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THE JBROOKLTK DAILY EAGLE. KKW" YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1900. 5 MISCELLANEOUS. SPECULATORS IN WATER. JUSCELXANEUTJS.

Baby Grand PIANO of his uptown friends. The play last night was "The Kerry Gow," vhich has not lost interest in all the years tha Mr. Murphy Presntlng it. His performance of Dan O'Hara la as rugged, lifelike and humorous as ever, and this season he is supported by an excellent company, of which Miss Jeannette Ferrell as Nora Drew is the special feature. Harry Abbott as Mr.

Drive made a hit last njght. Others in the cast are M. M. Murray, Hector Dion, John Daly, H. R.

Atherton, William T. Sheehan James Hazleton, Marie Falls and Pauline Fielding. The scene of the smithy and the horseshoeing has grown familiar, but has by no means lost its interest for audiences. Kerry Gow" will be repeated to night and to morrow night and at the matinee on Thanksgiving Day. "Shaun Rhue" will be given Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday afternoon.

Next week the big spectacular melodrama, "Woman and Wine." Payton's. Pay ton's stock company is playing "A 'Midnight Folly," a comedy by George Hoey, this week at the Lee avenue theater. It is somewhat lengthy, having six acts, but is interesting throughout, particularly so in the second act, which is entitled "Behind the Scenes in a New York Theater." In this scene a view Is given of the interior of a soubrette's dressing room and the soubrotte, impersonated by Marie Casmere, appears from an Inner apartment and makes up before the glass. This scene made a hit last night. A rich and young New York man is infatuated with a souhrette to the neglect of his wife.

He is on the point of going to Europe with the actress when he Is apprehended as an insane man at the instigation of his wife. The man finally wakens to the fact that he is making a fool of himself, becomes repentant, is forgiven and everything ends happily. Etta Reed plays the wife and W. A. Mortimer the Opportunities are given the other THE ONLY gets over the footlights, and the last shade of meanln? is conveyed by the inflections of the voice.

John Page, the midget acrobatic comedian, and Emma Francis contribute not a little to the gayety of the performance. Miss Francis turns handsprings and flip flaps with a cheerful disregard of consequences, and Mr. Page's contortions would make a cigar store Indian grin. Such faint story as the piece has is carried by Arthur Gibson and William West, Grace Freeman and Louise Royce. It concerne a man who keeps a matrimonial agency and a friend who has begun through it a flirtation with his wife's ancient aunt and receives a photograph of his wife, which the aunt has sent as her own.

It isn't much of a story, and it is never allowed to get in the way of the fun. The only thing to which Euch liberty is given are the chorus girls, and they offer excellent excuses. Their singing isn't one of them, but their dancing is charmingly graceful, the average of years is uncommonly low, the good looks are general and the costumes are brilliant, and in one scene at least, where browns, iilues and dull reds are freely used, the color scheme is restful and artistic. Speaking of singing but perhaps it is Just as well not to. ABide from a tuneful little pipe by Grace Freeman and the singing which the tenor Rogers indicated that he might do it he tried, there wasn't much of it that would be improved by discussion.

That is not to say that there are not catchy songs in the piece. There are half a dozen or more of those which peo'ple In the audience to day will be whistling and singing just about as well as they were done on the stage. Jeannette Bageard. who dances with charming grace, has one of them, "The Duchess of Central Park." The Rogers Brothers, Miss Bageard and Edith Sinclair have another, "When Reuben Comes to Isadore Rush has two, which she speaks beautifully; William West has some coster songs; Louise Royce, who has put some of her voice out at interest at least out since she used to sing with Frank Daniels, has another, in which she wears tights with much grace and appreciation Lee Harrison and James Cherry help on the fun with comic makeups, which win as much applause as their jokes do. Altogether, it is a Jolly, happy go lucky, mirthful combination, which tendB to make good digestion wait on appetite.

As such It will be welcomed by that large portion of the public which thinks quite as much as is good for it about its business cares and likes to go to the theater to laugh. Next week, "San Toy" will be played. Whereas Father? He's gone for the doctor the baby ias the croup. Don't be left lone in this way again. The next time he goes down town ask him to boy a bottle of Aycr's Cherry Pectoral.

Then the moment you bear that hollow, barking cough give a dose of it. Relief is prompt. Always keep it ia tie bouse. Three sizes enough for an ordinary cold jnst right for asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness, whooping cough, hard colds; gLOO, most economical for chronic cases. lost none of their prestige last night.

Hen shaw and Franciola, in the sister act, ara very good. Harry Thompson, the mimic, ia always popular with Brooklyn audiences. Henderson and Ross make genuine fun oa the tight ropo. The performance ends with vitagraph pictures. Altogether the performance is a representative holiday bill that is bound to draw big houses.

