The evening world. Newspaper, July 4, 1903, Page 7

* bas ERE, ladies and gentlemen, is a roof garden as IS a roof garden. H The moon deadheads herself unblushingly(into the show, the stars blink upon it slyly, and the breezes monkey with the chorus girls’ petticoats and the actors’ whiskers. For the sky is the roof of the Madison Square Roof Garden—and may the Garden never know another! All one’s gayest and wistfullest dreams of what a roof garden might be and should be are realized at last, and if anything can rob a midsummer night of its horrors “Japan by Night” fs it. It almoet makes one feel sorry for the deluded New Yorkers who are seatiered over the seacoast and mountains or trapezing over Europe and _ Won't be back in time to see the roof garden of roof gardens, wt ot a a a APAN BY NIGHT" has a penetrating charm, and it’s the charm that won't come off. The managers and their minions are real Japanese, which means that they are artistic from the bones outward. It needs no effort for a Jap to be artistic. He doesn’t have to think about it. He turns everything into beauty as simply and naturally as an American turns everything into money. Which explains why every detail In the composition of the Madison Square eee Garden lends its own _pardcular charm to the mele effect— and it doesn’t in the least resemble a department-store jumble of fans, par- asols and paper lanterns. The arrangement of colored lights is beautiful and gay without being obtrusive. Nething could be happier than the skill with which the archt- tectural features of the building are taken advantage of, so that lanterns glimmer mysteriously among the pillars of the turrets that surmount the roof, Everywhere one detects the deft touch of the Jap. Is there an un sightly strip of wall to be hidden? Lo! it is decorated with white storks flying acroes a blue ground, and the biue blends perfectly with the darker blue of ‘the evening sky beyond. At the eastern end of the roof, separated from the auditorium but easily accessible, the qriously minute Japanese mind has pleased itself in the construction of a little landscape and village, where a juggler juggles in @ pagoda and the souvenirhunter may spend his nickels for trumpery. Recen. ‘come from in summer. Miss lee ne And over it all blow the real breezes ot heaven—if that’s where they wb a a a wv N which fascingting environment one encounters “Otoyo,” a new little comic opera. of the tried and true Kimono brand. T was afraid the Kimonos would put me to flight, but they didn’t. | Somehow, they were afferent. Perhaps it was because the breezes flut- tered them about so fantastically. Or perhaps because for once they fitted the surroundings, a Anyway, they had almost the charm of novelty—think of {t, ye Kimono- ridden playgoer!—and the fan headdresses worn by the chorus in the first few numbers were bewitching. It’s a small but uncommonly pretty chorus, with a dash that quite s Peters’s dainty music in a style that heaps credit on the stage manager. Of the “hook” of the opera the less said the better; but one dpesn't last snow. The composer, W. Frederick Peters, is a small man with music shining | out of ‘his eager, intelligent face. we | TITEL OS DORR RR RTT lermoras small buf he sy —but whether Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn or somebody else I can's re member. net him conducting his own composition, which In this case is extremely nal and catohy, and full of gay and delicate tunefulness. ality of its own, but later this almost disappears {n favor of “strai melody, which enjoys the American qualities of lightness and humor.” i den of Youth” in particular has @ strength and sweetness that remind ons of Gounod’s ballad Mone } a associate him with romance. jhe handles it simply and surély, without tricks or affectations, which gives. ‘to his work an air of pleasing sincerity. out feusag rae show. James F. MacDonald, a i @ tolerated if there were a little less of him, but Abbott Davison, hanker for cleverness these sultry nights. Musically, however, ‘‘Otoyo’ 18 | wood comedian of monumental lugubriousness, Sandenmal Goan so the most fetching thins of its calibre that we have encountered since tho lof the unnecessary. jing a Uttle concert in advance of it, is It is a face thet vividly recalls the eortralts of one of the old santies \youns women In white frocks and determined smiles. Little Mr. Peters is not a Beethoven yet, but it is interesting to. wate In truth, “Otoyo" bide fair to attain a whistling popularity of formidedte In the earlier parts it.