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Trie Billboapd Tl|* Skateh QuMtion Still Under Dia- . lutilin .Chawaw in Th* Fiaid pf MORE dianges m UoDdng In tbe TulctT tbcmtxcs. It has becb reported, with oonaidaable detail, that the OoUwiiin Is about to drop one of Its four "booses." I am nfllrl s W r lafgnned th*t. altbaagH tlie aiattw baa bcca _ ^,iaibaxii'' '^viciak^ ii- fha " g i iii4r fe been mneh In doabt lately, will be :iMaMfto redados the lenstb of the ballet Ultimately eUmlnatlBS It team, tfa* pro- A. denaopemat. bow- mar be' expected alfgat petober. by time it Is to be hoped that the aketeh dty wm be adjusted. A triple bUl wm then be tntiodBced at the Kmplte. conalatlnc of three Ilsbt items. CiTcn at tta Ooort Tbcatie tatnOaciiix Tsrlety tnma; the third wm be a little mmlaa sketdu Tbe first new perforro- ■Bca of the Smplic wffi be. piobaUy, Ur. wn- Tbe new "dream play." by Messrs. FhHlp Bowden and E. B. Bran, wUeb may be mm The mnsle wm be by Mr. Byns. wtn- ot the £100 offered In connection with n's ilzpeniiy mnaie. Tbe diiet featare •C this *'sympboBl^ peeaa «IB be Ike Il(ktlar aOteta, whidi, aaya Ht. Seett, gnHSt astdUM to Urn, ercB after ttlrly yean' ezpedoice. • The- Idee of tt* little play is Ewvel—an actual •ItTins pletnre" in moremeat. The piosoenUnn becomes « bic gold frame. Some line UshtlnK effects ate ■ pwan la eil a iiiiilw. mnc a rla a. . Vbe new Alliambra ballet praper most ■tv.be eapeeted on til September next. Ike to the tact that to ace tbe aketdh qges- tScm adfasted first, as eannot determine how- mar be introduced. Jl ■I'wii"^ consideration animates tlie ^«t baa aaver ilct been attempted—* musical pjeea Itblcft win IntTodnce a hxtg cast and a namber U f. bowman dlOeaJt to "labd." ■ ;MIf doner la- wit jnHed to his late dinner that he wlU aHif liirtiM to atand in its way. He does a atfCMV er tt matter tba derk Is as partlealar as the peer. The kborlnc elaae*. not being nsed to late dinners, and bavins to riae early, were patrona of our flist pcrtocmaaee, aad often we had to pit and gallery, czpcnatve seats ■t «• people who came np to town for the night do not care to find themselTcs In tbe atreet at 8:30 or so. and the ifaow orer; their foa la «fl orer jnst able people, who dzore to Uie liyeenm to see the second performance, did not Uke to wait for the hoose to be beared of tbe first aodlence, and the comity cooncll wonld not iBoir us to provide eoncfaes In tbe cntnaea balL Mo! district lead «( Londiai. bat nw. Bxodaior taJlet Is announced fir pMdKtlOB at the I^ceiia «b nept e ai b ei IS. It wm fonts In ten Ug scenes for tableaox. In- Mwiiiwy the Palace of InTentlona. the Sues Canal and the Palace of Natloiu. It win play one boor, and nearly three hundred people wm talce part in it. The maatc win be by Belloel, a 'lb-. ^Vank Ohilit^aiir in order to show la poalhle at tbe 9miOkm ia. the way of an aqnatlc spectade, and alio to proTlde lor the hot weather a partlcnlarly aeaaonable at- traction, baa msde arraaceaaeBta to stage at MK,vtt «n ke set nated by coontleaa Calry Ugbts ahlnlng npoo in- nomerable foontalns; while throngfa tbe falling water, dainty tsMeanr wm be re pr c a c n ted. Ttala Is a tlaii liniMiel er lie'imiiaifiil Idea which was pnaeateil*e^<ke gtiMim a yesr ago. ■e wm ' be In three seeoes. Dsneera. »»»■■»■■»—■ cattle, drorers and dogs are being brooght from Seot- aboot eighty people wm tafea part To the nnlnlttafed a wtaeel-barrow eompetltlan on the staige aC • not promise eltho' ezcilMBtat ar ten. After witnessing part of tbe oompetltloD at the Bed' ford. 1 bare come to a dUtcxeot opinion. Xbe aeml-llaala at the first Judging how (ar It Is poislble for tbe nraale ball to stndy tbe dramatic taate oC his The London Hippodrome on Flrday n-as graced hy tbe presence of tbe Priaoe and Prloceaa of