The New York Clipper (June 1903)

June 6. THE KTEW YORK CLIPPER, 353 4 V CUB g Mg4gft M B—■ (won; OtlB 'oVw'W*^ ^^! 1 -) WfilVrn B«rc»o ofms flifK X*r* cj , » , p«r r .' larcao Doom 3<K. .AfcjlW. SSfcf* •rtwa days are theatrically Interesting In ?S5 AM NM j MI for tie oppressed! Arthur. BjW, WWrwl Boyland, two clever little acro- H5 S«* ftc stars of tho nlice H fact. Mr. Carter « thlr-r object la Writing the nliv was new d*y ► pile of. the, JUSft low week' WJtaw ntcrcstlng I ens ot Hid season. The d. thb first production on ab|c The -tbo starting runs "The Buf- K?>iaM ot Wp'taeHratoau of won S?orolsP. ? and theVa'^tiWictJon, ° „ "^ hit mentioned «nttrUII»l!MB Starting n whlch.pronfa at' Ihn Acinic liner's newest play, "fop I'rouq to «cg," donefor. the Mtt time on any stage at tho • 'Hierlon Theatre, won favor at the hands irtaWW audience* Chicago provided laeni ibesircgplng weather, and splendid business result™"!*' pfcrlgd ending! on Mcm&riaipay, USv 30 withf capacity business "everywhere. & was no hot wa,vo, to Interrupt tho iB&tregpliig • l tDcl{M)tIoa of $o pfoasuto i ic—and the current days bring the mum I » dose for the CoiainbiiaajKroitckmanB. WBtL a*& ? lrr \ Vt # &*>»»": inspector HER A .'. 9 ' L rnds; Mark Klaw. C. VVLor- Ewv! ."»•». -Martin Franklin: Veclers, ggg "^Swaln; Issyw'Bltim, Juke Slm^ USS. 'd** 1 , 0 ' Jackson. Kent:'Willie Carr, Ar !? l ' r JSpy?" 1 Vera OPffi Mildred Boylan Spike. Clarence Dull: Billing*, F. tf Do riihg; Dawson, Jack Mason: Police, Henry King Nellie Carr, Blanche Shirley; Bridget g«a «»jjt- Ocorgo Hussoy: Maud OUlgley, )25^ ,h i. v .i necnt; Mother Real, Stellu BoyTaii Die Buffalo Mystery" will ue Riven for tho current week, and the season will end 1 ho fol- lowing week with another new play by Mr. Carter, "Her Onlv Sin." ", ' ' Academy ok Music (Wm. Roche, resident manager).—The'season closed at this the- atre Saturday evening. "The Buffulo Mys- tery Ming the last attraction of a succcsb- fu theatrical year. Tho play was originally acted Sunday afternoon, 24, by this caHt: Edwin I* Tondlck. Uus Mortimer; Arthur Bunnell, Pblnuas (J. MoLaln: Mrs. Pondlck, Grace McAlplno; Mrs. Bunnell,'Theresa Bel- mont Walters; Rtenben Courtney, corwln "'. c '[ n9C for the ColUtdbdi, with nett week 1bo. season will end at tho Prlterlou, Thltty*st Street and AJ- Unbra. Tho F Bpah TempVwIl keep thT PliyerB' gtock X'o. In harness is lone as t pay b, and Jlanager Conner will cFo*} tho Kiw, Abjcrfcun ^6tily long Pttouah to make copfemdlBted Improvements. The focal theatrical alfl/atlon, will, therefore, sort centre l^thebuslnejss district, where all ZusUmoor | Larry Miirphv, B. J. Dallon; Archie Dawson, Alfred Wlfson; frank Grey- sgn, Witter J. Baiter; Pcto DelTcnbach, o( the theatr«B' : are MM, « preparing, for ao all Summer campaign, "'the. Little princess" has foilr woekk-af Powers' with nroiiablllty df some suttaWe ntti'attlon to mtnedlately follow. ; "The TendcrriK)t, , •• tho oldest and best of this season's crop of Hum- mer shows, Is nrmly entrtnebed at the Dear- born • "The Chtncso Honeymoon," at tbo 1111- noM: "Robert Emmet." at the Great North- tin" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." at McVlckcr's, are all 'prosperously liunehed'and likely to run for numy weeks. The La Halle still pitta Its. hopea upon "The- Voyager*." Th« Grand Opera House will ba the iH»t of our theatres to'enter tbo list of caodldatcu for Hummer iiali'onago. After a fortnight of darkness, which begins Kudday nlihl. where Weber k Fields leave off. Fred Ilftnlln and Julted Mitchell's production of "B»bea In Toylahd" will bo given June IB. with the hope that Its merit will carry It ihroiigh the Hummer. The comnahy Is duo to arrive here Monday, and final rehearsals will begin at'once. , ILLINOIS TIIBATKH (Will. J. Davis, maiia- ger).—"A Chinese Honeymoon" enters upon Its third week Monday. Tho gorgeous cos- tume and scenic display, tbo large and tat onted company and the tuneful' music con- tribute a combination which has caught tbe town, and prosperity la llkc/ly to hover o'er tbis popular. resort for many weeks to iWthh' Tiikai'iik (Hurry 3. Powers, man- Hgeri.- -Millie Jntnrs. featured In "The Utile Princess," begins tho second week of a month's stay Monday. " - McVn-Ki.-ii's TtihA-rnn (Sol. Lltt, business nunafcer).