The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-02
Grruing Telfgraph
FRipAY, sRPrEMBER 2. 1884.
pnAmArIC GOSSIP.

panied by Mr.. John 7. ponnelley, aUaat courier |
ana business agent. Frank makes his debut ia |
harrisburg at Mr.. Rouse's theatre, on Monday |
evening We bid our friends in the West to keep |
sharp lookout for Frank and treat him kindly, |
AZ he is "the cure" for many an III inourable by |
any other medicine but fun and its philosophy.
IT gives us great pleasure to notice the progress
oftbe German Theatre in this city and we have
been assured that the opening of the winter
peason will take place very soon. The German
population of Philadelphia win be glad to hear
that the celebrated tragedienne, Mile Vestyall-
Land, whose genuine success of last season |
is still en- rapport, has graciously consented |
10 be the manageress for the ensuing season. |
The name of the theatre has been changed |
from the Stadt Theatre to Vestvali Lund Theatre.
The theatre, for the present, Is undergoing q T,
thorough repair. The paperiug of the walls, the
painting, and renoyatns, arc progressing flvora-
bly, A new sad beautiful drop5curtain, by the
weli-hnown artist, George Wunderlich, is now
being painted The theatre is situated on Cal
known as the City Museum. OF Miss Lund we
may say that she IS the compeer of Ristori and
Is one Of the ablest actresses now living.
The New Orleans Varieties is closed.
m Mrs. Leighton, assisted by small but efficient
dramatic troupe, is doing well in Idaho Territory.
Mr.. Lanergan's at st. Johns, N. b.
was exceedingly profitable.
Charles Wilkinson will be stage manager at
the Rochester Theatre next season.
The Baltimore theatres are open and doing
fair business
The Colleen Ba,on is running at the Royal
Victoria Theatre, London.
.-Rosedaie is enjoying q fair run at the Buffalo
Theatre L. P. Barrett in the principal role.
j II. Allen has gone from Maguire's Opera
House, San Francisco 70 Australia.
Aladdin continues 10 hold its own at Growers
Theatre, in this city.
Charles whenteigh Is at Maguires Opera
House, San Francisco, where he has assumed the
leading role in Bel DemoniO.
The Carter Zouave Troupe opened the Nash
vile Theatre on the 23d ult. They will stay
there for short season.
Kate Denim and Mr.. s. Ryan commence
two-weeks' engagement at the Ath@neum, Cairo,
on the Sd of September
Helen Western closed a successful engage.
ment Of two weeks, on Saturday night, at Ben De
Bars theatre, San Francisco.
--GrisI and Mario, with assistants, have been
engaged to go on concert tour through Eng
land, by Mr.. Dolby.
The National Theatre Cincinnati is now
managed by u atriumvirate, composed of Messrs.
Linn, Hess, and EdesOn.
The Boston Museum commenced the regular
season on Monday last, with the comedy of To1R
and Country.
--Vestvali commences her starring tour at the
Front street theatre, Baltimore, in the course Of
next month.
Paul Julian, the violinst, is giving concerts
in San Francisco, where he appears TO be highly
~ appreciated,
The Surrey Theatre, London, will be opene,
on Saturday, Sep ember 3, Tor the fall season
The house has been entirely redecorated
The Holman troupe of little singers an
actors have been playing at Woods Theatre, il
Cincinnati.
The Boston Theatre, under the management
of Mr.. Jarrett, opened on the 22d ultimo. Thi
gentleman has taken a lease of the Providenc
Academy of Music for the ensuing year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderver are engaged for thu
IN he prio
to the opening of the theatre they play star en-
gagement at Evansville, Ind.
The Morris Brothers and Pell and Trow
bridges Troupe commenced their regular sea son
on The 22d ult. as did also tue Buckley's Serena.
ders, at their halls in Boston.
i' William H. Otis has been engaged for the
theatre at Leavenworth, Kansas His en-
gagement commences Immediately after his De-
troit engagement.
Dan setchell, the comedian, appears for a
short engagement on the l2th of September, at
the fremont Theatre, Boston, In the buresque of
Leah, the FOrSoOk
Pixies Opera House, Cincinnati, will com
mence its regular dramatic season the 18th
OF September, with well selected and strong
company.
The Lyceum Theatre, London, will be opened
In October by Fechter with a new drama, in which
the actor-manager will perform the principal
character.
accounts, doing splendid business at the Aca-
denny OF Music, San Francisco, the favorite opera
Deang The BOjtenltdn Girl. Father Peter will
make fortune in California.
MIR. Edwin Forrest will commence an eight
weeks engagement at Niblos Garden, in the last
week in September. He will be followed by
Maggie Mitchell, who will open the Cricket in a
revised form.
-Adah lsaacs Menken Heenan Newell is am
bilious, and intends, after her engagement in
London, TO go over to Paris and play in the
tnehc1 In language She Is said TO be an accom-
plihhed liDguist
The Poor of liverpool, and a burlesque by
brongn, called htng I1eo, are the attractions at
the Roy al Amphitheatre, Liverpool. Kate Terry,
the leading lady of Mr.. Fechter's company, has
been engaged as star for twelve nights.
-Christy's Minstrels-a at least band assum-
ing that name--heve been for year or two per-
forming at Liverpool They have introduced
there all the popular negro songs from this coun
try. "Annie Lyle" is the latest Liverpool favorite
--Artemus Ward intends giving this fall a
series OF entertainments called Life Among the
Mormops," a panorama which he will ex.
plain by lectures in his proper style. Brigham
- Young and bis wives will thus be pictorially in
uodnced TO our public.
Opposite Liverpool lies the town of of Blrken
head, place Of some fifty thousand inhabitants
Atheatle WIS lately built there by an association
of citizens, who advertised for manager, nnd
received forty applications The contrnct wa,
finally given 10 Mr.. Henderson, of tile Prince o
Wales ihes..'e London, who will open the new
house in October next.
Our readers will remember that among the
forthcoming dramatic attractions will be n ap
pesrance IN New York city Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kean, who left Melbourne on the 22d of July, by
steamer, their way 10 Sydney the Sandwich
lsssuus, ana California. They were accompanied
by Miss Chapman and Mr. Everett, both mem
bers Of the dramatic profession. Their departure
has been delayed fog several weeks by the long
and severe illness of Mrs. kean.
The agent of Adah isaacs Menken is trying
the advertising dodge. For instance, he announce
20 the wondering public Of London that, "iike al
other striking and original successes, whether IL
art OF literature the Menken MaSeppa has hat
it's enYious assaiants, whose cant has helped
notably TO secure that completeness OF pu0'
attention without which no triumph can be entire
and the fact remains that the impersonation il
question has created the most vivid and LASTING
sensation known 10 the dramatic world. Ia
further states that "the management or thu
Theatre Royal, Astley's, have been Obliged e
accede to Miss Menken's terms of one-half OF the
gross receipts nightly, with the additional expense
of her groOms, equestrian directors, stage-boX