The Brass Monkey at Duquesne Theater Prevails
The week features Duff Opera Company and comic pieces with Miss Annie Myers and Miss Tempest. Beaux Brummell and Beau Brummell’s fashion figure are discussed, along with Tempest’s London success and Bernhardt’s New York appearances, in a lively review of stage offerings and star performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne Theater
Brass Monker Grand Opera House
Duf
Opera Comparion Theater
Mir. Barnes
New York
Willimns
Academy
Willams and Orr Company
Davie
Ccceeneseenens Cathomitio
Woarid
S Museum
Cmms
Misa Tempest
Lyric Theater
London
Palmer's Theater
Sloss Tempest
Rudolph Aronson
Casino Coppaiy
Fannie Edwards
J. Wm. Steala
Cornelia Bassett
Carl Hartberg
Richard Mansfieid
Beau Brummell
Notable Cast Delivers Variety Show Amid Stage Flair
George Marion as Jonah gives a fresh interpretation with originality and business. Alice Evans shines as Haggrag, with singing and dancing. The act features Barton’s wild Man of Borneo, Razsle Dazzle, and a clever trio The Good Inge Young. Other performers include Sadie Kirby Maud Williams Eugenie Maynard with Italian dialect chestnut speech and lavish costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Marion
Jonah
Haggrag
Alice Evans
Sadie Kirby
Maud Williams
Eugenie Maynard
Marion
Grand Opera House Presents J. C. Duff Opera Company
Miss Marie Tempest headlines a week of comic opera at the Grand Opera House with Hed Hussar in three acts and Dorothy in the latter part of the week. The Duff company features Beatrice Cameron and actors including T Harkins and W J Ferguson, with Prince Earl scheduled for the Wednesday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Duff Opera Company
Marie Tempest
Grand Opera House
Miss Tempest
Stevens
Soloman
Hed Hussar
Lytic Theater
London
H. P. Stevens
Red Ausear
England
Stephenson
Collier
Dorothy
Leric
Charles C. Bassett
John A. Markey
William McLanehblin
Clement Bainbridge
Lenore Snyder
Miss Irving
Fanny Edwards
Cornelia Bassett
D. Richard Mansfeld
Duff Opera Company
Beau Brummell
New York
Mansfield
Beatrice Cameron
Messrs. T. Harkins
W. J. Ferguson
Prince Earl
Pla
Lyric Theater
From penury to fame at the Bijou
Archibald Clavering Gunter, once nearly penniless in New York, rose to success with Mr Barnes of New York. His plays and the novel’s surge made fortunes for him and partners. The Bijou will stage Mr Barnes of New York in dramatic form with a strong company and proper scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Clavering Gunter
Central Park
New York
Mr. Barnes
Gunter
Prince Karl
John T. Raymond
Annie Pixler
Richard Mansfield
Mr. Gupter
Ganter
Wall Street
Pew
Barnes
Hunier
Williams & Orr's Meteors at Your House This Week
Williams and Orr present the Meteors in a lively week of acts led by the great American Four. Lawlor and Thornton sing and sketch artists Kaye and Henry perform their unique routines. Annie Wilmuth dazzles as a vocal star with Tachibana and his wife Oume delivering wondrous feats. Mason and Hobby Halston share a comical duo, Latuna the musical comedian adds flair, with varied routines repeated for repeat audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Brommell
Edoward Mansfield
Hromuell
Athe Mall
Rochard Hooster Sheriden
Bonn
Alvanity
Twowthber
Hanover
Lord Alvanley
Bramwell
Alvanley
Beutmeimel
Alvantor
Sock
Mr. Mansfield
Brommell
Williams & Orr
Lawlor
Thornton
Kaye
Henry
Annie Wilmuth
Tachibana
Oume
Big Mason
Hobby Halston
Da vis Museum opens with new features and famous acts