—The Whitney Opera Co.j In "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," continues a potent magnet here. IIh fourth week of what promises to bo continued prosperity begins Sunday evening. Usand OPRlia lliiiiMK (Fred It. Hamlin, buslaess manager),—Weber & Fields and Ibelr most talented aggragatlon of enter- tainers depart after a-speclHl performance Sunday night. , Their fortnight hero-re- sulted In a . succession of packed . bousev. The entire entertainment was a carnival of femlplhe beauty, J6IIH.V, and merriment such in one most expects from Weber & Fields, tier u. fortnight of darkness this house will reopen June 1T> for I be production of "babes in Toyland," which Fred Uumlln Ib l<re|mrlng. Dbahbohn .'J'UKVrJiB - (W. W. Tlllolson, manager). — "The Tenderfoot" conblnucs upon Us merry way,' with crowded houses In constant evidence. It'is voted the best thing In towb. Florence Losllo opedcd'us Laura Jane l>Vbbv on Friday, evening, unri scored an Immediate HUucesa. Hei" pretty (are and Dgure, sweat voli'o and nrtlstlc methods seem to especially' tit her. for inn- steal comedy, and she Is a distinct ucijulal- llon to Hicbard Carle's already clever and artistic entertainment forces. ! . Xl'UflKBAKKn TUKATIIU tChas. ('. Clll'tlsS. director).—-'King Dodo" lias decided to end his third reign on thn hike front neaL Sat- urday night-' Four w.ecks of profitable busi- ness will be bis record (or .what, may ho his last wock In the tbeutro.ofjils b|rtb. • •JntAT ' NoR'niis'itN Tiiiia'chio (lidward siiiitt), manager).—Vltohort blnimct',' culrrs upon the second, week of, Its, Summer ou- Kiipnueiii Sumlsv afternoon.' Irfir,cn turn- "uls and reiKirls of splendid sutlsfauMon was the result of the first week, which promises well for u proflUihlo run. 'i Itobar.t tonnes, In Ibc niiuio part, upd Augcln. lUissell head an ciccllcnt comimdy. ■ LA Sai.lb Tiika'i'kb (Mur,k G. I.ctvIs, busi- ness manager).—"The voyagers" begins Sim- jhiy theTourUi^ week o( what Is Uiiped will Miirtlock, niami- ,, Week's feature, -clly and Vlqlette, Ward .-and Curran, Urawee, the HulvagglH. tlio Montrose Troupe, and Klein OU Brothel's'' jtnq Nlckerspn are others. Lust week's bill was much on- Joycd, Uoss and Kenton, and Will H. For wine. |n especial favor. Fpx, wltb his orlgl : nai methods arid, plitno comedy, was particu- larly popular iiml scored a morllod success. Joseph Maxwell's Quintet scored repeatedly and well earned tbo lilt thpy -made. Dalntv i-vii Mudgc was' BBQthori favorite. Tho shel- l "lnK glass keeps ono comfortabln these uii- wmonablc days und nights at .the apex of Chlcagb'sHallcat building. <.OLUMBliii TltfJATHB (Then.. F. HankR. business p)uqii|;ci').—'.'kcuplng I be Harvest," [he last attraellen of the season, begins 2JMW afternoon, following "For Her Sake," WUg enjoyed a week of average prosiierlty, enqing with two mpnst,er turnouts Decora- Alhahbiu Ti|B*,Tiii| (James H. Browne, residcat mupager).—Lillian' Mortimer, stand- '"ff ;ia;thB. l Shttdow 1 ottbo Gallows," Is this Sh^WlH-,J'*J;ho.James Bus In Mis, "W'i',Oresepted. by the ,TCIImF|ferno Co,, haiiHticd tho: melodramatic longings' of largo "! ?' c .nces. Uat week, The season will dose < ' ",."'* Mgagenient of "Tbo Buffalo Mys- l| !ry, neit week. • — ffiPft WMWMi (Wm. Ncwklrk, resident Wansger).—The season ends here with two ^^".''"formajjccs uX"Saudy Boltorn," 8un- S£L 31 ; 3 nlH P'«» JvlU 'h«n end a prolltable WW nt this housp.'Vfliere'lts eiccllent quul- iii« JSS9 ■ •V 1R ' b " appVe'elaled by, those. In nitendant* aTUh twice dully pKcsentatfoiia, be a Buutmor stay. .. Masonic TaWOW (J, h ger .-Ueliry l#e Is ibis n R ri!.'..i HUM Suaiences were' stirred io en- i?,"" la »tie appreciation of Its many stirring n»vRi ,on &v a nd 1t -will dotrbtlcss-enjoy pros- per ty. Ti, ere Ja a. sustained Inlerem In the !,"'' »nd surprises In meClinnlcal orlglnnlf- J'™ . "he story IntrmluceR a police Inapec- m.i n tb * nnenvloble light of criminal intrigue, and deal* wlrh the misfortune* of a »"e whose hnsband Is the object of vlllaln» i'' s , cons P'racy. Her two children also come " fnr^ldmwplng a! ,^^aluu,e, Blid,,l-Jjo_flnal *lw8Kj;8i www w*«io*i Chas. Barrlngton; Thoe, Jones, Frank C. HArrla; Bdwhrd Thomas, Fred Brlggs: Wm. Francis, Herbert Martin; w. J. Thompson, Wlntleld Scott; Skinny Bmlth. rtussell Law- rence; Prbncfa Archibald Carlisle De Harrla, Gustave SulllVan; 'Marlon Hutchlsoh, Louise Llewellyn; Helen Manchester. Adelaide Wal- ters; Lena flchwnrs, Nellie Fillmore."-Law- rence Russell is the author, and Julc Add Ulmer Walters have made a'fine productloti. The play, which ' is in four acts, has for Its theme the Blrdlck-Pennell case, which attracted tbe attention of newspaper readers throughout tbo country lust Win- ter, and created'n sensation In Buffalo, where the tragedies were enacted. It fol- lows the details of the mysterious case as closely ns practicable, even to the denoue- ment, In which the principal characters seek death by plunging Into an abandoned quarry In an automobile. There are many other thrills and. frequent sensations throughout the action of tho play, and, from the slca of the nudlonccs, which evidenced enthusi- astic approval of tbe stirring melodrama last week, a favorable verdict must bo recorded. NEW. Amkiiican TltEATRB (John Connors, manager).