The Star. With much of the horse play cut out of the opening burlesque furnished by Harry Morris' "Twentieth Century Maids" company, th patrons of the smoking concerts would hav nothing to complain of in this week's entertainment. The audience yesterday was inclined to yawn during this portion of the programme, which is entitled "The Devil's Holiday," particularly as the extravaganza smacked of the eighteenth century and tho maids well, they appeared to have taken part in the opening production. But the audience was brought back to the present by the olio, which contained some really clever bits, headed by Massoney and Hebelman, two robust maids with excellent voices; the Johnson Trio, in an amusing sketch, "The New 'Udell and Pearce, assisted by; Miss Lillie Lancaster, in "Kelly's Night Myrtle Tressider, singing soubrette, whoss appearance and vocalization are equally attractive; Melville and Conway, in burlesque juggling, and Mareena and Martella, comedy acrobats. The concluding farce comedy, "Vo gel's Bier Stubs," in which Harry Morris has an opportunity to appear in the German character which made him famous on the vaudeville stage years ago, has much that is meritorious, especially the "Visions of Art," living pictures that are worth seeing.

Next week Harry Bryant's Australian Burlesquers. Al Beeves' Music Hall. The last week of burlesque and smoking concerts began at Al Reeves' Music Hall last night, with Fred Rider's Night Owls. The influence of the intended change was apparent in the improved character of the show. It began with "A Hot Time," given by the entire company.

This was only hot in name, for its temper was toned down from that which has been given by the same company in Brooklyn. The olio included Mitchell and Love, Larry McCall and Mabel Carew, the four Li Vlnis, Healy and Varnum and the Newsboys' Quartet. The closing sketch, "The Forbidden Sweets," was suggestive in title only. The leading character was taken by Miss May Van Osten with fourteen other women and two men. The audience was comparatively large.

Next week will begin the engagement, for an indefinite time, of the Schiller Stock Company supporting. Miss Ella Fontainbleau. The first play presented will be the "Soldier of the a romantic drama. Smoking will be discontinued after this week and women and children will be specially catered to. Matinees will be elven on Tuesdavo Thursdays and Saturdays.

THEATERS IN MANHATTAN. The latest Sarah is the greatest. She It great even beyond expectation, notwithstanding all that had been hoard of her triumphs at home. Such was the verdict at the Garden Theater last night. And it will stands whatever the basis of comparison, however thorough the analysis, and however cjos I the scrutiny.

It would almost seem as tnougo age cannot wither nor custom stala the infinite variety of the time defying Bernhardt. There is much, but not too much of "L'Aiglon." The story of the stripling has been told upon the stage in English and most of those who listened to it in French were undoubtedly familiar with it. He has many frenzied moments. The laws of an unhappy being keep him vibrating between pathos and passion, between tear3 and tempest. In the frenzies Bernhardt was magnificent and most of the power with which she astonished a past generation was seen to be hers still.

The golden voice has been little touched by time and the arts of make gave an apparent youth to her Eaglet which was marvelous. Coquelin as old Flambeau shared the applause of the audience and won most hearty critical praise for the sincerity, naturalness and feeling his impersonation. Daly's. Mr. Daniel Frohman's stock company camfc back to its home at Daly's Theater last night with a new play by Walter Frith, "A Man of Forty," which promises amusement and excellent acting for some tlnfe to come.

It is a romantic play of good society in which the dramatic climax is produced by the death of the villain from heart disease just as he has involved all the virtuous people in an apparently hopeless tangle. His death leaves room for two happy engagements in the last act. The people are of to day, and the character drawing i3 good enough to preserve probability and interest. Eut the most important thing is that tha piece affords good parts for most of Mr. Frohman's capable company.

John Mason plays the Man of Forty with the fine enunciation and thorough' appreciation of the shades of meaning in his text which make this actor welcome. Edward Morgan plays the villain with power and heightens the by doubling with the part the villain's good brother, whose resemblance to the former is one of the telling elements of the climax. Hilda Spong does justice to the charming part, Cecilia no longer Cissy Loftus is a graceful Ingenue, and Elizabeth Tyre and Jameson Lee Finney have good comedy parts. Victoria. The famous Agoust family made their appearance last night at Hammerstein's Victoria Theater, in John J.

McNally's new farce, "The Star and Garter," and the applause that greeted them at the finish of their act showed that theatergoers fully, appreciate work of their kind when it is given with their skill and daring. In the half hour that they appear on the stage everything movable seems to have taken wings, and the manner in which they handle heavy objects such as dining chairs, tables, potted plants and various other articles. Is really marvellous. For a finale to their act one of the family stands at a distance of about thirty feet from the others while they hurl plates at him with such rapidity and precision that the eye can hardly follow them. How he managed to catch them all, so amazed the audience last night that they broke out into loud bravos a thing that seldom occurs in a New York theater.

The piece is the usual McNally farce, with the addition of burlesques on "David Harum," "Richard Carvel" "The Gay Lord Quex," the latter not worth the writing. Otis Harlan, Joseph Coyne and Marie Cahill are in the cast. Herald Square. "Arizona" at the Herald Square Theater It now in its last four weeks. The play has been one of the pronounced successes' of the season and it deserves to be.

