, 1877-09-09


must be nut down to the score Of 81 happy
treatment"
. strix.n who writes for the New York E1-
,ress thus expresses himself on joaquin sfillcr's
now nluy: II do not for moment contend
that The Danitcs is the best play that can be
written Of the distinctive life that forms so
strong an element IN our SOCIAL economy; but
That has vet been given is. Sir Charles Cold
stream looked down the enter OF Vesnyus and
fnun1 tnothing init Thcdrc-goers have looked
into tho inncrtnost parts O. great many mod
crn plays, and found nothing in them. But even
Sir. Charles. Coldstreatn became enthusiastic
when he threw the blacksmith out of the win
dow: and man may b pardoncd for cn-
th,,siasm wncu he finds the1ast human being he
would suspect of it Writingl play that SURPRISES
anytning that Inns yet Ecn written for the
American stage"
THE MIGHTY DLLAR.
This is what Nym CriIklc says Of 4'The
MIphty Dollar" but it shdld be remembered
that Eyn, like Mrs. Crupp, has been mother
himself" and there is possibly something of
spitefulncss in his remarks;
When ..Thc Mighty Dollar was completed 1t
waa considered perfect scInof badness. Flor
'.Do YOU know, . says he, sinking nands with the
author, ii believe we've gothic worst play ever
written"
- Int sure OF II. fcpiAeu ~ P!aFWslSnt, elA-
hracing him in return. eFcs SoU'ouu apiece
for us in it,"
Billy. .. u
ofrood acting into It and sp|l it, we may gct
After the 1rst production By telcgraphcd to his
author s.Thank heaven the erdics ID favorable
The press without e1cepttonronsidcrs it damn-
ablc I haven't the slightca doubt now Of its
splendid worlhlessness and incaculabte value.
i 1tsHfr hall
intimidate him. / wouldn' intake $50, QUO for my
share. consider the play aad as East Lynne
aud nearly as cmunerativclylfamous as .Cncle
sure as s!ote's rtoald roistcr.'
A NEW CLAIMANT FOR fuE DAH1TEs"
AIR. Fitzgerald steps tc1c front claiming
m interest in 1.-The Danite|' which, be AYERS,
| was written by his deeced brother. Mr..
Miller, he says, was paid leral compensation
| for the use Of his name anttae contribution OF
! a few lines Mckee Rankimakcs the follow
ing explanation:
Some time in the sp,fng a Sl?o vas attracted ted
iishcd ii1 d. by Jansen & Mccis:~of Chicago. I
thought saw the ge,m of od pay IL the story
term .s Mah oanaaton aa VII e4p wyce e o pa @
and, like al! novtces at Iiawritine, tnEned out
ene wnssh snsah h'o ne u eskd the u puy % nil III
E Finer; ;h o., the Shallow olNavoo." myself gaye
it the name. s'Danites' also took liberties
Knowing ?. c. Fitzeera--por fellow. he il since
dcad-nnd that he was hd 1p, | engaged him to
assist me, more in The cacix Of ananuensis than
The n}aT OF the s'Danite'' For the WORK tlar hr
lid paid him Sl25. anoaye his receipt for this
amount, reading, ''foE TX upon 'Billy Piper >"
rs he was called from hin, '.that the claim Of
this man Fitzgerald for brother, who was good
| fellow, Is about Us weak water"
HELENA ,p1E5KA.
new dramatic phtmcnon has just como
firth In San Francisc Her name is Helena
Modjeska, Countess Bote, a Pole, and accord
fnr to the papers she wonder. She came
out modestly, without preliminary adycrtis-
iue OF flourish, and has ised a great sensation
bv the possession OF ranerit. She plays In
English, which she stud aud learned in nine
months, and they dce her rendering OF
IL Adrienne Lccouyreur. to be O piece Of
actinr superior to thing Nelson ever
| di6. She is studying or parts. The San
FRANCISCO Post fairly hes over her thus:
ain Adr;eane LecouvrtNast evening VIC saw
Nine. Modieska move lih breath Of fresh mir
| through the sitting atnherc OF 4 liccntious
courrs We saw her byld-likc genius raise IL
noor dra,natization-nar poorer, by the way,
ttsan that OF John Oxclf, with which VIC arc
iamiliar-to the level 'an artistic triumph.
What carcd We fog poor'tains-she filled the
stase BY 1f f1f rsaH Sasinsss a
Blanche DsBar was ls3:s 5qS7:h 81 her Uncle
. Ben.
} John E. Owens is to she lis "Checkn at
, pittsburg on Sept. IT,
: RAYMOND has madea hit in lcy Campbcll's
! s:Risks,n which has just bcroduced in ST.
: Louis.
: Mrs. D. P. Bowers followsYmoud at the
c OLYMPIC in St. Louis, where rill open on
the 10th.
. Joaquin Miller preserves his atricity. He
c Maid Is cents the other night Cook hls scat
d among the "gallery gods " in to witness
luis own play. !!
Mr.. Lytton Sothcrn, son OF tSothern, is
- play,ng s.Lord Dundreary" suetIly in Aus
- trnlia. His work leaves no doult he is his
10 own fathers son.
Bart1ev Campbell will have bit comedy,
:. uAfy Foolish Wife," uonc atiChcstnut
Street This is the same plny liz was to
,r do, but which interfercd with Enult's ar
G. raugcMcnt.
Ie ;Ioscpl Proctor, the tragedian, Inning his
II star engagements, will appear duhc whole
g If the mouth Of October IN Ncrk City.
>c His engagements in other cities extend
T. quite into tho spring.
u Miss Geneyiere Rogers commeAcr tour
- at Rochester Sept; lo; 1oio"plnslooklyn
Sent. IT.. During the week in Broshc an
70 nears as iUaud Islicr andas Bono, Elranrn.
written for her By B. E. WoolI, autI "Thc
~ ~ Mighty Dollar"