—Laura Alberta, .appearing In the dual rolo of Marie Dorvul and La Hello Co- rail, will lead the stock forces In this week's presentations of Frank Harvey's emotional play, "A Woman's Redemption." Large uiiuleni.es were In attendance last week, and found good entertainment In "A Lost Wife." Tbis. house will remain open a few weeks longer, and then closo for repairs during tbo Hummer vacation. TiiiRXK-rinm' Stbkkt Thbatbh (Chas. V. Klllott, msnuger).—With this week's pre- sentations of "Du Barry," In wblcb Anne Sutherland plays tbe fortune favored and torsuken milliner, the season closes. Tbe stock company will resume In September. Meanwhile. It Is plauued to give vaudeville In a bull underneath I he present auditorium. Last weeks bill was "Lust In Siberia," and good business resulted. itrsii Thmi'i.h TtinA-niK (T. C. Gleuson. uiawigcr).—Grace Rculs will play "Catnllle tho week, supported by tbo Players Slock Co., Last week's bill was "Tho Merchant of Vcnke," in which Miss Reals appeared as I'ortla, and Joseph J. Sullivan as Hbylock. This bouse w|ll remulu open for some time to.come, expecting to run well Into and per- haps entirely through the, month of June. (UinticK Tiika'I'iu! (Matt Kiiscll, -mana- ger.).—The third week of the Graves-5Iortou Co. s season of Ntimnicr opera will be de- voted to "Said PaHhu," opening Sunday after- noon. "Tho Mikado, with Lela Huinmorlln, us Katlsha: Blanche Aldrlcii, as Yum Yum; Uddle Morton, as, Nankl roo, and K. L. Graves, as tho Mikado, was a successful bill last week. In all eight weeks Is allotted to I he company. llowAim Fasiilv Tui.'AiitH (Howard k Doyle, managers).—Lorla J. Howard leads Ibo' stock company, lu "Nobody's Claim," Hits week. "A Barrel of Money" was tbo bill. lasL week. The end or Ihc season hea- ls approaching, but tbo date -Is not definitely unjioitnced. ,., ". ,„ Calumlt TJisaiKB, South Cbliwgo (J. T. Conoeiv.' resident manager).—Thn scusou will close June 14, with'Tbo Buffalo Mys- tory." "lu the Shadow of tbo Gallows" la booked for 7. The OTuinnons, In "Legally Dead," MO hllM for May 31. iMUt weeks attractions were: At. Wilson, lu "Tlio Prince of Tailors." -L and local tulqnt. In "Mother Goose," lib'. Business has open tine this season, and Manager Conncrs baa prptltcd to« gratifying degree. , . Oi.icKMAN'lf TiiuAiaw (Vdwln A. ltclkln, business nilinatter);—"An Honest Woman will be Ihc Yiddish Stock Co. representation Muv .'II-.1111)0 1!, closing Ibo season here. Mils F.lliickmun will Ipad his excellent company In Its presentation. He will bo tendered a special benotlt MrTormaaca Wetlucsday even- Ing. 3, at w'liicli tlmcho will appear, as Shy- luck, (n "Tbo Merchant of Venice. '. . Chicago 'Opbha Housh (Kohl. & Cusllc. niayiiiRci'sL-r-Tlita'.ls (be only h u "so of h.l & fustic's local triplets now open, and It will represent their Interests throughout the Hummer. The bill fqt Juno 1 and week In- cludes: Wilfred Clarke and company, lu "Nothing But Trouble.'' a, sketch »n yhlrli they •'scored a dls|lnf;t bit at the Olympic laNt week; Billy vfilj whose clever monologue was also a Tilt at that house: DavoUenaro and Kay Bailey, Stella. Muyhow. Winona and Banks Winter, the Kretlo Family, tbq l*o Kronln.Trlo, k'arpum and. Nclso*. Inez. Mecuskcr uml others. Busness wash g last week, with tbo usual excellent vaudeville on vlow. j • i Sam T. Jack's OriinA Uouhw (Sidney J. IOiikoii, mutiagir).—The house stock company continues, with tlminclsl success fManaWft A feuturo of this week's hill will be » now Caiiaevllle sketch' ^devised by tj»MJfffl « and executed by Clyde Darrow, Allecn Vu- cent and a huge singing chorus. The bur. leBUuca will Is? "Tho Effcndl" and "Mlai Frlskcy.' ploy1 Grace Leonard,- tho Simpsons Hog and i>ce, Hughes and Utialcton. and Williams aud Alocne. Business Is good. TROCAOsno. TfWS* < R .? bcr , t ,' ul, .°°'J5uS' ager).-CUarmlon. tbo disrobing trapezlHt, opens for two vjeks Sun.hiy afternoon, jhj stock burlesque force" will bo seen » lb« Kemlnary Glr s." The ell", will show a cbsAgVi of acta, and sn entirely new pro- grammo Is promised, business Is line. B Sank Houci Paiik (Al.frccj Busscll. uiana- ger).'—Thla resort opened Memorial way. wlfi weather conditions most ""propmoUS roropen Mr amusement. The vaiideylilo bill for the llrst.week of the season namcH. Mr. and »Irs. II. L. Wajrotis, Zarrow, Dixon Bowers" and Dixon. ««*m-B<mi£B.r ; r. an tbe Fojir Rlapos. Many new attractions ani nttrucftvo concessions are provided for tlili 'TAKn'T'uWiia PAW (Wrn. IL R.rlckler. E eneral manager).