Welles; Lelia Sterling, Netta Guion; Mrs. Patterby, Kate Bealby. "Gloriana" had its fiftieth consecutive performance March 30. Joseph M. Humphreys retired from the cast April 4, and Spinks was taken by Frederic Bond for one week, Mr. Humphreys resuming April II.

"Mr. Wilkinson's Widows" was presented April 18, followed May 16 by "Elysium," with Clement Bainbridge, Max Figman, A. W. F. McCollin, Pearl Eytinge, Alex. Markham, Gisiko, Lionel Lawrence, Jennie Goldthwaite, Maggie Deane, Avita (dancer), and others in the cast. It was acted until June 11, 1892, when the house closed for the summer. It was reopened Sept. 17, with Prof. Herrmann as the attraction. He first pre

sented his trick of "Ko-Yo" on Oct. 24. "Little Tippett," by Bisson, followed Nov. 12. The cast was:

Oliver Newton
Edward M. Bell | Rufus Delaney
Austin Tippett
Charles Bowser Madge Tippett
Evered Brodside Dunker, Harry Allen Clara Newton.
George Gibb

. Harry Morgan | Geranium Gibb, Mrs. Harry Bloodgood

Clara Lipman acted Madge Dec. 3. The Marion Manola-Mason company commenced here Dec. 19, in "The Army Surgeon" and "If I Were You."

The cast of the first play was: Richard Neville, Stanislaus Stange; Col. Bloodgood, Lionel Bland; Kate Armitage, Adeline Stanhope; and the cast of the latter play was:

"L'Ami Fritz," by Erckmann and Chatrian, was produced Jan. 26, for the first time in this city in English. It was called "Friend Fritz," and was a translation by Stanislaus Stange, and had this

"The Rough Diamond" was played the same night, cast thus: Lord Plato, F. H. Tackaberry; Sir William Evergreen, Sewell Tappan Tyng; Capt. Blenheim, Sidney Hubbel Treat; Cousin Joe, W. T. Wood; Lady Plato, Edith Gale; Margery, Rita Lawrence. On Feb. 28 a "curtain raiser" called "Yesterday," by Stanislaus Stange, was produced, with this cast: Robert Perrin, E. J. Henley; Martin, W. M. Hatch; Margorie, Irene Everett; Cecil, Arthur Byron; Dorothy, Kathryn Kidder. This was followed by Burnand's "Our Club," thus cast:

The theatre was abruptly closed on March 3 and reopened March 23 (for one night only) by the "Theatre of Arts and Letters " company, in the following programme: "The Decision of the Court," comedietta in one act, by Brander Matthews, and the cast was: Stanyhurst, J. H. Gilmour; Mrs. Stanyhurst, Agnes Booth; Maid, Mary Sanders; Telegraph Boy, Master Harwood Eldridge; also "The Other Woman," a drama in one act, by R. H. Davis, with this cast: Bishop, Frederic Robinson; Latimer, Nelson Wheatcroft; Ellen, Maud Monroe; followed by "Hal o' the Hall," a romantic comedy in two acts by John Harrison, cast thus:

After being closed for several weeks this theatre was reopened May 1, 1893, with Lillian Lewis as the star in "Crédit Lorraine," and the cast was:

Minister of Police

People's Advocate

Banker and Broker

Journalist

Paralytic Spy.

Edmund Collier | Doctor

Arthur Elliot Widow of the Marquis
Walter Eytinge

Ralph Bell Speculator.
Frederick Monle Lenora di Castiglioni
Inspector of Police . . Frank Hilliard

Alex. Comstock was the manager, but his reign was a brief one. He had leased the house for ten weeks at a rental of $500 a week, and had deposited $900 as a guarantee to pay the rent in advance each Saturday at noon. He paid the first week's rent, but no more.

Comstock had retired a loser from Niblo's Garden some weeks before, but had secured a "backer" in C. M. Rusk for this venture. The receipts for the week were $238, there being one night but $18 in the house.

