THE FETTSBTJRG DISPATCH, SUNDAY. :DECEMBERr28. 1890)
- i!
. .rr
l ' i
1&HT5
c
; 1 1
VSil
fcM
TtvV ji I
.l!&S.
jJSIMM
W&F&
a . rtii .
U"4e
C.hand ornitA norr.. . 'Toor Jonathan."
l)CjtbETiiEA7i.i."A!l the Comforts of Home"
1.IJOU llIkATLn "After Dark."
Williams' Academy. Hermit's A'audcvllles
Mould's J!ceji . . . Curiosities, etc
Dams' llini'li CarlosltlCN etc
Hahkis' Theatlk I'ete lialtir.
Tucuboe are the theatrical attractions
ior the week.
Pittsburg is not likely to see anything
jiiucli better than the series of plajs which
Mr. Barrett's admirable company Ins given
at the Dnquesne Theater during the past
week. Mr. Barrett deserves infinite credit
lor the way in which the plays are staged,
in scencrr, costume, and other particulars.
It has bt en urge 1 in these columns er
o!ten during the past two or three years that
the onlv way to make the performance of
the legitimate drama profitable is to gie it
proper setting. The day for Shakespeare,
with any sort ofold stock scenery and cos
tumes is past; the people who are accus
tomed to see comedy, comic opera and melo
drama put on sumptuously will not go to
see bcakespearc in shabby clothes and with
out the least pictorial color. Mr. Barrett
has the credit ol recognizing this fact and
acting generously
The Barrett engagement has also reminded
Pittsburg that oueo. the most talented ac
tresses that America has produced is Miss
Gale. In about three or four years the
whole coucti v will be saying what has been
said about Miss Gale's abilities in The
Dispatch. It takes some time to make a
great renutation m tne legitimate drama.
The legitimate actor cannot have recourse to
tne advertising dodges that his or herlellows
may hae in the lower walks of the pro
fession, and it is only merit and hard work,
couplea with a fair opportunity, which ln
Tolvcs good management, that can be relied
upon to bring tne legitimate actor to the top.
It is my opinion that Miss Gale has tne
ability, the ambition and the appetite for
hard work that are needed to tike her to
a very high place, anil s-lie has reason to be
contented w ith uerprugress so far.
V
Hlchard Manheld h is been quarreling with
the taste of Indianapolis theater-goers. They
were wicked enougli to prefer The Broom
maker"to his psi formance of'Beau Bruminel."
It is singular how freqnentlj Mr. Jlansneld dis
covers his Rupcriont to the rest of mankind,
und he w ould do well to select his audience, if
lie can. and never plaj before anjr other.
At present he contemplates producing a
satirical comedy in four acts, based on the
median al leeu.I of Don Juan." Mansfield's
J lay is not founded on any of the Spanish or
tallan dramas, or Da Ponte's famous libretto,
or on Moliere. It is an original modern render
ing of the old theme. Tlie animated statue
will not appear in it, nor will Juan, in the cli
max, disappear througa a trap in the glare of
sulphurous flames.
The only New lork novelty in the theatrical
Hue last week was Fannv Daveunort's nroil no
tion nf ( leopatra." in which Sara Bernhardt
and Lilj Langtry have vanouslv astonished the
Old World. II the consensus of metropolitan
criticism is to be misted, there is not mnch in
the play or in Miss Davenport's embodiment of
tlip l.gvTitian heroine to please American audi
ences. The dres-es and the undiessicg of
CUopat a arc u.uci talked of. hut theo1feat
urcs mrt Jlisi Davenport's knowledge of her
art alone seem to iave saved the play from
lallure. bardou's work in "Cleopatra" is not
at all commended, and t iliiam Winter sums
up the case in the New lork Tnbune as fol
lows "Mis Davenport makes a good, whole
some, domestic Bostonlan or Philadelphia
Cleopatra, who woulu really do not one of the
naulity deeds of tlie entrancing Egyptian, but
rather would have married Antony and settlca
him as Cliief Justice of Alexandria. Mr. Mel
bourne McDowell a heavy man, with ast ans
and tiger-like countenance. 1 resented Antony
and cieated frequent disturbances." '
.Stuart Ilobson says that "comedy Is the most
lenoos business in the world." If he is think
ing of that deplorable question "Is Marriage a
Failure ' Jlr Rob-on states the truth mildly.
