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Show AMUSiKJlKMS. "All llie Comforla of Homo." "llluc Jram' Wonderland. Tito Tonic Nil.U. There was a fair audleuco al the Theatre laat night, and "All the Com-forteof Com-forteof lloiie" was reuderuJ by the excellent rompauy lu a thoroughly salte'actory way. The plecu la full of lunny complications, and each character charac-ter Is Interirelid with highly arllsllo skill. l.oM-ra of relluid comedy will appreclatn the acting ol such cainhle actors and actresres aa B. Miller K'eel, II. A. Morey, Krank I.auib, Herbert A yllug, Hamutl Kd. warda, J. I'.. Mlllla, Joniuia Martin, Jamea 1 l'.lcketa, I). J. Hhrrwoud, MisKa Maud lis. lam, Kale I) nln-Wilson, nln-Wilson, I'uitl Misus, UolJle Audrews andTrclla Kolti. Thu plice poes again tonight and should draw a good house. "HICK JKAIS'' w hlch cornea to the theatre for thrie nlghls, commencing on Mouday, la dtslriudasn liomily, domisilc sort of a drJUia"ono that la h.utid to liaae." the play Is laid lu Indiana and In-Iritdureaueveral In-Iritdureaueveral rural charaitira. A great aaw mill rceno Is d.acrlUd aa larllcularly ciclllng and reallatlc, rim fnlluwlng rarngrapli from the New York Sun gltes a good Ideaol Ihe pla) 1 "Die attractions In the play, how. ever, are tint tho urely drumntio situ-atlona situ-atlona aud deve'r. intntr, but rather the curloua featllVea uf reallam aril aeusatlouiillain. There aro live iilgeona cu ageiiuluo tiaru, rial stnuko frum n chlrocr). tho almost comp'eln tin Jreas-Ingof Jreas-Ingof u liltloglrl, tlleatiearanrebf a village laud slyle U'Iib ItlslttgHilu ltonrira,1 leJ by a drum major whu tlUit" Ida stlik up and down and ell ar.iuud the stage, tu Ihe Itnniluent danger of the audience as well as Ihe plarrs, n very ludlirnua dining room icriio 111 whlc.i tho lor lnillatit,ery a. t of thu tollslied lnctroiailitin, J Vrry lls,09in, with ttuMt comical aicurac); and, glralistof all, there Is Ihe thrilling thrill-ing sawmill get-oir. Worm 11 lu Hie eats in front turned their hinds and uoverul Ihelr lacs wllh their hands and lintidl trcliUfa lu order lu hi la what might nally have turned out lo bt a sight of bloody death. It Mas a bit of re Inlensu resllsm pa liaunvir biii produud ujou thu New Yuik slafle." WO.MILIII.ANU. The atlractlmia Ihla wink are both minuroiia and uulque. In the curio hall an iducated dug gives I'VlJencis of lull lllfient 1. whu h are very r, mark-able. mark-able. The American Htruton exlilh. Itahlawonderlul slreuglli, Hn utlora tlOO to any lour men who can full a rot from him, ho lioldltigooe tuJ ol It between hla tteth. Tho "Parer King"rnkra Uaulllul nowcra. without any tools excel t Ills hands, to tho great delight and admiration of the ladles, and the "Itooater urchistra'1 la tou comlo for anything. In Ihe theatorluma very nice programme la rendered, Tho exhibitions Ihla week are na good as ever lu this laud of perpetual per-petual wonders. . WHAT l TONICl SOL.KA? Tbel.ondsn -Musical llera'tl, In a recent number, gives tbo following answerlothlsqueslloni 1 "II you ask us whether Tonic Hoi fa Is a stepplng-atoae lo tbo old notation, weanaweryes. If you atk If It Is only a stepping-stone tatbeoll notation, wv answer no. The two nutations are very different. Asa fact, Tonic Sol-fa Is now being used hare by thousands wbu paas on tba old notation, and use UiM lor 1 laying Insirunieuta, but Ills also employed by far Isiger numbers of choral alugera, who rind that It makes dlfllcult niuslo ea.y. How do you account for tho fact lhat every mu.lo printer In this country baa now a fount of Tonlo Hil fa type; that all Ihe Irtlldoll pilbllabeie of choral niuslo lasuo Tonlo BoKe edl-Hone, edl-Hone, th firm ol Novella's having Issued Is-sued 10,000 I ages ol Tonlo Hoi fa music, not of the class of "Uospel Hymns" and slxleen-bar part-songs, whhii Mr. - leaches at his con-Ventloaa, con-Ventloaa, but ef tbe hlshel daas Iroui llevthoven's C'Aoraf Sjmphenu to the works of Uounod, Stanford, Mackan-tie, Mackan-tie, Dvorak, Hulllvan, He? rheiw i.ut llahera caro not a rap for the phllaii-lhrolo phllaii-lhrolo or mlMlsnary aspect of tbe mailer; Ibey publish ouly lu oledlence to the public demand. Our point Is lhat Tonlo Hoi fa has two escts. It laatilnulepenaatle preliminary to Ilia right understanding of the old notation whether for singers or pla) era. Mia also an ledcudent vocal notation, lo be uwd concurrently w Mi the old. No lime la roal If, alter learning Tonlo Hol.fa, the old notation Is reverted lu. All the training of tho Hobfalst hell s him lu reading ilia stair." "JASL" will U Ihe allractlou at the Theatre for tlireu nlghla and a Halurday matinee, mati-nee, oommonclng on Ihurada), -May IS. Thn play had a run of too nights In London, alter which It waa eecurcd ly.Mr. l'rohman and transplanted to tbe Madison Huuare Theatre where It held Ihe boards for ISO nights. , llllKA. The appended paragraph has bean sent us lor 1 tibllrationt "There must be somewhat that Is extraordinary In a personality that, like Mile Hhea's, comtnsnda a devoted devot-ed following wherever alio goes. llheas admlrera are not merely ad-mlrera, ad-mlrera, they aru enthuslaatlo and lallh-ful lallh-ful Irlends, who believe lu her aud would cheerfully wake sscrlflce lor .her. This, no doubt, springs out of her magnetism and the obvious sincerity of her character. These ipiallllea have uncomnien scoo In her (day, l.n Ctirlna, 1-mpress of llus.la,' which I", this season, inado tho niece do resistance resis-tance ifherriiertolre.' Tin: tllUHAL bOCItTV. There are at present no lu w developments develop-ments in regard lo the resignation of Professor I,. Htephena as the leader of the organisation. Tho prafrsaor telle u. Hut It le dual and that he will under un-der no cnnalderatlou recall It. Tbo reasons are, as I eTore statod, the small artistic progress ol the choir, everything every-thing else being satisfactory. A aer. selling forth the reamna In detail, will bo lead at llie meeting on Monday night nud published Jeter. Tin: JU.NB COITKST. Allconiietltorsfor thecomlog June contests should send their names elating elat-ing what they dealre tocomjeta utonj to either K. ritephena, care id Ciatlir A Hnelgrove, Halt Lake Cltv, or ton-frlWor ton-frlWor cfllcr, not later lhau May 15th, that the full rrograinmo may be prot-erly prot-erly arranged. |
