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St. John's Day In America 126 Years Ago.
breasts where the spirit of self-love has stepped in before it , and taken possession , but who knows how soon the grace of God may chase away this evil spirit , and your joy may be full . In the meantime , " be not weary in well doing . " Love the brotherhood , i . e ., all mankind . First let this love be without dissimulation , and then let it continue . Quench not the spirit of it , despise not its suggestions . Comfort yourselves together and edify one
anothci even as also ye do . Warn them that are unruly , support the weak , relieve the distressed . See that none render evil for evil unto any man , but ever follow that which is good , bo'h among yourselves and to all men . Keek yourselves unspotted from the world and beware of covetousness which is id latry . Cut off occasion from them which desire occasion to speak against you , and let vour conversation be such that whereas they
speak against you a * evil doers , they may by your good works which they shall behold , glorify God in the day of vi-itation . Finally , brethren , whatsoever things are true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things areju-t , whatsoever things are pure , whatsoever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report , if there he any
virtue , and if there be any praise , think on these things . Now , to God the Father , who is the builder and maker of us all ; to God the Son , who is our chief corner-stone ; and to Go 1 the H . ily Ghost , tirough w ^ om we are builded together , be ascribed as is most due all power and glory , both now and for ever . Amen .
The Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary At Margate.
THE ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY AT MARGATE .
A very brief and simple ceremony in connection with the opening of the new wing of this infirmary , which is the munificent giftofour Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , P . G . D ., was held on the Sth inst . The wing consists of a day room for women , four wards named the Alexandra , with 16 beds for women , the Louise , with 14 beds for girls , the Victoria ,
with 14 beds for boys , and the Maude , with 16 beds for men , a covered promenade , and a sea-water swimming bath . These buildings were designed by Mr . James Knowles , editor of the Nineteenth Century . In addition to the wing ; the directors have had erected a sea wall , of which Mr . Abernethy , F . R . S ., was the hon . engineer . Several gentlemen , among whom were Bro . Sir Eiasmus Wilson , Bvo . Lieut .-Col . Creaton ( the treasurer and
chairman ) , Capt . I-acke ( chairman of the local committee ) , Mr . A . B . Cobb , Major Webb , Mr . Hannam , J . P ., Mr . K . W . Wilkie , J . P ., Dr . Birketl ( London ) , Dr . Rowe , Mr . Treves , Mr . Thornton , J . P ., the Rev . Prebendary Whittington , the the Revs . E . H . Blyth , Alcock ( Birchington ) , and H . Aidwin , Soames ( thechapIain ) , Mr . Walters ( surgeon ) , Mr . J . M . Paramor , and others , having walked throuiih and inspected the new buildings , which they pronounced to be very
satisfactory , a short service was held in the pretty chapel , also the gift of Kro . Sir Erasmus . Special prayers and lessons were read by the chaplain , a portion of the 25 th Matthew was read , and suitable hymns were sung . In th * course of the service , Colonel Creaton said : My friends , before 1 declare the new wing open I wish to say a few words , which I have thought it better to put to paper . We live at a period when many are the praiseworthy efforts to aid and
relieve our afflicted fellow creatures . But I should not be doing my duty as your Chairman upon the present occasion , or speaking my honest convictions , if I did not call your special attention to the very great—I may add munificentprovision now made in our Sea Bathing Infirmary for the relief and cure of sickness and suffering . VVe are connected with an institution whose object is the alleviation and extirpation , il possible , of a mysterious , an insidious , and a
must afflicting malady , and in which , during 92 years of its existence , 40 , 000 ca-es have been treated and cared for . I know of no modern exercise of a generous and large hearted pbibntbropby more likely to be productive of help and healing to very many sufferers than the great and good work in which we are all engaged to-day . By the never-tobe-forgotten , and I must aod the princely , liberality of Sir Erasmus Wilson , we have now four new wards , day rooms ,
a swimming bath , promenade over the new wing , and a beautiful chapel , all in active operation and ready to receive the proper number of inmates . Thanking him , as treasurer of the institution , from the bottom of my heart for you all , and for myself , privileged as I am to take part in these proceedings , f . ir all that he has so nobly done , I think that all who have been through ; he buildings in its various parts and beheld admiringly the remarkable provision thus made
