, 1874-07-05
company. Miss Je1roya-Lewls and Edward


Ut tho Haymarket.
WI. Florence Is At Ems waiting for now
pioco by Alborry.
Butf eio bill has baon playing at Woods Mu.
eeu1n, Nov York.
Howard's 'saratoen na t. Brighton "iaa fail
nro. 1t ia aa Hat al stnle beer.
Tho Chestnut Street Yhontro, Of phllado1phts,
ii roconatruottng to hold 2.l0U people.
Tom Taylor'a Clancarty" Is tho only pioco
which has survived Tic season lii London.
8ardou Is to invade T]ooth'n noxt Hcaaon with
now play. Mosars. Jarrett i palinsr arc uow in
London.
Robert buchanan has written blank yarso
comedy entitled "Our Madcap Prince" Nougl
On Fred.
"Tle Woman Who Lies u is the pleasing tito
OF now Fl onch drama. 1t must 10 rather cou-
mpnplace In incidont.
oltyo Logan lcavcs Liverpool Thuratlay for
Now York. NiisforLnnes neyor come singly.
6ho haa aonle French playa
Mr.. ". Whaltoy will p!aY no moro. He will ho
b1iss Wostern's agent, mud Ills weary foot will
try lin mora.
Maggie Mitchell will star noxt aeason with
combination. uoro einkB nGaiu ut the Ru-
no,tnceu1ent TINT slo will noleot it.
Kathcrino Rogera, Mrs. D.. p. DoworB, and
t1rs. ]. B. Booth arc to astonBh tho nalivoa Of
sacramento aud Virginia City next aoason.
Mrs Rnus'ex, "tho photograph actreas" Ia
ron, Sister Of the dramattst, is to appear hero
ehurty.
Alfred Ayres Of Now Eng}and, announces TINT
ho will not noxt Bca-on IL a picco by Octave
Toni1les. which he has adapted and renamed
"Tho Egotiat." Ho will play tho leading plrt.
Tonnyson's tDoalcea lns wapod into for
gotfulnots Nothing remains OF It hut the len-
docasriables. Ton, Taylor was to have adapted
It, but those "Neronlan lcgionarios wore too
much for him.
CLARA Norris Is to die In elegant oonyulnionn, d
Il 0rotzstto, In "l'ua Sphin1." The nitro
glyotrine atyie of her aotiug will make this
scane remarkable, if in othsr respects 1t IL, as
Wa aul!s!pnss, M imitation.
Tho features at narnum's Hippodrouae In New
York just now arc MI eoor1nous black hippopot-
ANUS and conps:itiyu pr,zo contests between
thn amateur atliasea OF tho city. Tho sports
tloro eoem to be dangerous, ns al, old elephant
arhaner nAnaa Frank Dooley haa died from tho
eHeots Of q fall from the nulmal, aud ieunlo
ohariotoer ilRH been seriously injured bY the
horses IN arothcr chariot rearing upon her.
Tho Louisville Courier-Jop,nal says: Sunday
Afternoon mhilo Lolo, the Flylng Fairy was
Performing llor daring acrobato fcats at the
Woodland Garden she met with a Borioua acci-
dene. In attempting to spliug through loop
ray Of sunlight suddenly haAhod in her ayes,
tniss tho outRtretcled arilB or her huBblnd who
held tho hoop, mud sl1o fell to tho ground. For
tunateIy she Was not aerionh'v nurt but her i'll
tnricB nro Of such 4 character aa to prevent her
Appontanca for some trae."
A party Of Young mon recently hired small,
unused thoatre on ths fanbourE st. Houore, got
= play for their own amusement, aud acted 1t
themselves before Bolect and invited party Of
thoir ftfonda. Next day down gwooped tho police
upon them for payment OF the poor tax. But
bad n$k7tH NJ $Ex4
directors, "aa ths representation was a gratait~
moment. "No nletter," lie cried 1t laugth. "tha
tax must be paid, and if you bad no receipts,
ct your expenses" which the unluoky youths
wero accordingly forced to do.
It IL fortunate that other cities have enter~
prising newspapers, OF what should We do for
uows2 Tic Cincinnati Commercial coues to tho
fescue MitL the following, which IL raoy, though!
incorrect: "Tfe past seRson laa boen ouo Of
the most disastrous to theatrical enterprises
ever Known. Not lnlf-a-dozen established tho
ntre8 have made cont, and most OF tneM lost
heaylly. Among tho 1attor nsuy be mentloned
Booths, Dalys, and Niblo's. New York; McVick-
in Now orla1np 60 iii tho rhilade,phia houues OK
copt the Walnut, and all tho Washington md
Baltimore thoatreH. Those who ars reported to
have come out ahead arc tho union Square and
Wallaok's, New York; tia Boston Museum, De
Bars In 1T. Louis, Garlnera Ia Chicago, and the
Walnut iu Philadelphia. Booths losaes are nut
down at 0,0U0, jarrett j. palmel'a at 600, 900,
and Day's ut $sO,ooo
In Now York last season, 1919 dramatic per-
formances were given. One hundred aud twell-
ty-olght plnys wero prolnced-~4l drulaas, 81
tsagedies, 81 eomolics. D aociety !" plays. Sur-
lesques. apectaclcs, pantomimea, mud 2 conf
cdy dsenans. Seven plays by Houcicault seeelyed
248 representations Il by Shakespeare, 90; by
George Faweett Rowe. %; BY Drlwer, ~; . by
71ftn1u y 1,1Itp t,,,a Il nt.
Deot. 81; ) by Wilkle Collins, 1862; 2 By Andrew
J. Halliday, 81; 3by T. ". Robertson, As; hy
Henry J. Byron, ii; 8 by Tom Taylor, rs by
Y. sssdou, rs; ! by Craven, IA; by Eannud
Falconer, 10; by Gayor, IL; by Bird, II; q
by Sheridan. KnoHlos, g; and by FaYne 9.
Ths standard English comedies received 69 rop-
1esentations-GoIdomit4, 1s; Foote, L.; shcri,,
dhn, Isl aud co'nan, II. Many plays obta'nea Il
Dumpty Abroad" 79; "Dary, Crockett" 81;
"Trip Van Ninkle," IS; "Gonoya Cfoss,h Al !;
"ohssity,' - 43 Metre Dame" 81; "No%
2s; Fomme do Fou,' %; :" Fsnchon," %;
"Vetelan," 2s; and "sclool," o.
MUSIC.
Music is over. Tho lights arr out. Tho doore
ore locked aud the performers arc gone. Still.
NOES will reign until September. Meanwhile II
viii ba pleasant to see where tho performers
have gone.
Mr. I. y Flaslcr. tho organist Of piym
outh Congregational Church, sailed yester
day from New York, in the steamer Siberia, for
two months stay in Europe.
Mr. Emil Liebiing ia also en route for Europe
Mr. Robert Goldbeck 1oayes very shortly fo
Europe.
Mr. s. @. Pratt, tho pianist. is ono OF tho atny
ataInu1nl tina and mill rfa t;H
to semodeling bis opera Antonio.''
Mr. ". W. Wlittemore, ths teacher Of pub
schbols, has left for trip down tho Vt. Lawrenc,
tor hia health. HIS recent benefit concert 10
cured Tor him but D snall alim, owing to the fac
that at tho last mouaut 10 found that he MA.
compelled to Share the profits Will. Hecont
party. which waa both au outrage upon him az
well US those Of Its frienda who purohaset
t1ckota solely to aid lin.
George +. loot is or In Iowa holding musica
conventions.
Mrs. .. Il. JOHNSON is In noston atill, and lot
ters from there intiMate that sllo will amman II