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Show iion were telegraphed to the press of New Park, Boston and Philadelphia. Personally,. Jose is a charming companion and of that dieposition which would necessariy make him a sympathetic singer. PAVILUOX yETEATRE. N This house has evidently struck , the veini of prosperity, thebusiness for the past week, having: been uniformly large. Tonight Will, be given the last performance of the "French Spy," which will be followed on Monday next by the ,'Streets of New York," the well known sensational drama in seven acts. The piece will be interspersed with specialties special-ties and with all accessories. Among the features will be the Union Square by Gas Light, the great fire and realistic snow ! scene. i The cast is a strong one and will doubtless doubt-less All the Pavillion Theatre at every performance. per-formance. SIDE LIGHTS. Emily RigLhas been re-engaged for Harry: Lacy's company. Mr. P. F. O'Mallyihas retired from the. management of the Pavilion Theater. Lizzie Annandale will , be a.memberfof. "The Tar and Tartar" company next season. sea-son. The Tuxedo company had a two weela vacation just prior to their engagement -in Denver. ' There is only one theater open in Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. The Carleton Opera company are occupying It. John T. Kelly, the comedian, has purchased pur-chased a pair of horses that are said to travel a mile in 2 :23. Francis Wilson wHl not go to Japan during dur-ing his vacation, he will spend the" summer (and a few dollars) in Paris. Frank Sanger denies the report that he has sold his interest in the Broadway theater, thea-ter, New York. He says he is ready to sell when he can frethis own price. George W. Ckilds says that In his youth he had many offers of free theater-tickets, but never accepted them. "There isa deep philosophy in this," comments the Spirit of the Times. "The person who accepts free KISS THE CLOUDS AWAY. A New Snog; to be Sung- in "Tuxedo," by Kichard J. Jose the Famous Contra-tenor. m Xo one -who has ever heard Thatcher's Minstrels or has -witnessed a performance of his new minstrel larce comedy creation "Tuxedo," will forget the ainging-of that ) sweet yoiced contra-tenor, Richard J. Jose. ' A short sketch of his-life might prove interesting inter-esting to Times readers, and it is best told in Mr. Jose's own words: ' "I was born in Cornwall, England, Jane 5, 1868. My father, Richard Jose, was a Spaniard Span-iard and a noted church organist, and, my mother was a Cornish woman." "My father, being a musician, he naturally gave me my first instructions in music, and I sang in concerts which he gave when only 10 years of age, but his death, which occurred oc-curred when I was 11 years old, deprived me not only of his instructions, but threw me onto the care of relatives, and I was sent to Amc.ica to live with a then wealthy uncle, who owned valuable mining interests in Virgina City, Nev. Two years after I ax-rived ax-rived in this country, my uncle lost all of his property through unlucky speculation, from the eifects of which he also died, when I was thrown on my own resources for a living and I apprenticed ap-prenticed myself to a cousin at Reno, Kev., to learn the carriage making trade. I admissions to a theater is demoralized for-I for-I ever afterward, and is never willing to pay I his way through life." Agnes Miller who has been a member of i A. M. Palmer's company for several years has been engaged by Charles Frohman. She will appear in ''Settled Out of Court" at tho Madison Square Theater during the coming season. The ladies of the theatrical profession pro-fession are talking about formins an auxilliary to the actors fund of America. Miss Marie Hilforde is at the head of this enterprise aid her noble efforts in this direction are bound to prove fruitful, fruit-ful, The next one who attempts to put an opera at Garfield Beach will perhaps test the building before they bring the company out. The Casino was a tire trap, and had there been a performance there at the time of the fire the chances for escape from the building build-ing would have been very small indeed. Another new theater is projected in Denver, Den-ver, to be ready for the fall opening in September. Sep-tember. Wessels fe Samm, formerly of the People's theater, are the prime movers in the enterprise. . It is 6aid that the Denver Tramway company has" offered to give $15,-000 $15,-000 and a three gears' lease on a corner near the old People's theater, and that another offer of-fer of a lot. adjoining the Tabor Grand has been made. worked at the anvil and forge for two years, but all this time I kept up my study of music and became a member of the Episcopal church at Reno. I sang in various concerts and amateur productions, until "S1 secured, through the influence of friends, my first professional engagement with Charlie Reed's minstrels, then touring the mining towns of Nevada and California." Mr. Jose thereafter enjraged with a number num-ber of well-known companies, including Emerson, Dockstader and Dcnman Thompson. Thomp-son. He joined Thatcher last September. An interesting incident in connection with his appearance here in "Tuxedo" on Thurs day and Friday evenings, July 14 and 15, will be his sinking of a new song, "Kiss the Clouds Away," by E. E. Kidder, the celebrated cele-brated playwright. Mr. Kidder had tho misfortune a few weeks ago, to lose his only child, a beautiful boy 3 years of age, and the numerous expressions of sympathy and condolence which appeared in the New York, Boston and Philadelphia papers in reference to his bereavement, induced JMr. Kidd to express his grief in the following beautiful poem, whicn he set to music and dedicated to the Press clubs of those cities: Through days of snn and storm, my love,' Through hours of good and ill, We've f otieht life' battle a we could, Please God we'll fight it Mill. We"ll ae, I know, before we go, Again a golden day. I And when the troubles come, my love, We'll kiss the lowering clouds away. CHORUS. We'll kiss the clouds away, sweetheart, We've don; it, love, before today, We have each other, after all, So we'll kiss the lowering clouds away. When heaven sent us onr babyoy, Our treasure, golden haired, We claaped him to onr hearts, my love, And prayed he raight.be cpared, But when the little life went out, It took ns man v a day To whiper, "It is better so," , And to kiss the lowering clouds away. We may not gain of this world's goods, No matter how we try; Bnt such true love as yours has been No noli can-ever buy; So whan theekies are overcast, Ai;d aM the. world bw( gray, I'll clasp my lovetPBne to my heart. And we'll kiss the lowering cloud away. At the speeial requestof Mr.'.KIdder,.Mr. , Jose wis .selected' as-the 1ngeTwo .snould first amg the song in public, which he did last Thnuday evening at the Tabor--Grand drd3envn-iulUparUcularrotIt8cp-i " - t |