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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1900
Page
17
A Boston boy climbing the Bunker Hill monument experiences a chilling sway and fear while peering from a top window. He flees, certain the structure would collapse, only to learn later it did not fall but the thrill lingers.
The article notes travel powder and powder papers for portability, new silk neckties with tassels, and hat trimming pins for matching colors. It recounts a Boston Transcript tale of a June bride choosing India muslin for a gown, then describes New York City Normal College commencements with 468 graduates and a parade of gowns, emphasizing simple white muslin designs, fichus, ribbons, and dotted muslin styles. The focus remains on fashion details, wedding attire, and campus fashion trends.
The article notes Seabrooke and company bringing The Rounders to the Casino tomorrow night as a stopgap until The Cadet Girl. It reports David Henderson’s control of Schley Theatre in West Thirty-fourth Street, renaming it the Savoy to showcase lighter musical entertainments, and previews a memoir style program and other theatre items including Ada Rehan’s Europe trip plans and Jerome A Poor Man adaptation with Walter Perkins.
A roundup of current shows across Eden Musee to Proctor's theatres outlines Paris Exposition pictures, daily concerts, and wax exhibits at Eden Musee, with acts at Casino Roof Garden, Lenox Lyceum, Hammerstein's, Casino Theatre, Proctor's Fifth Avenue, Keith's Union Square, Proctor's Palace, New York Roof Garden, Proctor's Twenty Third Street and Twenty-Third Street venues. Performers include Everhart the hoop juggler, the Cardownie sisters, Mikado revived, Pinafore, Cavalleria Rusticana, Santuzza, aerial circus, and a roster of dancers singers and ensembles.
Notes on upcoming works include Russell Vauns Nicandra an Egyptian tale turning her into a snake then back to beauty and Sydney Grundys A Debt of Honour with a cast headed by Julie Opp and Lily Grundy. Three new London theatres are planned Frohmans possibly staying in St Martins Lane. George Edwardes Gaiety and another Shaftesbury Avenue house progress. Nance O Neill thrills in Australia with Camille and Elizabeth. Crane stars in Trulby and others. Not Peace but a Sword melodrama appears title wise and Batailles L Enchantement comes to Britain.
The dispute between dramatist W S Gilbert and actress Janet Steer over emphasis and acting business in two plays sparks adverse views of Gilbert. He maintains a dramatist's will must guide performances while top actors and managers have followed his lead. The article notes other dramatists like Robertson and Pinero enforcing detailed stage directions and production control. It also mentions Ben Greet's open air Shakespeare in London and Rose Caron possibly moving from opera to spoken drama with the Comédie Française, after acclaim in Verdi and Wagner works.
The Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival will run October 2 to 5 featuring Mendelssohn Elijah Handel Messiah Bach St Matthew Passion and new Elgar cantata The Dream of Gerontius. Notable vocalists include Albani Nordica Palliser Brema Crossley Butt and Black Bispham Greene with Richter directing.
The Kaltenborn series continues at St Nicholas Garden with a varied program. Overture from Masaniello, Vieuxtemps and other works are listed, including Mozart Why Do the Nations and The Messiah, with soloists like Mr. Carl Hugo Engel and Leila Brownell, along with Liszt and Wagner pieces.
Welsh baritone Mr. D Ffrangcon Davies travels to Brooklyn to perform as part of a program alongside M. Jean de Reszke who returns to London as Roméo on June 12 drawing praise from critics who deem him unmatched in the role. Mme Ternina pleases London critics as Brunnhilde in Götterdammerung with continued praise from newspapers.
Masecagni's new opera The Masks nears completion with simultaneous Milan Rome and Venice plans. Mme Lillian Blauvelt to give a farewell London concert on the 27th with Ysaye and Busoni, followed by a New York appearance in mid October. Terrace Garden summer concerts remain popular under Manager Heumann and Bandmaster Henneberg. Clara Butt wed June 26 to Kennerley Rumford. The Oxford Choragus is Dr Basil Harwood, now conductor of the Oxford Bach choir and Keble precentor.
Ithaca during commencement week the Cornell Masque staged Bernard Shaw's Man of Destiny and Miss Rachel Baker's Mr Bob. Napoleon Bonaparte appears in a northern Italian setting with a dispatch theft plot while a farce following drew praise for humor and direction by H G Hawn.
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