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DrQCESNT: Thiaisb. ..... Trip to Chinatown
ALVix THIAT The Lost rarvllse
Grand Ofeba House Ilanlons' Fsntasma
Williams' Academt Star Howard Company
World's Museum Theater.... Two-Headed Boy
D vis' Edex Mcsec Curiosities, etc
Harris' Theatee N. S.Wood
Buoc Theater The Power of the Fresi
The above are the theatrical attractions
for this week.
The "Week Fast,
The shower of stars at the principal thea
ters last week was" decidedly dazslins. The
results to the aforesaid stars tf not actually
overwhelming brilliant were satisfactory.
I presume, to alh The support siven to so
many exponents of the legitimate hunched
In one wep k shows that the public have not
lost the taste for worthier ttiinzs than
farce couiedv, burle-quo and spectacular
nondeoriots. It aIo pioves beyond a
doubt that the theater-coins people of this
community have vastly Increased in nnm
uer, or It is tiue that such plays as Mr.
Warde and Mr. Jsmc-.and Mr. Barrett pre
sented draw iron) but a section of the
masses who enabie our theaters to declare
dividends, snilr section that is barely, Hat
nil. in the majority. Another fact that
should cncoarag these vicellent actors,
nmonc whom Mr. O'Neill may also be men
t'oned, is that in the case of Ward and
James and Wilson Barrett the merits, the
new and peculiar merits 1 mean, of their
performances were but half realized by the
public here when they bade us Nurevoir,
as I trust it may be, last nlht. The next
time they come they will have a heartier
welcome at the very start.
Another argument for Pitt'burs's ability
to sustain two-week eiuiaeetneuts wnero the.
attiaction is of substantial merit is to be
peen in the steady growth, of business dur
ing the weekwith all theselesitimateactors.
lam convinced, for example, that Mr. Bar
lett would have played 10 very much larger
returns on the whole engacement had he
arranged to stay two weeks. It was only at
the close of his sojourn here that he discov
ered that the public wanted '-Ben-My-Chree"
and "Pharaoh," and didn't care about his
other pieces. Those to plays on the bills
Jor next week would have ensured the Du
quesne crowded houses. The managers will
do well to consider these facts in booking
attractions lor ueit season.
Mr. Barrett's Flays.
A conscientious, tirele-s, high-minded
artlstis Mr. Wilson Barrett. He could liavo
doubtless made as great a mark as a writer
of til.iysusan actor of them If he had tied
all bis time and talents to his pen. Terhaps
he would have acbie ed a higher and wider
fame if his feet hid never trodden the
boards. I do not know an actor wbo shows
co much in his work a natural literary bent,
and such a sympathy for the poetio side or
life in general. But he has chosen to be an
actor, to be a tragedian first of all, and we
uiuBkuovumeniH) nave gained an ajtlst
with these limits. As an actor he impresses
one variously; considering his methods and
his aims It must be admitted that they are
alwayslegitimateand tbe intellkenceof the
former combines with theexalted character
of t.io latter to compel aduiliatinn. The re
sults men do not agree about. In some
characters Mr. Barrett strikes me as bein"
eminently picturesque, his expression nat
ural under the ciicum-tances, and the ef
fect upon the sonl and the imagination of
bis auditors beyond all question stimulat
ing una inspiring. -Alien again m some
characters a certain woodennes ana mo
notony tif emphasis marred his Work con
siderably. In his Hamlet there Is more sub
tlety and moie truth I think than in any
thing el-e he does. It is evident to the
merest tyro in Shakespeai can reading that
Mr. Barrett has studied the text ol Ham
let" in the best obtainable light, with the
result that he pre-cnts the melancholy
Cane with more precision as to detail and
coherency as to design than nine-tenths of
the recent interpreters could even dream
of.
Mr. Barrett's Hamlet.
Only one Hamlet of our day that I have
Been surpasses Mr. Barrett's realization of
the character, and even Mr. Booth's was
only greater and grander by reason of the
flre of genius which flamed fitiully through
It alL Mr. Keene, Lawrence Barrett and
Henry Irving did not give such evidence as
Wilson Barrett is ptodigal with, of deep
study and mastery 01 the secret springs of
action in this perplexing creation of Shake
speai e's.