{s tinged with a Japanese flavor that has an origi+ Some of the sent!mental ballads are exquisite in thelr way. “The Gare a a a i a : T {s Mr, Hobart Smock that carols “The Garden of Youth,” and he proves” to be one of the most, satisfactory tenors the comic opera Btage Dhe given us recently. oN There-is nothing comic about Mr. Smock, and at first sight you don’t He is a well-fed hero, clothed in Sv yachting cap and an amiable smile. But when it comes to singing fiercely. lovey-dovey sentiments ~ Mr. His vojce is robust and musical, end mock arrives by the shortest route. Miss Bettina Gerard, in the leading part. plays with much modest sheild Ss Da suggests the Weber & Fieltis article, and it capers and figures to Mr. jend elngs with the feeling and intelligence of an artist. The rest are mostly comic and their numbers could be reduced <withe the leading comedian, Miss Irene Jermon has one thing to do—a coon song—and does ell as one wishes that sort of thing to be done, te The Boston ladies’ orchestra, which goes with the opera es well as git... @ cheerful iis Tie ori x NEW FEATURES FOR NEW YORK OW that all the roofs are opened) Avenue Theatre, with Charles 6. Abbe there'll be nothing new under the|as Senator Hannibal Rivers; Florence Sug or the stars next week. Reed as the dashing Mrs. Hillary and however, will add| Theodore Hamilton in another important show on the Para-| role. nouncing, In par-| Falke and Semon, “pioneers of mu- ticular, Pepita Aragon, a Spanish| sical comedy,” avill be the headliners at @ancer, who, assisted by Senor Rossita,/the Twenty-third Btreet Theatre, The will make her first appearance In New| comedy “Pink Dominoes will be York. Another Imported act never seen| played at the One Hundred and Twenty- there before will be that of the Scott/fifth street house, with Adelaide Keim brothers, who come direct from the]and Willard Blackmofe in the principal Hippodrome, London. A third uddition| parts. “Captain of the Nonesuch” is rwill be Buckner, a sensation. @yclist.| the title of the comedy which wi!l be| Riccobono's wonderfu! horses and other] presented at the Fifty-elghth street the- fine vaudeville acts, together with the extravaganza “Punch, Judy & Co.," will remain. Mf. ;Hammerstein, some features to dige Roof Garden, Archer Crawford and Robert Cummins. Mattle Keane in “Her | At the Crystal Gardens, on the roof of | First Divorce the New York Theatre, ‘The Darling of} Wheeler Wilcox, the Gallery Gods” cast will be strength-| the Newark house. , ened by Marguerite Clark, the clever| Hurtig & Seamon’s music halt. will and pretty little soubrette who last sea~/ “lose for the summer. son appeared wita De Wolf Hopper in] <A new feature at the Eden Musee will “Mr. Pickwick.” A special part hag|@ an eleotric fountain. been written In for her, and shé will} Young Corbett's Burlesquers will be also figure in the review, “The Dress|at the Dewey, and Young Corbett will Manager George W. Lederer] appear at every performance. an excellent programme| Pain's annual Fourth of July dis- for a concert Susday evening. play Will take place at Manhattan In the Madison Square Garden “Japan| Beach to-night, beginning at dark with ‘by Night" will continue, with the pleas-| the spectacle, “Last Days of Pompeli,"’ ing operetta “‘Otoyo” as the principal|and concluding with an. aerial exhibt- attraction, tion, in which the pyrotechnist gives ‘The ever-popular “Faust! ie to be the} promise of excelling this own. brililant opera at Terrace Garden. John record. ‘The Sultan of Sulu" and con- Dempsey, who sang with Nolrdica and| certs by Shannon's Twenty-third Regi- other eminent artistes on concert tours,| ment Band will continue