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Show Ij ' r pamati end gpi. I- r H ' 1 Tho Duff Roportolro.-Tho Choral will go'to tho Tabornaclo.- I World's Fair Chorus a Failure -Mrs. Doom's Frost.- H Amorloan Productions to tho foro.-Noto3. M i The coming of the DufTOpcra Com M ' ft pany on Friday aud Baturday next Is B exciting a good deal of anticipation, B i and without doubt the attraction will H Justify It. DuU's company has not been H seen here since ho gave ua Lillian Itus B sell, Verona Jarbeau, Harry llllllard , andJ.II. ltlgbyln hie superb produo- B ,' tlon ot "A Trip to Africa," but that visit la very green In the memory of our tbeater-goera. Illgby, who has created more Ullbort and Bulllvau roles on this aide of the Atlantlo than HH any other comedian on tbo atnge, la M ' etllliwltli tho company, which now H j' Includes Helen Bertram as soprano, H 1 Charlea Baawtt and Willleai Schuster. H , , In all probability the repertoire will be LaH I Friday a double bill, consisting of tbo H f '1 fsmouj "Cavalerla Iluallcana" and H ' , "Trial by Jury;" Baturday afternoon H j "A Trip to Africa," and Baturday H ' evening "Miss llellyet." H The directors of the charity eoclable i made a sudden change In tholr plaua H yisferday. After tho Theater had been H booked for the Light ot Asia, Mr. H Stephens ascertained that the Church B authorities woro willing that tho M Tabernacle should be used for the B event, the recent legal decision M ' presumably having romovod the dlfll- B culllea that formerly stood In tho way. B Tho Tabernaile was accordingly ' secured and the thea'rr canceled so that n thejgrcat work will have tho million of ' the big organ as accompaniment to w the singers. aaHk . , The ushers ball at the Theiter last B' ' evening did not draw as It should have , done, mainly beojuse too few Invito. H I Hum were sent out, aud tho njvor. M tlslog had been ueglooteil. The first ball of the seiion at the Theator should BH be a crowded one, and the ushers have HH1 only themselves to blame that It was BH anything dlflerent. The dsuslugwai BH heartily enjoyed by all present, aud BH the muelo under I'rolcssor Canlln was BBB a tleaunt feature. The management BBB rely on the dancing matluio today to BBB pull the seats up beyond theloltlcg m Protably the one feature of the B J World' Fair exerclsca on Uotober "i, B' ! which most attracted the attention of BBB music lovers hire and tho world over, B I the vhorus ot 5500 selected voices H I v Which rendered the vocal muslo of tho BVB i 'l, oocaslon. Thethought of that number UlL ol voices united In rendering the Hallelujah Chorus or the Star Spaugled Manner In au electrifying one, aud yet It Is said the realisation fell far short of tbo expectations Indeed lt wee almost al-most a distinct failure. It Is very evident evi-dent that a building whoce platform aloue Is large enough to seat oSvO people peo-ple (more than an ordinary tnbernsilo congregation) must be so vast that a large proportion of tbo nudltors would beboyondthe sound of theinuiic. So It proved In this case. Mr. 11. M. Wells of this city, who board tbo stu pendoua chorus, aaya tho tlfect won disappointing to all except thoio Immediately Im-mediately In front of Ine singers. Aa a feast for the oye It was Inspiring to tho ear It was all n Jinnble, The ilaiieal JUrahl on tho ainio eubleot says: "But when anything was aald, sung or played, then the grand error wan appreciated by all but a very fow. In a narrow space lnimodlutoly In front of the speakers there were seated men and women who huard n good art of prayer, ode and spoeohce. Be) ond, all was a blank so far aa the ear was concerned. con-cerned. Nor could more thau a score or so of tlioie on tbe platform Luow through tholr ara what waa going on within less thau lui) feet of them. It waa the same with the rulialo. The only one lu that 100,000 who really heard Land aud singers with anything lite satisfaction was Mr. Theodore Thomas, probably. To others about the lloor ur on the platform came, Intermittently, gusts and pulls of tour. To this or that hearer, ua variously reported, re-ported, the tone came sometimes d. rectly, as It eemeU,at others aa though reflected. One bearer found that some Bounds were echoed with greuter dls tlnctnesa and force thau waa duveloped for his eara by tholr orlglual utterance. Honietnlng near to real muilcnl elloct waa