Augustus Thomas has written many good plays, but none has excelled "Arizona." The situations excite intense interest from beginning to end, while the comedy and pathos are beautifully blended. Taken altogether, "Arizona" offers an evening of delightful entertainment. Keith's TTnion Square Theater. Jessie Bartlett Davis of "Bostonlan" re nown made her debut in the vaudeville field yesterday. The sweetness and volume of her voice, which still retains all of its freshness and purity, captivated the audience, as is evidenced by the fact that she was recalled five times.

Digby Bell, the comic opera comedian, appeared for the first time in this theater, giving a monologue that incited much mirth. The rest of the programme is ud to the high standard set by the management af this theater. A Leaf From the municipal History of Republican Philadelphia Which Democratic New York Will Bead With Peculiar Interest Points of Resemblance in the Experiences of Two Great Cities A Polluted Water Supply and a Polluted Municipal Council. The heavy rainfall of the last two days has at least temporarily postponed the thretened water famine, but as clearing weather is predicted for to morrow it is quite likely that we shall soon have a recurrence of the water scare. For the engineers say that on Saturday last the water supply reached its lowest mark in the history of Brooklyn; that there was scarcely.

If any, mi. than a day's supply. And tho courts have practically declared that the pumping of waterv from the driven wells of the borough must cease, because their opera tion results in the depletion of water sup plies which belong to the people of Long Island "living outside of Kings County. Yet millions upon millions of gallons of water are running to waste in adjoining counties, and Brooklyn has been estopped by legislation from taking this water. Behind all this scarcity of water are groups of speculators who have water to sell to Brooklyn, and acting with them, consciously or unconsciously, are municipal authorities who since the early days of the consolidation of New York and Brooklyn, have failed to.

act promptly upon measures proposed for the relief of our water consumers. Despite the fact that there is an abund ance of water on Long Island, sufficient to supply this community for many years to come, the relief proposed for present conditions Is a restriction of the use of water. That plan of relief was set forth as follows on Saturday and printed In the Sunday Eagle: Engineers Van Buren and De Varona of the Brooklyn Water Deoartment have been for the last two days preparing an exhaustive report on the present situation which will be submitted to Commissioner Dalton on Monday. The report will set forth In detail the extreme gravity of the present condition of affairs and the dangers of a total collapse of the supply. It will point out the fact that at this crisis the driven well sta tions are the mainstay of the Ridgewood system, and that a failure of these wells from any cause whatever means an immediate famine so severe in Its results as to be appalling even in prospect.

ine only hope of a present alleviation of the situation lies In the possibility of heavy rains during a season when Buch ratns are very rare. After showing the extremities to which the water supply system of Brooklyn has been reduced, the engineers will recommend as a means of postponing the threatened famine a wholesale restriction of those classes of industries which are the largest consumers. It is understood that the restrictions to be recommended will be more drastic than any hitherto placed unon the It Is the Intention of the engineers to make their report so clear in Its facts and so strong in its language as to preclude the Dosslbllltv of misunderstanding of the severity of the present crisis. It is not the intention of the writer nf fhlo column to indicate who are really responsible for the present unsatisfactory and perhaps soon to be alarmingcondition of our water supply; but, rather, to call attention to sim ilar conditions which existed in Philadelphia, and how they were brought about. If the reader chooses to arrive at conclusions con cerning our own water supply after digesting uiB louowing racts and reasoning by analogy, that is his affair.

For the facts I am Indebted to paper prepared bv Mllo nm Maltbie, in June, 1899. In that year Philadel phia was suffering from not only a scarcity of water, but also from a supply of polluted water, due to the failure of the municipal authorities to make improvements demanded. A great public meeting was held for the purpose of protesting against those conditions, the character of which was indicated by one' of the speakers, Mr. Charles Richardson, in the following remarks: "We are in the midst of a great crisis. Any Philadelphian who wants a good argument on the water question has but to go into his bath room and turn on the spigot.

I have heard that there are one or more combinations of capitalists of this city who hav made up their minds to have the water works, and that they have prevented councils from making appropriations to keep our worksa' decent order so that thev are in dang of breaking down at any moment ana a complete water famine in the city. If that is the case you will agree with me that of all men they are the men who would be most improved by hanging." (Great applause.) "I think you will all ad mit that the theory flts the facts, as far as me puDiic can judge. If that statement is true the majority of the members of councils have acted for years past precisely as we would have expected them to act if that statement were correct. It is the only explanation." The manner in which these dangerous con ditions ot tne Philadelphia water supply were produced is clearly pointed out In the following extract from a report made in 1SD8, by John Trautwine, chief of the Bureau of Water: "Year after year, through you, I have warned pminpHD rr uuoQition of our orKs ana nave appealed for tho means necessary to avert disaster. Year after year, my warnings and appeals have been disregarded.