for scientific treatment of this specific malady , for which this in-titutinn is destined , will re-echo my words in the expression of the gratitude we all feel for the admirable additions made to our infirmary by Sir Erasmus Wilson . I trust that all lhe benefits will accrue to others which in his gr ^ at kindness he so anxiously desires , and I have now
the high honour , my friends , to declare this new wing duly opened . At the luncheon subsequenlly held Sir Erasmbs Wilson ' s health was proposed by the chairman , Lieut .-Colonel CREATON , and was feelingly and eloquently responded to by our distinguished brother .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . WILLIAM GRACE , 495 . 'The death of Bro . William Grace , of Wakefield , which tcok place suddenly from heart disease on the 29 th ult ., is a g < x * at loss to the Wakefield Lodge , No 495 , of which he Was the Treasurer . He was born on the 31 st March , 1836 , and when 14 years of age he entered the bank of Messrs . Leatham , Tew , and Co ., and gradually rose from one position to another until he was appointed Bhis
manager . y ndelity , courtesy , and talents , he won the unbounded confidence of the firm He took a prominent part in Freemasonry in Wakefield . He spared no time and grudged " » labour in furthering the welfare of his lodge . His unselfishness , kindness of heart , love of the Craft and rever-C f * f' ' ' "b-ervances won f ° him the highest esteem ot his brethren . His funeral was attended bv a larrrer
number of Ficemasons than ever assembled previously on a similar occasion in Wakefield . Among those present c * « , B , os * T * W * Tciv * SG * * of England , W . D . P . G . M . w . West Yorkshire ; Henry Smith , P . G . S . of West York-Sjy » and many other Provincial Officers and brethren , u / f n . ^ "a placed on the coffi n by the Masters of the Wakefield Lodges on behalf of the brethren .
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Bro . Edward Terry was feted at a supper at Ulster last Wednesday week . * * * Mr . Barry Sullivan has been entertained by his brother Savages prior to leaving London . * * * The St . James ' s reopens with "Impulse" on the 17 th prox .
* * Bro . H . Walsham sails this day week for New York , having formed an engagement with Mr . Rice , of Boston , for a short opciatic season .
* * 13 ro . Col . Mapleson hopes to complete the Opera House on the Embankment , close to St . Stephen ' s Club , and open it in the spring of next year . * * * The Haymarket is closed to give the company a holiday and for necessary repairs and structuial alterations . Bro . and Mrs . Bancroft are at Homburg . The theatre will reopen about the last week in September . #
* * " Silver Guilt " at the Strand pursues its successful course . It now even goes easier than at first . Rarely of late years has a burlesque on another theatre's play met with such a hearty reception .
* * * To-night the Princess ' s reopens with " The Silver King . " A new comedietta , by Mr . J . W . Jones , " A First Experiment , " will be the first piece on the programme . The popular diama which follows will have a slight change in its cast . * # #
We regret to announce the death of Miss Rose Massey , sister of Miss Helen Massey of thc Grand Theatre . The sad event happened in America , where Miss Massey had married some years ago and retired from the stage . She was only 32 years of age . Miss Massey played in London at the Vaudeville in " The Two Roses . "
» Mrs . Langtry will not appear at a Gaiety matinee as she intended , in consequence of the lateness of the season . She is now playing at Manchester in " Pygmalion and Galatea " and ** Honeymoon . " She will soon sail again for Quebec and the States , and will fulfil an engagement in Australia before returning to London in iSS- ;
* * * Bro . John Hollingshead and Mr . J . L . Hine have taken the Globe for a period and will open early in Sep t ember with comedy . As Miss Kate Vaughan has finally quitted the Gaiety and is not going to the Alhambra we may possibly see her installed at the Globe , since she has developed such wonderful comedy talent . \ Ve hope our wish may prove true , but we have no foundation for it .
* * # At the Imperial a company from the Cape oS Good Hope is playing " Garrick " and sundry other small pieces . But we cannot say anything in favour of plays or acting . We noticed an extremely full house , and an
enthusiastic audience , who applauded at nothing and laughed at the most stupid and everyday phrases . VVe could but form one opinion of how they came there , especially as sixpence was charged for leaving one ' s umbrella , which was compulsory , and sixpence for a programme which gave little information .
