, for this production Manager Brady has Import'd a troupe of genuine English ox bounds and 10 nioooeu norees.

ine corn- any Is the etront-et't ever engaged for a like production and includes Joseph Grlnmer, the handsome leading man, and hla charming wife, Phpebe Dttvls. Already many inquiries have been made for seats, snd the prospects point to an excellent week's buelness. Lovers of horse-flesh and admirers of military life will find much to Interest them In "Humanity," which manager W. A. Brady Is to produce.

In the foi htiutlns scene In tho first act 20 English thoroughbreds appear on the, eutge. y.m uiy ft $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 nle Forest, Jonn ureeves, tne runny comic onera comedian; Barnes Carlton, tne tal ented Williams, late of the Wilbur Opera company, and a host of others. The specialties will be new and entertainlng.and there will be no dearth of witticisms that can Da carried nome w.tn vou and treasured up to produce a laugh whenever the blues strike you. Dasaling amaaonlnn marches will be a feature of the production ana special attention is directed to the grand ballet. The wrlo halls will be found as interesting as ever.

ThBv will abound with novelties in th wav of strange and startling performaness on 'the small stags, and unique curiosities and valued relics. The entertainment to be presented at Harry Davis' Eden musee tnis wee win be novel in everything that ths term Implies. It will be more than that, it will be sensational. T.ha coming or tne nve original Trilhv dancers has been heralded with a great deal of pomp, and If the promises of the management are to be relied upon the exhibition they will give Is calculated to heevwne the tttlK oi tne town ueiure fhAtr Mieairement closes. The young wo men who- perform the dance are described as shapely and pretty, and It Is said in their praise that they are clever dancers as well.

Evidently they have not been selected with an eye single to the beauty of their pedal extremities or the perfection Of contour, i ney oominne uueni uu ucau- To gain an idea or tneir performance it mUWt DS unaersiuuu mn incjr ncm neither hosiery or sandals, and that their V. dance ia performed witn Darea umos ana bared feet. Ten pinn toes peep irom n-rw (oh of silken skirts as each per former rirwjt her oart in the dance. When the performance was first given In New York clfy there were those who said It was a trifle too risque to "go- ouisiae tne metropolis, but it has attracted audiences composed of the beet class of society Itj everv cltr In which It has been presented, At all events Plttsburgers will have their first opportunity of judging of the modesty of the exniouion to-morrow, me American vaudeville company Is the title of the organization that has been engagea to ap near- In the theater. This company li headed by the versatile Irish character comedian, John E.

Drew, who Is a great favorite In Pittsburg. It is composed en tlrely of artists of his caliber. Theatrical Notes. Mabel Clarke, the excellent dancer, Is with "Little Chrlstcpher" this season. Koirar.

the magician, has made some re markable strides In the art pf magla this tea son. Wilson Barrett, when on the stage, wears cork soles, which adds to his height three Inches. Herrmann, the magician, Is Just new In heated argument with a number of leading spiritualists. J. M.

Hill Is expecting great thing from the production of Augustus Thomas' new play "The Capitol." Minnie Muddern Flsks will arpr at the Duquesne during ths week of September JO In "The queen oi wara. Camille tlrso, ths violinist, has returned to thts country, after a concert tour through Australia and South Africa. Marie Watnwrlsrht has met with rreat sua- oess this year In a very elaborate production of that sterling comedy, "Ixive Chase." The treat success "Humanity," by tht au thor of "The fcian of Life" and "Cotton King," will follow John Kernell at ths Bijou. Edvthe Chapman, who has been ths lead lng weman of th Warde-James company for three years, Is to begin a starring tour of her own. Humperdinck has written a new plecs oalled "The King's Son," In which two only of the characters sing, the others speaking their parts.

Harry Holto, for years with Daly's oom- nanv. and a favorite In i'ltlsburg, is witn A Happy Little Home," that plays at ths BIJou shortly. "Human 'the great melodramatlo norcHu that made a palpable hit at R. Gulick A Columbia theater, in Boston, has been 'booked for tne uijou, tnis city. Lydla Yeamans-Titus appears In Detroit this week In a new musical comedy entitled "On the Road." It Is by Leonard Wales, who Is the musical director of the organisation.