"During my administration not one cent nas oeen appropriated for extensions of the works, until, within the past year, a few trifling amounts have been granted, barely aumuieiii to prevent absolute water famine in one or two cases, but leaving entirely untouched the great and urgent needs of our system as a whole. "Every effort has been made to meet the conditions with the inadequate moans provided. Our boilers and engines are strained to the utmost night and day, and in some cases disabled; there is no opportunity for thorough repairs; we dare not stop pumping during seasons of muddy water, in spite of an manner of pitiful expedients we are compelled to cut off our reservoirs from the distribution in order to keep them from being entirely emptied; and from all sides come loud and well grounded complaints from citizens who pay for a water supply but do not get it." The records of our own Municipal Assembly show postponement after postponement of action upon measures recommended for the relief of our water consumers by tho engineers of our Water Department. It literally took three years before our authorities authorized the construction of a needed conduit, and other proposed measures are still unacted upon. Why? In Philadelphia a systematic effort seems to have been made for the purpose of depreciating the water service, that in the end an adequate supply might be furnished by speculators In water.

In 1896 the chief of the Water Bureau asked for an appropriation of in 1S97. in 1898, $3,863, 750. Tho Municipal Council appropriated In these three years The result of this depreciation, this failure to make needed improvements la thus described by Mr. Maltbie: "The most ovidont effect ot this policy of depreciation 1b the annual typhoid fever epidemic. From January 1, 1899, to May 10, 1899, there were over 6,000 cases of typhoid fever reportod to tho Board of Health, and 677 deaths.

Should the death rate for the remainder of this year fall to normal, there as a A beautiful Sterling: Baby Grand, used only iwo weeks tor concert work mahogany case rich singing tone value $675, special at $490, CASH OR SPECIAL, MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Steinway Baby Grand, but little used, perfectly repaired, a beautiful instrument in every way. A Genuine Bargain. 40 Square Pianos. 4 Good Rosewood Squares fine tone, fully guaranteed each S25 3 Very fine square $35 6 Handsomely carved, rich toned square each About 30 hijf class Squares, including Stein way, weper ana many others at S5Q to Jboo ana up.

The Sterling Piano MANUFACTURERS, 536 Fulton St, Brooklyn. (Open Monday and Saturday Evgs.) WHY NOT, INDEED To the Editor the Brooklyn Basle: A recent writer In the Saturday Evening states that, just north of Bed.oe's Isi and there is a spring of excellent fresh water bo voluminous as to form a veritable Dond. and that it is utilized only by the harbor water supply Doats. From another and reliable source I learn that this is true, and that, at low tide. upward rush of this fountain Is perceptible to the eye.

Why cannot a crib, like that in the lake at Chicago, be, built around this spring and It be thus made of great value as a source of sup ply to mis city? Brooklyn, N. November 23. EDE2J MTTSEE. lew series of moving pictures were shown at the Eden Musee last evening. Among tnem are several foreign scenes of unusual interest.

One is a stag hunt France in three scenes. The first shows the start, the second the stag crossing a stream, pursued by dogs and hunters, and the third, the kill ing oi tne stag. Different views will be shown each hour, afternoon and evening, during the week, and in addition to the display of wai groups there will be special afternoon and evening concerts. PABIS FASHIONS UP TO DATE. From the Eagle Paris Bureau, 53 Cambon, through the courtesy of Abraham Straus.

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ANN. beloved wife of Daniel Faus3. Notice of funeral hereafter. KIMBALL On Sunday, November 25, 190Q, CAROLINE E. C.

KIMBALL, daughter of the late Warren and Mary S. Kimbull. Funeral services at her late residence! 253 Monroe st, Brooklyn, on Wednesday morning, November 2S. nt 11 o'clock. Special train leaves for WocdJawn from Grand Central depot at 2 o'clock.

Friends are kindly requested not to eend flowers. KRAMER On Monday, November 26, HENRY beloved husband of Annie Kramer. In his 42d year. Funeral to be held at his residence, 373A Sixth st, Brooklyn, at 8 P. November 29.

Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery at Montclntr Heights. Trains leave Chambers st at 12 Friday, November 30. RAIT On Monday, November 2C, MARY CON STANT1NE, wife of David Rait. Relatives and mends are Invited to attend the funeral services to be held on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at the residence of her Eon in law, Henry T. Richardson, 23 Monroe place, Brooklyn.

gC 2 RICHARDSON At Brooklyn, N. of typhoid fever, on November 23, 1900, CLARA LOUISE, youngest daughter of the Rev. Lemuel and Martha Richardson. Services at the North Fifth St M. E.

Church, near Bedford av, Wednesday, at r. M. (Connecticut paporB please copy.) 26 3 STAFFORD On November 20, at Brooklyn, N. of typhoid pneumonia, ARTHUR ALLEN STAFFORD, aged 31 years, son of Arthur and Linda A. Stafford.

Notice of funeral hereafter. (Philadelphia papers please copy.) TYLER On Monday, November 20, 1900, at his home, iti Putnam av, WILLIS M. TYLER. In the 44th year of his Hge. Funeral sorvlceH nt his late residence, Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock.

2d 2 TYLER Fulton Council No. 299, R. Brothers, you are reQUented to attend tile funeral services of our late brother, WILLIS M. TYLER, nt his luto residence, 464 Putnam av, on Tuesday evening, November 27, at 8 o'clock. C.

