The New York herald., 1874-11-29

| ~ the Hampton cruoenu, n engaged % Do mar.
l rfed TO Hsytian diplomatic sttache now In this
l country.
Mr.. Henry d. Palmer, Of the management Of
Boosh's Theatre, is confined 70 his house by
severe attack OF inAammatory rheumatism with
| symptoms OF gout.
The father OF Miss Kate Field was well known as
clever actor ana writer for the press. Mr. Field
wrote IN the New Orleans Ptcayxne over the sig.
nature OF 'Strawsn
They have young California prma donnav In
San Francisco named Stgnorina Ida valerga and
her accompanied IL Professor Richard Yank.
These be names indeed.
Kellogg declined respectfully to favor the good
people OF ithaca N. Y, with an opera night unless
they guaranteed herself and troupe the sum Of
81, 700 for one performance.
Mrs. Harry Ryner, who attempted to chssttse an
unfortunate critic IN Rochester, has been dis
charged by the manager Of the company 70 which
she belonged for the offence.
Mr.. W. }. Florence has made quite hit In San
Francisco also oy his impersonation Of Captain
Cuttle He is playing TO immense houses at Nc.
Culloughs California Theatre.
II 10 amusing to iisten 10 the seraphs when they
become angry because the shoes furnished by the
property man are too large. 1t Ia hard 70 keep
an equable temper on 50 . week.
The perennial Yankee Locke still blooms ct the
Howard Athen@um, Boston. Fathers take their
children to see the man whom they saw behind
the footlights when they were boys.
Cincinnati critic mistakes the leader OF an
orchestra for an engineer on an Ohio River steam
boat. He recommends the wlelder of the baton
't0 keep frm hand on the throttle valve.n
Boucicault with take the '.Shaughraun" through
out the United States after Its last appearance at
Wanacks, ana win play In 1t, although ne has been
offered large sums for the rights OF the play.
musical and dramatic entertainment win be
given at the Academy of Music on the 10th OF De-
cember, In aid OF st. Elzabeth's Hospital, which
Is under the care OF the Sisters Of st. Francis
Edwin Booth opens in an engagement as
''Hamler' on the night OF December IA at Nc.
vicker's theatre, Chicago, arrangements having
been made with his creditors to permit him to
do so.
Two large beds OF nowers carried on the stage OF
MRS. Conway's Theatre, Brooklyn, on the night
OF the debut OF Miss Clara Morris. were the
! tributes OF Anna Dickinson and Laura Curtis
Billiard.
z. K. Collier, or Hertzog, the Black Crook. has q
voice ike the roar Of . mill race and, being .
large, powerful man, says it Is the hardest work
he ever did, having to stoop so mucn during the
performance.
At the sale Valentino. In Paris there was
lately a dramatic representation by the cofneurs
or the metropolis in which two great capillary
| artists struggled with eacn other to see VINO
could best dress head OF hair.
There is to be q performance at the olympic
during the coming week, entitled the "Black
and Tan Crook" In which ladies with such Italian
~ names as Smitherina, Wilsonera, Cahileena
and SandfOrdtnt will appear and dance
When Benfratelli sang 'Dl quella pira" on SUM-
day night at the Grand Opera House the audience
went into ecstasies because they Imagined he
ended with high @; but they were mistaken.
The music was transposed note lower.
There has been a considerable falling OF In the
receipts OF this years. musical festival at Glouces-
| ter. England, on account OF the substitution OF .
sermon in the cathedral for ball In the shire hall
at the close. VIII Mr. Talmage please make q
| note9
/ The San Francisco Minstrels advertise for 200
active boys to pick up hooks and eyes every even
ing during their performance and the joke Of IL
Is that number OF boys have pestered the treas
urer, Mr.. Hunter, for employment since the ad-
vertisement has appeared.
The tom-tom players OF Suret, India, whose oc.
cupatton 1t Is to rattle away before Htndoo idols
struck the other day, according to the Pioneer
Nail for an advance OF pay. The priests refused
and locked them out and advertised ior European
to beat the tones Of worship.
Croizette, who made such nsrore in 9TH,
SPHINX" in lately attempting to play the heroine
In Dumas "Demi-monde. /" discovered dangerou!
dramatic rival in Mlle Broisat, who plays the sec
ond lady at the Coincide Francaise. Croizette Is a
sister-in-law to the celebrated painter Carolus
| Duvan.
At the sacred concert In Rev. Mr. Talmage's
Tabernacle on Thanksgiving night, for the benea,
OF the church, Hebron sang In o selection from
.Trayiata;n Gnmore's military band occupied the
stage platform, and Deacon Corwin OF the congre-
cation, presented handsome bouquets to the ar
| lists who performed.
A young lad went out hunting with a pistol be-
longing to the properties Of the Troy Theatre and
returned It loaded with ball to Miss Marietta
Ravel, who was to use q pistol, loaded only with
POWDER in q play she was performing In at the
! time. The mistake was discovered In time to pre-
vent genuine tragedy.
Manager Neuendorf, Of the Stadt Theatre, has
taken the advice Of tae HERALD and purchased q
| few days since, the premises No. Al Bowery, on a
five years. lease. IN order to break another en-.
trance through Tor his theatre. This win give an
easy and speedy egress to the thousands who FIRE.
quent the Teutontc Old Drury.
The London AthenGuna thus speaks OF the per-
| torrance OF Richard CGur de Lion, In "The Tails
! man." at Drury Lane:-"Mr. Anderson raves
through every note Of the diapason and enables
| US to realize one assertion, at least, concerning
the lon.hearted monarch-that Moslcm horses
were frightened OF him for generations after"
"Yorick," the new sensation play, which win
produced at Daly's on next Saturday, is adapted
from Spanish work which created profound I'm
preston at Madrid. It was called "A New Drama, -
and the denouement was SO novel and unexpected
that the audience demanded to know whe ther or
not they had assisted at drama OF real life or
merely o stage play.
Mr.. John 8. Clarke, the comedian, brother-ln-iaw
to Edwin Booth, the tragedian, makes his first ap-
pearance here since his return from abroad, in
Booths Theatre, tomorrow evening. He gives
two OF his best impersonations Major Wellington