WdW .Ut OOHT MHtaH «< tka ro^al family. SDeeolallaflt baa' been nnudnv ifCe wltb resilA ia.lte manners aad customs of tbe Pigmy race dlllllled by Colonel Harrison, which la to appear ee Mwday. Jana S. at the London CHINESE LA' drde la the centre of the atage, and tbe com- petitor poshing the wheel barrow roond the dltle Oe gi ea im aomber «c times In petllta tm enasa V tte fiMt that ike tanw to be pnshed raond Is sneh a one ai would be an acceptable plaything to a child of tender years. Tbe cinle Is so smsll that the com- ■Iddy and tbe sight of a WKfTT caicerlng nond behind of amatcor eoaapetlllaa wm be hdd dadas tke place la tke meb Tend akcteh qocstlon. Tar many years past the management of theatres proper and tboae of the nniaic halls bare been at Tsrlanee regarding the presentation of dra- matic scenes, and recently the conflict baa be- come aente. It la nigcd OB tbe one hand that wltk^icgard ta aad It U nnfalr to the tbeatrM'Sfeit be allowed to Indnde eTetytM^C *ama la their prngramea. vMO' too performances a night, and win come lato^nae with the other westend booses. This '^tkrowa a Ufbt upon tbe bablta of Loa- ■»^jilBaL-lk|k^ Z^cenm ezpcttmcat jttm^iiiS^rtr many people la tbi ■'«giieS^fimt 'frtm irttii to be entertained la tbe '^enlirS^Hjilue. The west end demand Wtttm . ftam that of tbe soborbs and the prorlnces. Mr, Managing Director Barrasford tens me that while the two abowa hare by no meana re- for Bsch - to blm that a performance at 6:30 la' a work, sboold. at the same time, give tbeatrleal not needed at present. The pit and galleiT [ managers no cansq for complaint. Mr. Baieigb hare always been sAdl flDcd, bat the arttata jhaa aecpttd tbe challenge. Mr. Oawald StoU 1 ^M enqitr ab^ nd tmd iPl. .Clfit Scott, widov «( tbe wide and deep that a small sttMiMitB iMfti jmlUMWa dtaiBatle critic, has aaked to be Tttir small Indeed. "Dinner Is -Iha eqilaBa-1 aDstrcd to ptovtde tbe cost ot the prodnctloo. tta «< tt *a," aos Hr. BiiiMiei*;-tte Xim>| Xboi the fajMs ece t» be gtn» a ehaace at aM.'ttat Oey are not ennechtDg tte theatre, and that, by Ikey gtre OBBlvmcat to iks WIMdd eataC Ur. Oecn Wright; has taken and la In the matter, and. as a tcsnlt ot the lecture which be dellTcred a fortnight ago to tbe mem- ^ tbe O. P. Clob; It baa been sa^estad that be Chinese trie good Be wtll t>e aeca < fan in an Ling Foo act. la Ikat vat an by t«mta la Ike cceea- ftcaUr at Hippodrome. This will be the first time that apedmeoa of this particular race bare trar- eled so far from their Battec Vn-^tt In their ■a e t b od of amelting Iron for tbe porpoae of mak- ing spears—^tbelr only objects and aymbola of waaltli. Thtat, attaaga eneo^ ate welded lato by a Irlbesmsn. so la Ua asdal ataliia estimated. He even barters theae fie a wICe. Ittmales rescb tbe age of pu ber ty and are even married at the age of eight, and are conaidered In tbe prime of life at twelre years. At forty both arzcs are to be A new syndicate, said to be of Ameri- can origin, eoatcoiplatca tbe eataWlahnwat at a aatits oC p ea ela cla l angle kalla eft' tte aolMt la M alda t aa i. ITe ad l^ ayfB H e ilw aa ui fc. Ita- qnlrr mlfcbt have Inform''J these dsring specn- latoni that experience^ English pponx>ters hare gifea most earefal '.'onalderatlaa to each of I ftadsd ttat tkv.oie Mr. Cha)'es Musset, manager of the Olaagow. vr-s tbe redpieat o( many baadiome and Taloa,' .e wedding ^tt the ITIh'of May. fngsRea .tt the Empire that week, be leeehcd a baDd»»iie dlniier cruet of cot glass and aOver, from the atalt a bandsome sOrer tea acrrlce aad tray| aad varioaa salnable praseati tnaa the patrooa jot the theatre. Mr. Moaaat apodates the gift; (Mm the ataS la practically a oOIy taiMB ap.Ma Mr. Harry Boma, the well-known variety agnt. baa azraagad to so to a^tT'ii uo ratM, wm be with' mrr his