I am tree to confess that the prettiness of
Ciaudian as the dramatist made the man,
and Mr. Barrett's realization of the char
acter, did not stir me a cent's worth; the
play is a melodramatic panorama which
mvht be very effective from a scenic point
of view If the supernumeraries filled in the
Stctures propei ly. It is said that "Ben-iy-Cnree"
Is a deeply interesting play,
and that Mr. Barrettacts noblv in it, but un
fortunately I didn't see it. In "Pharaoh"
Mr. Barrett has built for himself u vehicle
to his taste, ana has combined In it the
pictorial and tho dramatic in a wonderful
way. Ami, the hero, Mr. Barrett has wisely
made anything but a perfect man; he is one
of the majority, especially of the martial
breed, who value nower more limn nii-ht
else in lite. Love, liapninesa in reality, the
better rewards of a lite well lived, are noth
ing to this successful soldier. He lias won
the laurels ot the victorious General he
wants the scepternnd the crown. Plotting
tor this grand prize .irni iraffics upon the
hot passionate love of a devoted woman
who if Mie is unscrupulous is so lor hi
benefit and by his behest, and finally shit
w leeks his fortunes by overtaxing even her
patience in trying to wed another and for the
moment more influential woman. This is
as -Mr. Barrett knows mil well, a story that
has been told in all times, and is as true to
iiutute now as it was in the days or
Barneses. He has given it the gaudy mys
terious scenery of ancient Egypt, and con
lured up about it an atmosphere or poetry
which we poor moderns can find nowhere
Dff the stage, except it be in books. Asa
drama it has several strong t-cenes, notaDly
the last where the bounded hero turns upon
the most cowardly and persistent of his pur
suers and mikes short work 01 him. It is a'
story ol retributive justico.asti "Ciaudian,"
but brighter and better told than the latter.
Mr. Barrett's skill as a dramatist should
lead him to even greater accomplishments.
A Worthy Alliance.
It was a good day for the legitimate drama
when Frederick Warde and Louis James
struck hands. It was a good day for them,
too, I hope and believe. They have given
Pittsburg during the pat week the best per
formance of "Julius Canat" it has seen for
years, an admirable rendering of that power
ful play or Mr. Caileton's, "The Lion's
Mouth," and then "Franceses, da Eimlni"
was on the same high plane. The Dispatch
hammered away at Mr. Warde when he was
alone to pay proper attention to scenic
essentials, and now that he has done
so it is pleasant to be able
to congratulate him upon the success which
already waits upon his undertakings. With
two such sterling actors as Messrs. Wat de
and James lu the field united for a common
purpose, and actuated by something higher
than the mere gathering 01 shekels, the
legitimate drama has a better chance than
It has had since death dissolved the partner
ship between Booth and Barrett. No doubt
they will not rest upon their laurels. We
expect a better company even than they
have this year when next they come this
ay. They will be ablo to pay lor It that's
certain.
A Trip to Chinatown.
"A Trip to Chinatown" has been sen here
before. It was presented ou tbe staya of the
Duquesne Theater very early in its career
before it hud made any metropolitan reputa
tion as a farce comedy record breaker. It
achieved some success at that time just as
much and Just as little as many another
farce comedy had achieved before it. Tuenlt
went on its wav. and through a combination
ot favorable circumstances its way was car
peted with lame and distinction. It lias
been performed at tho Madison fequare
Theater, 2ew York, 400 times; it has been
perforii.ed on the road 300 times. That's Us
record an e viable one und an unusual one.
"The Trip" is stiil going on in New York,
hut nearly all of tbe original company ap
pear in tbe version at the Duanesne Thea
ter, lieoree A. Beane. Jr.. is still the! Hen
way as of yore, Harry Gilfoil brlngfc bis I
power or imitation and mimicry into ap
proved prominence. Panic is still a 1 etch
ing fllit, Laura Bl-rear succeeds Annie lioyd
as the dashing Widow Giiytr, Burt Haveriy
always gives an unctuous interpretation to
the part ot WelUmd-Str .vg, and a lot of
o nero--d people will brii-g a brisk flavor
Into the less important ioIus. Anions the
best specialt'cs will be Minnie Kenwood's
"uerpeniinu" dance
The Lost FHrndlso at the Alvin.
