, 1877-10-07
add greatly to the effect Of the grandiloauent


Avenue Theatre has been finally decided. The
new lessee is Mr.. Stephen Fiske, who was for
Years associated with Mr. Augustin Daily in its
direction.
Aimee went to Justice Parkcr's Court the
other day to recover certain money IRON an
agent who, it was claimed, had swindied her out
OF it. When she arrived in court all the lawyers
clerks in the neghborhood handed her "rltlen
passes to the theatre and request ted her to sign
them. She gracefully complied, imagining them
to be legal documents. They did not undccciye
her, and there is hardly doubt that the legal
profession will be we'll represented at the next
presentation of g La Marjolane. .''-For!d'
The Edwin Adams benefit has been arranged
to take place at the NsW York Academy OF
Music on the 18th inst. The dramatic profes"
sion has entered heart and soul into the euofl.
Already over fifty leading members OF the
theatrical profession have promised to contfao,
ute to the entertainment. The programme Wlll
include 1hc third act Of .sOthcllo,'' with Mr..
Sothern, slr. Florence, Miss Lolita, Mrs. Drew,
and htr. Louis Aldrch. Miss Clara Morris VIII
probably play in the fourth act Of Camille
besides which the programme "ill }nciuue se',
cral amusing incidents. The choice seats anu
hoxcs will be sold at auction on Monday, with
Messrs. Sothern and Florence as auctionccrs.
Miss Clara Morris was at Deaths door, aud that
her dissolution was ouiv matter OF days. so
it seemed to her friends. Her engagements
were Cancelled, Aud it was thought that her
genius had ilumincd the stage lor the last
time. She was taken to her home, and all that
experts aud friends could do to repair her shat
tered constitution was done. Her viii was
stronger than disease, and she announced her
determination to play again TINS iall. Her
friends dissuaded, but she would not be per
s,1alcd, She began to mend. lie short drive
IN an easy carriage was followed by long drive
in her ptiaeton, and that by ride on horseback:
Her color returned, her strength revived, and
every day she extended her ride, until ten and
fifteen miles were but mild aud pleasant tonic
Then she sent for Mr.. Palmer, aud arranged for
4 series OF performances. She chose Hiss -nH|-
Ion for the first, role which enlists every hbre
Of her mental ano physical staturc.-a role that
leaves her ut the end Of the play as limp as Il
rag.
A New York correspondent furnishes list OF
actors salaries, from which we extract tho iol-
lowing items: Miss Clara Morris, when at the
Union Square last season, had $500 week, fur
nisl.ing her own dresses. Fanny Davenport IS
said to havc received $50 week last year at
the Fifth Avenue, and s., ,0o0 \ week when star
ring, Rose Eytinsc got s35o week At T. tue
ton had 5l75. When George Clarke was iu New
York he had S1a5 and $50 week: John Gil
bert got $3.50; William Davidgc, Sl0o; james
Lewis, $l5U; Harry Beckett, sl5o; G. I, Thorne,
500; John Bronsan Fly; r. j. sto'aa' Monaasne'
S75; J. ". Carroll, S75. Salaries are paid lor
Seasons OF eight months. Leading men like
Thorne, and Brougha1n, and Davidse have an
uual benefits iu addition to their salaries. John
Drougham nctted el,lCu ov one nehent at tle
Filth Avenue; Thorne ,iintle $l,ooo BY a bencht
Ut the Cnioa SQUARE SotEvrn now hires MS
own company, but instead Of SO per cent he gets
10 per cent Of the gross receipts The fark
Theatre holds about Sl,200 night. Say he
plays TO 5000 week, u per cent of s',uoo IS
$1,000. Fortunately his present play. 4 new one
here, does not need any high-priccd people, 50
his expenses are about $500 week. which would
leave Mr. Sothern the pleasant weekly income
THE uscRusnED 1KAGED1As.
ttThcy fool him to the top OF his bent" Inc
Count Joanncs spoke in support OF hls wounded
honor At Tammany Hall last Wednesday night.
What gals me,'' said the Count, sis that he
makes ME out deliriuln trcrncns.o = have
never in my lilc,'; said he, been iutosi-
ca1cd':-. Whcreupon there was perfect
storm OF mirtn. "Oh, You may laush,' he
cried and they accepted the permission and
continued to do So. ''-Iou may laugh but |
tell you there is no nobler task on earth than to
he industrious and sober. Do You think lWonll H1
Of ;. No, no.''] No; but to be made loatll-
some, drunken sot, dclirium trcmcns-.
.Marrried!' [Thc Count broke Of =, here
abruptly and nimicked the sCrashed lFage,
dian. Nant - pe!' ldntt tHcA Solt1hocu'i
Good God! Is that the Count Joannes to
a lady!" And then he went on to tell how he
saw the play it, COMPANY with lady of his at
uuaiura1rc anu Gov: Hoffman aud "Magnus
1heo,rus riltonius,'' md how he was glad lie
tuvk the lady, since otherwise lie ''woull nave
jumped on the stage auu torn tho actors dress
oil ll'' But the Count, ''thank God, Was
protected" and after Mr.. Sothern had worn oil
the dclrium trctncus he was really like the
Count and did lis character no injury, anti the
Count WIS mot displcascd at the imitation;
After that the Count gave what tic Called proof
that lc was an uucrtsllci tragcuian, rcelt!ng St
lcrtions from '-Othcllo," Hamlet aud
"Macbcth." lie rendered the line iront Il Ham,
lets Thou shall not escape calu!nny am!
damned s!antlcr,'' and closing with ''Alachcth,"
there was noise to lift tho roui wien he rendered.
IL fear no Northern auts no Sothcrr foe"
The Count closed with that.
GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES.
Bo,cicault is to write rew play for John Nc
Cullough.
John Broucham has purchased Stanley Nc
Kcuna's new comedy OF " Our Oddities"
Russian drama, and the dcad-heads will prob
ably 20 in Oh Shipka Pass.
joaquin Miller is said to have disposed OF the
sDanitcs :" for $50,0N. That ought to keep
him in red neckties for sonc time.
'sBaba ~ delighted the Cincinnatians last
week. One impressive critic declared that
Belle llowitt's legs would make Venus weep
with envy
NC. Goodwin, the Boston COMEDIAN recent
1y married Miss Eliza Wcathcrsby III San Fran
eisco.-Ciuci,naH Commercial. What, again!-
Boston Post.
II poor Ben DcBar had received one-tenth the
praise while living that is being piled on his
corpse now, he would have been The greatest
star in the world.
Lydia Thompson, in recent Interview with u
representative Of the Graphic, complained some
what of American audiences for their dullncs5
in not appreclating puns. Miss Thompson evi-
deut}y doesn't understand our ways yet Let
her peep around the curtain between acts this
evening, and she will see 500 eager men rushing
out to "s1nile. le."-EIchange.
The following advertisement lately appeared
In the COLUMNS Of 4 theatrical contemporary:
"May Fiske. having Cancelled her engagement
with Mr. Benton, is HOW ut liberty to accept
offers starring tours or leading business. -
There would he nothing very extraordinary in
this we're 1t not for the trltling circumstance that
Mr. Benton happens to he the husband OF May
Fiskc+
While performing at Detroit the other even
| ing, Harry Hunter. the Lone Fisherman o1
'Eyangelinc,' injured himself quite severely.
| In the prison scene he executed flying leap a