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Musical comedy
The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances.

The musical play
A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.

The musical comedy
The Wild Rose is presented at The Knickerbocker Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 136 performances.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.

The musical comedy
Florodora is in its eighth week at The Illinois Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA, feraturing 'The popular Chicago singer Maude Lambert as Dolores'.

The Arena in Chesapeake Junction, Washington DC, USA, is open for dancing every evening with attractions including "Shady Park And Grounds Excellent Cafe and Good Music". The venue is, however, described as a "Colored Pleasure Resort" and is "Exclusive for colored people".

The Chicago Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA, is offering a bill including Elizabeth Murray ("The Lady With The Ragtime Walk'), Helen Blaine ("Singing comedienne") and Ethel Robinson ("The pocket edition of May Irwin").

Musical comedy The Storks is playing at The Dearborn Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is advertised as, "A fest of fun, delightful music, pretty girls."

Musical comedy
The Bohemian Girl is playing at Chase's Theatre, Washington DC, USA. It is described as having, "Fifty electric fans in continual motion" plus "Ice cream and ices served free at every performance".

Josephine Gassman And Her Rollicking Louisiana Picaninnies are among the cast of 'Vaudeville entertainers' appearing at The Opera House, Auckland, New Zealand,
Oceania.

Musical extravaganza,
The Defender, is playing at The Herald Square Theatre on
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of sixty performances. The show is best remembered for introducing the song
In The Good Old Summer Time, which will become a popular standard.

Music Trades newspaper reports that vaudeville singers are "scoring mightily" with the song
In The Good Old Summer Time, by George Evans and Ren Shields). It will be recorded by the Haydn Quartet later in the year and will prove a major hit.

Popular Canadian songwriter, musician and recording artist
John Stromberg commits suicide in Freeport, Long Island, New York, USA, by ingesting Paris Green insecticide. He had suffered severely from debilitating arthritis for several years.

Musical comedy
The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.