Certainly the most notable snecess of last
season, "The Lost Paradise,"' comos to the
Alvin Theater for a tnoweofes' engagement.
It is a play in which Pittshurgers ought to
be especially interested, as may be gloaiiod
from the subjoined sketch of tho plot:
Eeuben Warner and Margaret Knuwlton
are two Invert He is supcitnteudent or the
iron w ork of which MargareCs father is the
owner. He startles her by revealing his
overwhelming love for Her. She haughtily
repels him, reminding him that his station
in life is too lowly. She accents another
suitor who at almost tlietune time becomes
her father's rtartner. Warner is a man of
the people. He is not ashamed of toil. A
strike is threatened in the Enowlton iron
works and Warner is on the side or the men.
He has proof .that Knoullon has swindled
him out of the lion work", which had been
left to Warner by an adopted father, but
his work associates and his over
whelming affection for Margaret cause
him to make a great sacrifice in tlieir he
l.air. The mill hands strike, but Warner
brings KnoaUon-lo terms and soon the chim
neys are roaiiiii and the ponderous machin
ery is running again. He wflis Maigarel's
heart bv his manliness and the general no
bility of his character. He has her in his
arms when a pale, grief-faded face appeals
In the window. It tells the whole story ot a
saddened lite. The de-pilnnj girl lsiYeU.
a factory hand, who has loved the Superin
tendent all alonj, while he was unconscious
of the heart that was itching and breaking
for him. She disappears from tho window
and leaves the lov of the voung coui)!e un
clouded. The big scene in tre iron works,
with tbe massive machinery in operation is
alone sufficient to make the play a
ttimnph. The compiny, which is under the
dlreotion of Charles Froliman, should give a
complete and artistic i epi escutation of the
play.
Hanlon Bros'. Fantasma. .
The Hanlon Brothers evidently travel on
the principle that the public enjoy and ap
preciate being treated honestly. They have
been posing before the public now for many
years, and are known throughout the coun
try for giving Just what they advertise.
Their production of "Fantasma" in some
respects exceeds any spectacular now trav
eling. The scenery is fresh, and the effects
are said to be startling and thoroughly
pleasing. The tricks which are connected
with the scenery and paraphernalia used in
"Fantasma" are very entertaining. To at
tempt description would convey but a faint
idea of the beauties, tlio highly p.cturesque
revelations and sttirtltng aim original enecis
evolved on the stave at each perlormance.
As tarns the spectacular eatuies are Con
cerned, It Is equal to any entertainment or
this kind everoflered. 1 lie tableaux, trans
formations, pictures, scenic beauty and
mechanical ingenuity of the production
would alone make It remarkable, but
woven through these and having close con
nection with them is an entertainment of
variety and unusual merit. "Fantasma"
will be at the Grand Opera House all of this
week, with matinees Wednesday and Sat
urday. Harry Williams' Academy.
At this house this week will appear tbe
May Howard Burlesque Company, an old
company in name only, as the list ot features
with the company are almost entirely new
to these parts, save, perhaps, Harry Morris,
the Dutch comedian; Billy Banks, the come
dian; the Washburn sisters, the singers;
fcadle Lane and James lialier, the sketch
team, etc The company is an extra large
one for a vaudeville show and they all take
part in a number of burlesque among
them being "The Tin Horn Sports," "Beaux
and Bolles," "Gi ajco-ltoman Folly" and
others. fc
The World's Museum-Theater.
The marvelous Tocci twins, Giovanni and
Giacomo, better known as the two-headed
bov, are to appear at the World's Museum
this week. The cost of this wonderful at
traction Is said to run up into the thousands
or dollars, Dut Managers Eeenan & Connors
were determined to get the t o-headed hoy
at any price, as so man v thousands had been
nnaoie togec aiairiooK at uim, or cnem,
wben be was exblblted here before. It is
Drobably the last time he will appear in this
neighborhood, lor It Is understood
that they still sigh for their native,
land or Italy. The boys or boy, which
ever term you like, were born on July 1,
1375, and are consequently IT years old. They
have two heads, one body, four arms and
two legs between them. They are lively,
bright, intelligent uos, who are not un
pleasant to look at, and theyare the greatest
national wonder beyond a doubt since tbe
Siame-e Twins. They are known as tbe
Lacoma Twins. They will be only heie one
week. Many other curiosities will be ou
view in the Curio Hall. In the theater Miss
Ollie Halford, in "Ileddy, the Mail Girl." an
nmuslng comedy, will be seen, or this play
a Lancaster, O., paper says: "Keddy, the
Mail Girl" was the attraction at the Opera
House last night, and the S. It. O. sign made
its appeara ice for tho first time thli, season.