—Itetter wenlhcr than hwt week will have to be the lunnagorlnl good, fortune before many "shoot -the fhutea.. C. H. Nelraeycr, who tins the vaudeville con- Irma and Do celle, and the butterfly ballcL Clark Btiikkt Mumbuhi (Geo. Mlddlcton. manager).--The Four Turnera »ro tbh» week's rhlef atlrartlon. Other eiirlo hall attractions will include the Fccbail Family, grotesipio Scotch song and dance; May Temple, wax worker; Ma«d Haasett, flower girl; Pror. Moor>. colored magician, anil Prof. Bruce, Punch andJUdy shows. In the theatre tbp line up will include: Mark and Mack, Power Sisters. Cicero Bold, Helen Brandon, and Roberts and Ralston. London Dimk Muhhuh (Wm. J. Sweeney, manager)—This week : MaltTo Jack, Prof. i.iiteU), tho Lovell Family, tbo Potts, Uadgo Marlley. Laura Pumplln, Babe Hatch and Jolin Pumplln. Aktbhmatji.— Mury Shaw will give threo Bpeclal mutlneo isirformances of Ibsen's "Ghosts" at McVlckcr's Tuesday. Thursday and Friday afternoon* of this week........ The late Judge William T. (Bbj) Unlit wife and children will be the bencllclarlcB of a monster programmo of continuous vaude- ville, which C K Kohl, of Kohl & CaaUc, and Goo. Ado have arranged for the Olym- pic, Monday afternoon and evening. The voluntoers Include representatives from every attraction In town, besides many Individ- uals, who will do specialties and otherwise contribute to the cuusc Florence Les- lie, who succeeds Vlra Rial In "The Tender- foot," at the Dearborn, was formerly a mem- ber of the Proctor Stock Co. In New York, and her Success 1 In assuming an Important role In musical comedy not only proves her versatility, but opens a new avenue for her thlents which she has hitherto never at- tempted, but for Which she seems especially fitted.. ....Two changes were mmlo in the cast of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," at McVlckcr's, last week, Mnry B. Conwell succeeding Miss (llffoni ah Robert, while Miss lit (ford has ' replaced ZettI Kennedy as Kate..... ....Tho Sisters McConnell, who-closed tbclr sec- ond season with Lillian Mortimer's Co. last week, departed for Cincinnati Sunday, accompanied by their father. James W. Thompson; to appear at Chester Park; open lng u Summer vaudeville tour of fourteen weeks on Edward Shnyne's phrk clrcuft.... Al. Wilson closed his tour Id ''A Prince of Patches" at tho Calumet Theatre, Bouth Chicago, May J4. Lllllnh Mortimer ends her season at that house June 7......AI. Fit- soli ami son, Harold Godfrey, left for Wis- consin last'week to spend n month in fish- ing. ' They then return to'Klmhiirst, a Suburb of Chicago, to nhlsb Ihclr Siirbmec vacation. KIlMRb snd Krrol, and Harold Godfrey anil company are fully booked for tbclr respec- tive vaudeville tours next season Next Friday afternoon and evening complimen- tary benefit performances will on given Wll- llnm Jossey In the Thirty-first Street Thea- tre..... .The Coliseum Gardens opened lust Wednesday evening, tvlth BrookeV Chicago Marine Band us a popular Summer attrac- tion, Concerts will be given every evening, and the Fldtewniss Brewing Co. will help nlong the enjoyment by serving unibrosla to Ihc thirsty. .J. Taxcn Worm has been named as resident manager of the New Gnrrlck—thn name selected for Ihc present Dearborn Theatre when It. passes Into' ihn linntls nf Nixon & Zimmerman and the Shuhert Bros., ibis F«ll......"When tho Bell Tolls" closed Its season and the first season of Ihn Toyvl" Opera House, Hammond, int., it suburb of Chicago, May 1M. JAhlos Wlngfleld, adver- tising agent of Ihn Grand Opera House, this city, who manages tho house for owner Towle, states that the opening nttrHcilofi next season will be John'M. Ward's new pro- duction, "A Human Slave." He states that next season Is well booked wllb attractions for every Sunday night und one' mid-week performance. Tlio now bouse Is n 'Winner. ....James S. notion has closed his engage ment In advance of'James K. I tucket t. Rati In partnership with Gubrinl L. Pollock has llABSAUllUIUCirtal. offers hill few rform- Ifoatou.—This week eliaiigcs of theatrical hills. Tbicn pc antes of "Horoco and Juliet" by a star vast hI the, Mollis, and ilngenbeck's animals at Music Hull, arc tbo opiy shifts outside of the reglilar weekly changes at the stock, vaudeville und burlesque houses. Tho last performance at the old Mtiscuio, on Mon- day, June 1, Is the ovcat of Ihc week. Weather and attractions considered, the at- tendance was good last week, although many suffered during the middle of tho week. A few of tlio Hummer theatres wore opened for two days, May 30. HI, and, despite cool weather, good allied crowds wero attracted. The rumor regarding the lcnslug of tho Co- loQlttl by Ninon & Zimmerman. Is denied by the management of that house. It Is said, however, nu effort was made by tho Phila- delphia managers to secure the house. Boston HVBSDlf (Field, Rich. Harris It Chas. Pentiumu, managers).