VAN ALEN. Regent. C. B. C.

Fowler, Secretary. WALSH On Sunday, November 1000, BENJA MIX F. WALSH, nged 29 years, at his brother's residence, Westvood. N. ,1.

Friends of the family, also members of Company L. Fourteenth Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, Spanish American War Vcterano, arc Invited to attend the funeral services at the Marcy Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, Wednesday, November 2S. at 10:30 A.

M. Interment In Greenwood. EDWIN BAYIIA. UNDERTAKER AND EMBALM13B, till Atlantic av. Telephone 1,251) Main.

members of the company to show their versatility and all of them do good work. Corse Payton has a part well suited to him and infuses considerable life and humor into the performance, being in a great measure responsible for its success. George Hoey, the author of the play; Charles Barringer, Wilton Taylor and Barton Williams came in for a Just share of the applause. Grace Fox, Marguerite Fields and Sadie Radcliffe, were good in minor parts. Next week "Young Mrs.

Winthrcp." Academy of Music. Uncle Tom bore his stripes with time honored fortitude; little Eva was translated to the realms of lime light and network clouds; Mr. Marks introduced himself and his profession quite as frequently and Aunt Ophelia found Topsy just as shiftless as ever at the Academy of Music last night. It was the occasion of the annual visit of George W. Fursman's production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to Brooklyn and the little folks and big ones, too, for that matter, were consequently on hand.

Keeping pace with the requirements of progress even in connection with a production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Mr. Fursman has introduced some new features in the way of negro chorus and solo singing and some cake walk and dancing that add much to the general enjoyment. These specialty people include the members of the Globe Comedy Quartet and a long list of colored cake walk celebrities, headed by Maggie Taylor, Clarice Johnson and the Wilsons. There were actors, too, more competent than the average "Uncle Tom" company. There were blood hounds, donkeys, a pony cart and a carriage and pair Introduced.

The production will please lovers of this play which age cannot wither nor custom stale. In addition to the evening performances there will be matinees on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Hyde Behman's. Bob Hilliard, who won hie first laurels before the footlights as an amateur actor in this borough, heads a first class vaudeville bill at the Adams street house this week. Mr.

Hill tard is seen in his clever dramatization of R. H. Davis' story, "The Littlest Girl," and which, while not new, is always welcome. This is what last night's audience evidently thought, for even the gallery gods who are wont to shuffle their feet and make a trip outside during an act that makes a claim on sentiment were hushed into silence and At its conclusion they joined in expressing by applause with the rest of the house. Mr.

Hilliard's work as Van Bibber, the goodhearted Samaritan, is as satisfying as ever. He nas secured an aaequate sup porting company, the work of Edwin Holland being equally creditable with his own. The stage setting, presenting a view of an apart ment in New York, is notably handsome and would do credit to any theater in town. The growth and elaboration of the stage accessories in this theater during the past few years have been one of the many features in its success and have greatly increased clientage. The stage manager Is deserving of praise and congratulation and about double the salary paid the man who did the work three years ago.

Bessie Bcnehill is another popular en tertainer who made a nit last nignt. has one new song, given in sailor costume, entitled "Boys Will Be Boys," and her waltz song, "I'll Be Your Sweetheart," proved even more popular than when first rendered. James Thornton is heard in his original monologue and has some new songs and stories beside his usual word paintings of some of his Oriental dreams in mellow liquids. Bobby Gay lor, the Irish comedian, is also a vaudeville favorite and gives his familiar and good act of songs, dances and stories. Isabelle Urqu hart and company are seen in a short sketch, "Even Stephen," that has to do with the husband who plans to go to the French ball and gets caught by his wife.

Miss Urquhart does much better work tnan wnen last seen here and the act Is entertaining. The Musical Johnstons play a number of selections on the xvlophone and do some wonderful clever work, especially in giving such class of music as the overture from Herold's "Zampa." Their march music was also well played as testified by the applause. Coakley and Huested give a good comedy act. while Hacker and Lester are clever as trick bicyclists. Next week vaudeville headed by Ezra Kendall.

The Novelty. The bill which Manager Williams presents at the Novelty Theater this week is well up to the standard which was set for this house at the opening of the season, and which has been maintained ever since, for, in addition to several well known vaudeville acts which are often used as headlines In "other houses, a distinct novelty is offered in the number furnished by "The Woman in White," and an original idea is well worked out In sketch form by Matthews and Harris, who present "Adam the Second." When to these special attractions are added the Rossow Midgets. Artto Hall, Jess Dandy and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thome, with Vernon, one of the best and most original ot ventriloquists, and La more and Steele, acrobats and ring performers, thrown in for good measure, it will be seen that the programme is one of especial attractiveness to all who enjoy a good performance of vaudeville.