"We should say that some comedy is tragic
The dialect comedy craze is spreading just as
the dialect poetry overwhelmed us for a time
after James Wbitcomb Riley made it a thing
of beauty and a joy so long as he held the pen!
Manager Jacob L,itt gave for the first time at
Troy. J Y., on Chri-tiuas Dav. "Yon Yonson "
a drama lull of Swedish-American dialect and
dealing with life in the lumbering district In
the Xorthw est. A realistic representation of a
log jam is said to havoan more to dowith
making the play a success than the broken
bwedish.
-
The lovely Lillian Russell is embarrassed
with good fortune. According to stories cur
rent in theatrical circles this week the comic
opera prima donna is in doubt whether to re
main with Mr. Aronson at the cwYorK Ca
Eino at a salary said to be 8S00 a week, to accept
Manager French's offer of S1.000 a w eek to play
at the Garden Theater, or t star by herself in
a company that an amiable gentleman whose
name is not mentioned, hut who is possessed of
wealth untold, has offered to organize for her.
fcho refuses to say which path she intends to
take, but as all lead to fortune for her at all
events she can afford to let the managers and
the backers in prospective do the worrying.
Another rumor about the lairj Lillian is that
she Is once more contemplating a matrimonii
alliance. Tl.e happv man who is said to be the
object of her choice is the same heroic person
who has offered to raise a great comic opera
compinv for her As is usual in such cases,
he Is described as a wealthy bachelor engiged
In the world's sport of bull-baiting aud bear
Bghting in Wall street. If he ever resolves
into a substantial reilitv at the altar he will be
Miss Kussch's husband No 3. Ker lriends do
not believe in the matrimonial siorv, but it Ins
been herway to do the unexpected "thing at all
times, and there is no ra-on wh a man who
Is willing to try to manage her should not bo
daring enough to marry ber.
-
In spite of the unfavorable criticisms, Mar
garet Mather's "Joan of Arc" is said to have at
tracted large audiences in New York. Mana
ger Gulick, of the Bijou Theater, saw the piece
when he was in New York last week, and tells
me that its spectacular power, at all events, is
very great. The house was crowded the ni-bt
he was there, and Margaret Mather was re
called at tlie end of every act. New York judg
ment 13 not infallible, and maybe Pittsburg,
which has always been very partial to Mi-s
Mather, will take more kindlv'to "Joan of Arc."
It will be seen here shortly.
Comic opera, light comedy and melodrama,
are the staple attractions at the theaters tnls
week. "Poor Jonathan" has the reputation of
being a good deal of a novelty In the way of
plot, costuming aud action. It is modern
la every way. "All the Comtorts of Home" is
farce comedy in the real meaning of the word
half way between comedy and farce. "After
Dark" is a melodrama too well known to need
anv desctiption, and the other theaters have
familiar attractions also.
Hepbcbn Johns.
Grand Opera House.
A new comic opera presented by an Aronson
company is welcome The Grand Opera House
will present this week the New York Casino's
latest success, "Poor Jonathan," the popular
comedy opera which has been greeted with
packed bouses and shouts of approval wherever
presented. The music, by Carl Milloccker, is
said to be of tho light, catchy, j'ngly order that
Invariably persuades one to whistle it whether
or no. The costumes are modern full dress and
the scenery and appointment up to the usual!
high standard of au Aronson production. Of
the recent successful engagement in Philadel
phia, the iV'orjilmerfcan nays: "Anotherlirge
andlenco greeted the performance bf "Poor
Jonathan" at the Chestnut Street Th.nm-l!ut
night, lhe opera is decidedly one of the nor-f
flCK"?-
a V. ! r. ii
1 1 ft?