—"Mrs. Dunn's Defence" will .he- given nu Monday night, June 1. by' Ihn Kraplro Theatre Ci>. This Is the Inst, perforniXnta ever to be given at this old house, unci Will be far thn benotlt q( thn Vincent Memorial Hospital, every mem- ber of the company and of tho houso at- taches volunteering ' tliplr Services for tho occasion. The fail of thn curtain ou tho last act wlR lie followed by farewell cere- monies to the old siiowhcpise, Margaret Anglln la to recite a "fraledtctory poem, by Dexter Smith. Wm. Seymour, I he last of the cx-stagc managers of the noted museum stock company, will make nn address phlo- gistic of tlio theatre and its former lights, and several other Impromptu ceremonies are anticipated. Tbo seats and botes wen sold at auction, and a most distinguished audience Is assured. HcjI.uk StRKKT Tiiiiatiib (Isaac II. Illcli, manager).—After eleven days' darkness this house will be opened Juno r., e, fur three perforrosnees of "Romeo and Juliet," with sn nil star stock, Under tho management of Llcbler & Co. Boston Tiikatsh (Iiawrence McCarty, manager).—Judging from- the slr-e of ihn Hiidlences and from the applause given, "Tho Dofendor" Is -here for a long stay. In tbis, the new edition, many new musical numbers are added, add, combined -with now stage business, tbo show Is somewhat of an lm- firoveinent Over the further production. It s what might bo culled an ideal Hummer uttriu-tlon. Dan McAvoy and Hurry Walmin arc the principal fun makers, and they scorn heavily. Other Individual hits Are made by Llsxle II. Ilnymond. Margaret McKlnney, Kdnu pioyd. llqn Grlnnnll and Almyra Forest, A large chorus of excdlhuit voices belps out Kdna Ployd. llqn Grlnnnll and Almyra Forest, ' rgc chorus of excdlhiul voices helps out considerably, and tho femalo section nf thn aggregation Is composed of young and pro- imssesslng girls. TIIBHON V TiltiATRH UllO. II. ScllocfTel, Illim nger).—'ilie foiirlh week of "Peggy from Paris" begins on Monday, June 1. wllb busi- ness still al. thn top no.lcb. The piece Is firmly established now, and uiuungouienl and players hsvn settled down for a three mouths' run. Several hut .weather, spells have been weathered, so uolhlng 111 that line Is feared. Ade's fun and Lorafiic's music Is a cnmbl- uallun hard to heal, so If.all other Summer clilciHHlninrnls go buck to us wn have ono place where a pleasant evening Is a certainly. Georgia Calnc inuoduceci a uow sung last week, widen scored immediately. Ciii.umai. Tula the .(Kliit, Harris & ('has. Fiqhioan, managers).—'I'lils Is the llfllt and llnal v^nek of "A Chlrujsn Honeymoon" lit this house. While business has been good. It bus not been up lo the expectations of tiiq luamlgruicni.. so an earlier cluslog was (bought"advwabis. On coiicluslnn of Hip ciiri'i-pi. engiigement thn buuso will reiqa-n dark until th" curly Autumn. MA,n:s'i'ii; TllKATIlK (Mtii|r k Wilbur, Muni ugers).—At unotber snasqn of tbe year "York Slate Folks" would pack ibis boil opened a scnnlc studio, us ng the Columbus >York Slate Folks" would park Ibis bouse Then res paint bridge. Mr. Hut top Is ert- („»„,, jq U ,s at every puiforiitanco. Thp gaged for tbo Department of Pimllclty. St. lm uicn\ play Is imp of the beat ever senu ifi ?ugod lOUis World's Fair, opening his engagement Jan 1. Ho will. In the Interim, devote Ills entire time lo wielding I lie paint brush—an art of which bo Is a skilled master...'.., Maiiin Beck is home,from New York, and c. !•!. Hray, of. tbo New Orleans Orphnuni, catun wllb him. General Miuuigir Beck brought homo a stack of vaudeville bookings for Ihn Orplieuin circuit Frank Logan Is lu Chicago for the Summer, the tour of Anna Mva Puy having closed. lie tells me sbn Will ugaiii appear under bis management during Ilia coming season, open- ing early llowley and Leslln wrlbo me from Maysvlllc, Ky.. that they are enjoying a pleasant vwiwtlon In thn feudal district, the ?uesls of Miss is-siie's parents Thn IIIudIs Theatre will he occupied juue 1" for (be presentation of iho University of Chi- ''■ago plays Junior, day. Student actors In tbe university drsmal.lc club In scenes from "The, Merchant, of Vcn "Tbo Itomancers" ■ and "Grlngojko,". William 'Morris and Amy ftlcanl will head (be company which will produce VBabes lu Topland.' at the Grand OMni House, 1(1. Tbe iiiipils of tbo Dvorak Dramatic. Kclpsil will give a performance of .three one Ret pieces. niitllJed "I Won't," "My Wife's Out