, 1877-10-28

| afflicted him during his last engagement q
Booths Theatre. From the first night that III
appeared there in ''Humpty Dumpty in Man
Chimes" it was painfully apparent to those wh'
| had known him in days gone by that the poo
actor whose acting had delighted thousands wa
PLAYING his last engagements and fast passin!
"Thc way to dusty ucatt.n
GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES.
Lydia Thompson returns to England in Janu
ary, and will then take her farewell of the stage
I Robson and Crane, in "Forbiddcn Fruit,
succeed Lydia Thompson at the Philadelphia
Walnut.
Minnie L. Cummings, OF Chicago, opens till
week as leading lady at the Philadelphia
Museum.
Miss Mary Anderson won the admiration O.
the Bostonians By her playing Of 1'ardte.ta IL
"Ingonlar.n
| Mr. ]. Chceycr Goodwin is writing q comedy
for Mr.. John c. Cowper, to be brought out al
| the Eattcr's new theatre.
The Danitcs with the Ranllins made mos'
decisive hit in Boston, tue receipts OF the week
at the Globe Theatre being oyer $1,000.
"Cathcrinc H." will be the initial play OF the
! .Ianaus lick engagement ut the Broadway, New
| Yurk, Nov. S. Fred Warde and .Jeffreys Lewis
will then make their first appearance.
Miss Mahon WIS excellent as Lady Jane Gray. and
| the may be said Of Mr.. McManus. -her York
| Dramatic Seirs.
Didn't know that Mac lad taken to fmper-
! sonatiny female character. He was playing male
| juvenile parts the last time VIC saw him.
| Mr. Charles Wathen Chase las recently COM
pletcd il four-act drama illustrative Of railroad
life, entitled Our Railroad Men, the right of
which he has DISPOSED of to Mr.. E. T. Stetson,
apl which will shortly be produced ut a theatre
| il This city.
The SPIRIT Of The Times declares that Sothcrn
intended to make buresouc Of his Ouac.o at
| the Adams benefit, but Florence would not let
him. being under the impression he would make
hit as lago, and not being willing to allow
the opportunity to slip.
The play in which :iax Ate1cr Charles Hcber
C1arkc), the Philadelphia humorist, is to make
lis maiden dramatic effort, is called 81 Her Sec
ond llushand." It is to be produced shortly by
Mcssrs. Gctn,nil], Scott 4; Co., at the Chestnut
Street Thca:re, Philadelphia.
The Washington Star says: "Hunf1reds of
people are soilg about to-day sncezing with
colds, caught from getting their feet wet at the
in Clara Morris Miss Mutton everybody was
crying, and the floors were covered viii. puddlcs
of brine"
MIR. Tom Mcguire is negotiating with the
management Of the Union Square Theatre, New
York, to take Charles T. Thorne, Ida Vernon,
Dijou Heron, and Maud Harrison to Frisco. to
play six weeks engagement in - Pink Domi-
nos,'' ''Thc Danicic11s,'' and "Smike," WITH
Fred B. Narde aud Ada Uyas.
Reviewing the recent engagement OF Miss
Elizabeth Won Stalnwitz at Washington, the
Capital says:
There some rare fine acting ut the National
Theatre last week. Won Stamwitz came to Wash
in.tun heEl3ed By clever criticism, and by her
acting evidences that it was not unaeserved.. On
the contrary, she mas not yet received proper
tribute. She is today one oi the greatest senuses
on the stage. Her natural strength. strongly de-
fined and powerful. the grace o: education and
that art which concea1s itself By its eztfulness.
combine to render her remarkable in her profess
ion. Her facial intelligence Of expression is the
most startling We have ever seen in aIT woman.
Her knowledge of the English Language and pro-
With study, she will be as complete master in
both respects Us Fechtcr. Won Stanwitz has been
compared TO 1anauscek. as being next after her
In brief time She will hold station On the stuge
that Janauschek never could uttain-
Mile. Venturoii, the dancer, who it will be re-
mcmb .rcd made her first appearance i'll A1neri-
II in the Crosby Opera House, is lyine i'll in
New York. having been stricken with paralysis
soulc time ago. The other day she was made
The victim OF hcartless swindlcr. who spoke
represented himself as the agent OF St. An,onia
Society, all Italian association organized for the
relief OF the Italian poor he said be was also
a visiting member OF several charitable socie-
Christian Association. He gave Mile. Fenturoli
q check on the Chemical Bank Of this city for
$1D, signed ''Martin Tripoli" lie further gave
her a card OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, on the back Of which he wrote en order
for sic, signed *'Shark," and said he would also
send them coal and flour, and demanded 81 Tor
carriage All tue money Mile. Vcnturoli pos
scssed was So bill, which she gave him. He
took tho bill and went out. promising to return
tho change. H has not been seen since. The
check, Of COURSE, was spurious.
The Rev. William Wilberforce Newton and
George B. Watson have been telling 4 Boston
reporter about a Theatre-Rcforn Association
they have oTganikeI. Edwin Booth and Dion
Bourca,llt are said to hare written their lp-
prural OF the scheme, Mr.. Newton says that
the time has come for wise discrimination he
tween good and bad plays, aud as an intell-
gent person dfscriminates between good and
an unwholesonle novel, SO PERSONS should dis
criminate between good and bad dramatic pro-
duct;o,ls. 4 similar society is at present at
work in England, Of which the Bishop of Man
chester is the President. In his Interview Alr.
Watson said: ;'Whilc we intend to be alwa7s
friendly towards the drama, We shall never die
tate to the managers of theatres. But
this we do intend to do: Printed
circulars will be distributed at tho various
railway depots warning the people Of the un-
wholesome Lays running at any certain theatre,
and if they witness such plays, then it is their
own fault" This Is decitiet,'y ncw departure,
as OfLhO1OA tliElues u1Fe sseHcraIIF argued that
the inilucnc. OF the stage intrinsicaIly bad,
and that it folly to attempt to make it bet
ter. Tie results OF the experiment will be
awaited with interest both by thcatrc-gocrs and
those who have opposed dramatic representa-
tions.
Joaquin Miller is in Boston. where his play,
- The Danites, is very successful: lie told d |
Boston Herald reporter that he had never been |
happier in his liie, his shit ~ with Ills drama
being his first good fortune iu America II |
never had any show in this country until this |
and it seems syood,' he continued. He thinks |
that the acting Of the play i'll Boston, although |
by the same company, is better than it was IN
this city. ''Ncw York wanted Numidiap roar |
all the time. but that will not 20 down in Bos- |
ton.'' III slillcr's estimation the play is not |
great, hut is all honest representation of life in |
the Sierras,-"a photograph Of my life in the |
mines, goHd, bad, and Indifferent, jus. us lived
t}.cre." He gave tue following account OF first |
Seeing his work on tile stage: II was in Bos,on |
when it was brought out In New York. dared |
The next morning the telegrams came an
its success, and l was so happy. |
rcnaincd here, however, two or three days
bcinre went to set lit. Finally slipped down to
New York. had never been in That tlica trc
before, SO I captured small bay, and told the
little fellow I'd give him 50 cents if he would
ret 25-cent ticket tor me, and we'd 70 into the
gallery together. Hc was astonisl,ed and de-
lighted, aud taking my dollar bill he went and
bought ulc 2 25~ccnt ticket; then lie got one for
himself, and We went in. met 4 couple Vi men
roiug there, and absorbed them anu took them
llong with me. ! found Ill old man in there,
100, whom | had known before. And | sat
l,cre aud cried. And, do you know. this old
ratf nn.5c In I