The act which introduces "The Woman in White" Is really nothing more or less than what was once known as the Illustrated song onrering, mil tne pictures are so good and so much cleverness has been exercised in including the figure of the anonymous singer, who really has a good that the old time turn is given a new attractiveness. The hit of the evening is however, by Mr. and Mrs. Thome In their sketch entitled "An Uptown Flat." Jess Dandy, who runs a close second in point of, popularity, has a number of new and amusing parodies. All of tne otner perrormers mentioned above appeared to satisfy with.

their contributions to a very strong bill. Next week, a vaudeville bill on which Digby Bell will be given a prominent position, Brooklyn. Music Hall. This week's bill at the Brooklyn Music Hall cannot help but satisfy the most fastidious, as It Is a representative vaudeville performance in every respect. Last night's audience, which filled the theater, subjected the performers to many encores.

The hendliners. Montgomery and Stone, black faced singing and dance artists, had trouble in keeping at tho head of the bill, owing to the excellence of the other acts. These two artists entered the last week of their vaudeville experience, having been engaged to go with one of Charles Frohman's companies, starting next week. They were as finished In their work as usual. A decided novelty was presented by Mr.

and Mrs. J. J. Dowling in a sensational melodramatic sketch entitled "A Forlorn Hope." This company was added to the original bill and made the biggest hit of the evening. Their sketch Is an entirely new ono, and In the last few minutes, in which a rapid fire gun figures prominently, the audience wont wild.

Drawee, the European Juggler, had a novel act which pleased everyone. Cook and Sonora, the comedy singers, are always well received and would be at least 900 deaths from typhoid fever alone the abnormal death rate of over 70 per a rate that is exceeded in very few civilized cities in the world, and which is far above that of nearly all American and European cities. With a proper water supply, Philadelphia would probably have the very lowest, for her death rate from all oauses is considerably lower than the averago large American city. "Further, it is probable that the true number of cases of sickness and death exceeds the number returned; Lut.admit there will be only 9,000 cases during 1899. Suppose that $100 per person will cover the loss of time from occupation and cost of medical attendance, living expenses while sick, remedies, etc.

a very low estimate. The total loss to 'Philadelphia would amount to $900,000, equivalent to the interest upon $25,000,000 at 4 per cent. Now the estimated cost of restoring the works to an efficient condition, of installing a filtration plant apd of extending the system to meet the wants of the city could not possibly exceed one quarter of that amount and would probably be much less. This is indeed a very low basis upon which to rest an appeal for a regeneration of councils and rehabilitation of the public water supply, but some persons measure everything in dollars and cents, and to such this phase of the problem may appeal. 'For every case of typhoid fever somebody ought to be is a rather vigorous statement by an eminent English sanitarian of the fact that typhoid is a preventable disease.

When, therefore, the death rate rrom tnis cause Degan to increase last winter by leaps and bounds, the question at once aroBe as to the responsibility for the crime." Dr. George F. Shrady, one who Is eminently qualified to give expert advice in the. matter, has written a letter concerning the condition of water supplied to the residents of Manhattan Island. He declares that a necessity exists for the construction of a filtration plant, that the mere boiling of water will not suffice, that the only practical way in which to contend with the impurities of water is by filtration, and we all know by personal experiences that the water.used in this community is at times nearly, if not quite, as objectionable as that used on the other side of the bridge.

The construction of a filtration plant was long ago recommended to our authorities. A similar recommendation was made to the Municipal Council of Philadelphia, with the fbllowlng result, as described by the Philadelphia Ledger: The typhoid councilmen won a brilliant victory yesterday. The bill already passed by the common branch, for the im provement, filtration and extension of the city's water supply, was to come up for final aotlon. The measure was defeated by a vote of 24 to 13, less than two thirds of the chamber voting in the affirmative. "The thirteen who voted against putting money in the Mayor's hands to provide pure water and stop the epidemic are as public enemies contending against the most vital public interests, such as the prosperity, health and lives of the community as would be armed alien foes In the city's streets.

During the last fortnight organized bodies of citizens of the most representative character and distinction have demanded, on behalf of the people, that City Councils should act promptly, immediately, in respect of pro viding for the Improvement of both the supply and the quality of the water furnished the public. Yesterday those members of the councils who voted to prevent such improvement thereby declared their indifference to and disregard of the opidomic which prevails to so alarming an extent, which is the result of polluted water and the consequence of. wnica is aeatn la so many cases. AH this snouia be directly chargeable to the council men whose votes defeated the water ordinance, and a great many citizens would like to know what they expect to get in return for the obloquy they have brought upon themselves." There you have from Republican Philadelphia a picture of official indifference, to public needs which may be matched by Democratic New York. And this suggests the thought that while citUfens' committe.es forming to fight vice and deal with questions of morals, ft might be 'well for citizens to combine for the purpose of dealing with questions vital to health and lives in this community.

MUL. METROPOLITAN OPEBA HOUSE. M. S. Pinafore" was revived last night by the English Opera Company at this theater.

It is to be CjSntinued along with "Cavalleria Rusticana" the whole week, with matinee performances on Wednesday, Thanksgiving Day and Saturday. The programme speaks of it as "nine gala performances." There is no doubt that Sullivan's music will be aung to crowded houses, for it still retains its charm. Indeed, the vitality of this opera is remarkable, almost as remarkable as the vitality of Henry E. Dlxey's grace. Dlxey, who was Sir Joseph years ago, reappeared in that character last night.

