, 1877-11-04

Then he is put INTO sanu-baS which is su:
| pended from The ceiling, and Two young me
come in and thump him with their fists. Thes
| are specimen situatious,'' aud it must be sal
that, although they do provoke laughter at 1h
moment, they reflect small credit upon the i,
gcnuity OF the author. MIR. Campbell possesse
| unqucsttonable ability as playwright, anJ h,
best pieces have met with generous apprubatio
| at the hands Of the public He need uot res
time hc should avoid the other extreme, and cs
| ereise prudent conservatism. My Fuolis
| Wife" bears every mark OF haste There ar
here and there so;nc sprightly bits Of dialogue
| what Is more Objectionable, into something tha
borders very closely upon lndcecucy.
! LOCAL NOTES
Friday evening next, at HooleY's, will be de
voted to benefit for Miss Wcathersby-
| Mr.. Charles Gay1cr, well known as cleve
playwright, is guest Of the Grand Pacific
Mr. n. {. Goodwin, J1., and Miss ,Eliz:
| Weathersby. the s'stars ~ OF Rice's Combina
tion, are man and wife
Miss Clancy, vino made such success a:
Erauqelinc i'll the hurlesque produced at Hoolcy':
last week, is native Of Chicago.
The equestrian drama wiil be introduced upo1
the Adclpl1l stage this week. TIE play will be
Bcss.
week at McEitker's. The attendance last week
at this house WAS very encouraging. to the man.
agcmeut-
Abby Sage Richardson begins her course OF
twelve lectures English literature in the hall
nf Methodist Church Block on TucSdaf evening
neAt, Suy. L. ii O'Clock. They were the suc-
ctss OF the season in Boston aud Denver, Col.
Charles R. Thorue, Jr., aud other members OF
the Unton Square company, passed through
CISCO, where tley will produce he DanichcTs' u
and other Union Square successes at Baldwin's
Opera House, commencing Nov. 49,
The Rice Extravaganza Combination will give
this week at uoo]ey's Il Conrad the Corsair,''
burlcsQuc, which had brilliant season at Bos-
ton during the summer The cast will include
Miss Wcathcrsby, Miss Vcnc G. Clancy, Mr..
Goodwin, Mr.. Starr, Mr.. Josephs, Mr.. kosine.
The following appeared in the last issue of
the Dramatic -Iescs: pheasant reports comc
from California of the success there OF Elsie
Moore, charming }iltlr actress, Nho vas at
taciled to the Fifth Avenue here last year, but
never had much opportunitv.'' Miss Moore will
member ot Mr.. McVlcker's company couple Of
seasons ago.
The Chicago Sunday Lecture Society, in an
swer to many inquiries, states that Lii course
has yet been arranged ior this winter. Tlc
prospects vi the coming leSturr season arc so
dull that very few Grst-class lecturers will take
Western engagements. Several with whom the
Society had mat}c partial engagements at tlle.
last moment decided not to cun,e. The Lecture
Society has ;ssiance of $13l after paying all
the expenses OF last season.
OUTSIDE NOTES.
Stuart Robson and William e. Crane are
playiu. CATO Dove and Seryedat Buster IL " For
bidden Fruit,'' at the Walaut Street Theatre
PHILADELPHIA.
Ed F. Thornc did not please the San Francis
co public or critics by mis- personation Of DIR
tdy,tan in The Three t;uardsmcu. The papers
make unfayorahlc comparisons between Barton
Hills D'drfagnnn and Thornc's.
III Macon. Ca. correspondent writes us
rather 1uuny incident happened when McCul.
1ouqL played ''Eirginius." The play over: the
whole audience remained in their seats expect
ing some more. 1t became necessary for the
stare manager to 20 bcIore Ihe curtain an.l ex-
plain that, Ei10inius being dead, FirgiMid dead,
and tho Decemrlr dead nothing more could be
done that evening. ] he audience grunbied a
good deal, but went away.--Oinmdfic -tsus.
Kate Claxton has obtained divorce IRON her
husband bore Lyon. and the decree has been
g,auted her in full. The case has been dragging
along for year and half. the wife not being
.tbic to lind anv evidcnce> unless the husband
let her have it. The real question in dispute
was the child. THIS WAS settled ut last oY the
child being put at school, where father aud
mother NAV visit her. When she atta1us Is. she
is 10 moose which she will cling to- Then Mr..
Lyon allowed the w'tc to obtain the decree.
It mas nren i very unfortunate affair through
out. rs up to Miss Cla1ton's irst provincial trip
two summers a.o, the parties mad lived very
happily Observation-Disclosures Aescs.
Thu ph,ofeeI,,hia ,.nrresnondent Of the New