The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-27
ANU s E M EN- rs.
MIR. Bellew At steinway Hail.

assemblage Of an audience as che malign weather
gods could have devised. Hail, rain, slippery side
walks and an aqueous condition Of the atmosphere
generally kept great many prudent people within
doors who would otherwise have sought amuse-
ment at Mr.. Bellows readings The hall was half
filed, however, with those happy mortals who have
necessity to go afoot while the family coachman
will obey orders and brave the storm from the for
tress of his many caped driving coat The audi
ence was hence very select one to which the
elocut0nist read. well chosen programme,
commencing with the sounding curse from Moore's
Sire Worshippers," and ending with the Charity
Dinner" was carried out by Mr.. Bellew with his
customary success and to the qualification OF his
listeners. The second part opened with curse
from Byron in the execution scene Of Marine Fall
ero and the force ana dignity Of that truly Byronan
Craven" by Robert Brough, which must prove
wrath-stirring to the "judicious," was food for
laughter to those who heard Mr.. Belew. This
lamentable travesty is called the "vulture." The
intrusive archaeological specimen is mysteriously
ever, turns out not to be marine member OF the
pOriferous family, but man named Smith, who
ens line Win ss 81 es
Grafton which 1t signalizes:-
Take Thy bssk from ont my gin;
One Of Leigh Hunts pretty ballads-'The Glove
and the Lions'-having, from its pointed reproof
no yas e wen sy the
every one forth In good humor TO brave the damp
Beew will deliver lecture on "The Life OF Oliver
Goldsmith" interpreted with anecdotes and read
ings from that poets work.
Musfcal and Dramatic Notes.
new opera comique, entitled ''Mina," by n.
Ambrose Thomas, is In the press.
1t Is said the Strakosch Brothers have the sole
right to perform "Aida" In this country.
Johann Strauss new operetta, "Le Carnival Dc
Rome" Is said to have won complete success at
Vienna.
Nine. States who has gone to Mexico, resumed
her maiden name, Agatha Vaudeville. after obtain
ing her divorce.
The practice OF Kissing dramatic performance
was first Introduced at the Theatre Francois ON
the 14th OF January, 1886.
Miss Beatrice Amore, who recently made her
debut In LA Favorita," at Malta, is Mrs. Emeline
Reed, formerly soprano In the choir Of the Church
of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn.
An aspiring dramatist writes us that he cannot
get hearing from managers, and tells US that he
'bribed" one young man to hear his best play,
CONTRASTS and Types" At the end ofthe first act,
which would require two hours for the PERFORM
ance-the other four being little shorter-the
young fellow threw up his engagement. This is ter
ribe. The young man should have kept his
bargain, even If it killed him. and as to the man
agers 1t is not easy to understand why they should
hesitate to produce ten-hour play.
The managers Of Italian opera in England ara
authors OF prospectuses more remarkable even
than any Snowman ever printed. For instance this
is the way the manager Of Covent Garden speaks
OF the postponemsnt OF Nine. PATHS tour in the
United States FIN politics our American cousins
have lately outwitted Let them take their dol
lars and be content We can afford the dollars, but
opera cannot yet afford to part with its greatest
1avorite." The Athengatm suggests that the Chan
cellor Of the Exchequer console the House of Com.
mons with the remark-"We lost the arbitration
but we won Pattln
Mr. J. B. Polk, of Wallacks Theatre was engaged
by Mr.. Augustin Daily, of the Fifth Avenue, for the
season Of 1901 at salary Of SOS per week and
benefit. On the 4th Of April he was discharged, as
he alleged, withont cause.-the reason assigned in
the answer being refusal to play the parts for which
he was cast. After hs discharge Mr.. Polk event
hshing," without giving Mr.. DAILY notice; and when
the term for which he was engaged had expired he
brought suit for the salary and benefit, re-
covering $6SS 10 as compensation and an adj
diti0nal sum on acc0un. Of the benefit.
The case was brought before thu Court of Common
Pleas on appeal and 1t has been reversed by Judge
Robinson. without touching the main question
whether an actor is required to play the parts for
which he may be cast the Court decided adversely
to Mr.. Polk on the simple ground that an actor has
not been wrongfully discharged II he goes fishing
without notice to the manager.