at the beach | |‘Templeton in “The Runaways, ROOF GARDENS. |CHICOT AMONG Hardy, the high-wire performer, who Billed as an Amer- crossed Niagara Falls, has been added lcan operetta, “The ie a pany, attractions at Luna vars, Birth of the Flag, Joney Istand. presented. oy the Shamrock III., the baby elephant born iLaute Clement Op- in Sea Beach Palace, Coney isiang,’a| | Plera Company, \occn- fortnight ago, will ve exhibited for the! |- ples the position of first time to-morrow as a feature of the prominence on the Bostock Animal Show. ‘Dill at the Brighton ‘The Johnstown Flood, at -Cohey Isl ‘Beach ‘Music Hall and, continues to.attract crowds. ‘The Gro- | ‘The floating roof garden on the steam- Sue mes cies tnele | er Grand Republic will offer entertain- customary ‘courteny, ing vaudeville features. retpaided trom obs IN THE THEATRES. celting the attrac- Teresa Maxwell, a Southern girl of CHICOT. tion at the Monday sre AL SS isis 20 eee Bight atternoon performance, trusting to the | assume the role of Harriet Fordy: remainder of the programme to make up | g¢; “Tho Rarl of Pawtucket” at the Man- une as hattan ‘Theatre, replacing Marlon tenths apiece thelr disappointment Ir Giroux. Tri, Friganga will on Monday night] The perpetration is the work of A. EB. eae Lancaster and R, O. Jenkins. Mr. Lan- succeed Helen Bertram as prima donna of “The “Prinee of Pilsen,’ and thero| caster wrote. what 1s represented as be- will be other changes In the cast of the] ing the dialogue and Mr. Jenkins ts re- popular piece. laponsible for the alleged music. The Barrows-Lancaster Sketeh Company 1s responsible for the production of the ap- eretta, and {its previous good record in vaudeville {s probably what induced the Grovers to engage the offering. It is to be hoped that Messrs. Lancaster and Jenkins avold reading history in future, The ead events at Valley Forge and the herole struggle of the famous crossing of the Delaware resem- ble Sunday-school picnics when com- pared to the present version of the birth Next Gaturday afternoon, July ‘11, the management of the Majestic Theatre will celebrate. the 200th performance of “The Wizard of Oz" by Gistributing souvenirs consisting of a dainty ronse statuette of the Poppy Queen. “The Blonde in Birck,' dolled down from three to two acts, will continue at the Knickerbocker! Theatre, and other attractions which will rematn are Fay “The Wizard of Oz,"" Majestic; mill be the Mephisto; Villa Knox,| next week, and ‘to-morrow E. B. Rice Marguerite; George Tallman, Fa will inaugurate Sunday afternoon and Harry Luckstone, Valentine; Hen-/| aight vaudeville concerts. rietta Stern, Martha, and Flavia Ar-| Brighton each Music Hall wii offer | aero, Siebel. At the Sunday night con-|an entertaining vaudeville bill, | rance D'Orgay in ‘The Batl of Paw- tucket,’’ Manhatta: “The Prince of Pilsen,” Broadway, and “Venice in Now York,” with Dues and his orchestra, Madison Square Garden. of the flag. Tt la the worst thing given & local pro- duction since Will Cressy produced ‘he Choral Strand,” @ cannibal sketoh with et selections from “Rigoletto, “ri| —— ‘Aida’ and other operas, will be rendered. it, Nichoas Garden will offer ‘Viotor’s Royal Venetian Band of fifty- four pieces, and a vaudeville bill em- racing the Minnots, mirror dance: the LaVine Cameron trio of comedia: an@ singers; Mabel Hudson ane other: The Erretto Troupe of Huropean ac- clobats, Mamie Remington and her pickaninnies, and Mr. and Mrs. Robyps in “Counsel for the Defenge,"' will be among the entertainers at Keith's. John Kernell, the well-known Inish comedian, will head the/bill at Pastor's, while. others who will appear are Ed- ward F. , ventriloquist; Fyne and Dandy, somety, acrobate; Harry and Sadie’ others. teeatize! “The Benator," the ; by A Romance of Love, S! Will begin in Monday’s Evening A KANSAS TRADITION, Traditions are common in western Kansas of trees suddenly dying without apparent cause after having been used aq gallows for lynicnings.” Many ere'said y never to have leaved again“after thiy ex- Fitth' perience, _- 9 Se ‘ HER HEART’S DESIRE. By Charles Garvice, end the