* * * In addition to "Virginia and Paul" at the Gaiety " More than Ever " is now being performed at that house . It is a burlesque " in one horror" by the late Arthur Maddison , produced in the spring at a matinee * with much success as a take off on " For Ever , " then being played at the Surrey . Bro . Squires , Mr . Monkhouse , Mr .
Penley , Mr . Wyatt , and Miss Hoivard—the original company—still play . The man-monkey is in this a mankangaroo , who succeeds in killing every onc- else . VVhen the curtain is drawn up at the end , in response to the applause , the whole castis seen stretched side by side on the floor . It is ludicrous in the extreme . A new opera £ 0 display Miss Lilian Russell ' s voice and acting will very soon be produced .
* * * " The Streets of London " is taking so well at the Adelphi that the new melodrama will not be required for a while . A real four-wheeled cab and a real steam fireengine drawn by two spirited horses and a real fire are the great attractions , especially to the pit and gallery , judging by their shouts . Bro . C . Warner is the hero who dodrres
the footsteps of a dishonest merchant who has robbed two orphans ot their fortune , and who suffer the most melancholy poverty in consequence . Mrs . H . Leigh , as the kindhearted wife of a costermonger—let us hope there are many such in real life—comes in for much of the applause . VVe have seen Miss Clara J ed ' s do much better when she had a better part than she has in this drama . Mr . Proctor , the
street vendor , is another good character whom one does not often come across in the streets of London . Miss Alice Raynor , the orphan , acts so well that we may look to her remaining on this side of the water , if one may judge from her first visit to a Strand theatre . Her voice is sympathetic , and her rendering of the sorrows of an ill-used orphan is pathetic without being overdone . We shall , amongst others , watch her stage career closely .
* " The Grand " has , phcenix like , arisen from the ashes of the Philharmonic , and may in one sentence be ti-rmcd the best constructed and the most comfortable theatre in London . One can only regret that it is not
in the neighbourhood of the theatre world . The inhabitants of Islington and the north of London have now to themselves a playhouse superior to any west-end theatre . Mr . Matcham , ( he architect , is to be highly complimented . The Grand will seat 3000 persons . We went on the night of our visit to every part and corner of the house , and
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from everywhere a clear view is to be obtained of the stage . Even at the side this is so . There are no pillars to block out the view and cause one to sit unc . iml ' ortably to see anything . The atmosphere is delicious , hardly above the temperature of the street . The lighting is partly by gas and partly by electricity . Thc latter is prettily let into the sides of the balconies and covered over with Ooaque glass . The theatre is only two storeys in height . There are wide
stone staircases on either side and any number of doors to be used in case of a sudden exit being required . These can be burst open by a strong push , which we tried . Then there aie elegant and cool rooms for smoking and lounging in between the acts . The stalls are placed widely apart from the rows in front , so that one can pass and repass without disturbing one ' s neighbours , and there is besides a subway leading from one side of the theatre to
the other under the stalls . The decorations are chaste and in harmony with the building . The proscenium archway , which reaches from the floor of the house to the roof , is composed ol Peterhead granite , which at once strikes the observer as being " grand . " We do not recollect seeing this substance being used for such a purpose before . Mr . Freeman has being appointed acting manager . A better choice could not have been made .