HTOSl
Me
H'l
mU?;
F '... ftiMVV
fX.
elties of the season, and as such alone It com
mands the amentum of theater-goers.
Hut more than- that "Poor Jonathan" is of
musical worth and deserves support. The
score is plentifully besprinkled with numbers
or melody, the chief ones being "Wilt Thou Mv
True Lovo Be?" ana the fluent waltz move
ment, "I'm the Unfortunate Jonathan," which
permeates tho whole opera. Tnere are many
other pretty things in the entertainment, and
the cadet drill 111 the last act is a notable feat
ure. The company, which appeared somewhat
out of place in "The Grand Duchess," is seen
to marked advantage in the new production,
and the performance is now thoroughly enjoy
able. Carallle Dirville, DrowDoiialdson. Lnulso
Eissing, J. II. Rylcv, Henry Hallain, George
Olnie and Fred Solomon carry the burden
of the entertainment in a successful
manner." Mr. Aronson has placed be
fore the public one of the strongest
companies in "omic opera ever before pre
sented, as the following cast will show: JTai
ne Cimille Darville; Mtss ISig, Lunise Kiss
ing: Holly, Eva Johns: Arabella. Count Nowal
skv's sister. Drew Donaldson; JIus Grant,
Jlttt Jlunt. students at the Woman's Medical
t ollege, Nellie Douglass, Clara Randall;
Tobias Quickly, an irupressario, J II. Rvley:
Jiubyoold, a w ealfiy American! Henry Ha"l
laru: Calalucci, a composer, Chailcs Kenwlck;
1'rof. Dryander, J. T. Furov; Tfancois, stew
ard at Rubvgold's, Max Lube; Count A'owalskv,
George Olmi; Brostologne, H. Leone; Lauyei
Holmes, Stanley Starr; Jonathan Tripp, Fred
Solomon.
The Dnquesne Theater.
"'All the Comforts of Home." announced for
the Dnquesne Theater this week, isa new farce
comedy by William Gillette, author of llie
Private Secretary," vv ho wrote the piece as . a
companion play to the latter. Both are in the
same high class strain, and possess more liter
ary merit than is usually found in farces. It Is
said to be fnll of rushing incident and spark
ling wit. Tho situations are exceedingly ludi
crous. Love. too. is artfully woven into the
farcical scheme. 1 his romantic feature is sup
plied by a sentimental young pair who tumble
head over cars into love with each other at first
sight, aud who bill and coo and sigh in a most
soulful way at every opportunity. There is
nothing mocking about the love-making. It is
sweet and pure and genuine. There is a hen
pecked husband in the farco also, and a
tyrannical, bull-dozing wife. The unctlous
good nature of tho one aud the
peppery spirit of tho other ought to
make a tine contrast. A dozen other
characters, all said to be well drawn, are
found in the farce. After long engagements
in San Fianclsco and Chicago, it will return to
New York for an indefinite engagement. Two
pug dogs, that are as pretty as they are cntc,
appear in the farce and create much merri
ment. Thescenery for the piece is carried by
the company.
A special matinee will be given New Year's
Day. Tho only other matineo will occur Satur
day. Next week "Tho Crystal Slipper," the
spectacular burlesque which Pittsburg has
already approved, will be seen at tho Dnquesno
Theater. It is said to be brighter and better
than ever, after a very successful tour of the
Pacific coast. Over 2U0 people are in the com
pany and there are three carloads of uceuery.
The cast contains some of the best known
artists in burlesque. Mr. riddle Fav, Harry
Norman, Jos. Donner, Jos. Frankan, Miss Louie
Montegue, Miss Idi Mulle, Miss Babette
Rodney, Miss Topsy Venn, Hiss Fannie Dnboll,
Frankie Raymond, Annio Dacre and others.