und ''Her Picture," Juno. fi. In thn KlinUill Hull, under Ibo direction of Fdwuid Dvorak. ■ . . I OI.OIIAIIO. will appear lice," this city, and Ilie euuslslcnl. quaint story running through Ihn play Is a (mat seidoip offered i<> playgoers. , Tbe company Is au admirable .ojp>, James (.urksyc and Hay L. Itoycn! be'llg the ihust proiuliii;ii|. This la ihn second week of the engagement. Husl- qesH wss fair during Ihn i)i'si. week, but, :is Hinted oboyc, lb,e snow Is worthy of a lopg run. Music HAj.t. (riliilr & Wilbur, managers). —Catj Mageidieili's Iralne. I animals lire hern I'm: a ttircn weeks' slay, aud as II, has been nearly leu years allien flic exhibit was seen In Boston th" Hnuiiclal returns ought to is- O. [C. "Tho ihmiilt King." had fair results 1ii.n1 week. GUAM) Ol'liiiA IJcilISC (Geo, W. Mageo. liuinagel). '-Tbe. sessiin III this llullse l-'oseil May .-Id, iiftcr a week of "Happy Uoollgsii, If good nliftidiuice. As usual, the past sea- son has hron a spccpssfui ono tor (be mini iigeineiil. .. House, will ho reopened early In August. i , i'AHti.i: Hot! A KB TIUMTM (J.. II. limery. innmigeri. "Tint Way of tho. Iwrld has lis Ural, production' «| tills hoiisn week of .tune 1'. Unwell IImiihcI, Lillian Lawrence, John Salii|iolls. Tbomgs AlucLurnle slid Hu- Hclte W||ley have tlio principal P|ir|«. 'Jim revival of ."Hands ,'A(:ross IliO Sea" was a iii-iiv.t. — At. the Broadway Theatre (I'cler McCourt. msnuger).—Wm. II. (Jninn lirescnted "David Huruni,' to iiuckiil houses. Mav ifiMW. Week of June I. N. IX Good win. Hl.CrCII Gahdhnk (Mary i-'.lltcli Long, man agen.—Henrietta Crosmsji began her second week Muv -.">, lu "Mistress Nell." Hhn put on a great production and drew fair business. As tlio weather bus bean rather cold, and Hie down town al tractions have beau so strong, Miss Croaniaq'c engagement has been light. She Is a big favorite in this city, hut people can not go out to a Summer, re- sort theatre and freeze. Muy ;ii June <), the Summer opening of the gardens will bn with tbe Kellowfl Stock Co., Wltb Jennie Keunard us Hie leading woman, and William Humphrey us. Ihc leading man, In "More than Quccu." Crystal Thkatiik (Geo. Ira Adams, msn- uger).—Week of 'H: Carberry and Stanton, prank Kay, Smith and'Chester, 'l.'orgnarelll Ilros., Harry Johnson, Miss Leon Bernard, Little upd Pratt,.aud moving pictures, filial- ness Is big. K.uriiu: 'I'uiiATUH (Peter McCourt, mana- ger).—This bouse Is having a good run, snd Is giving a good show. The bill week of U4: Nelson and Lewis, Three'Kubn. Brow., An- derson, mslo Impersonator; Blanche Leslie, Bert. Wilson. Tbcso people will remain week introducing of Juno l. with Jnu. T. West, tramp com- makers. 5 good one, Isrgc, lloijses apiireclating the old play. Jang", is anuounljcil foe next week. tlOWIiuliV Hiii.Aii/. Tl|i(A'liii; (G. 111. Lolb- rn|i, insnager)'.r--For the ftrfitt week "f u very successful season "Must Lynnb!' Is'offered "Kiist i<yii..,. with Carl Vcy.'CiiNrlqlltt l/iit)t apd Virginia 'I'Uorpfon-Ju ilia, leading roles. On Fridayl .tune fi. s Is-nefl/ will we (endrrod lo Char- lotto 11nui. vaudeville acts bpd a |>erfor|n- aaifl of "Cnllcei) IJiiwn" 'belj)g Jim hill. Mon- day, June 4, Singe Director Jay Hunt wilt lienctlf hy a pcrf/jriasrigo of "Wages of Sin." "Tbo Coiumodoro" wiui well liked last week by |u)troBH. IOjitIi'H TifCA-iinr, (II. F. Kellb, manager). —This week's rial Includes: Will II. Crcssr and Hlanelin Diiyne, In "Bill Bluln's llsby ;'• cimrles Dickson unci, Co., In "Heart to Hnurl Tulks;" Iqc ICutifmuun Troupe. Ilnliies anil Vldocq, the Pulitzer Trio, Campbell sail c'uiil- llebl. Hiilloi; and l|i|ihi:Me, l'uik''r's dogs, I; r I - ward Doyle. GoriillLn'and West, Kldeolu, i:. II. Diamond, Al. Pa.wtcnce, Fudclte Woman's Orchestra, anil new ]noll/Mi pictures. Lust week's bfll WHS gOISi Slid Ultl'Uclcd lUI'gC Ull- dlMOM, l(c|WAiu, Atiiknakpm (Wm. McAvoy, man- ager).—John "Chlncn" Leach. Howard snd Harris. Klsber snd Fisher, Vlughnui, Baler and Webb, Fowley. and Fowley. John Cla- hrtiie, Johnson and Wells, Allaire and <!»- vllle, UhKKVk'imh. the Turners, Fredericks, and the 'Corbctt-MeGnverrt pictures consti- tute vaudeville end of current, week's bill. "June Brides" Is the dame of the burlesque. Introducing tho bouse stock of femalo full- ers. Some of the regular stage performers are: Hilly nines. Williams and Edwards, May Dengle, -llarrV ' Hctton.' Jno.- Tlll's "ttrcanls of Wonderland." McLean Slaters, Stetsottand Herman, Mason dud lvarle, Beat- rice Kennet te, Al. and Mamie'Anderson, and May an*' Charles. The lobby' display wan a Lrent. ind was a good exUmple or Manager A. B. White's Ingenuity In this line. NickiH.hplon tl.. 11. W'slker, manager).