Show AMUSEMENTS JIM THE PENMAII It is just wo years since the Madison Square people paid their last visit to this city and presented Jim the Penman which had not then been seen in New York The profound impression the play left behind it and the fame which it has attained in the metropolis and all over the land since added to the personal popularity of many of the players all made up a great combination to draw a fine house to the Theater last evening The drama is familiar to most theatre goers here and was spoken of at length by THE HERALD on its first presentation that little needs to be added at this time it remains as it was wh nit n-it left the hands of the gifted author au-thor Sir Charles Youngin whose death the stage has recently suffered a heavy lossthe strongest most vivid and most absorbing English drama of the present generation To the people peo-ple presenting the ilav more attention is due for though none of them are strangers to us most of them appear in new roles Our old friends Mr Robinson Robin-son Mr Massen Mr Holland and Mr iniaips were warmiy greeted on their i appearance and young Salvini successor succes-sor to Lemoyno as Baron Hartfeld received re-ceived an ovation Miss Brookyn who played a minor part before but who now appears as Nina the wife the character portrayed by Caroline Hill before also received a round of applause ap-plause With the prin ipals in such hands and with such figures as the wellknown Flockton Messrs Ramsay Millward Woodruff Holli day Clara lipman and Kate Maloney in the support there could be nothing but a magnificent finished and well rounded crformaDcesuch a performance perform-ance in a word as only company I like A M Palmers knows how to furnish fur-nish Of course the night was full of comparisons and though we know they are sometimes odious who could help making them and marking the various points of delineation in the fine presentation pre-sentation last night and the fine presentation pre-sentation two years ago If cons d ered as a whole the original cast was doubtless the stronger We say it at the risk of seeming hypercritical for imputing any shortcomings to Ihe more recent performance Mr Hob inson is just the same as before a careful care-ful painstaking but not a magnetic actor To bur own notion James Ralston should be a handsomer and more dashing manbut MrRobiDgon was first selected from among a hundred to suit his managers idea of the part and having hav-ing filled it so long and so successfully perhaps no fault should be found Mr Holland was long ago conceded to have made the hit of his life in Captain Red wocd and the part hag lost none of the I exquisite fluvor hf origLaly imparted to it He won the only scene recall of the night Mr Massen who was the Drelincourt before nO7 had Kelseys part of Percival which he did very finely but still not so finely as he does a more rugged line of heroes such as he portrays in Saints and Sinners Miss Brookyn did some admirable acting though she was at a disadvantage in appearing before an audience which had seen Caroline Hill do tho same part and good as she was she could not cut suffer by it For her acting in the test scene of the part the letter episode she received a warm burst of appla sand e s-and was recalled at the end of the act The great emphatic impresion of the night it was reserved for Mr Alexander Salvini the true son of his father to make While we can not concede that Mr Salvini at all outshines his predecessor prede-cessor Mr Lemoyne in tho great character char-acter of JJartfeJd and while we think that in the maturity ot his methods he falls short of the older actoryet his genius is so undanbted his magnetism is so supreme and his whole delineation delinea-tion is to great that he is a constant bource of surprise and the most decided satisfaction That he a handsome stripling who his audience will be surprised sur-prised to learn is a dark youth with a taint Italian accent should be able so perfectly to portray the middle aged blonde German baron with the German accent so admirably cultivated is one of the marvels ot professional transmogrification trans-mogrification and shows that young Salvini is well able to bear up the honor of his name The support was all excellent MISCELLANEOUS HEBES to Maud Harrison whom we miss STODDABT Flockton and eight or ten others of the company are at the Ulif SALVINI has made wonderful strides since his appearance here with his father in the Gladiator I ME Mansfields great opportunity occurs oc-curs in Partners Mr Stoddart also has a fine character in that play I PARTNERS is an English play by Buchanan author of Claire and the brgemaster It was the latest Madison Square hit MB Rcbnson who has a monomania on the subject of fishing will be the guest of some prominent railroad men who will take him up the Weber tomorrow to-morrow POOR old Davidge I He is often referred to feelingly by his brother and sister associates It will be long before we see his delineation of the old tramp in Saints and Sinners equalled I TONIGHT the wellremembered Saints and Sinners with Mr Stoddart that I grand old man of the stage in the part of tho minister and with his charming and talented Marie Burroughs Bur-roughs Mrs Massen as his daughter Miss ANNIE RUSSELL Mrs Presbrey and her husband stage manager for Mr Palmer are the guests of their inends Mr and Mrs Judge Royle The many admirers Miss Russell will regret to learn that she is only to be seen in a slight part during the Salt Lake engagement that of a young girl in Partners BENEFIT FOR THE YELLOW FEVER SUFFERERS SUF-FERERS Benefits for the stricken people of the south are now being given everywhere and it is understood that Manager nnielas White of the Grand Opera House is rustling about with a big concert scheme in aid of the yellow eer fund The benefit it is expected will come off about October 12th r |