The principal dancers are Miss Clara Qnality,
Primiere Madiline Morondo and Azslla, the
flying dauccr, assisted by Mons. Eugene.
Tho Bijou Theater.
Stage realism will have full sway at the Bijou
this week, when William A. Brady's most fin
ished production of the late Dion Boucicault's
melo-dramatic masterpiece, "After Dark," will
be launched for popular favor. The .same at
tention to detail that was so marked in its last
production here will bo more observed this
season than ever. The piece was one of the
Bijou's greatest successes last year, having
eclipsed the receipts (with one exception) of
any attraction during the season. Among the
many thrilling incidents connected with the
representation is a line view of the world
famed Thames embankment, showing London
bridge in the distance; also, an underground
railroad tunnel, showing a daring rescue of an
insensible man; and, besides many others, a
realistic picture of a London concert hall,
which serves as a vehicle for the introduction
or a host of vaudeville artists, including
Sherman .t Mornssy, who have just closed
a two years' engagement at the London Albam
bra; also. Kelly and Murphy, scientific expo
nents of the manly art. That the dramatic cast
has not deteriorated any w ill be seen by the fol
lowing: Edmund Collier, J. "W. McConnell, J.
M. Bropbv. E. L. Walton. Frank Richardson.
Jeremiah Murphy, C Lewis, J. K. Frazier, J. C.
Carter, Will Jackson. L. J. Case, little Minnie
Little. Frank Hart, Harry Little, James Keith,
Miss Stella Rees, Miss Gail Forrest, Miss Kate
Hardly.
Next week Miss Margaret Mather will play
"Joan ot Arc" as well as her regular repertoire
at the Bijou Theater. Her appearance as
Joan will be anticipated with great interest, as
there is no question that the play is splendidly
mounted and it is claimed that the New York
criticisms of Miss Mather's acting were unduly
harsh. That Miss Mather is an actress ot ability
there can be no question, and in a new role
particularly attractive.
Harry 'Williams' Academy.
Harry Williams' Academy always gives the
very best to be had at holiday time, and so
Harry Kernell's Company will be the attrac
tion there this week. Harry Kernell himself
will lead the dance, and a better comedian for
the work could not be had. The Sisters Coul
son will present their famo-s skipping rope
dance, and their double song aud dance. Binns
and Burns give a wonderlul musical act in
which they are the equals: of an entire orches
tra. The threo Carrons do an amazing acro
batic act, and Harry La Rose performs wonders
as a juggler. Then there are Fisher and Clark,
Tehx and Claxton. and the Roger brothers.
The rest of the company includes Wilton and
Nelson, and Mis Lotta Hyde, each a clever
specialist. "McFadden's Elopement," a side
splitting musical comedy, will end the per
formance. The TVorld's Mnsenni.
The short and fat and the long and lean
will be sharply contrasted iu Me and Him,
at this house this week. Me weighs 490 pounds
and Is only 5 Teet 2 inchos high, while Him
touches 7 feet 4 inches and weighs 49 pounds.
Among the other curiosities will bo El Nino
Alexandria, tho fantastic necromancer,
and Texas Ben and Annie, with
their interesting exhibitions of West
ern life. In the theater Knoll fc McNeil's
Grand Concert and Comedv Company will give
an entertainment that promises to bo very good.
The organization is headed by A H. Knoll and
Marie McNeil, cornet soloists, Monroe and
Mack, black-face comidians; Mlgnou and
Hughes, sketch duo, and Gibson and Edwards,
eccentric Irish comedians, will supply the fun,
while Lissaid and Luciter. grotesque artists,
and the Mirror Quartet will round oil a big
programme with odd novelties and some vocal
music which is highly praised. The holiday
makers seem to find this Allegheny resort very
agreeable, for it has been crowded of late. The
doors will opon at noon on New Year's Day.
Harry Davis' Musenm.