Altogether the lessees , Messrs . Holt and Wilmot , are to be congratulated , and we hope many of our readers will " do the Grand . " For the opening " The Bright Future , " by Mr . Sefton Parry , has been produced . Its name , we hope , is a good omen . As a drama it is but commonplace . It will be played for six weeks only , at thc end of which time Miss Minnie Palmer , a young American artiste , will make her debut in England in a three act musical comedy . * ' Mv
Sweetheart . " InOctober anew drama , entitled " Racing , " will be produced . An Irish drama , " The Donugh , " by the author of " Little Em'Iy " and joint author of " Fiecdom , " the new Drury-lane drama , will be brought out . " The Bright Future " is a scenic drama as well as a powerfully written one . The scenery , by Mr . Swift , includes the Thames Embankment and Charing Cross , and there is a
real cab covered with snow driven on to the stage , to the manifest delight of the gods . Miss Lydia Cowell throws her usual vivacity into her part . Mr . Carleton , Miss Helen Massey , Mr . Balfour , and Mr . Lyons all fit their parts well . Wc earnestly hope that a "bright future " is before this , the latest of London ' s theatres . We noticed four distinguished Japanese gentlemen , on the occasion of our visit , amongst the audience . # #
* Bro . Augustus Harris and Mr . Rowe ' s new drama "Freedom , " may be styled a national one . That is to say it will have little charm beyond very fine and accu ate scenic effects for one in whose veins there is no British blood . The story is founded on the late Egyptian campaign and presents many details of life and scenery in the citiesof the Nile . The scenery of Messrs . Beverlev and
Emden outdoes anything else they have ever had at" the Lane . " 1 he stage management is so good and the characters so well depicted that the drama deserves a lengthy prosperity . Bro . Harris is himself the hero , besides being stage manager and joint author . The opening tableaux of "A Bazaar in an Eastern City " is like a landscape so rich is it in colour and the grouping of men , women , and children . There are real live donkeys , mules , and camels
on the stage . The plot is , briefly—Aral Bey is in love with an English girl , the daughter of Loring . a banker . Constance is already bethrothed to an English naval captain , Ernest Gascoigne . Araf Bey tells Mr . Luring of his passion for his daughter and offers him power and many things besides if he will give him his daughter , but is told that she is about to be married . On this Araf Bey vows revenge . He instantly meets with an opportunity . Gascoigne lands
with a cargo of slaves he has captured from an Arab to set them free . He calls upon the English Consul to take them under his protection . . Arat Bey objects . He asks whose soil are the E . iglish upon ? Would they not resent interference of a foreign nation on their shores ? The gallant captain replies " that it is England ' s mission everywhere to take up the cry of the oppressed . " Sentences like these abound throughout the piece , and are greatly cheered by the gallery . Araf however
Bey , , sets free nut the slaves , but the dealer . He now goes about stirring- up hatred to the English . A mob surrounds the British Consulate at the moment Gascoigne is going to wed his bride Constance . He is called to his ship , and bids good-bye to his betrothed . Constance is by a ruse carried in the chair of Bey ' s wife to his palace , under the pretence of being safely conducted through the streets . Araf Bey enters , and entreats tier to be his wife . At this
moment Gascoigne , having fi und out the treachery , breaks through the window and challenges Araf . The attendants come in and seize Gascoigne . .- -uleima , Araf ' s wife , who is jealous and angry at being made a to I of , creeps in , cuts the cords , and restores to him his Constance , and allows them to fly . Araf comes in just too late ; they have gone . He accuses his wife of letting them free ; she acknowledges it , and , getting in a rag-e , kills her husband and then
stabs herself . Gascoigne and Constance are again seized by the Arabs ; but the latter escapes with an American , one blingsby . Ernest suffers all sort , of tortures , the most cruel being his craving fur waier , which the Arabs hold in front of him and then pour it out on the dust . The English here make their appearance , and every one is made happy who before was miseiable . Mr . Fernandez plays Araf Bey with coolness ; Mr . Harry Jackson and Mr . Harrv Nicholls
have not parts suitable em ugh to them . 'I heir comic talents are almost lost ; tbey however contrive to throw much life into what they do . Mr . Howe , as the Yankee , makes no little amusement in his courtship with a Miss Piper ( Miss Enson ) . Miss Nelly Bromley is charming both in appearance and acting as Constance , the heroine . Miss Lyd . a Foote has n ° H nearly enough to do , to do justice to her abilities . It is difficult not to think of Bra .
Lord Charles Beresford whrn one Sees Bro . Harris , the plucky captain , who not rnly in speeches dares everything but carries it into practice . So real does everything seem that one may almost fancy onesel » in Egypt . We believe critics are agreed that * ' F reedom " is the finest spectacular piece yet produced at Drury Lane , and this is saying a good deal . Probably it will hold tne house together till it is time to get ready for the pantomime .