His voice is almost gone, but there Is enough of it left to be heard throughout the theater. His pomposity and egotism were a long way short of the burlesque of the more recent light opera comedians. It was Just marked enough to suggest the comedy note. Miss Zelle de Lussan sang Little Buttercup delightfully and Miss von Studdlford exhibited her sweet and musical voice as Josephine. William Paull was excellent as Captain Corcoran ar.d F.

J. Boyle revived the traditions of Dick Deadoye. Miss Kate Condon. Llovd D'Aublgne and Forest Carr were the others ot tho cast. Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" was played as an interludo between the fall of the curtain on "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Hs rise on "Pinafore." Miss Strakosch was In poor voice, bo her Santuzia waB not so cood it might otherwise have boon.

Joseph Sheehan repeated his well known interpretation of Turiddu and MIbb Fanchon Thompson, as Lola, verified tho impression which she created on herfirst appearance, that it is unwise for a singer to employ too enthusiastic press agent. MANSFIELD'S GREAT MSI Shakspearo's Brilliant Historical Pageant Played Before a Great House Here. ROGERS BROTHERS' FUN MAKING "Hearts Are Trumps" and Other Good Plays and Strong Vaudeville Bills in Brooklyn. "Henry play and spectacle, was brought out oa February 8, 1873, at Booth's Theater. The managers then were Jarrett Palmer, ana the Henry was George Rig nold.

On October 3 of the present year, under the management of A. M. Palmer of the former firnt, "Henry was brought out in Manhattan in the Garden Theater, with Richard Mansield in the title role. That reproduction yas extendedly noticed in this paper. At tile Columbia here this amusement week was opened on Monday night with the same play 'by Mr.

Mansfield and company, with, we are assured, the same cast and the same scenery (hat characterized the opening night in Manhattan, nearly two months ago. It closed in Manhattan on Saturday night to as large a throng as it had commanded at every performance there, and with the promise of equal prosperity until the spring, had other engagements permitted its continuation. The opening here found two thirds of the seats occupied, with more than enough folk standing on "admissions" to fill the rest. The slight revulsion from increased prices must have takenexclusive effect on the opening night, for the statement is that literally everything has been sold out for the rest ot the week. The great attention given to the play and to the company in the Eagle, on October 4, renders an equally long treatment of the event now unnecessary.

It can be said, however, that as a spectacle, the exhibition exceeds anything ever done or given under American management on the stage. It is largely a play of scenery. The opportunities for acting are subordinated to those for display of weapons, costumes, armies, fields, forts, the city and mobs. There never was finer scenery, there never were more realistic armiSs, there never were historically moie accurate costumes, weapons and groupings, and the operation of sieges, of battles and of pageantry was never more effectively denoted to the eye or to the mind on any stage. This comprehensive, absolute and earnest tribute is still within moderation and is deserved.

Nor should it escape notice that 8 o'clock means 8 o'clock on Mansfield programmes. Less than half the folk had arrived at but the curtain went up on the minute and the graceful Chorus, or Rumor, taken by Florence Kahn, then began her magnificent declamation. Regardless of the comers in, the Archbishop of York and Canterbury went through their dialogue as a rehearsal of what they intended to amplify in the throne room scene which was promptly revealed. As the curtain did not fall until 11:40 and as the longest waits were less than seven minutes, the necessity of punctuality to expedition can be appreciated. Mr.

Mansfield as Henry was a little hurried in his declamation before Harfleur and in his subsequent address at the same point to the French deputation to whom he commended the surrender of the city. Aside from that, and the hurry may have been due to the anxiety of a first night on the road, the rest of his acting was excellent. His sar donic humor and arrogant temperament were finely brought out. Repose, authority, distinction, intelligence, versatility were all demanded. The demand was met by incidents as wide apart in requirements as the pathetic reproach to Scroop, as the harangue on St.

Crispin's Day. and as the wooing of Katherine. His appeal is in the main intellectual. His influence issues from power and knowledge rather than from sentiment. But his conception of the practical, resolute and kingly Hal is clear, broad and strong.

Indeed, his prayer soliloquy at night under the trees approached sublimity. The rest of the cast was in every instance competent and in not a few marked by palpable bits. John Malone as Exeter, few as were the words he had, made a fine impression, and suggested an ample ability to play the title role itself grandly. Dorothy Chester as the boy attendant on Pistol was graceful and saucy. Estclle Mortimer as Dame Quickly was scholarly and discriminating.

Ida Brassey as the Princess Katherine was archly excellent. A. G. Andrews as Fluellen delighted the intelligence, though William N. Griffith as Pistol, his antithesis, suggested an energy of the diaphragm rather than the dominance of the brain in his vocalization of the craven character assisned to him.