There will be some startling novelties at this
house for the New Year's audlencdk Prof.
James Borland brings a team of performing
goats. Tbey are silky-haired mountain goats
from Southern California, seven in number, and
they have been trained to perform many tricks
of an entertaining character. Princess Dijelta
will show a choice array of performing pythons.
She makes pets ot these immense snakes.
Khcdi. the fire king, lately arrived
Irora Madagascar, will exhibit his ap
petite ior flames, and among the
other curiosities will be a Siberian wolf, two
wildcats and the half-man hair-horse freak.
In the theater the Wesley Brothers will supply
fun as black-faco artists, Murray and Emmet
will dance in wooden shoes and warble Tyrolean
airs, and Mark, Miller and Hues, comedy stars,
Bella Lavannc, balladist, aud Holmes and
Waldron, musical sketch artists, will supply a
good deal nf amusement. The mnenm bad a
banner business last week. On New Year's
Day the museum will open at 0.30 a. m.
T AbT FOUR DAYS.
BATTLE OP GETTYSBURG.
(Ctclorama)
Corner Beech street and Irwin avanue. Alle
gheny city. Open daily (Sunday excepted)
from 8 A. M. to 10 P. m.
Come early and avoid the crowd.
Admission, IS cents: Children, 10 cents.
de2S-25
TTARVARD GLEE CLUB
CARNEGIE HALL,
Tuesday, December 30th, 8 p, it
Admission 51 00.
Tickets for sale by
J. R. WELDIN SCO..
H. KLEbER fc BRO
J. C. GROGAN.
deZ7-65
PROF RRfiniQJ
1 HUI UIIVJIHVO
(Member ot tho American Society of
Professors of Dancing. New York),
erot tho American Soc!
issnrsnr Dancing. New Y
Dancing Academy,
Liberty Avenue and Sixth Street,
For ladies and gentlemen will com
mence Monday, January 5. at 8 o'clock
P. M.
For misses and masters Saturday, Jan
iary3,at3oclockp.ic. " r de2S-5
NEW ADVERTISE3IENTS.
THEATRE
EXTRA.
WEEK JANUARY 5
Wednesday-MATINEES-Safurday.
T
Will be seen in the following
BRILLIANT REPERTOIRE:
Joan of Arc,
Cynibeline. -As
You Like It,
AND
Borneo and Juliet. '
Sale of seats commences next Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock sharp. dc2S-47
A Happy New Year to All,
Monday Evening, Dec. N 29.
4 MATINEES THIS WEEK. 4
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
Night Prices of Admission to New Year's
Matinee (Thursday.)
Kernell's
Harry KeraeU,
The Sisters Coulson,
Binni and Burns,
3 Carrons 8,
Harry LaRose,
Fisher and Clark,
Felix and Claxton,
Roger Brothers,
Wilton and Nelson,
Miss Lottie Hyde.
High
Class
Vaudevilles.
And the Musical Comedy,
M'FADDEN'S ELOPEMENT.
Jan. 5 Webber fc Field's Specialty Company.
de28-7
THIRTEENTH SEASON.
SECOND CONCERT.
OLD CITY HALL,
Tuesday Evening, December 30.
HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE
-OP-
HANDEL'S "MESS IAH,"
BT
The Mozart CInb.
JAMES P. MoCOLLUM, DIRECIOB.
175 Voices. Orchestra 40 Pieces.
SOLOISTS Soprano, Mrs. Ginevra John-stone-Bishop;
contralto. Miss Margaret Fraser;
tenor, 31 r. H. B. Brockett, Jr.; bass, Mr. John
A. Strouss.
Box sheet open December 26, 1890, at Mellor
fc Hoene's, 77 Fifth av.
Admission, with reserved seat, SI.
de23-52
Dwvzsm
OT
THEATER.
Pittsburg's Leading Theater.
NEW TEAR'S WEEK.
Matinees Neto Year's Day and
Saturday.