Miss Ollie Halford, the star of tho company,
is a i ery capable actress; she Is refreshing,
bright nnd interesting In her lines and
pleasing in her specialties, and Is ably sup
pot ted by an excellent company. Another
pleasing toature of the evening's entertain
ment was the excellent music rendered by
the orchestra under the leadership of l'roi.
Roy Warren."
Davis' Eden Musee.
Manager Harry Davis will present at his
Eden Musee this week among other features
Colonel Gilbert, the handsome and famous
giant who attracted so much attention with
Barnum's circus Fotepaugh's combined
shows and Sells Brothers' circus. lie stands
eight feet high. He has already been seen
by at least 10.000,000 people. "Me and Him"
te the names ot an English skeleton and a
German fat man who represent in tne most
comical manner Sullivan and Corbett, The
lormer weighs 110 pounds and measures 7
feet 2 Inches lu height: the latter weighs 435
Sounds and measures 5 feet i inches high,
oth men ai e but 20 ears or age. In their
two rounds or burlesque boxing theyare
said to be the funniest people on earth. AH
Sidney, tbe noble wood cutter, will be an
other or tho strong attiactions. In the
theater Fisher and Walls' Merry-Makers,
comprising a group of artists or universal
lavor, will give a clever periormauco.
N. S. Wood at Harris' Theater.
At Harris' Theater this week Jf. S. Wood
will present "Out in the Streets," which,
although produced two years ago, was not
seen last season and, therefore, will be prac
tically new to the patrons of the house. "Out
in the Streets" is a dramatization of Charles
Gay lot's novel of the same name. Mr.
Wood's supporting company is large, and
said to be the best ho nas yet had. Children's
matinees will be given on Tuesday and
Fiiday.
Fersonal Gossip.
Twolittle dinner parties laBt week marked
in the pleasantesc fashion imaginable the
umieuul conjunction of big planets In the
theatrical firmament. On Tuesday last Mr.
Wilson Barrett entertained his brethren,
Fred. Warde, Louis James and James
O'Neill, at the Hotel Schlosser. On Friday
Mr. Warde cave a dinner In honor of Mr.
Buriett, at which Messrs. James and O'Neill
we) e also preset! t, at the Hotel Duquesne.
There were some newspaper men and man
agerial lUlus at both dinners. It would be
hard to find n quartet of actors so fitted to
shine, in the pleasant glow that comes alter
a good ninner as tho hosts and quests of
honor on these two occasions. Mr. Barrett
Is a happy speaker, a raconteur of wonder
ful resources and limitless art, while Mr.
Warde makes a speech in his own proDer
person worthy of a Jfarc An ony.
There is no reason to fear that the farce
comedy is crou dins the legitimate drama to
the wall, when four such champions of the
hmher art, as Messrs. Barrett, Warde, James
and O'Neill, can be found playinz tocrowded
houses at the same time in l'ittsburj;,
Willard wbs received in New York this
time with enthusiasm. The metropolis will
accept him fully nyenr or jo after the rest
ot the country, including Pittsuur. The
listimrulsned critic. Winter, in the New
Yort Tribune, says this about Willard; '-Not
since Kilnin Booth was In ms prime, Jiot
since those solden davs of Davenport anil
Wallack anu Matilda Heron (days that few
people appreciated until thry were Rone,)
has tho stHge displayed an actor capable of
the magnificent outburst and tempest of
tecllng natural, lofty, sustained, vehement,
and guided with unerring precision, while
delivered without the least apparent re
stratnt with which Mi. UUlata closes the
third act or 'Tho Middleman.' "
Miss Msud Jefrr es is a distinct acquisi
tion. Sho Is but-J3; born in Memphis. Tenu.;
part of her stage training wn in England
with Mr. Barrett, and yet her Opheiin is the
best, because the least affected and the
most simply nutural, sinca Minna-Gale
played It here with Booth and Barrett's
couipanv. Miss Jeffries has a bis future.