London olBee, VST SHaa^ thk ami week. PLATH0U8E8. There Is talk of a Belasco theatre In AtlanUc CltT. Mr. W. C. Ball has secured a permit to boiM a IkMlia fa 9mi« BaalCb lad. Paik Tbeatre, at Tonngstown. Ohio, hss been provided with a handsome flrepraof curtain. Henderson. Me^ baa a new aptn kMMiiBlie\<pe 'MMCtHMt «C tka. IMb:- Ttae Hardesty Theatre, Ginl Ohio, will open Its aeasoQ Angaaer'S^'' Doonrily and Batfield Mtaatida. ^ & J. Jocdaa ta aiOT-aote nniager of the city Ban. Old TWwa. Ma... aad la sM^ sommer stock oompanlea excellent TiniliiCM Frank Fablsh and others have Ob- talne d a l ease an the Igeb * Bia a gnBaH^ la a Taufcifea kaoni. ^P** Manager E. S. Ellsworth, of the Met- ropolitan Opera House, Iowa Falls, la., ana wife, lesTe for Germany Jnly 4, owing to the former's poor health. Manager TJiinMn, ot tbe ArcadOb To- ledo, -------- Tcrtbic It': Mr. R. H. Bradbnm is havlngr con- structed In Peterboro. Ont.. a new $30,000 play- hoose. which wm be eaapleted abaat Oetab« 1. The r Miaa sines, aid aad Grand Opera Booae, signed their poaltkaia to go aa tke taad. Mr. Geo. Davis, the genial manaser of tbe Central Tbeatre, San rranetseo, baa ie> timed from Portland. Ore., whither he had goaa to attend tbe opening el tke Belasco Tbeatxe. Hiunble, Texas, Is among the new towna to bare a new opera booae. Tbe enn- tract (or remodeling a bonding In that city baa been let. C3ande Bldly will mtntge tbe new boose. Chas. Hamols has secured a lease on the Union TbeatR. operate tbe ao that the Union Cort Circuit. Manager Abe Shapiro, of .t Tbeatre. Toledo. Ohio, la la afei Trocadero and Clark 1 (luriDg the summer. B Empire in SepteaAcE. VICtOT] the patrons «C tM dsco. "netm wn ■ ed at the bottaa ad tbe posltloa ot Mr. M. G. Field has secured the lease sgaln for next season on the Auditorium, at Hattlesbnrg, Mlaa. Oariac tke wffl be Hr. C. P. HalL of the Hall ft Bartlett Circuit. wiU lenorate the California Theatre, San Francisco, during the summer montha. Tbe boose WIU be pot la first cWas cmdltlon and wm be ready for the opening early next Ktson. Tbe CoIUn^wood Opera House, at r>aHk»iipaliv N T., la betag Improrcd by the Taller Oaflla Theatre '»"«^g Oe. nc ataga Is being enlarged and • mimber of new boxes and new proacenlum walla are being Installed. The action of the Commercial Club at ToUa. I. T., In guaranteeing ose thousand aeata at |10 each, resnlted In the acceptance of the offer of G. A. Johnson, of St. Lools. to erect an opera boose in Tnlaa at a cost of «39.000. Manaser C. & Breoi, of the Kmc Thaatm. Oaak^. Wbk - «n iMte to a "~ daja tm Haw «■ a ' Hon aC east .ke ' boose at: Mayor Geo. A. Duncan, of BurUav*- ton. Is., proposes opening a worklngman*a tt^ atre In Hlnneapolla. He has laaacd tbejH Colnmbla Tbeatre. of that city, aadk aCHr It • thorough renoratlng, win imt a Mas eaterlaliiiatiit at mndarata prieea. eammenceinent (P a.) yga^Hgaa a of — kept their heada and Inq^ered the people I* desist from s panic. No ooe was Injtired. The Fuller Claflln Theatre Building Co. baa closed contract with W. J. Coonlbaa for the alteration of the Elka' BnUdlng hi PUtnfleld. N. which wm oonrert It Into a flrst-daas tbeatre. Wbaa eoa^^toted the booae wm seat LdOO ttaHm. and wA ke iaa«r occapaocT sboat Aogost 1. Tbe Opwa House at Spencer. Mgt. U to be modeled at a coat of «lMea As enlargement of the stage aad which wffl be atee iaa ty Is with the requlcements of tfcb wm be iMdy tat wm other ocdcr to law. Tbe October 1. Tbe new Electric Tbeatre. at Water;' loo. Ia., has been completed. It wni aan about 000 people. It la electric lighted tad furnace heated. Meaara. Johnaon * Nlcbolls, 1* proprietors and managers, are recelTlng me higheat compllmenta of the theatregolng peo- ple of Waterloo for their enterprlae and pj^ gicaalTneaa. The booae opened laat week wltb