A Rushing, Roaring Occasion of Fun.
FIRST TIME IN PITTSBURG,
Wm. Gillette's Companion Play to
"The Private Secretary,"
ALL THE
OF
E,
"A Poem of Laughter and Sun
shine." The most conspicuous
comedy success in years.
INTERPRETED BY
Mr. Charles Frohman's Selected
Comedy Company.
Original Neto York Cast. Special
Scenery. A Model Company
and Performance.
NYM CRINKLE 13AYS: "It aU whirls
along Hfee a mtrry-o-round, making a breeze
of Its own that breaks into laughter as easily as
water breaks into ripples."
JANUARY 5,
THE CRYSTAL SLIPPER,
BY THE
AMERICAN EXTRAVAGANZA CO.
3?
111
IT
COMFORTS
HOM
acu ,i
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HARRY DAVIS'
FIFTH AVENUE
I
m
A Happy New Year to All.
Commencing "HUP OD
MONDAY. JJU. LU,
PROF. JAMES BORLAND'S
School of Educated
v 7-GOATS-7
The only troupe of silk haired mountain gnats
taken wild from the mountains of South
ern California and educated to srivo a
performance second to no other per
forming animals In America.
4
The Hindoo Serpent Enchantress,
PRINCESS DIJALTA
And Her Den of
PERFORMING PYTHONS.
This Hindoo lady has the most mirvelous and
wonderful control over her -erpentine pets.
They measure from 10 to 20 foet. They
coil and twine themselves around her
in a manner most inexplicable.
The Madagascar Firo King,
EHEDI!
Who walks through fire, breathes flames, eats
fire and grows fat on it.
First time in this city, two huge and ferocious
Rocky Mountain Wild Cats.
A Genuine
SIBERIAN WOLF.
Second and Last Week of
HALF MAN ! HALF HORSE !
Human from the Waist Up,
Equine from the Waist Down.
IN THE THEAT0RIUM.
t The Long and Short of It, Much and Little,
WESLEY BROS.,
The funniest black face artists now before the
public.
The United States Trio,
MACK, MILLER AND HUES,
(.The Comedy btars.
The PUasing Balladist,
MISS BELLA LAVARNIE.
The Musical Sketch Team,
HOLMES AND WALDRON,
Instrumentalists, Vocalists and Comedians,
producing music from a score of curi
ously constructed instruments.
Waifs from Faderland,
MURRAY AND EMMET,
In comical wooden shoe dances and Tyrolean
v. arbles.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN.
EANTHERS. PRA1H1E DOGS.
60-NEW FEATURES-50
SPECIAL NOTE New Year's Day the
Harrv Davis Fifth Avenue Musenm will onen
at 9.30 A. 31. '
Admission Ten Cents
de28-40
HARRISTHEATER.
HARRIS, BRIXTON t DEAN,
Proprietors and Managers.
Week Commencing Monday, Dec. 29.
NEW YEAR'S WEEK.
Every Afternoon and Evening.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
PETE BAKER,
In His Richly-dressed Musical Comedy,
THE EMIGRANT.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, His New Flay
BISMARCK.
Week Jannary 5 Hardle & Von Leer.
de2S-35
DUQUESNE
useum
PITTSBURG'S LEADING THEATER.
OOCX
ONE
WEEK
ONLY.
BEGINNING
MONDAY
ENGAGEMENT OF THE AMERICAN EXTRAVAGANZA CO.
-IN
Or. Prince Prettiwitz
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT
. SCENERY I COSTUMES! MUSIC!
-SPECIALTIES! BALLETS I FEATURES!
AND TOPICAL SONGS!
m
SALE OP SEATS BEGINS
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 1,
At?Duquesne Theater, and
JTEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MWS&
W llll IllllfeJi N- '111 .
1EQ.(0W1DR.
FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHENY
(Near Sixth Street Bridge).
Ladies' and Children's Favorite
Amusement Resort.