The house closed May 18 until May 25, when an amateur performance occurred, and among the attractions was Tacatanee, an Indian coachman for Miss Lillian Russell, as the Moor, in the jealous scene from "Othello." Leonard Fletcher was the Iago. Prof. Alex. Herrmann returned May 29, 1893, for a brief period, after which the house was closed until Sept. 25, when a vaudeville performance was given, including Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb, and Count and Baron Magri, who appeared in a sketch called "The Countess." Two nights of this was sufficient for everybody concerned.

Richard Mansfield reopened this theatre Oct. 9, with "Beau Brummell," which was repeated Oct. 13 and matinée Oct. 14 He afterwards acted "Prince Karl" Oct. 10; "The Scarlet Letter," Oct. 11; "A Parisian Romance," Oct. 12; "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Oct. 14, and for the week of Oct. 16, "Prince Karl," "Beau Brummell," "The Scarlet Letter," "A Parisian Romance," and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." On Oct. 23, "The Merchant of Venice," with Mansfield as Shylock, for the first time. The cast of "Beau Brummell" was:

The Prince of Wales

D. H. Harkins | Oliver Vincent

Lord Manley. Lorimer Stoddard Mariana Vincent.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Harry Weaver, Sen.
Richard Mansfield

Kathleen

W. N. Griffiths Beatrice Cameron Rolinda Bainbridge

The Duchess of Leamington

Reginald Courtney, Aubrey Boucicault Lady Farthingale . .
Mortimer
A. G. Andrews Lodging-House Keeper
W. E. Bonney | Mrs. St. Auby

Mr. Abrahams

Alice Leigh Alberta Gallatin

Mr. Mansfield closed Nov. 4, and the house remained dark until Nov. 16, when it was reopened with the opera, "Philemon and Baucis," by C. Gounod, for the first time in America. The cast was: Jupiter, William McLaughlin; Vulcan, William Pruette; Philemon, Richie Ling; Baucis, Eloise Morgan. It was preceded Nov. 22 by "King René's Daughter," with this cast: King René, William Pruette; Iolanthe, Eleanor Mayo; Tristan, Charles Bassett; Geoffrey, H. M. Ravenscroft; Almeric, W. H. Faucherard; Eben Jahia, Joseph Fay; Bertrand, Charles Miller; Martha, Minnie Dupree.

This was the first appearance on any stage of Eleanor Mayo, daughter of Frank Mayo. A vaudeville entertainment began here Dec. 4. "The Fringe of the Froth of the Crust of Society" was a burlesque acted Dec. 18, with this cast: Woman with a

Past, Kate Davis; Impassioned Lover, Edward J. Connelly; Knowing Friend, W. J. Fitzgerald; Guileless Benefactor, Jacques Kruger; French Maid, Miss Galloway.

J. M. Hill became manager of this house Jan. 8, 1894, and opened it with a "continuous performance," but he soon got tired of the place, as he sold his lease to Charles Barton & Co. After April 21 the house was closed. Prof. Herrmann transferred his lease May 22 to Jennings Demarest. The house was reopened July 14 as "ST. JAMES HALL," with Alex. Comstock as manager, and an opera company in "The Bohemian Girl," with this cast: Count Arnheim, Alfred Seaton; Thaddeus, Payne Clarke; Florestein, Charles Lang; Devilshoof, S. H. Dudley; Captain, M. D. Wilt; Arline, Amelia Harrison; Buda, Miss Alton; Queen of Gypsies, Lizzie Annandale. "Il Trovatore" was sung July 16. There was no performance after this until Sept. 29, when Comstock gave a minstrel entertainment, with Willis P. Sweatnam and Burt Haverly on the "ends." Symonds, Hughes, Master Rastus, Ramseyer, Currier, Yundt, Raymond Shaw, Emil Bauer, Andrada, McWade, and others were in the company. The minstrel season closed Dec. 15, and Richard Golden appeared Dec. 17 in "Old Jed Prouty." Golden was incapacitated (?) on several evenings during the week, and his part was acted by F. C. Wells, who died in New York, Oct. 20, 1899. The house was closed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, 1895, and was reopened Jan. 2 with William T. Gregg as lessee, who began his tenancy of the house with a series of lectures, the first of which was by Garrett P. Serviss. After a few nights the house was closed, but reopened April 18 (for one night only) by the young men of the Hasty Pudding club of Harvard, who romped through an impressionist dell of a place in Arcadia, and wound up in an Aubrey Beardsley Hades. The cast of "Proserpina was: Pluto, W. K. Brice; Exemplicus, W. Ames; Dan Cupid, J. Purdon; Chief Clerk, V. S. Thomas; Corydon, R. D. Wrenn; Jupiter, J. L. Stackpole, Jr.; Mrs. Ceres, C. M. Flandreau; Proserpina, I. S. Adams; Mrs. Venus, E. G. Merrill.

