Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-30
MUSICAL AVID DRAMATIC.

Kate Clsxtou drew 6ne houses in
Charleston last week n9H i0
The New York press has just dis.
covered" Mary Anderson. JAEkM Nii
Brignoli is 10 Boston, singing, as the
papers say better than even JI.
Kellogg is reported to be making a
musical sensation in San Francisco.
John McCuIlough's Southern tour this
season has been very successful. d
The engagement of Nine Christine
Nilsson at St, Petersburg is limited to
two months.
Lydia Thompson returns to England
in January, and will then take her fare
we'll Of the stage.
The London Academy thinks Frau
Materna the only living Singer likely to :
fill the place of Titiens.
Strskosch has. it is stated, engaged
Patti and Nicolini to sing for sixty rep
reservations in Isaly and Milan.
1t was Charley Backus whom a lady
asked; lis that your natural mouth,
Mr.. Backus, or do you use glove stretch.
ers2"
There is a report that Salvini and
Rossi will appear together 10 Florence.
Othello is named as the opening niece.
asd it is said these actors will alternate
the characters of "othelloS and "Iaso.'
Much has been said and printed, of
late, respecting the health Of Miss Clara
Morris. The truth-aRd many will be
pleased to learn tits that Miss Morris
IS in better health than she has had for
a long time. $50
Bulwer's posthumous comedy, aThe
House Of Darnley," which was finished,
at Robert Litton's request. by Mr.. Co.
GILLIAN, has just been brought out success. 5,
fully in Londen. The chief motive of
the play Is jealousy. Bulwer wrote four
acts and Mr.. Coghlan added the fifth.
Mr., J. s. Clarke has bought Buck.
stones lease of the Theater Royal,
Hsymarket, London. The bonus he
gives is 500, 900. Added to this he hast 10
pay $25,OOO a year. He offered Mr..
SOtbern $4,000 per week for three years,
on the condition that Mr.. s. would pro-
duee six new pieces during that period.
SOthern has telegraphed a refusal.
BoucicauIt is now ffty.6ve. He ia
native of Dublin, his father being q
French refugee, but he was at an early
age sent to London to learn engineering.
The drama, however, fascinated him, and
sach was the kindling Of his genius, that
at eighteen he produced one of the best
Of modern comedies, London Assurance.
Heller, the magician, was offered a
wager of $500 by Mr.. Ebbetts, Of Boston,
that he could disclose the secret Of the
second sight with which Miss Heller
has mysti6ed so many audiences. Heller
says that he will leave the matter with
Jarrett Il Palmer for their considera-
ton. Mr.. Tooker offers on his personfI
responsibility to make the amount $4,000.
The European journals are entertain.
ing their readers with an anecdote to the
effect that recently at a performance of
Faust in Boston, the spinning wheel in
the vision was replaced with an elegant
sewing machine, while at the same time
a shower Of handbills were thrown from
the galleries announcing the marvellous
virtues OF the new machine and its
double lock. stitch. s. ,o1
Kitty Blanchard, the former burlesoue &
actress, now of the emotional school, has
been interviewed in Boston, She re.
marked that it is not SO easy to drop bur.
lesque for serious business. She remem.
bered one lady who tried to act leading
parts, but could not divest herself of the
walk of a song and dance man. In con-
c%lusion, Miss Blanchard made this as.
tonishing statement, that she doesn't
want to play Juliet" soa1oa
In Boston last week old comedies ve,a
played at the Museum, the Freyer opers
Troupe sang at The Boston Theater, and
Joaquin Miller's immense success The
Danites, was. continued at the Globe.
= ~ 80
In Philadelphia Lydia Thompson PLAYED
at the Walnut street, the Union Suuare
company revived the Two Orphans at
the Arch street, Boucicaults Marriage
was running at the Museum, and BARLEY
CampbelPs Ny Foolish Wife at the
Chestnut street. The Florences ap.
peared in Louisville, Baugsin Rochester,
Rignold in Washington the Lingards
and Ellie Ellsler in st. Louis, Mrs Oates
in Albany, Joseph Emmett, De Murska
and Mrs. Bowers in San Francisco, Bou.
cIcault in Cincinnati, Booth also in Gin
c%inDati, Chaufrau in Pittsburg, and John
I. Raymond in Chicago.
f.
People will go on in the future ages as
in the past, marrying where they ought
not and when they ought not and whom
they ought not. Nobody can rescue a
person 10 love. -[Philadelpbia Times.
Conversation at a grocery in Water.
town, New York: II suppose that eyery-