NEW YEAR'S WEEK.
The Short and Fat
The Long and Lean.
ME is 5 feet 2 inches in height and weigbs
490 pounds. HIM is 7 feet 4 inches in
height and weighs 49 pounds. Pre
senting the most wonderlul con
trast otliviDg human beings,
both being exjctJy the
same age.
The &reat Original
El Nino Alexandria,
The Fantastic Necromancer.
TEXAS BEN
-AND-
TEXAS ANNIE
The Historians of Life in the Great "Wild
"West.
AND MANY OTHERS.
THEATER.
KNOLL fcl'MLL'S
Concet and ComedyCD
ADMISSION, 10 OTS.
CHILDREN, 5 CENTS.
Open New Year's Day at
12 noon.
de2&30
PRINCETON
University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs
Will Give a-
CONCERT
m
Carnegie Hall, Allegheny.
The Club Is Singing in the
Interest of College Athletics.
Saturday Evening, January 3.
At 8 P.M.
Tickets for salo at Hamilton's, 91 and 93
Fifth av. de2S-tt
THEATER.
"MATINEES:
Wednesday
ASD
Saturday.
THE -
and Little Cinderella.
OF MR. DAVID HENDERSON.
-
at Hays', 7K Fifth Ave.
r r .QUSjnE55rVtMiEP,
M.
JJEW ADVEKTISEMENTS.
THEATRE
Under tho Direction of R. M. Uulick & Co.
NEW YEAR'S WEEK.
MATINECS:
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
WM. A. BRADY'S
Grand Scenic Production of Dion
Boucicault's
SEE
London Bridge at Night.
xne (jamblin? Den.
The Salvation Array Barracks.
J.ue itailroad Sensation.
A Mirjcle in Theatric Mechanism,
Tne London Concert Hall.
ALL
The Startling Sensations.
The Mechanical Contrivances.
The Beautiful Scenery.
The Vaudeville Stars.
HEADED BY
KELLY AND MURPHY,
Exponents of the Manly Art.
SHERMAN AND MORRISSY,
From the London Alhambra.
Read what the Pittsburg papers
said last season:
"The play is a good one; company first-class."
Dispatch.
"A more enthusiastic audience has never
been seen inside the Bijou walls." Leader.
"It is what the lovers of melodrama want."
Pre.
"Written in bright, telling dialogue by a mas
terhand." Chronicle Telegraph,
" 'After Dark' was a success an overwhel
ming success." Bulletin.
BIJOU PRICES:
Reserved Seats, 75c, 50c, 25c
Jan. 5-MARGARET MATHER. de28-48
THE LEADING AND LARGEST MILLINERY AND FANCY
GOODS HOUSE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
GREAT
ONE-THIRD PRICE
SALE.
Thirty-Three
From Our Former Greatly Reduced Prices.
In order to clear out the balance of our Holiday Goods we
make the above astounding offer to hold good for this week. Saving
One Dollar in Three is making money. No rriatter what the goods
are marked we deduct one-third from your bill at time of purchase.'
We can afford to do it. Crowded aisles, deeply lined counters
unprecedented sales have stamped our efforts with that golden word
APPROVAL. We reciprocate by giving you
33 1-3 per cent off on Dolls of all kinda
33 1-3 per cent off on Fine Art Pottery.
33 1-3 per cent off on Games.
33 1-3 per cent off on Pine Onyx Tables.
33 1-3 per cent off on Fine Picturea
33 1-3 per cent off on Toys.
33 1-3 per cent off on Tricycles
And many
HOUSEKEEPERS, TAKE NOTICE.
Oioinn to extensive alterations to be made in our popular HOZTSEFURNISHING DEPART
MENT, tve shall inaugurate to-morrow a Grand Clearance Sale. We need and must have the room.
Mead every one of the follotving items carefully:
The Celebrated White Cloud Floating Soap, 100 per cent pure Csama as Ivory); it will float; it is for
toilet and bath; it is worth 5o per b3r. "We out the price 7 bars for 25c.