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St. John's Day In America 126 Years Ago.
breasts where the spirit of self-love has stepped in before it , and taken possession , but who knows how soon the grace of God may chase away this evil spirit , and your joy may be full . In the meantime , " be not weary in well doing . " Love the brotherhood , i . e ., all mankind . First let this love be without dissimulation , and then let it continue . Quench not the spirit of it , despise not its suggestions . Comfort yourselves together and edify one
anothci even as also ye do . Warn them that are unruly , support the weak , relieve the distressed . See that none render evil for evil unto any man , but ever follow that which is good , bo'h among yourselves and to all men . Keek yourselves unspotted from the world and beware of covetousness which is id latry . Cut off occasion from them which desire occasion to speak against you , and let vour conversation be such that whereas they
speak against you a * evil doers , they may by your good works which they shall behold , glorify God in the day of vi-itation . Finally , brethren , whatsoever things are true , whatsoever things are honest , whatsoever things areju-t , whatsoever things are pure , whatsoever things are lovely , whatsoever things are of good report , if there he any
virtue , and if there be any praise , think on these things . Now , to God the Father , who is the builder and maker of us all ; to God the Son , who is our chief corner-stone ; and to Go 1 the H . ily Ghost , tirough w ^ om we are builded together , be ascribed as is most due all power and glory , both now and for ever . Amen .
The Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary At Margate.
THE ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY AT MARGATE .
A very brief and simple ceremony in connection with the opening of the new wing of this infirmary , which is the munificent giftofour Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , P . G . D ., was held on the Sth inst . The wing consists of a day room for women , four wards named the Alexandra , with 16 beds for women , the Louise , with 14 beds for girls , the Victoria ,
with 14 beds for boys , and the Maude , with 16 beds for men , a covered promenade , and a sea-water swimming bath . These buildings were designed by Mr . James Knowles , editor of the Nineteenth Century . In addition to the wing ; the directors have had erected a sea wall , of which Mr . Abernethy , F . R . S ., was the hon . engineer . Several gentlemen , among whom were Bro . Sir Eiasmus Wilson , Bvo . Lieut .-Col . Creaton ( the treasurer and
chairman ) , Capt . I-acke ( chairman of the local committee ) , Mr . A . B . Cobb , Major Webb , Mr . Hannam , J . P ., Mr . K . W . Wilkie , J . P ., Dr . Birketl ( London ) , Dr . Rowe , Mr . Treves , Mr . Thornton , J . P ., the Rev . Prebendary Whittington , the the Revs . E . H . Blyth , Alcock ( Birchington ) , and H . Aidwin , Soames ( thechapIain ) , Mr . Walters ( surgeon ) , Mr . J . M . Paramor , and others , having walked throuiih and inspected the new buildings , which they pronounced to be very
satisfactory , a short service was held in the pretty chapel , also the gift of Kro . Sir Erasmus . Special prayers and lessons were read by the chaplain , a portion of the 25 th Matthew was read , and suitable hymns were sung . In th * course of the service , Colonel Creaton said : My friends , before 1 declare the new wing open I wish to say a few words , which I have thought it better to put to paper . We live at a period when many are the praiseworthy efforts to aid and
relieve our afflicted fellow creatures . But I should not be doing my duty as your Chairman upon the present occasion , or speaking my honest convictions , if I did not call your special attention to the very great—I may add munificentprovision now made in our Sea Bathing Infirmary for the relief and cure of sickness and suffering . VVe are connected with an institution whose object is the alleviation and extirpation , il possible , of a mysterious , an insidious , and a
must afflicting malady , and in which , during 92 years of its existence , 40 , 000 ca-es have been treated and cared for . I know of no modern exercise of a generous and large hearted pbibntbropby more likely to be productive of help and healing to very many sufferers than the great and good work in which we are all engaged to-day . By the never-tobe-forgotten , and I must aod the princely , liberality of Sir Erasmus Wilson , we have now four new wards , day rooms ,
a swimming bath , promenade over the new wing , and a beautiful chapel , all in active operation and ready to receive the proper number of inmates . Thanking him , as treasurer of the institution , from the bottom of my heart for you all , and for myself , privileged as I am to take part in these proceedings , f . ir all that he has so nobly done , I think that all who have been through ; he buildings in its various parts and beheld admiringly the remarkable provision thus made