Of course, Henry Irving will not use the "Sir" In this country. In point of fact, there Is no Sir H'-nry Irving. He was knighted Sir Henry Broadrlb, as that Is his real name. Bruce Whitney, of Milwaukee, has written a plav called "The Hidden Life." It will bs reveaied to the public by Ada Oray, who has been keeping "East Lynne" alive these many years. "Rob Roy's" popularity Is on the Increase, If such is possible, it is still crowding ths Herald Hquare theater, New York, at every performance.

This is one oi ins Alvln bookings for this season. It la stated that eight companies were re hearsing at the same time last, week In the New York Casino. Borne of the companies that are going out this season evidently can rehearse an elevator. Mrs. Keelev.

the famous old English actress. now within three months of 90, the other day recited with force and pathos some verses written for her upon the occasion of the benefit performance In aid cf a hospital for sick children. General Manager H. M. Bennett, of the filjou circuit, is in the city.

He says bul- nefs at ail the nouses controlled by R. M. Gulick Co. has been wonderful, and the new Columbia, In Bostcn, has gone ahead of expectations. Thalia, who Is now playing in the vlclnttv.

Is meeting with success. She Is an actress of no mean ability, and managers Invariably request a return engagement. Harry Todd, a brother of William E. Todd, the poet-actor, Is with the company. Nat Goodwin has secured the American rights of "The Strange Adventures of Wan Hrown." but It Is not known what use he In tends to make of the farce.

John Rogsrs, who was commissioned to dispose cl the play, has been appointed American agent for the author. In the whole history of the famous Bostcn theater, it is Safe to Say that no dramulir. production has had anywhere near he eucce-o which has attennea in iventucKy," sMd ths Boston Herald at the elose of ths nh. nomenal three months' run of the play there last season. cablegram to the New Tork World from London, Englnnd, says that rumor has been current tn theatrical circles for seme time that Aimustln Paly was In danger of losing hlB London theater.

HIS past season In London wss.excpe.Mngly disastrous from a finan cial point of view. For some time past rumors have been In circulation that Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr. Gilbert were again to he associated In new opera for the London Savoy. Matters have n'w dtflnlteiy ben setuea, ana an official Intimation from Dovlv Cart states thet nw opera will be produced In the autumn. Mm.

Herrmann has bought the tirlvate car formerly owned by Mrs. Lanrtry, called the La-Le. The price paid was It cost M2.000 to construct It less than two years sen. and ever 110,000 has been spent on It since. The car win rwmntened Herrman.

after the magician, and win be used tn his travels throughout the country. 'His Excellency." the comlo otwra Cturloa IVhman and Al Hayman are to bring to this country this season. Is now In rehearsal the Lyric tneater, Lonnon, by the English comnnny that Is to sing It over here. The principal chanre In the cast Is In the case of the heroic role, In which Julius Bteger succeeds Haydert Coltin. ftunnvmede." which was announced fnr prodiotiori during Frederick Wardn's engagement here, has, after fair trial, been e.ban-doned aa unsulted to his purposes.

Mr. Warde had gme to large expense In preparing superb scenery and stage mountings for the play, but filing that his audiences were dissatisfied, he wisely concluded to shelve It. The Chieftain." with which Francis Wllsrn hns Just opened his season at Abbey's thea ter, Isew icirk, is tne seventh comic opera THE BLACK CROOK. management deserves a great deal of credit for displaying such energy. It will be seen nere an or its regai spienaor.

jno piuy ever produced tells, in such a vivid man ner, the old story of right and Justice prevailing as does the "Black Crook." It Is the bravery of Rudolph. Hertzog (the "Blaok Crook ') sells his soul ror eternal life, and endeavors to drag Into perdition Rudolph, so that he, Hertzog, may longer ve. He is rouea oy me lairy queen stai and In the end virtue triumphs, and the wtcKea are punisnea. it is an impressive story and, embellished as It is, with all its wealth of gorgeous scenery, beauti ful costumes and Mthsome dancers (repre senting fairies), It has ranked among the high-class theatrical attractions for over a quarter oi a century. Have you aver attempted to fathom the bathos and Sublime sweetness of sonar as sung or a popular ana phenom enal singer.