— Week of Juno I—Curio hall: Patlesr dune era on'earth, fat. lady lifting contest, l-;d, Hughes, bug puncher; Srottte, wiaunl cont- inue, and the Mexican Troubadours. Gnrtlo Kola's ' Ffrnnlo Minstrels supplies tho stago show. 't?BBSCBNT Gaspmnh (W, II. O'Nell, mana- ger).— Klrst concert of the season was given at this rustic theatre May 31. and amis well attended. Hill included: (lllroy. Haynes and Montgomery, Mitchell .and Love, tho Grahams. Kennedy and James, and Al. Cole- man. Tho regular season does not begin until Juno 34. Norumdkua Paiik. Auhurudale.—Thin park was opened for the season on May III). Lnrgn crowds Attended tho opening'performances lit the theatre. This week's bfll consists of: Pavor and Sinclair. Karl and Wilson, Ward «nd Ilnymond, Three Mlllotles, ami Col. Schiilts'a Great Danes. Point ok PInhs |W. It. O'Nell, manager). —Cushman. linlcomb and Curtis, ' Jessie, Cojithoitl. Spencer Kelley, John "Clilnee'' Pench. Ktiircii and Murphy, and Lynn cadet Untld furnished entertainment at Ibis plheo May llo and ,11. Although weather was cool, good slued crowds attended opening. Begu- lar season opens June 1-1. ' Ntaiiii I ii:iin. —A Hummer senson nf vaude- ville will bu Inaugurated nt thn Maiden Au- ditorium Monday. June i, under' the mnn- iigenienr of (1. I). cumniieli. Openlnvi card Includes: Spencer Kelly,- Olorlno,'Wesson- Walters Co., Arthur BtuKucr, Dan Hlrhoftrta. ilnd West arid Williams Waltin and Kmma Whipple will s|)end tbe Summer st (hed 1 home at Amcabury.. A testlbutnlnl Was tendered Mannicr T. B. Lothian, nf the, Colonial, Sunday, May ill. John Hoimbaw, Toby Claude, Han McAvoy, May Ten nroeek. Prances Knight, Blanche Morrison, Kd. Clarke, W. II. Clarke, Wm. Moore, Orptunii Club of male voices, suit George Marlon par- ticipated. A full house onloyod I tho pro- gramme A sale of old fission Museum curios was held on several days of last week. The relics did not bring very much. 'Ihn lolnl of the sales iigglegaled about four thousand dollars, and, while Ibo prices wero only a tlUio of what, much of (he ma- larial cost, vet UUIIty nf tbp ar- ticles that could be used for decnratjon.i In dens were sold at from uao hundred to two hundred pec cent, beyond their Intrinsic value In regard to n report which bus been published widely during ilie past week concerning Francis Wilson's retirement, nflcr next season, Arthur Miller, general represen- latlvn for Nlinii k Kltnluermiiu, says Mr. Wilson wilt nest season appear In u re- vival of "Prm I nle." Jessie Hart let l 1 lav hi, Madge Lesslng and Jennie Weathersby hnvn already .been engaged. Tho season Is In be- gin with au engagement, of I wo months In Nrvw York Clly Frank Canity. 'M many years with Ibo Museum us ticket ngenl. will set. ss advance man during I In) Summer for llyron's Illuminated stage pictures Charles prohmaii. has bought, tho Boston Museum library of honks aud luiinuscrlpls. Joseph C. Ml run, of (Ilia city, bus Iii'cii engaged fur Paula ICdwnrdes' Co., Iir "Winsome Winnie." Plenum- (lolison und her mother, Madge Chit Conk, will sail for Ituropo.luno II. "The Sleeping Beauty aud Ihn Ileiist," which recently closed a long run lo tills city, will open Its third tour st Manliiit- 1aa Hcuch, Aug. Ill Pduuid Warren slid Mnrguerlln illaliinioud (Mrs. Warrnni will Summer at Hiiz/.hkI'h Hay Mnhel lllce, «if Iho "Peggy from Paris" <"«., Is a daughter uf Dnn Itice, thn famous clrims ■nan Georgn Kingsbury, chief of slalt for Henry \V. Savage, will sail for lOuropo .Ititin 0, ii|s)U a pleasure trip W. L. Mnllev, huslness representative of IJ. B. and 'I'houms .icnTnrson. was in town for a few days of lust vyenk Mr. and Mrs. Kit- whrd I. Heron (tlerlrude IWImrts) in spend- Ibg the WiWnior at Uinlr eoMngn In liar- wlc'hiiort ;.Sydney Buoth hap closed hiu season, and win m at Manc||esler-by tb«' Hon for Hie Summer, with his uiother, Akt>»h Bopltt. Hcbueffel lUirry I'sri-en, ■ for many setisons iitanager of the Columbia, IB to lm manager of ihn Mechanics' Hiillitlm; In Oclober.7. -Amujig tbo tbentrleiil peoplo a I ready at PpwR iWnmi. wf->..p* MttJfSi son, BMilr, ami Mrs. W P. Sullivan, Walter Fdwiinls uml fninlly, Mr. aud Mrs. Him Fielding und Nornliiu CoihiIiis. .......Muy Belle' FrecftrlcKs and Clmiies L. Welch, of ilie VPepsy from Paris" Co., were qurrlM lit (Ills clly May 'SI Gnnniin's Medford BonleViird Theati-n will bn opened June lt>. Howdolii Squarn concert May III-: I'n-d Hlnber, John Clubiine, I'rnwley nuit Fowley, Cunie Wcsl. Ilymi und Dodglnss, IJeutiic^ Kennelle, Arcblo Deacon. 11(0 'Jliirpels. nn<| Margaret Hose: '.Tim Hnruiim * fliilley Clrci|S (Mam a week's cngiigecpent In tills city June h: ■ * Hprlciulleld.— At Ihc Court Square The' Hire (W~ •'. Ln Noliy miiuugnri.