for scientific treatment of this specific malady , for which this in-titutinn is destined , will re-echo my words in the expression of the gratitude we all feel for the admirable additions made to our infirmary by Sir Erasmus Wilson . I trust that all lhe benefits will accrue to others which in his gr ^ at kindness he so anxiously desires , and I have now
the high honour , my friends , to declare this new wing duly opened . At the luncheon subsequenlly held Sir Erasmbs Wilson ' s health was proposed by the chairman , Lieut .-Colonel CREATON , and was feelingly and eloquently responded to by our distinguished brother .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . WILLIAM GRACE , 495 . 'The death of Bro . William Grace , of Wakefield , which tcok place suddenly from heart disease on the 29 th ult ., is a g < x * at loss to the Wakefield Lodge , No 495 , of which he Was the Treasurer . He was born on the 31 st March , 1836 , and when 14 years of age he entered the bank of Messrs . Leatham , Tew , and Co ., and gradually rose from one position to another until he was appointed Bhis
manager . y ndelity , courtesy , and talents , he won the unbounded confidence of the firm He took a prominent part in Freemasonry in Wakefield . He spared no time and grudged " » labour in furthering the welfare of his lodge . His unselfishness , kindness of heart , love of the Craft and rever-C f * f' ' ' "b-ervances won f ° him the highest esteem ot his brethren . His funeral was attended bv a larrrer
number of Ficemasons than ever assembled previously on a similar occasion in Wakefield . Among those present c * « , B , os * T * W * Tciv * SG * * of England , W . D . P . G . M . w . West Yorkshire ; Henry Smith , P . G . S . of West York-Sjy » and many other Provincial Officers and brethren , u / f n . ^ "a placed on the coffi n by the Masters of the Wakefield Lodges on behalf of the brethren .
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
Bro . Edward Terry was feted at a supper at Ulster last Wednesday week . * * * Mr . Barry Sullivan has been entertained by his brother Savages prior to leaving London . * * * The St . James ' s reopens with "Impulse" on the 17 th prox .
* * Bro . H . Walsham sails this day week for New York , having formed an engagement with Mr . Rice , of Boston , for a short opciatic season .
* * 13 ro . Col . Mapleson hopes to complete the Opera House on the Embankment , close to St . Stephen ' s Club , and open it in the spring of next year . * * * The Haymarket is closed to give the company a holiday and for necessary repairs and structuial alterations . Bro . and Mrs . Bancroft are at Homburg . The theatre will reopen about the last week in September . #
* * " Silver Guilt " at the Strand pursues its successful course . It now even goes easier than at first . Rarely of late years has a burlesque on another theatre's play met with such a hearty reception .
* * * To-night the Princess ' s reopens with " The Silver King . " A new comedietta , by Mr . J . W . Jones , " A First Experiment , " will be the first piece on the programme . The popular diama which follows will have a slight change in its cast . * # #
We regret to announce the death of Miss Rose Massey , sister of Miss Helen Massey of thc Grand Theatre . The sad event happened in America , where Miss Massey had married some years ago and retired from the stage . She was only 32 years of age . Miss Massey played in London at the Vaudeville in " The Two Roses . "
» Mrs . Langtry will not appear at a Gaiety matinee as she intended , in consequence of the lateness of the season . She is now playing at Manchester in " Pygmalion and Galatea " and ** Honeymoon . " She will soon sail again for Quebec and the States , and will fulfil an engagement in Australia before returning to London in iSS- ;
* * * Bro . John Hollingshead and Mr . J . L . Hine have taken the Globe for a period and will open early in Sep t ember with comedy . As Miss Kate Vaughan has finally quitted the Gaiety and is not going to the Alhambra we may possibly see her installed at the Globe , since she has developed such wonderful comedy talent . \ Ve hope our wish may prove true , but we have no foundation for it .
* * # At the Imperial a company from the Cape oS Good Hope is playing " Garrick " and sundry other small pieces . But we cannot say anything in favour of plays or acting . We noticed an extremely full house , and an
enthusiastic audience , who applauded at nothing and laughed at the most stupid and everyday phrases . VVe could but form one opinion of how they came there , especially as sixpence was charged for leaving one ' s umbrella , which was compulsory , and sixpence for a programme which gave little information .
