, 1874-06-28

Inc three leading artists, ". Il: Linesrde iesn: Z!
Llngar9 (Alics Dunning), aud Dick7 iku. - T. hf
are wen knoWn in thus, city. and ,a,,d, ..LestQ
| general principles would be supcyHuons :. @1a O
case Following is the cast Of chasactsrsu. ~ sae1
.31las Auc. n,,.,
achis no Esron,rs Mi.. b. Uaa.
neniHe De hetonare..- VIM Horace 1T;;asas
4ou1taa u as
| Georges TreYe}yan. yan....--......., = ;aAfe
Marquis De sei!lAnes 4 a4fat Test
MADAME Dume.nil lii: ~ Acyiet.
Dowagez Countess De yardes Mr. .anA c1.aa aastA
aaa@"e 10 sannen. ..M.s octari.0 0sl1al s1a
| THE VARIETY coCr..~
Ne alluded early IN tho past week to = 49,.
interesting conflict going On besvean ~. 'er}
tlomen who hare achieved national esa eaeIe esa.
as managers, two of them in tbs T,-;aee -;peaeas1oa
! ness. and the third in almost eysryth;nn oas1-
taken 10 hand. lii. Leonard Grnxsyese ee ~
cess at the Adelphi has become 20 v;da,s QUO.
throughout the country that his nTa;. = tnoEa
York, Boston, Baltimore. Detroit p;ts.h,ees " hses
i and st. LOUIS nave long gazed upon him wth 5. ).
now that business Was dull in ths -. ~ 81 tusn,
scend upon the fortunate Grover. car1v 10 - g.
prestige. and recover lossea by dreri;n9! ~ ~ n's
age from bus entertainment to ths;r ~ FssFon*
was arranged with tue utmost good fsa,;a ~
| general conflict appeared na1itAh1a M ano
mora theatres been available, mors No.. aad
"nouo ua'1 eolAo ne1e' but thu Acsda,,o -
fered. Alr. John stetson, Of Boston .s sets o.
former, AIR. Josh Hart, OF New Yo,k, tbs ssa tna
Mr. Grover prepared for the eaupa;gn a''st
his adyeraaries- i vast amount OF ad1srt,a,aa ua
| done all round. Mr., Grover was prea,4ssa w y
- raise them On this, and did On eyery,h;,ss -
Meanwhile, gil the leading variety man,e.r55ss
the country 1ocked to Chicago to 8ltnsss ~.
struggle, and profit by what they saw III. Sim ~
nf R41ffnnra Mr. h~rta WAI,L ~tA&4
hr. Pred Aimes Of Plststurg; and 1epres.nt.l
tive OF George Fo1, OF Philadelphia. ven h,rs'
With the three best companies IN Tho co1ntrT
Chicago had here the best variety talent ett,1|.
the famous Jsckleys, Billy Rice, the Regocht
brothers, Wayne and Lovely, .ho Con,
etantlne Pantomlme Company, Edeson ssa
M. MY ,ns ths R,9.55o,u 9i5nGs. = T.. t1s Als
Nelson family, Adah Richmond, Rctsy ri
Barron, and Luke Schoolc1aft, With John ttsE
son; Harrigan and Hart, Jonathan Wild, Naef.
and Wilson, and tho Foy aiatera into thA ha,
gain. we're WITH Hart, The strongest ,tar, IN. ~.
the Jackleys, but the Nelson. nefs tbs Greatts IT,
novelties; Aafit and Bartholomew ooald hf
paired with the Constantine party; Hat7tgas
after these the Adelphi eaaly had ths beat Of Ia
pAring. III addition to material, Mr. Grover
had the bess arrangement With biz busles1re
and beautiful Bcouic effects, Amazon's natch'
aud orchestra, he stood SO far beyond biz
rivals that their entertainment, mad
in quality, was thin By contrast IN Arrangement
Mr. Grover turned his attention to popuis1i1ipa
hls house, gave tree omp1bus rides; auog opf
"dodge1s" and hangers everywhere. He I'd.
vertiscd the eooluess of his house, and psrsouak
ly superintended everything.