felt wheu atandlnn near tun singers' sing-ers' high stage, on the lloor at one slje, probably because there was a sharp angle of reflection from the roof,though the reflecting surfaie was L'OO feet ell. It was n common experience to see the conductor'a stick complete Its marking of the division of tho measuru a erccp. title instant of time belore theeolncl. dent sound was hoard aa the ull of smoke from the mouth of n cannon Is seen seconds before the boom or the crack of tho explosion Is heard, lhtso facta and peculiar Incidents were Interesting In-teresting as atudles In acoustics, but It was not mutlo. Hiuall wonder that, unable to hear sptccbes or music, and olleu uuable as well to distinguish the Individuals on thu plattorm, people It-It their seats Mid roamed about the great building; or, better still, went lulu the grounds without, aud beneath a beautllully mottled aky und lu an atmosphere that had the lalmlnias of June, vlutvcd the wonders of lath and lsster, about the lagoona the vista of arches and colau-nadee, colau-nadee, tho lofty domcj, the Ingenious allr.-ory In front of tec administration building, aud all tho other achieve-incut achieve-incut nud evidence of great iiosal-ullltles iiosal-ullltles on evrry hand. Small harm If they rot about tho hall while Columbus' Co-lumbus' exploits woro vaunted by orators, and their physical and moral Mquonrea wore dwell upon by the poet of tho occasion, end sealed, regaled themiclvea Willi luncheon. In that enormous space which, as they say of Saint Trier's cathedral, ut Home, seemed to have Its own atmosphere, n hundred occupations might tie carried on without the ninety and nine knowing know-ing what any one waa doing. Wo had again the scenes of the Jublleo days In Boston a restless throng, moving on the outskirts of the soUod multitude, without nparont purpore, without even nn apparent kuowlodgo of the dolnie, 600 fret away, nud with no manifestation of Interest In anything whatever. The drawbacks were so many and so great that one wonders wh) they had tho eerumonlca lu a building wheru success was Impossible. An answer may bo thai there was a dcslro to let the people participate, aud since tbeiu waa universal disappointment because of (loneril Miles' refusal to order a military puradr, that wish was certainly certain-ly praiseworthy. The people were there nil sorts and conditions of men nobody waa Let I cut, If boor she had a tloket and the tickets, like heaveu'a rain, fell on the Just and tho unjust without attempt nt discrimination. All the same It wua a glgantlo hlumlor, Terhai a Chicago, wcro nothing la anything any-thing If It bo not big, may feel happy 111 the reflection that an error being made, It waa an enormous oiu! Besides thu S.oOO voices the orchoj-tra orchoj-tra numbered 100 players. Other Instrumental In-strumental forces wcro the Bonn military baud of 60 plecoi, John 1'. Housa, conductor, and the Chicago Becd band of fitly piece, A, Ko.en-becker, Ko.en-becker, oonductor, nnd a drum corps of fifty under thedlrectlou cf Mr. Cu-llu Cu-llu Thu musiral aocletlos and choirs of Chicago nnd Its suburbs who contributed con-tributed n part or nil of their membership member-ship to form tho chorus were the following: fol-lowing: ocniu socttms. Ulna Iiland Lle.lerkries. i"'f'i'i 1 onoiniu lla.iin.rrtiur ,.. ro 1 ruliilnn MoJerur.l , H y) Herman Aiuerlei i l orld s air C horu coo Cl.iuiiitYereio llirtuvela It iron lark I In leikriss ... si llnrnionu Mionuvrelior- . ,i Muntrarl Haoiiki rbuM ..,. ii lIumiHilUsainer;! Iub ,,,. ,o lunxer MenncrliorM 7 Kreuucr cjimtnte : n I eOitlr.il'iiiirueln. ,: I ledurt.f.l Invaeru. .... C7 Norlllilritii llcderkrsc ...' is tin heii. M.ennriehar.... 2jo eeilllir Uedtl.lol .. "."!"...! M Hennir.lilpr 1 tellers rani ,,, tin Tcutoma Metnncrctior . ou illCMCIN SOCICTICS AND CII0IU9, ApOllO ClullMHW .... .roll.n Ma.lcl eoelel....,..." t& I Hluinell liuir -........ .... su tblcjtictior&l Ho lele.... ..., is I I rm cburcli Llioir, nuodl.na l .rk it Ulill Iren'.l.m.i, . ..,,I51 llijilewuol Iv.uinlllub. . ra ilianytel tbo r ;"" u limllui allrtibjl.rl.iiChuriliCbolr.... 11 ilraltjusrigatiouiti tliuiiil Union is e.rai.eei fioal Church 1 holr..,, . 7i (Ir.ioiiunlil hnlr uik 1 ark L 15 llatton L,lub. KonoabH. Wla H.....,,.H .. .,7T t) Holy Croa.Cburcti Choir ,., M 7 Nuitliwc.lern Lniicrallythorat Alaoctatioa ro He Auaro .Cnoir H .. h St 1 aulst hurcbtlioir ... 