-- Blehnrif Mnnsllcld, In "Julius (,'iesur," May *.'D', taxed the ea pool I y of I lie house, The nil slur csst of "Itomco'und Jilllel," duo June 'J, can- celed. edlan, added. Ai.cazas Thuatiib (Frank Kllpfel, mana- ger).—Bill BMOl Klsle Ituphsel. Hurley Sisters, Trovelle and Landers, Bessie Demur. Business Is good. Coming June 1: Carberry und Stanton. Mkntiom. — Manhattan Beach will make Us brat annual bid for a portion of. tbe Sum- mer amusement business Ibis season. There Is to tie a new miinsgemenl, and the besull- fuP garden, with Its artistic buildings, will have a new dress. Workmen are at work getting tbe popular "Beach" ready for the opening, Jupe 14. J. Kdgar Clifford will have tbe entire management tbis Mason, operating It for tho Southern Investment Co. High class vaudeville will make up tbe rln entertainment at tbe I heal re R. Pelton, manager of the Curtis: Theatre, closed the season at the popular priced house 2.1, having bad tbe best season's busi- ness in tbe history of tbe house. Workmen commenced the remodeling of the bouse. They Iplenil milking a gre»(. msn.v <i|ang~i. and to have a larger seating capacity. XUa hOUM Will SKOSZOrJUS. &Jt makers. l'AbAt'L Ttir.ATitM (Chas. li.Waldron, man- ager).—"Ifappr Ho Lucky Girls" and "A Peep behind Oie Scenes" are new skits In which the comedians of (be stock sre kept busy. Messrs. Thompson und Watson, and Harry Hvsns. new members of tbe company. tnsde good last %v|'ek. 'Current week's olio includes: Murphy iiqd Andrews, James Welt- veil, tbo (JrHhams, Kara and Stetson, ant) Davis and llrookk. Lyckum TUKATbk (0. II. Bstehellcr, nnin- irgeri.-—Thn Butterfly Hiirlcsqunrs, In con,' Junction with (he bouse stock company, pre- sents entertainment for' week of June 1; "A Night In Manila Bay" and "Smith's Heeeptlon." ore the merry makers, while the vaudeville contingent comprises Grace Martetl, Belmont snd < Pllrleu, Prior llrot hers, Majeslle Ciilntet. nncl L. C. Melller. AiihTi N A H i onk'S Me si; n« I Stone ft Hlpiw, managers).—''Coontown 4<K), Introducing half a hundred colored entertainers, Is the big card offered patrons this week. The ahow, ander tbe leadership of Col. Alf. Wil- son Is ctsli»ed lo bn nne of the best of 1th . ItlJad Btej otered tbo lacul' BfflWiSiaeatc lojCk- . llA^ii'pi'.N- Paiik (P. P. Shea & <'o., (n/ni- ngerri).—This resort opened ' Its 'season' HO, und whs the wee, a of large crowds of amnse- inniil seekers, all ibc iitlniellohii bnlpgwell pn troiilzcd.- Al. Meyer's colored entci'litliicrj week of June 1, FollKST LASH, Pai.mkii, drew tbrougu of people on'Mrnlnrlnl Day. Among those wh<> u|ifieuc In this week's hill lire: Marlowe aud Plunked, uml Klein and Clifton, ilAiiNUH k llAii.ct's Cmi'iiH will spread Ha canvas on Hampden I'urk Juno (l. I'l.AYti ami Pi.Avkiih.— -Frederick W- Mark' iiaii), a well known song uml dancn per- former mid minstrel, formerly of the learn of Mnrkbara und liounciiy, was found dead In bed In the Dewey Hotel, In ihhi clly.'-'.'i. On leaves u fattier In this city, and a wife and three children In Hudson, N. V. Tha bisly was laid uwuy nt lien on Tburiulny. ...:. .The amusement season, was opened al. Berkshire Park, I'ltlsileld. HO, by Guy Brothers' Minstrels Dennis F. O'llrlen. of llliiiai-d Msnalleld's company, siwnt a short tlinn at Ills old homo ill Holyoko tho past week The season of light operas at Ibc Academy of Music, Plllslleld, han been given up on uccotlul of luck of patron- age Tbo Sprlnglleld Aerie nf liiiglea look III a class of sevcuty-llvn at,Its meeting lust week. The lluzzarils Hand, with a dole- gallon of local Fugles, Will probably attend Ilia Inslallalion of the now, iierln of, Ungles at Hartford, Conn., Ill, by Slate TrcSlTeut, John J. Mce and degree team of Wonmiockct, It, I IS'iipoIcim Dalgniiull, nf Hlnncho Walsh's "llesuerecllnn" Co., Is spending u short 11 up- hi his home In Chli-nprr nen' fli-cet oiind bis company' of Woodland players gave two performsm'es on ihn grounds of the Warner Mqnrinw fjolf Club UT, presenting "As Yon Like II" und "Coin edy of Wreors." "Kvnrymnn" hiiiI "Tho Shejiherd" were presented hv the sumo com- pany nt Wellesley College SO. NriT fteilfonl.-—At the New Bedford Theatre (Wm. B. Cross, 'manager).—"Th* Kogers Brothers In Harvard" drew n packed htlusc May ST. and gave grent satisfaction. John f'rijlg. sujiporled by nu efllclent com- puny, closed a remarkably successful season Wl'Ii tw» performances of "Prince Karl" .'10, thus ending the regular season at this bouse, which was reopened foe a Hummer season of opera and (iriinin June I, upder the) man- agctlient of If.' W. Bosenfbal. "Shunsndoab" waa pM?Htcd tor tltffla BYeuliigs ana two