The chief secret of her power lies In her
dark, luminous and ezpresslonfnl eyes.
In strongly emotional moments the pltohei I
juis douries niu imsiaKes, or course.
.her voice too low. Nearly all Mr. Barrett's
company have this failing.and some of them
have imperfections of enunciation and
trick ami absolute impediments of speech.
Franklin McLeay, the young aotor who
made such a strong character bit out of the
effectively drawn dwarf in "Pharaoh." has
great talent. He I- a Canadian by birth, and
tlie-hny of tli Toronto football team wbo
occupiod boxes at the Duquesne an Thurs
day aud Friday nights came trout the col
lege at which be was educated.
The Boston correspondent of the Dramatic
Hews gives this startling bit of intelligence:
Lottie Collins' husband told me a few days
sinco (all seriousness, too) that Augustln
Paly, wishing to keep up the sensational
times, proposes to have Ada Behan intro
duce a "Ta-ia-ra. Boom-de-ay" dance in one
of his coming productions. In oonsequence,
he said. Miss Kenan applied to Miss Collins
for lierterms to teach tho correct London
product. This, however, Hiss Collins 're
fused to do
By the way, speaking of Lottie Collins, Mr.
Clapp, the Shaksporean scholar and lecturer,
nnd dramatic critic or tho Boston Adeertiter,
compared her to "a red flamingo or u scarlet
ibis In conniption fits.".
The New York Herald says about Bronson
Howard's "Aristocracy:" Whatever may
be said concerning such unsolved problems
in the behavior or Mr. Howard's enter per
sonages it remains to be said, lr at times
illogical, they are always interesting.
Moieover, the hair dozen minor characters
introduced In illustration or various types
of society here and abroad the exaggerated
Anglomapiac, who is more English than the
Londoner and more paimul; the extraordi
nary Frenchman, wbo loves bis friend's wife
pai tly as a duty he owes to his friend; the
frivolous fiii of New York society, dazed
with the social gltncracks of the London
world: thee iirjtvheaded scion ot our oldest
Knickerbocker, to whom everything in life
is summed up In family and clothes, etc.
all these people are sketched in the most
delightful manner and so as to keep the
audience constantly amused when it is not
absorbed lu the behavior ot the leading per
sonages. 1 see Eose Cogblan and her brother
Charles have made such nit everywhere
with "Diplomacy" that they have deolded
to keen the star cast originally hired for
Now York only. Including Sadie Martlnot,
aud e shall see it later on. The Tuesday
Nlaht Club's performance of Sardou's ex
quisitely finished play last season will laud
Miss Coghlan'aadvent unusual interest.
Now we shall son how well Pittsburg can
support a good attraction for two weeks.
Still, it must b6 i emembered that "The Lost
Parauise" is a new play untried here.
The ever chipper and aggressive "yours1
merrily" John K. Rogers is a real ornament
to Mr. Bat rett's train, and useful, you bee
Lillian Russell is only the center of the
comic opera constellation now approaching
nearly everyone in her support nas been,
U or shortly will be a star. I notion "The
Mountebank" is reserved tor Saturday
matinee and night. "La Cigala" is regarded
as safer than the nev opera.
Mr. Wilson Barrettsnggests thata conven
tion or legitimate actors would be of great
benefit to all. Plays. Shakespeare's es
pecially.characters and acting in all its forms
might be discussed and views exchanged.
H'hy not hold such a convention at the
Players' Club next summer?
HlPBUES JOHVS.
State Whispers.
Pateici, wbo hasn't been seen here In
years, is a member of "A Trip to Chinatown"
company.
George H. .Adams, claimed by &' great
many to be the greatest of all clowns, is in
the Hanlon Bros.' Fanta.ma.
Tbe well-known comedians, Barry and
Fay, will he seen at the Grand Opera House
in two weeks in "McKenna's Flirtation."