following Saturday. A LIFE SECRET. Col. A. W. Shaffer, ex-Postmaster of Raleigh and a man of State promin- ence has just died, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, Strange to say not 2 living soul, so far as can be learned, knows ‘Col, Shatter's given name. Tnirty-five are he resided in Raleigh, dut his most intimate friends were never able todearn what the tnitial letters “A. W." {stood for. Even his widow contesses that she never knew. When President Harrison appointed Col, Shaffer Post- master severai wagers were made that he would ‘be compelled to disclose his name. , The Government required the water hammer action. A plug of water!give and t re ‘only through consld~ only six inches “tong propelled only two| erable correspol ce that he was per- feet under @ pressure of Afteén pounds partae to ripe ry bi wineut Al | Sonate Issa vases ot eet. os|eake he bee oe hipwreck and Fortune, World Home Magazine and will | worn about the Wo ter.2 graeie! eenaremans, ot etvies, Fake peas fe baa gaa book THE SEASHORE WAUDEWILLERS. old minstrel man, but the act ts novel because of {ts various mechanical de- viceg, and audiences are always lentent | with ventriloquists who tell joker. ‘Vira Rial sings several songs, In- cluding “Under the Bamboo Tree." If | Marie Cahill wanted to have a lot of fun on-her honeymoon she might put the time in profitably listening to Wa- rious soubrettes singing the sohg she | made famous. Miss Rial used to have | y fair voice last summer, but! rv it appears to have grown For that matter, most of the a missionary fricassee as the central comedy figure. Tho rest of the Brighton Boach bul te very satisfactory, and the Grovers de- serve decided credit for their efforts to give g001 vaudeville to the seashore. Daward Girard, remembered from hie *eonnection with Donnelly and Girard, ‘and Jessie Gardner appear in a comedy sketch, which appesrs to please, al- though {t is now getting to be a trifle eiges. Even if the players aré not yet ready to change aketches they might at least be In- duced to entirely change the songs. Mr, Gjrard bas one new @ong, but it isa very poor specimen of ly, in Seaneng joke ideas of twenty years hhusicy. other singers are also in bad form since throughout this section of the country tie weather has gotten in on thelr voices. Grant and Grant, two colored per- formers, sing entirely ro their own {faction and score auite an impression | with the audience, while the vitagraph | made an extra hit witb motion pictures | showing the life of an American firen A new departure has been Inaugurated this yeaf whereby William E. Slafer, whose ®and has been one of beach features for a number of yealrs, on the hotel piazza and together the entire éay better for Slafer, his band, and*the pe ple who alt on the plazza the place of the band has been taken | in the Muste Hall by Louls Reimhardt's Orchestra, from the Orpheum Theatre. Brook} and the stage band feature has been abandoned. Now thy weather has arrived, the Messrs. Gr Naeorile ‘Techow's tabbies are on rather early im the bill. Techow is easily the best cat trainer now exhibiting. It is no easy matter to teach these stubborn brutes to accomplish even the simplest trick and his success in training them is really remarkable. Charles Ernst, an old-time minstrel man, is engaged In a monglogue which might well be termed “Memoirs of Min- streley.”’ Ge has dite of stump speeches dating thirty years back ‘and surpris- ingly Uttle that Is new, His one good idea {s a burlesque of “Hiawatha” in which the members of Louis Rein- hardt's orchestra make the hit with their responses. Wawatd Reynard offers a ventriloquial specialty in which he is go busy pulling strings to get the various figures in|should do a splendid bu ‘or they motion that he does not have time to} have mace an excellent record for them- hunt up new Jokes. Some of y|selves during the past few years. yrork would bring teara to the CHICOT. Amusements. PASTOR'S“ Callahan & Mack, Annie Har! “HOLIDAY 8HOW TO: OHINSTOWN FLOOD. CONEY ISLAND, LirE AND DEATH. 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