* * * In addition to "Virginia and Paul" at the Gaiety " More than Ever " is now being performed at that house . It is a burlesque " in one horror" by the late Arthur Maddison , produced in the spring at a matinee * with much success as a take off on " For Ever , " then being played at the Surrey . Bro . Squires , Mr . Monkhouse , Mr .
Penley , Mr . Wyatt , and Miss Hoivard—the original company—still play . The man-monkey is in this a mankangaroo , who succeeds in killing every onc- else . VVhen the curtain is drawn up at the end , in response to the applause , the whole castis seen stretched side by side on the floor . It is ludicrous in the extreme . A new opera £ 0 display Miss Lilian Russell ' s voice and acting will very soon be produced .
* * * " The Streets of London " is taking so well at the Adelphi that the new melodrama will not be required for a while . A real four-wheeled cab and a real steam fireengine drawn by two spirited horses and a real fire are the great attractions , especially to the pit and gallery , judging by their shouts . Bro . C . Warner is the hero who dodrres
the footsteps of a dishonest merchant who has robbed two orphans ot their fortune , and who suffer the most melancholy poverty in consequence . Mrs . H . Leigh , as the kindhearted wife of a costermonger—let us hope there are many such in real life—comes in for much of the applause . VVe have seen Miss Clara J ed ' s do much better when she had a better part than she has in this drama . Mr . Proctor , the
street vendor , is another good character whom one does not often come across in the streets of London . Miss Alice Raynor , the orphan , acts so well that we may look to her remaining on this side of the water , if one may judge from her first visit to a Strand theatre . Her voice is sympathetic , and her rendering of the sorrows of an ill-used orphan is pathetic without being overdone . We shall , amongst others , watch her stage career closely .
* " The Grand " has , phcenix like , arisen from the ashes of the Philharmonic , and may in one sentence be ti-rmcd the best constructed and the most comfortable theatre in London . One can only regret that it is not
in the neighbourhood of the theatre world . The inhabitants of Islington and the north of London have now to themselves a playhouse superior to any west-end theatre . Mr . Matcham , ( he architect , is to be highly complimented . The Grand will seat 3000 persons . We went on the night of our visit to every part and corner of the house , and
The Theatres.
from everywhere a clear view is to be obtained of the stage . Even at the side this is so . There are no pillars to block out the view and cause one to sit unc . iml ' ortably to see anything . The atmosphere is delicious , hardly above the temperature of the street . The lighting is partly by gas and partly by electricity . Thc latter is prettily let into the sides of the balconies and covered over with Ooaque glass . The theatre is only two storeys in height . There are wide
stone staircases on either side and any number of doors to be used in case of a sudden exit being required . These can be burst open by a strong push , which we tried . Then there aie elegant and cool rooms for smoking and lounging in between the acts . The stalls are placed widely apart from the rows in front , so that one can pass and repass without disturbing one ' s neighbours , and there is besides a subway leading from one side of the theatre to
the other under the stalls . The decorations are chaste and in harmony with the building . The proscenium archway , which reaches from the floor of the house to the roof , is composed ol Peterhead granite , which at once strikes the observer as being " grand . " We do not recollect seeing this substance being used for such a purpose before . Mr . Freeman has being appointed acting manager . A better choice could not have been made .