Edward Collteb has had the Impudence
to write to Mr. Cleveland offering to teach
Baby Ruth the "terpsichorean art gratuit
ously." Ide Committee of Arrangements for the
benefit of Post S3. G. A. R., have secured the
Alvin Theater for the weoc before Christ
mas, and will produce the "Fall of Atlanta"
on a grand scale.
Mb. Fkask Dattox, a brilliant youngactor,
has a part in "Tbe .Lost Paradise" that fits
him as does a well fitting glovo the hand.
He portrays Ralph St mdiah, the last leaf of
tho lamlly tree, a family of which Miles
Standish nas a member.
Famtt Cohen, a blight, vivacious son.
brette in the Cinders, a girl who was born
"in do works" of tho cast, "The Lost Para
dise." The charaoter is one of the most In-
geniously drawn ol the several of De Mille'e
clever character sketches.
"Dr. Bill," the well known comedy, has
been lengthened out, and it is said now fur
nishes a complete entertainment for an en
tire evening without the aid of a curtain
raiser. Manager George W. Sammis hs good
reason to feel proud of the success or the
comedy now in its third season.
Mabccs Mobiabtt, who has written some
good plays, claims that "Irish Loyalty" Is
his masterpiece. It will receive its premier
production here at the Grand Opera House,
following Fantasma. Tbe principal char
acter is Larry (TQorman, a young farmer
and overseer lor his uncle's estate. The role
is created by Andrew Mack.
The newest piece of realism is "The Tor
nado," in which there is a representation of
a 'tornado that fills tbe stage with flying
debris, while forest trees beud and break,
roots, timbers, branches and lences are
blown pell-mell through the air, and a large
building is demolished. Another thing in
the same play is a scene in which six sailors
cling to the yards ol as aylqg mast, apnaN
ently 40 feet from the deck ot a shit), while
an "apparent hurricane is blowing,
Lillian Eussell is coming to tbe Duqnesne
next week. A more exquisite comlo opera
than "La Clgale" has not been seen for many
years. The work contains everything calcu
lated to attract lovers of comic opera, and
surely the oldest play-goers can remember
nothing prettier or more perfect of its kind,
from the sinking and acting of tbe prima
donna, to tho dresses, dancing and singing.
W. T. Conleton, Laura Clement, Louis Har
rison, ciiailes Dunganand Charles E. Coffin
are in the cast. i
Anoxq tbe many superb things that were
served on the theatrical menu last week Mr.
James' acting in "The Lion's Mouth" was
worthy of particular remark. As the
scheming adventurer, who under a clerical
garb hides his true colors, be was unsur
passed. His machiavellistlc smile, liypo
crlt ical manners and dare-devil disregard
for consequences were so psychologically
true and thoroughly carried out, that bis
acting could not but leave a lasting im
piession upon those who witnessed his
splendid performance.
Milleb Kest is always gorgeously garbed
on the street, and hisrowning glory is an
astrachan coat. When Charles Frohman or
derod tho lithographs made for the beauti
ful Mr. Kent be used a photograph in which
Mr. Kent was wearing an ordinary black
coat. Mr. Kent was wroth, bnt knowing
that it wouldn't do to kick, he posed in his
astrachan coat and quietl paid lor a new
lot of lithographs, which bare been gradu
ally substituted for the others. Frohman
noticed tne change ana found out the above
facts. Seymour Hess and others are now
contemplating a similar. move, which, if it
spreads, will drive managers crazy or wild
with Joy. Imagine an amateur who speuds
$10,000 In billing hltnselt.
M ks. Lahgtbt has added yachting to ber
fads, and has paid 25,000 for Lord Ash
burton's steam yacht, Lady Mabel. Mrs.
Langtry declares that, being now 10 years of
age, it was time that she began to enjoy
life, instead of, fooling away her money and
time in theatrical speculation.. She will
spend a portion of the coming winter in tbe
South Seas, and in the intervals of her
yachting trips she will devote more time to
the turt and less to the stage. Her latest
admirer Is Lord Rosslyn, who Is said to
have really given her the horse she pre
tended to buy from him. Whether the
yonng lord will accompany her on her
yachting voyage is a subject of some curios
ity. acqostcs Thomas' '"Surrender" was pro
duced in Boston on Monday. It is a comedy
or war times, witu tne scenes lata in Kich
mond. The plot centers in the attempts of
the daughters of the rebel commandant of
Llbby prison to liberate their Northern
lovers. While every male character is a
soldier and wears a -oilfonn, there is no
battle, no military execution, none of the
agonies of war; yet the scenes are so blend
ed together and so powerfully shown by the
author, as one critio puts it, "that the aud
itor fancies himself on the tented field sur
rounded bv the pomp and glory oi war."
