National Republican., 1876-12-30
GREEN-ROOM NOTES.

Miss Eytinge is reported at Pittsburg, Pa.
Albani is the reigning sensation in Paris.
Mrs. Oates and her troupe are in New Orleans.
Borders at Daly's are in future to be printed on
zinc.
Clara Morris is suffering from violent attack
of neuralgia.
"sardanapalus" leaves Boston for Ispringheld
on January3.
All the managers are making their scenery un-
intiammable.
Madame Nilsson is to sing next month at the
Vienna Court theatre.
Four new exits have been made from the audi
torium Of the Union Square theatre.
Dion BOucicault is revising the fve-act play
written by Mark Twain and Bret Harte.
Toronto will bask in the smiles of Miss Adelaide
Nelson for five nights after January ID.
Mrs. Chsnfrau, sup ported by her own COM
pany, will play in Re aiding on the 6th of next
On Christmas afternoon and evening "Pique"
was presented in Brooklyn by the Fifth Avenue
Company.
Miss Laura Mcneil, an actress attached to
company of travelling artists, died November q,
at Tyler, Texas.
E. L. Davenport will play two weeks engage
ment at the Walnut Street theatre, Philadelphia,
commencing January8.
Herr wachtel has met with great success and
drawn crowded houses as RaouT in the "Hugue-
nots' in Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Mr.. Boucicault will be accompanied in his pro-
vincial tour by Mr.. Geo. Hoey, who will play
Robert Ffollot in the "Shaughraun.''
The engagement between Mile. Grevy, daugh-
ter Of the former President of the French Legis-
lature and Capoul, the opera tenor, is reported
as broken of.
The widow of the great pianist. SigIsmund
Thalberg, who will be recalled as a daughter of
the great basso, Louis Lablache, has entered
a suit against Mile. Zare Thalberg to prevent
the latter from singing under her fathers name.
Paulton; the famous dramatic author, was in.
vited BY Garrick to write ballet with plenty of
smart dialogue in 1t for the present lessee of
Drury Lane. ''Oh, 1 see," said the author actor
wsg. "you want ton Of chatter for Chatter
ton"
day last, in the suit Of Hiram b. Barras, admins
traitor of Chas. M. Barras, against David Bid
we'll, for royalty for the use of the play OF "The
Black Crook" the jury gave the plaintiff ver-
dict for 5000.
The musical people, at last accounts were dis
tributed as follows: List was in Pesth, Wachtel
Petersburg, Clara Schumann and Pauline Lucca
In Baden Baden, Wagner and FlotOw in Italy,
Vieuxtemps in Paris, Anna Mehlig in Stuttgart,
and Patti In Russia.
In the recently published 'Life of Moscheles"
We fnd an entry in his diary dated November %,
1874, (Mendelssohn being then fourteen years Of
gave Felix Mendelssohn his first lesson without
losing sight for single moment Of the fact that
was sitting next master not pupil"
Henry Irving is performing MasSssh" in IIT Len i
with the original text delineatIng the high
comedy of RiehardI character. The critics are
opening tne question WneIneI GfONeT was Us Odu
as he is painted. "Mr. IRVING" the New York
Herald correspondent says, will probably pre-
sent sentimental, regenerated Richard"
''Harold, Tennyson's new drama, is pronounced
by the critics as superior to Queen Mary" 1t
opens at the period when William was yet Duke
Of Normandy, Edward the Confessor "a Norman
in religious feeling) on the throne OF England,
and Harold, one Of the four sons Of Goodwin, the
most favored of the mobiles about the throne, and
the Saxon candidate for the succession.
Fred. Kent, q low comedian, once very popular.
stopped panic In Brooklyn theatre by rushing
tothe foot-lights, striking an attitude of mock
tragedy, and shouting In tones that pienced every
part Of the house: "Better stay 'round-better
stay 'round-goin' to cut q watermelon soonr'
The effect was instantaneous. There was q roar
Of laughter, momentary diversion, during which
the fire was suppressed: and the farce went on.
Mr. Hermann Linde, the German gcntlem n
who recites in his own language from memory,
and without single omission, half a dozen plays
or more Of Shakespeare, gave q long scene from
Julius Cesar In Baltimore, the other day, in
English, and without reference to the text. 1t
was done after :uerely two weeks study. and his
foreign accent was very slight. He expects to be
able, after six weeks diligent application to re-
oite the entire play In English, and with so little
German accent as to be thoroughly agreeable to
his American auditors.