The Fifth Avenue Museum unveils fresh curiosities and notable artists this week. Highlights include the Shields couple billed as the tallest living pair, Baby Venus age five with adult maturity, and a new theater lineup featuring Irwin and Bosbes, the Cook family, Vocati is dancers, Miss Blanche Andrews, Tyrolean warbler Alven and Powers, and Ethiopian comedians. Washington’s Birthday opening runs 10 am to 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Davis
Shields
Pittsburg
Pat O'Brien
Smithfield Street
O'Brien
Sines
Venus
Theatorium
Irwin and
Bosbes
Cook
Blanche Andrews
Alven and
Powers
Washington
Hortuday
Hullabaloo of acts and stars at Harris Theater this week
Dudley Foster claiming to be the smallest man in the world bets $1,000 he can outshine rival Lilliputians while other acts charm audiences. The Metropolitan Novelty Company and a roster of Irish and variety stars perform in a bustling program with new melodramas and a special train for the Duquesne engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hop-O'-My-Thumb
Dudley Foster Coes
Andy Gaffney
Opera Mirth and Star Power for Next Season
Caull Company tops list of vocal talent with Digby Bell Lauranee Josephine Knapp Fre a Frear and W F Rochester slated for next year. Thatcher's mistress new at the Duquesne to chase burnt-cork craze as Primrose Wheats uproar continues. Charles Bassett of J C Duff Opera Company recalls Patti debut and major tenor roles. Joax A Mackay heads toward Clement Bainbridge farce Sir Middlesex Masham. U and I company with Gus Williams John T Kelly and Florrie West to Bijou. McCaul Opera to present The Tart and the Tartar at the Chicago Opera House in April with Harry B Smith librettos and Henri Rochamb score. Digby Ball expresses pleasure with his part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackay
Clement Bainbridge
Sir Middlesex Mashem
U and I
Mr. Barnes
New York
Bijou
Gus Williams
John T. Kelly
Florrie West
McCaul Opera Company
Chicago Opera House
Harry B. Smith
Henri Rochamb
Barbary
Digby Ball
Seven Men Rescued From Guadaloupe Island Hunger Ordeal
The schooner Ellen arrived at San Diego with Lary Tillison, William Reddy, and five others who had lived since November 20 on Guadaloupe Island off Lower California subsisting on fish, goats, and birds. They say Oscar Bartells sold skins worth 700 and fled after promising profit division, leaving the crew nearly starved. Reddy is recovering in hospital. Bartelis’s whereabouts are unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Dreco
Ellen
Lary Tillison
William Reddy
Guadaloupe
Lower California
Oscar Bartells
Bartells
Reddy
Bartelis
Fire in Jenkins Building Sparks Morning Alarm
A fire alarm from station 12 reported a minor blaze on the sixth floor of the Jenkins building at Penn Avenue and Cecil Alley. The overheated partition in the Gre stacks ignited. the flames were extinguished before the department arrived, with only slight injuries to Fireman George Hughes after being knocked down by Harvey's wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. ©. Jenkins
Penn Avenue
Cecil Alley
George Hughes
Company 3
Bose
Harvey
C. P. Harvey
Central Station
Bankruptcy of Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Chicago
Judge Collins appointed Thomas Parker Jr as receiver for the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chicago after a bill by the Attorney General to wind up its insolvent affairs. The decree nullifies an assignment to George Histop as illegal and bars officers, directors, and the assignee from disposing of assets until a master in chancery adjudicates the affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Collins