This wasa Charles Frouman production, and
Louis Aldrich and Hoao Kytlnge were in the
large company required.
Tex Baroness Blanc, oafi of tbe n oted sod
ety "beauties of New York, who caused some
what of a sensation lu London a few years
ago by the remarkable success she made in
some amateur performances given for
"sweet charity's sake," and who was advised
at that time oy the distinguished editor of
Titufi, Henri Labouchere, to adopt the pro
fessional stage, has at last deolded to follow
that advice, dne has an adaptation made of
one or Dumas' recent Parisian successes,
.which has also met with great favor on the
English stage as "The Fringe of Sooiety."
but which will be known on this side by the
more appropriate title of Deception." The
Baroness promises as strong a.oompany a la
procurable, some vsry excellent set, tad a
G
RAND hT.
Mr. E. D. Wilt
-ONE WEEK-COMMENCING
THE WORLD-FAMED
HANLON BROS
GRAND FAIRY-LIKE PANTOMIMIC SPECTACLE
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NEW TABLEAUX. NEW SGENERY.
NEW TRICKS. NEW WONDERS. NEW MUSIC.
GORGEOUS TRANSFORMATIONS.
Prices 15c, 25c, 50c and 75c.
MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
25c and 50c Reserved.
Next Week ANDREW MACK
DUQUESNE
BEGINNING TO-MORROW U(l tQ
(MONDAY) EVENING, llUV. iO.
WEDNESDAY MATINEE-SATUBDAY.
HOYT'S:
A TRIP
TO CHINATOWN!
A SUCCESS THAT IS MARVELOUS !
It has no parallel in the annals of Farce Comedy.
400 nights at the Madison Square Theater,New York.
GREAT CASTI CATCHY MUSICI
THREE HOURS OF MERRIMENTI
ONE GREAT RIPPLE OF LAUGHTERI
FAMILY MATINEE WEDNESDAY BEST SEATS 50 CENTS.
ADMISSION ALWAYS 50 CTS.
NEXT WEEK LILLIAN RUSSELL OPERA COMIQUE CO.
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THE ALVIN
QHAELES
I DAVIS
70 FLEE
COMMENCING
MONDAY,
ONLT VISIT
THIS SEASON.
FOR TWO
THE IMMENSE AMERICAN PLAY
By H. C. DeMille,
The
Lost
Paradise.
Under the dlreotion of Charles Frohman.
Presented in the same manner as seen for SOO Nighs
in New York, 130 Nights in Boston, 100 Nights in
Chicago.
THE MOST MAGNETIC PLAY UPON
THE STAGE TO-DAY.
MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
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HARRIS' THEATER.
Mrs. 1 Harris, R. h. Britton, T. F. Dean,
Proprietors and Managers.
TOPULAIi PRICES
Always prevail at Harris' Theater.
10, 15 AND 25 CENTS.
WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, NOV. 11
Every Aiternoon and Evening.
The Favorite Yonng Actor,
isr. a wood,
Supported by a splendid company. In his
most successful drama,
"OUT IN THE STREETS."
New ana magnificent scenic and meohan
icaleffeota: St. Patrick's Catuedial, Wash
ington Market, Madison Square Garden, the
Tomb j Hospital Ward.Grand Central Depot.
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SPECIALNOTICE-GrandSnecial Sou
venlr Matinees Trill be given on Tuesday
and Friday for Children, Each oliild will
receive a handsome present.
NO INCREASE IN PEICE8I
B3-
-B3
Week of Dec 5. Dowllne & H&sson in the
new play, "The Kentuoky Girt." no27-S0
number of stnnning cowns, that will be snro
to set the women by the ears.