An amateur organization called the Idlers gave a performance May 18, of "Sunlight and Shadows," for the benefit of the pension fund of the Sandy Hook Pilots' association. The house reopened Sept. 2 as "THE GAIETY THEATRE," under the management of Alfred E. Aarons, with "The White Crook," when Zelda Nicolaus made her début in this city. Isham's Octoroons appeared Sept. 16; the "Night Owls" burlesque company, Sept. 23; "The Gaiety Burlesquers," Sept. 30; Sam Jack's Creoles came Oct. 7; the Rentz-Santley minstrels, Oct. 21. On Dec. 27, the theatre was closed by order of the sheriff for non-payment of rent. It was reopened Saturday noon, Feb. 8, 1896, by John B. Doris, with continuous performances. After a few months the

house was closed again, but was reopened on Sept. 28 by H. W. Becker, with a vaudeville entertainment. A change of policy occurred the second week of the new management, and on Nov. 30, the house opened with Charles Arthur's stock company, in Forget-Me-Not," with this cast: Sir Horace Welby, Frederick Paulding; Pallato, Robert Paton Gibbs; Prince Malleotti, Wm. Robyns; John, Frank Sutherland; Porter, Alfred Johnson; Alice Verney, Caroline Rudolph; Mrs. Foley, Sylvia Hariman; Stephanie de Mohrivart, Jeffreys Lewis.

The week of Dec. 7 the house was closed, but was reopened Dec. 14 as the "SAVOY THEATRE," under the management of Lionel Lawrence, with "Society Shadows," by Howard P. Taylor, with this cast:

This play was acted all that week and Jan. 4, 1897, but the house was closed abruptly Jan. 5. When the curtain rose on the first act of "Society Shadows," Jeffreys Lewis came to the footlights and announced that owing to the absence of Maud Winter, one of the members of the cast, the play could not be given. She added that the theatre would be closed for the rest of the week. It continued closed until it was reopened with a “Vereoscope" exhibition, but soon closed once more. On Oct. 27, the house was reopened as the "JONAH THEATRE," with a Corbett and Fitzsimmons prize fight exhibition. After a few weeks it closed and reopened Jan. 1, 1898, as "SAM JACK'S THEATRE," with a burlesque company. Sam Jack died April 27, 1899, and the house closed April 28, the commissioners of the Board of Police refusing to grant a license for it. It nevertheless was reopened Nov. 20, 1899, as the "THEATRE COMIQUE," by Leo C. Teller, with a burlesque performance. Gus Hill became associate manager Dec. 18 by advancing $1000. He retired from the management in March, 1900. Sapho," by Geo. Paxton, was presented April 16, with this cast: Jean Gaussin, William Bonelli; Uncle Cesaire, Joseph Dailey; Coudal, Mellville Collins; Deshelette, Ernest Howard; Hettema, Charles Burbidge; Fanny Le Grand, Agnes Ardeck. The house closed April 28, and was reopened Dec. 17, 1900, as the "THÉÂTRE COMIQUE," by G. Weil, with vaudeville acts, including Julia Morrison (the woman who shot and killed an actor in the South a short time before), in a sketch called "The Model." The burlesque "L'Onleg" was also given.