Thursday night Mr. Stesson lost all hopa. HI
had besn outgeneraled, set up the auppert, nd
decided to haul of Us early as possible. IL
didn't think - said he, candidly, "thst should
have to come to Chicago to Learn how to nma
something. Thank the Lore, josh Ha1: hu
lost more than have" 11r. Stataop ". "a
PLAY two weeks 1t tho Academy and
one 1t Hooley's. He returns to Boston to-day
irstead- Nr. hart's week has b4sn painfully
disastrous. His entertainment Was compare
lively poor, and his houses miserable. de il
satisfied that Chicago is bankrupt TOM viii
no appreciation for good variety show.
alr. Grover sits back IN the managers ehat
and laughs mercilesaly at both Of them. II,
will keep his house open one week longtT
crowd double List Of attractions on the ssss{
this week, wind up his season in blazae}
glory, and close the house Saturday night fos l
month OF si1 weeks.
DRAMATIC yoTEs.
Riston will occasionally play in English dur
ing her engagement in this country next Winte::t
"Left ALONE" il tho work Of Al American
author IN London. l. II = Comedy, and prubAh4
will be-
The subtitle Of Celia Lozsn'a new plsy i
"The Deserted House." Rather omlnou1 I'D
mAnagers-
Charles Wyndham playa Bob SackM in ''sars.
oga,"-Bnghton, at the Court Ths7sza,-.ad
has made great hit.
Paris is to have q cheap frss-class the::ra,
With the best seats at 10 cents, OF 10 conts sx:e
for having them reserved
The Rousbys will not como to this country
next season IS announced. having postponed
their visit until the fall OF 1875.
Barley Campbelrs State" 1t WaEaek's ~
= dismal one. His "Peril at the Union 5luas
WAS fraught NTH anguish yet mora dire.
Alexandra Dumas 1efuses to permit ths NAE
ayers OF Berlin to produce his latest rl1J =
The French term this tan act OF patriotism.
Washburn, the circus-manasar, Offers to p.!
q weekly salary Of $500 to any. man capable 0l
turning double 1omersault from par to bar.
lTr. II. J. Byron is writing another ply t6a
Emmett. This time it is an Irish dramA 1na
scene is not laid on Blackneu's 1sland =
might be.
Tho Graphic has column entitled Grapha
Green ROOM Gossip" We ache for the haf
when truth will ALLOW the completion OF ~
alliteratiya heading by the addition OF the WON
Is good"
The critic of the Rtra'd has made q dircoT31
It last. md eagerly 1usbes into print with til
that steamships do not sail esss
foremost az rule TLiH for the HerdA y
1yperczitlcal~
Miss Clara Morris and her mother were ~
,engers il tho steamship Ca.tc, on June II. ~
England. The pame OF J. G. HaSrlots ~
.umor says, is to marry Mlsa No11B, "@ asa
n th Q passenger lst-
Tho Carroll family intend starring throesa
he Provinces next season in new plaJ .nxa
las been written expressly for Mr. Carroll ~
his bows. they open in Albany. and 70 HGa
there to Montreal, Chicago, ClDcinnatl vt. Loo'1
.ud San Francisco. They will spend the sonne'
!: Long Branch
4 pleasant fiction from correspondent
u The Martens family, who do the ce!eois.ea
cat duet we're paid graceful compliment ~
Gently while appearing at q Pnlladoipaia 1oe1aa
lust ~ their voices reached that climax Taels
.wo cnts are supposed to be desperately a61.os'
IN old tom cat-a regular attache OF the theAu -
Jumped on tue stage, eyes sparkling and tau "a q
ended straight up III the air, eager to 1ak' p'A'
n tho fray"
Commenting on tho assertion that Nns.
in the "Sphinx," really does polsyIa
1erself IN the last acl, and takes an Anflao1
eEward, he OF the Milwaukee bent1sA naa .l:S...
offer in the interest OF tho ie5i'ms
1rama. He says that il soma Of the ths:s.n,t
who visit Milw aukee will try Mile. Crol1ees -
plan he will apdeayor " tn sea that the oo9 -
,olds the ant1dote Ia dropped out OF no III III
window With his Ioscnlng compound: ,.s;..
vaukea in rAther inclined to lager than t1s EbA~