Altogether the lessees , Messrs . Holt and Wilmot , are to be congratulated , and we hope many of our readers will " do the Grand . " For the opening " The Bright Future , " by Mr . Sefton Parry , has been produced . Its name , we hope , is a good omen . As a drama it is but commonplace . It will be played for six weeks only , at thc end of which time Miss Minnie Palmer , a young American artiste , will make her debut in England in a three act musical comedy . * ' Mv
Sweetheart . " InOctober anew drama , entitled " Racing , " will be produced . An Irish drama , " The Donugh , " by the author of " Little Em'Iy " and joint author of " Fiecdom , " the new Drury-lane drama , will be brought out . " The Bright Future " is a scenic drama as well as a powerfully written one . The scenery , by Mr . Swift , includes the Thames Embankment and Charing Cross , and there is a
real cab covered with snow driven on to the stage , to the manifest delight of the gods . Miss Lydia Cowell throws her usual vivacity into her part . Mr . Carleton , Miss Helen Massey , Mr . Balfour , and Mr . Lyons all fit their parts well . Wc earnestly hope that a "bright future " is before this , the latest of London ' s theatres . We noticed four distinguished Japanese gentlemen , on the occasion of our visit , amongst the audience . # #
* Bro . Augustus Harris and Mr . Rowe ' s new drama "Freedom , " may be styled a national one . That is to say it will have little charm beyond very fine and accu ate scenic effects for one in whose veins there is no British blood . The story is founded on the late Egyptian campaign and presents many details of life and scenery in the citiesof the Nile . The scenery of Messrs . Beverlev and
Emden outdoes anything else they have ever had at" the Lane . " 1 he stage management is so good and the characters so well depicted that the drama deserves a lengthy prosperity . Bro . Harris is himself the hero , besides being stage manager and joint author . The opening tableaux of "A Bazaar in an Eastern City " is like a landscape so rich is it in colour and the grouping of men , women , and children . There are real live donkeys , mules , and camels
on the stage . The plot is , briefly—Aral Bey is in love with an English girl , the daughter of Loring . a banker . Constance is already bethrothed to an English naval captain , Ernest Gascoigne . Araf Bey tells Mr . Luring of his passion for his daughter and offers him power and many things besides if he will give him his daughter , but is told that she is about to be married . On this Araf Bey vows revenge . He instantly meets with an opportunity . Gascoigne lands
with a cargo of slaves he has captured from an Arab to set them free . He calls upon the English Consul to take them under his protection . . Arat Bey objects . He asks whose soil are the E . iglish upon ? Would they not resent interference of a foreign nation on their shores ? The gallant captain replies " that it is England ' s mission everywhere to take up the cry of the oppressed . " Sentences like these abound throughout the piece , and are greatly cheered by the gallery . Araf however
Bey , , sets free nut the slaves , but the dealer . He now goes about stirring- up hatred to the English . A mob surrounds the British Consulate at the moment Gascoigne is going to wed his bride Constance . He is called to his ship , and bids good-bye to his betrothed . Constance is by a ruse carried in the chair of Bey ' s wife to his palace , under the pretence of being safely conducted through the streets . Araf Bey enters , and entreats tier to be his wife . At this
moment Gascoigne , having fi und out the treachery , breaks through the window and challenges Araf . The attendants come in and seize Gascoigne . .- -uleima , Araf ' s wife , who is jealous and angry at being made a to I of , creeps in , cuts the cords , and restores to him his Constance , and allows them to fly . Araf comes in just too late ; they have gone . He accuses his wife of letting them free ; she acknowledges it , and , getting in a rag-e , kills her husband and then
stabs herself . Gascoigne and Constance are again seized by the Arabs ; but the latter escapes with an American , one blingsby . Ernest suffers all sort , of tortures , the most cruel being his craving fur waier , which the Arabs hold in front of him and then pour it out on the dust . The English here make their appearance , and every one is made happy who before was miseiable . Mr . Fernandez plays Araf Bey with coolness ; Mr . Harry Jackson and Mr . Harrv Nicholls
have not parts suitable em ugh to them . 'I heir comic talents are almost lost ; tbey however contrive to throw much life into what they do . Mr . Howe , as the Yankee , makes no little amusement in his courtship with a Miss Piper ( Miss Enson ) . Miss Nelly Bromley is charming both in appearance and acting as Constance , the heroine . Miss Lyd . a Foote has n ° H nearly enough to do , to do justice to her abilities . It is difficult not to think of Bra .
Lord Charles Beresford whrn one Sees Bro . Harris , the plucky captain , who not rnly in speeches dares everything but carries it into practice . So real does everything seem that one may almost fancy onesel » in Egypt . We believe critics are agreed that * ' F reedom " is the finest spectacular piece yet produced at Drury Lane , and this is saying a good deal . Probably it will hold tne house together till it is time to get ready for the pantomime .
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