Big Bass Laundry Soap, large bars, perfectly pure; will not injure hands or clothes; good and hard and,
out down in price to 8 bars for 25c.
TIN DISH PANS Large Heavy Block Tin Dish Pans cut in price to 16o each.
GLASSWARE Good Glass, Broken Prices Sauce or Preserve Plates, lo each. Good, Strong,
Heavy Goblets, pretty enough for any table, only 3c each. Large Glass Cream Jugs, worth lOo and 16a.
each, cut to 5c each. l '
ONE-MINUTE COFFEE POTS Half Price The Celebrated Perfection Granite-Iron Porcelain "
Lined Coffee Pots (will make good, pure, healthy coffee in one minute). These goods are well known. W a
have too many. We must close them out. Bemember, the price is just one half:
Dinner Sets, Tea Sets and Chamber Sets all marked down.
NOTE. One-half price prevails on all Newmarkets. We ex?
pect the last one to vanish this week.
ID . 1ST Z I Gr-IEJ IRS.
THE MONEY-SAVING STORES FOR THE PEOPLE,
SIXTH
KKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW YEAR'S WEEK,
GRAND
MR. E. D. WILT, Lessee and Manager.
To-Morrow Evening and Balance of Week,
With Matinees flew Year's Bay and Saturday,
THE SUCCESSFUL COMEDY OPERA,
POOR
JON
Nothing But Praise
THE PHILA. PRESS Poor Jonathan
is the first complete triumph in a comic
opera that we have ever had. Opera and
performance alike surprised, and Philadel
phia witnessed an emphatic comic opera
success, acquired by maui.old merits and
artistic means.
THE PHILA. EECORD A suc
cessful opera. Poor Jonathan makes
a hit. The melodies are fluent,
brilliant and cttchy. The humor is
gay and fanciful.
NEW YORK WOELD Poor Johathan
is an enormous success, and Mr. Aronson
can be congratulated on having shown
his desire to give the Neff York
public an operetta that meets the
artistic demands of the times to the fullest
degree.
PRESENTED BY
RUDOLPH ARONSQN'S
Comic Opera Company,
Comprising the FollowingWell-finom
Camille Darville,
Drew Donaldsoi,
Henry Leone,
Stanley Starr,
T. H. Ryley,
PRICES: $1 50, $1, 75c, 50c, 25c.
Next Weelt Jefferson and Taylor's Spectacular Melodrama,
Hands Across the Sea.
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
WeeJc Jan. 12 A . M. Palmer's Co. in Aunt Jack.
Week Jan. WHanlon Yolter Martinetti Pantomime Company,
Week Jan. 26 V. S. Mail.
'P'pBpll'
and One-Third
33 1-3 per
33 1-3 per
33 1-3 per
33 1-3 per
33 1-3 par
33 1-3 per
33 1-3 per
and Velocipedes.
other articles both useful and ornamentaL
STBBET .A-IjTTJ ZFZEOsTIN" ."VElsrUEL,
OPERA.
HOUSE.
ATHAN.
From Press and Public.
NEW TORK SUN A mem
orable novelty. Plenty of bright
sayings. The music will be heird
all over town 'in a few
days.
tomic upera Artists:
Louise Eisinsr, Henry Hallam,
Eva Johns, George Olmi,
Clara JZandall, Max Lube,
J. T. Furey, Charles Renwick,
Fred Solomon.
GREAT
ONE-THIRD PRICE
SALE.
Per Cent Off
cent off on Gold Mounted Canes.
cent off on all Fine Bronzes.
cent off on all Books.
cent off on Smokers' Sets.
cent off on all Plush Goods.
cent off on Manioure Sets.
cent off on Dolls' Supplies.
-i-
i?&
JUltn WT'ijt i mi .-, vinrn,),
lLy&
-Kfl