30 bllanl.lbolr mlallou 7...... 11 si Mark. Iiaiiliii ;.;. Jj St IlkrlLoliHuow aLhoir. ..... 311 bt JAma.1 UUuriU Cuoiri.... 7s Toven of I iko Lhoral L'olon. .. 174 I nlon I ark Choral enclctr.H.,,., ro World s 1 air Anilllarjr Cborua 10:s TotklHl(. ...., MHM70 The theatrical world on this sldool tho Atlantlo will view with tho keen-rat keen-rat Interest aud mrloalty the result of Manager ,Charlea l'rohman'a arrange, munts to produce American pU)s In Loudon. Tho Initial trial will be made with the "Lost I'uraJlao" oil the 11th lust. Speaking to n reporter recently, re-cently, Mr. Frohmau snldi "Ilmo Just about concludetl the final arrange-menta arrange-menta by which I shall iroduce American plnye lu Londou, beginning begin-ning early In December at the Ade Iphl Theater," "Tho 'Lost Paradise' Is tho tint play to be produced, aud elmultanootisly with its production I shall tieoome Interested pecuniarily In thu success or failure of that play aud of other I laya that I shall stage there. I think that I mar siy that I am the first American manager tu put the work of American dramatists sjsltm-ntlcally sjsltm-ntlcally on the llnsllsh market." In Now York at least, tho American arlto'e seems to bo enjoylug a distinct boom. Tho Dramatio A'sws sa s: One by onr, thu New Vork Iheatns that used to de; end on the foreign market for their I lays, have been obliged to abandon that eyttem. First came the Madison (Square, wheru Mr. t'ahner with his I'.uropeaii dramas stej ped out, and Mr. Hoyt with his original American Amer-ican comedies stepped in. Then talno l'almer'ii, where pretty much the whole history of the plrce was foreign. Charles I'rohmnn enters with American Ameri-can nud Americanized plajs, nnd success cornea with htm. Last of nil, cornea tho Casino, rescued from Impending Im-pending wreck by au American opera. Ily and by, perhaps, Mr. Aronoou ami Mr. l'ahncr will turn mora of their attention to American productions. This Is a very good tlmu for them tu think It over. Asa somewhat striking companion picture to tho high favor lust now U lug enjoyed by American productions, tbe experience of the Kngllth action, Mrr, Bernard Beire, liny be cited. This lady camo to New York with a llourlth of trumpets, the like of which had not been henrtl since Irving nnd Terry's first tour, flm win heralded as thoqulutoseence of llrltl-h drumatlo art, tut lu Nqw Votk, she was n frost of tho most biting nnd nipping order. Km-ii Muurlco ill r rj niont, eepeutally engaeedns her leading man, cuiuld not save her. On tho nlgut we beheld her In Lena lloijard, n fortnight fort-night ago, the whole thing wi eo bad as to be maddening. The critics nearly all treated htr courteously aud said It might bo tho fault of the play, which wnuhopolcw. In n week the bill wan ohnui,ed to Arlann, wlilch was worse, nud then tho crltlca oiireU in ufuil. lade. Mr, Conway, Mrs. Boere'jLng-lUh Boere'jLng-lUh leading m in, undone of tho most hilariously funnj lovers that eer tried to moke love was tcrcniptorlly discharged dis-charged for having ruined one of the star' teems, nudut lutt acrounta the bill was to undorgo unothor change. We fenr Mr. Marcua Mayer will nted Ida I'ultl tour to recoup bis losses nn Becre. s Tho late Charles ltccd was an especial fivorlto throughout thu West, and thu whirlwind of fun ha iirovol eil In "A Brass Monkej," "Hie Clly Directory" and later In "Hosa and Hoss," la well renumbered lu this city. '"'M(r : MLMBBBBBai He died In the United States Hotel, Boston, of h:art disease. The de-ciued de-ciued began Ills career ns a minstrel with Bluimons and Blocum, In I'hlla-del,hli, I'hlla-del,hli, In lb7i). Ho was next with Frank Moran In the Soventh Btreet Opera House, In that city. Ho afterward after-ward went West, and uuJer Billy LtacTsou became ono of the most nottd minstrels In tho country. About live years ago ho riiturnou to New Vork Clly Willi Oookstailor'a minstrels. From this engagement he wont with (ieorgo Thatcher. Ills first hit lu a white faco was msde lu Hoyt nnd rhomas' "A Bras Monkey." He afterward tool; a prominent part lu Ullbert and Sullivan's "Iluddygoro," nud appeared In "A Bag Baby nud "Old Sport." Alter a time with " The City Directory," he weul Into builniM with Collier lu "Hoss and lions," of which the deceased waa the author. Ho was married while In California, Ho was bom in New York City lu 1633. 