Thomas Parker, Jr
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Hunt
George Histop
Ilegal
Waite
Illusion Assistant Detained After Museum Heist
John Purpuro, once part of a Davis Fifth Avenue Museum illusion, is jailed at Central station after allegedly raiding Samoan exhibition items. Detective Bender arrested him for stealing a silver match sale, gold water, two coats, and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Purpuro
Davis’ Fifth Avenue
Central Station
Purpuro
Bender
Fatal tub incident near Paris injures two children
A mother’s two young children die after a tub of boiling water overturns near Paris Indiana. An infant daughter nine months and a son two years old submerged in scalding liquid in the accident reported by the Somerville Journal. A patent attorney lists new patents and local stores promote curtain sales and Pilsner beer from Iron City Brewery in this compact notices page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rortu Vernon, Inc
Paris
Ind
Curlback
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Opera Comique
McCaull Opera Company
Miss Belew Bertram
Opera Comque
Miss Bertram
Miss Berram
Chauncey Alcott
Annie Myers
Askin
Bertram
Olcutt
Myers
Laura Joyce Bell
Dicky Bell
Pittsburgers
Beroharat
Ie Sardow
Moreau
Jleopatra
Hammersteim
Harlem Opera House
Niblo’s
Cleopatra
Bernhardt
Antony
Legypt
Mon Tempest
Red Hussar
Daf
Luis ‘Tosapens
Seedinng Tees
Grates Han
The
Charles Boyt
Pawy Smetliog
Monsey
Einhenen
Hoyt
Bijou Theater
Harry Wiilliams' Academy
Davis' Museum
World's Museum Theater
Harris' Theater
Harris, Britton & Dean
Lillian Harper
Steele Mackaye
Wruitham Crane
Senator
Jefferson
Florence
Duquesne
J. C. Duff Company
Fu Wayne
Coef Gaaeann Mess Pobme Aon
Keenery
Asein
Jenkins
Dlegal
Somerville Journal
Jinze
Don
O. D. Levis
J. P. Witherow
G. Curtis
G. N. Walter
Evansville
W. Va
Wesley Weber
E. C. Merrill
Allegheny
W. M. Conway
R. S. Edmonds
Bradford
Josiah Austin
Liberty, C
United States
Lawrenceville
Bloomfield
Millvale
Sharpsburg
Butler Street
Arsenal
J. H. Roxxer & Bro
Highe-Gerade
Iron City
Kaufmann's
Furxirree
Hayes & Keenan
Water Street
NEW
Se Theatrieatre
RB. M. Gulick & Co
Archibald Clavering
Gaunter
Harry Davis
ISE
Federal St., Allegheny
Sixth Street Bridge
Mr. and
Mrs. Shields
Pat O’brien
Mirror Quartet
Allison, Jones
Miss Millie Owens
Theater
Metropolitan Novelty
Specialty Stars of America
Frank W. Sanger
Broadway Theater
D. Henderson and
John W Norton
Manacers
Weex
Hoyt’s
Brass Monkey
Thatcher
Jez
Elmer Collins
Quinquerexas
Comedy Creation
Fifth Avenue Museum
E. D. Wilt
Opera House
Jilessee and
Mann
Chas
Bassett
John A. MacKay
Wm. MecLaughlin
Clement Haipridge
Jet
C_ Fav
Misa Irving
Minnie Daorne
Harry
Williams
Onr
Flora Moors
Mason and Ralston
Ada Henry
Wm. F. Kaye
Miss Oume
Zevora and
Foden
Ida Howells
the Bros. Wems
the Sisters Coyne
Chas, J. Newton
Thursand
Gus Hill
Harris’ Theater
New York Stock Company
A. F. Hartz
Anil Sc. Gallery
D. L. Down
Corpaguirane
D. L. Dowd
Xclentit
Coon Vocal Culture
East Lith
York
Manx
Bignios Serpoys
Gee
Eys
Russia
Carnegie Galleries
Slocum
M. C
Pearl St
N. Ye
Europe
MAX Schamberg & CO
Smithfield St
Pitsburg
Fell
Edwin Jones
Putnam At
Brooklyn
P. Inman Line
Ity
France
Switzerland
Germany
Rhine
Belgium
Boston Post
Addison
Dispatch
Tarrant & Co
Pennsylvania
Sarah
Military Cape
Danziger’s
Sixth Street
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