Watch it olosely and- you will quickly sea the difference between the everyday warmer ana tne pratieea ar tist; ana in no way can you watch It or appreciate St better than by listening to that mcomparaDie contralto, uia nayaon, who puta heart and soul both Into every moment of her harmonious skill, and makes one not only ravers the melody, but love the singer. Miss Hayden personal beauty has been the theme of many prominent poet, and with all the bright 'Wls ALO HAYD15N. effervescence of youth at her command 8Jid all the powers of almost miraculous melody under her control, she easily out distances Mine. Bchalchl and moras, or long-ago bids fair to add sUU stronger laureis to ner mmo man were ever won oy any or tier prcaocesflars. And the aurrounaings oi tnis serene and sympathetic star are most happily ar ranged, for they Include an army of comedians, such as Richmond and Glen- roy, who will koep you laughing for a week aftor you have lost sight of them: wmyion, jenKins ana janper, wnose Dark-town circus makes every old man feel like a small boy again; the Weston broth- who can-, produce all kinds of musia In a most rdproarlous manner; Kenno and Welch, whose "Hot Stuff" keeps you laughing so long you scarcely, have time to iool off; and besides all these the American Vaudeville company, when It appears at tha Academy of Mus to-mor row night, wiu nave other undeniable fttu-acuons.

suon as rror. v. wm-m. wood's wonderful educated performing an- Imals; Barney Reynolds, with every bone in nis oouy a runniDone; uauie lSvans and has clubs, ana tne greatest society sketch artists in the world, Joe Havden and Queen Heatherton. The performance conclude with Joe- Hayuen's Immensely funny "Wild West" afterpiece, in.

wh'rh all the company appear; and the entire auuiance juyousiy agrees tnat the American jVaudeVlilo-is the greatest combina- oi niewoy ana mirth ever seen. Frederick Warde opens at the Alvln the. ater to-morrow evenlna In "Th Mnnnt. bank," a play adapted from the French of Emery, and one that has taken place us one vi me tiatJiu ur aniaa or the age. it is not a iraseoy, out a romant tin v.

the leading roie of which allows prtpr scope for the display of varied moods and nisinonic aouiues -man any other char auter essayed oy. Warde. i It will tie preseniea on Ajonnay. Friday and Saturday nights. Henry Guy Carieton's picturesque piay "ine Ldon's Mouth," will be seen Tuesuay and Thursday evenings and at the matinee on Battirday.

It Is a story of life in Venice dunnir the rerfa-n of the Inquisition, and takes Its name from the fact that in those dread times It was necessary dui to piace in the mouth of the lion carved in the stone of the doge's paiuce, a Bc-rou containing tne name of any person, and such person, thereby de nounced aa a traitor was quite certain to be convicted by the inquisitor. Th nc-n was ono ui political intrigue, romance, treachery and passion, and irnida itself reaany to tne requirements of the dram atist. Mr. Carleton, who has done some excellent dramatic work, has written noth ing superior to Lion's Mouth," In which Warde has added much to hl reputation since it was added to his rep ertoire. The scenic embellishments of the production, which Mr.

Wapie brings en tire, are saia to be most excellent; the period allows of beautiful Cfisnimlnff. and full advantage Is taken of the fact, in addition to Mr. Warde'S larre comnanv an auxilliary force Is employed, and more than M) people appear In the scenes. weanesuay evening "Damon and Pvth- be presented. Mr.

Wards and Mr. Herman appearing in the titlo roles, The rendition of the part of Damon has been conceded to be one of Mr. Warde's best Impersonatibns of the heroic or robust kind, and ranks besld hl "Vlr- glnlus" as a masterly Interpretation. Prominent In the suDnortlna comnanv are Fanny Gillette. Isabel Waldrr.n.

Fann'a Bowman, Alice Fairbrother, Charles Herman, Alfred Deltwyn, H. D. livers, Harry Barton. Ernest Warde, J. Landers Stevens, Charles Clark, Howard Rutledsre, Mark Ellsworth, Grant Foreman, George Fullerton and Hanry, Harlan.

The manner In which members of Robert Hilllard's "Lost 24 hours" company "dress" their respective parts Is said to be praiseworthy in the exrreme. It e-oes without saying that Mr. Hllllard will hlmsflf have none but the very best and latest that the tailor can provide, and his supporting members have exercised unusual care In this respect. Two of the mae-nificent dresses worn by one of the ladles during me progress or ipe piay are from the world-famous establishment of Doucet, Paris, while two others are from the noted Beer; the other ladies of the company have been fitted out by the most fashionable modistes of New York city. Mr.

HilllBrJ will appear at the Duauesne theater. The comedy is up to date In every respect, the scene of the play being laid In New York city and the mctdVnts therein being based happenings of to-day. A mostf commendable feature of "Lost 24 Hours" la 7 V-fev- A I p. CIves fresher Charms, to the old renewed youth. TRY IT.

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