1 NoFf-ssioNAi, rmiris. Augustus Thomas' new war comedy drama, "Surrender," Is n pronounced auccess. Lule Annamlale, Abbott's oon-tralto, oon-tralto, Is alnglng at the I'lvoll, ban Francisco, William (Jlllotts's 111 health has necessitated ne-cessitated the postponement of Ills "Nlmty Dijs After Date," at the Broadway, from January until February. Febru-ary. Wagner's muslo seems at last to hnvu found favor lu Frauco, The "I'ljlng Dutchman" will have Its first jroduetlon lu that couutry this month at Lille. Charles Frohman's comedians, who play Settled Out of Court here Christmas, Christ-mas, mo thu same i eople who gave us Mr. Wilkinson's Widows, lueludlng Jo Holland, M. A. Kennedy and Ueorglu Drew Barrymore. John D. Hrenccr Is lu Bolso looking after his shoe buslne-e,anJ Incidentally eupcrvlslug inuilcal and dramntlo represcntallonu.ln that clly. Ho writes enthuilastscally of Bolsu'd new opera house which Julia Marlowe will opon this mouth. Tho report that Qllmore'e Band was about to disband icome to have nrlven from tho fact that it la about to be reorganized. Tho uttul number of musicians Is about sixty-live; at preeeut thoroaru one hundred, aud when tho baud goes traveling thoio will bu about fitly. DrumiVo ftewt. A Dunver dispatch nays: Margaret Mather, thu actress, who opened n week's engagement ut the Broadway Theater lu this ulty last night, has publicly acknowledged her marriage to Ueorge l'abnt, of Milwaukee, and will retire from thu stage December 10 at Des Molnw, Inwa. She has canceled her other eugiigemuuts und given notlco of dismissal to her company. Tho da.-a rehearsal of Mnscngnl's new opera "LisItaulMUC," at Pergola, was attend! d by n edict audience of critics and artists from eeery part of Lurope, recently, Tho mutlo is said to be lull ot dramatio jiower and beautiful beau-tiful melodic uudla orcheslralcct lu n masterful vay. Fcrrorl conducted. Maitcignl was calloil beloro thu Lurtaln repeatedly. It la said that ho has excelled ex-celled himself lu thla work. Tho modesty with which lie bears his now honors Is one of the choruiln,' features of Mr. Drew's sudden nud brilliant success. He explalus It himself by aajlog that he dcesn't realize It jet lull am strongly Inclined In-clined to believe that this Is a self decor de-cor (Inn and that the truth Is Mr.Drew Is a genuinely good fellow whose head Is too well balanced to bo turned by popularity and applause. Mirror, A Washington dispatch lays: "Joseph "Jo-seph Jellerson'a return tonight In the universal favertte,"ltlp Vnu Winkle," plainly showed a unanimous de-Ire to once ncaln enjoy the beauties of this delightful portraiture. The house was filled to llffullest seutlng cniacltyat au advanced scale ot prices, and standing mom was at a premium, Mr. Jelloreon received a most cordial greeting. greet-ing. The Immense advance sale guarantees au unusually big week." The Atlanta Vonttttutton tells a very fiinoy story. It says that Miles Ortou'd show wasbllleltu appear at Carroll-ton, Carroll-ton, Ua, on Nov. 14, and that 600(1 jerjous, representing the amusement-loving amusement-loving population fur miles around, gathered lu that town to witness It. Noshoweame, but ralu came In torrents, tor-rents, nnd thu crowd went home dreuchrd and dlrguited. It appeared tli.tOrton, who was nn unthuilnstlo Harrison man, bet hla wholu show with a Cleveland man In Chattanooga on thu result of the election, and of course lost thu bet. It la said that tho winning Democrat rode the elephant which was among tho livestock won from Ortou In a Demooratla parade in Chattanooga. Manager William A. Brady has arranged ar-ranged to have it play house ereoted on the World's Fair grouudp, lu Chicago, to bu called Corbett's fueater. The building will be situated en Fifty-sixth street, Cornell and KaitBIdonvoiities. The scheme Is backed by several eallhy Chicago cat Itallsls, including O. A. MatthoMs, H. B. Franklin and I. 11. I lanley. The capital stock Is $100,000. Messrs. Matthews aud Finn-ley Finn-ley nrrlved from Chic ego last night and dticusrud the matter with Brady and Corbett, The contracts will be signed today. Brady will have charge of tho theater, aud Ills hla Intention to hnvo three shows thero dully. The performance will consist of vaudevlllo, opera nnd Corbett's compau), Tho Theater will be oned on May 1 iiml remain open till October ill, ..V, y Jhrald. |