Foreign Language Press Service

Sunday's performance, as well as yesterday's, was a complete success, and proves that the local German public knows how to appreciate a really good play. The house was overcrowded on Sunday, and the attendance on Monday was also very gratifying to the actors. On both evenings, the a

Yesterday's performance of Schiller's "Raeuber" again proved its popularity. The German House was crowded to capacity; and many persons were only able to find standing room. The smooth performance satisfied all who witnessed it. Mr. Hoym, who played "Karl," and Mr. Roepenack, who to

We play every day, and in addition we travel without rest over enormous distances. Often we play twice in one day. The wildest imagination can hardly realize what we have to stand in the way of punishment. From New York we went to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Milwaukee, and b

Sunday night the German People's Theater was opened on the North Side. The house, which has a seating capacity of 600 to 800, was filled to the point of overflow, and the public showed itself very appreciative of the energetic endeavors of the woman director, Mrs. Thielemann. (The v

Die Wassersimpel (The Water Morons), a character comedy out of German-American life by Julius Kurzer, was given for the first time, last night, in Aurora Turn Hall. The interest every premiere arouses (especially when it treats, with an outspoken slant, a vividly discussed current question) h

The opening of the German Theater on 12th Street (Turnhalle Vorwarts) will take place September 1, with Laube's Karlsschuler, under the direction of Mr. Louis Kindt. We do not publish the list of the actors, one of them having been taken by death. We are advised that Mr. Kindt will

North Avenue, on which the only German theater of the North Side burned down, has once more--thanks to Mrs. Louise Thielemann--a German theater at 334 North Avenue, near Sedgwick Street. The first German performance was so favorably received in the neighborhood that at 7:30 P.M. the entire st

There are plays in each of the four theaters. On the Southside, Burlington Hall has been rented again by Messrs. Kost and Pelissier. As the opening play, they have chosen "Mutsegen Oder Die Neue Fanchon." The equipment and costumes are said to be very good. As first star, they have named the

The constant complaint of the German theater that it has not been supported by the public, is answered with: "Give us a theater that will present good performances, and we shall support it." Of late, the German theater in Chicago has been showing some improvement. The play "Karlsschuler," pro

We received the following letter. Dear Sir: The citizens from Milwaukee Avenue look with pride upon their Aurora Turnhalle. It is without doubt the most beautiful and the most elegant theater in Chicago. Also is the company of players a good one. Our German newsp

[Translator's note: There were five German theaters in Chicago, in 1875, as shown by the appended announcement, and that is the only reason why the otherwise trivial item has been included.] The German theaters have programs for tomorrow evening which should prove satisfying to people of dive

"A Distinguished Marriage" will be played tomorrow at the New Chicago Theater. Mr. Heimich Laube translated this French play in a masterful manner. The play has also been very successful in its English translation "Led Astray". Miss Marie Wolf fills the main role. She is an accompli

That excellent fairy tale, "Aschenbroedel," was highly successful, although it is no novelty in Chicago, having been given in this theater several years ago, at the Aurora last year, and recently at the Adelphi Theater. The house was sold out and the performance was probably the best of the s

A benefit performance for the German Free Drug Dispensary will be given Wednesday at the North Side Turnhalle and all Chicago Germans who do not live too far away will be there or should be. After all, support of an institution is involved which, above any other, deserves the good will of the

This whimsical play of a bygone dramatic period was given last evening at the National Theater. Mrs. Methua Scheller appeared in the title role and we must admit that she.... possesses the natural qualifications for the part, as few of her colleagues do. Franz Kuehne, of the Concord

"Die Drei Staatsverbrecher" (The Three Political Malefactors) by Dr. von Schweitzer [Initials not given] is without doubt one of the best comedies by this author and, in fact, of the German stage. A splendidly wrought intrigue, fascinating to the very end, and terminating in a very plausible

The performance for the benefit of the German Free Drug Dispensary will be given this evening at the North Side Turnhalle. We repeat what we have often said before, that, of all the benevolent institutions with which we are familiar, none deserves the esteem of the public so much as

The highly publicized performance of Wilbrandt's comedy, "Die Maler" (The Painters) was given yesterday at the North Side Turnhalle. Although [Alexander] Wurster's theatrical company may have done its share in attracting the Chicago public, one must, nevertheless, attribute the fina

A very select public attended the entertainment given last evening by the Johanna Lodge for the benefit of poor children, and the large number of people present at the performance gives full proof of the visitors' philanthropic inclinations. One of the disturbing features, however,

Since Mr. Alexander Wurster commenced to give the Germans of this city a German theatre worthy of the name it has been demonstrated that they mean to support a manager who will give them only such representations as are calculated to elevate and to educate. The new Chicago Theatre is crowded