But all of the cast was satisfying, none of it disappointing, and the whole occasion was one of unqualified power aud charm, educational as well as inspiring in marked degrc. The play will hold the boards all the week. Next week "The Cadet Girl." Montauk Theater. Not since upholstered, decorated and generally glorified variety shows at high prices became the fashion has anything of the sort been seen much better than "The Rcjf crs Brothers in Central Park," In which those popular comedians appeared at the Montauk last night. There is no reason in logic why a piece which plays on Forty second street for $1 should charge $1.50 when it comes to Brooklyn, but an excuse, if not a reason, may found in tho fact that the Montauk was crowded last night and the auditors seemed convinced that they had got their money's worth.

Certainly they did, if encores count, for almost every song and dance was given twice, and many of them three times. Tho Rogers Broilers are not tne wnoie snow. Thov arc vc'Cy funny in their own line or is It in Weber and Fields' line" and their jokes. which look flat in cold type, sound wonderfully funny as they send them across the footlights. One test of a good actor Is to be ablo to sneak rubbish so that It will sound well.

and that the Rogers Brothers moot fully. So does Isndore Rush. When that actress used to wear striking clothes In Roland Reed's plays there was not a suggestion ot the nerve, snap and go that Miss Rush puts into this fragile matter, sno Is saddest when sno sings or at least she ousfht to be; but many a French woman has won a reputation as a dlseuso wnoso diction was no better than Miss Rush's. Every syllable of every word The Amphtbn. That massive scenic production, "Hearts Are Trumps," was given at this theater last evening to one of the largest audiences of the season.

This English melodrama, which was seen at the other end of the borough some weeks ago, tells a logical story for a Drury Lane piece but aside from this there are several scenes to which distinction is given' by the capable company that Charles Frohman employs to interpret the many characters. i ne story, however, is of secondary importance, for the play's success is due to the elaborate, ingenious and picturesque scenes. Eleanor Morretti, who inherits much of her talent from her mother, Katharine Rogers, who, years ago, was one of our best artists, depicts the woes and tribulations of Lady Winifred with power, feeling and sincerity. A splendid bit of character acting is done by Jessie Busley as the music hall singer. Her insouciance, unflagging spirit and humor made her a general favorite.

Lottie Alter, too, played the ingenue role with a dainty grace and girlish winsomeness that were captivating. There was no trace of that insipidity in which characters of this kind are sometimes invested. Those fine actors, Sidney Herbert and Dore Davidson, gave much force to secondary roles. Francis Carlyle, who, in the past, has done good work, lost much of his effectiveness by a stolid and unresponsive demeanor and a monotony of speech that was exasperating, at times. S.

Miller Kent and a score of other well known actors gave good accounts of themselves. The play is so long that the audience should be seated at 8 o'clock. Last evening the first scene was made unintelligible by the confusion created hy late comers. Daniel Sully will Impersonate "The Parish Priest," next week. Grand Opera House.

At the Grand Opera House last evening a large audience enjoyed a glimpse of Yankee land manners and customs before the war. in Alice E. Ives' and Jerome H. Brady's play, "The Village Postmaster." Frank E. Camp took the part of John Harper with seriousness and fidelity, while George D.

Parker, as Ben Deane, gave so polished a version of the villain part that the crowded although it rejoiced in the downfall of his machinations, forgot to hise the part. Archie Boyd, as Seth Huggins, did not over accent his part. It was an even and enjoyable characterization of the local village magnate of the early fifties in New England. Angela Russell, as Miranda Huggins, and Jane Mar bury, as Kattie Burley. gave pleasing presentations of the pretty young girle of long ago.

Miss Russell was especially engaging nnd natural tne love matting scenes. Josephine Stofler, who is a Brooklynite, had the difficult part of Mary Burden, and she lent to It both dignity and strength. In her denunciatory dialogue with Deane in the last act i he compelled the applause of the audience by her convincing powers. The cast is a large one and local color abounds in many characters, all well taken, the fun being well distributed. Grace Grlswold gave a telling representation of a spinster and was ably seconded by W.

S. Gill, the village sexton. Louise Skillman, as Louisa, and Tom Magulre lent hilariousness in every scene In which they appeared. Next week, James A. Heme's play, "Hearts of Oak." The Bijou.

"Marvourneen" began Its second week at the Bijou last night with as full a house as it has had yet, for it is that sort of so called Irish drama, with its story love and adventure that lasts. Chauncey Olcott's dashing Irishman, Terrence Dwyer, is just the character to bewitch an audience, supplemented by his Irish songs given in a voice that seems to grow younger and fresher with use, and his clever group of children, whose naturalness always casts a spell over Bijou audiences. Indeed. Mr. Olcott's singing and his faculty for making a bevy of winsome little ones the background and excuse for his molodles are his two strong In any of tho plays he has made popular.

The acting, the scenery and the costumes are up to the standard, but in the singing and the children the charm lies. "Mavournoen" will be seen all the week and then comes the Rays, Johnnie and Emma, in "A Hot Old Time." The Gayety. That popular Irish comedian, Joseph Murphy, is playlug his annual engagement at the Gayety this week and delighting crowds St,.