It is not right to blame that artlstia body
of players, the Duquesne orchestra, for the
too-muebness of the incidental music In
"Ciaudian." Incidental music is a danger
ous thing. Sevsral of the prominent actors
have happily begun to, dispense with the in
cldental music during the emotional scenes.
Both Mr. Mansfield and Mr. E, I. Willard,
lor instance, during their last appearance
here In Pittsburg went through their most
dramatic moments without the accompani
ment or the orchestra. The tremnlous vi
bration or the E string one wo'ild think
necossarily must tend to distract irom the
unbroken spell which eliould dominate the
spectator in the strong scenes. lr the musio
lasted all during an act the impression of a
dream might pei'bMs be. created; but this
sudden attack on the instruments by the
musicians, as soon; they get tbe cue, often
disturbs the total effectlTenessad puts &
otvw wm Hn
Proprietor and Manager.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28.
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IN IRISH LOYALTY.
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Pittsburg's Leading
Theater.
THEATER.
OWNER AND MANAGER.
EXITS 70
NOVEMBER 28
WEEKS.
ONLT VISIT
THIS SEASON.
A GLOWING STOKY
OF
LOVE, LABOR .
AND
CAPITAL.
THE STAGE HAS BEEN
CALLED
A
teacher:
in this great flay
the stage
is more than
teacher x
ACADEMY.
MONDAY EVEN'G, NOVEMBER 28
MATINEES:
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
No Monday Matinee.
List of Players.
Miss May Howard,
The 2 Franks,
Chas. L Banks,
Washburn Sisters,
; J:s. Hallie,
Vede Mansfield,
Al. Bellman,
Hawley and Jaryis,
M'lle Natta,
Harry Morris,
And the New Bur
, lesque, called
THE
BURLESQUE
THE CJRCUS,
P.-BwrWoaaYBif BHQV. aoW-U.
HARE ELMS'
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
--SPECIAL"
Pittsburg's Leading
i Theater.
WEEK BEGINNING '
MONDADEOBMB'RS,
ENGAGEMENT OF THE
Lillian R11S32II Opera Comiqus Co.
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
1A GEGALE.
Sat'day Matinee, 1
TE
Saturday Night, j TON LdflW
MISS LILLIAN RUSSELL,
ASSISTED BT
C. Hayden Coffin, w. T. Carleton,
Louis Harrison, Clias. Duncan,
John E. Dudley, J. G. 1'ealce.
Miss Laura Clements, Alia A.;la Dare,
Ml-s Florenoe Franton.
100 people in the production.
Ilox r.fflce opens THURSDAY at 9 A. M.
Beserved seats, $2, $1 SO, , SOo. no27 Cfl
EDEN v MUSEE
AND FAMILY THEATER.
Handsomest la America.
2SSi?4, NOV. 28.
COL.
GILBERT,
TUB HANDSOME
7-FOOT GIANT.
The Funniest People on Earth,
ME AND HIM.
ME AND HIM.
ME AND HIM.
ME AND HIM.
All HIM.
Representing
SULLITAK
AND
CORBETT.
HE AND HIE
ALF. SIDNEY, the Artistic Wood Carver.
lime. Tasaud's Wax Works.
ABDBL
ID-A-lsT
The Handome Nubian Lion presented
to Mme. Carlotta by Bis Majesty the
Sultan of Turkey.
FISHER
and
WALL'S
See George Fisher, the Pittsburg Boy, in
his distinguished specialties.
A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.
lOc-AMISSIOMc.
PMlTM! I ORANG OTANG,
tUMIflU sister to the Great Crowley.
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Ladies
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stock. The
FINEST GOODS MADE, '
All the newest and best styl
perfect fitting, a great sav
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Introducing the Lovely Soubrctte,
MISS OLLIE HALFORD,
"REDDY, THE MAIL GIRL"
The Greatest show in the World for the price of admission.
.AJDMissionsr 10 ots.
GENUINE DIAMONDS AT FM EBtt
A thing of the past "We are the only direct Importers of Diamonds in this city, and
therefore we can and will guarantee "you a considerable saying in tbnriine. Our goods
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K. SMIT,
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50c, 75c, $1, $1.25.
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GRAIN AND TAN GOAT
FAUNTLEROYS.
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$2.90, $3.00, $4.00,5.00.
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