, 1877-10-14

have received ''slate" message from her ue-
| parted husband concerning the administrator =
Of some business affairs, and to have reco9hlzGu
his writing, and at seancc bis spirit appeareu'
and, with the laugh peculiar to tue OH n1au
! said that the life beyond was perfectly delight
| full, and it had been unable to find any Signs
Of hell.
Miss Elizabeth Won Stammwitz, the g1ited
young German tragediennc, nude succcsstai
debut III English at tile National Theatre, wash
Mary Tndor in 's LAZY Jane Grey.'' Of the per
for1nanct the Washington AepatbEtean says
"Mlss Stammwitz's Iuary Tudor is an accom-
plishcd wonder. 1t is superb She looks, Walks,
talks, and is the Queen OF England In her
case the accented language lends an intense
interest to her lnes and the infatuated audiclce
that is, the male -portion-sec1ncd as II they
were Oh the verge Of 1eaping upon The stage anu
carrying of this Queen Of Beauty"
Actors have their supcrstitions. Tony Pastor
stated a few Of them to q reporter of the Albany
Express recently, i'll this way: "Wcll, now
there's no Snowman on the road who would
think Of letting lady be first to pass through
the doors when opening them for performance.
There's sort Of feeling that it brings ill-Iuck.
Thea there are cross-cyed people; MANY vet
Gran tickct-selier loses all heart when one pre-
sents himself at the ticket-window. 4 cross
eyed patron and a bad house generally 60 to-
gether. 4 cross-eycd performer would be 4
regular JONAH With circuses there supcrsti-
ton that Il man with yellow clarionct brings
bad luck. And then there are supcrstjtlous
notions about going Oh the stage from the wrong
side, aud beginning study or rehearsal OIL FRI
day, and dozen other things"
4 writer III the San Francisco Post has been fur
nishing pen portrait oi Rose Eytlngc,as follows:
u She is fine conversationalist, we'll read and
extensively Travelled, and she knows how to use
her talents for the entertainment Of her listen
ers,-evcn III private dife,--a rare gilt among
those whose mission 1t is to ctterta III in public.
Her voice, too, she speaks, is sweet, soft, and
we'll ulO1ulnted, IAN excellent thing i'll WOfn-
an.' She makes a fine pittnre as she half re-
el,nes in her elegant morning negigce and speaks
as she lisieth. She Is 8 ijnc specimen Of MA
turrtl wom3Dhood.. Her full figure has all the
grace IL outline in her present careless pose
which 1t has in her most studied movements OH
the stagc,-grace1u1 and sweeping in its cures,
and always Harmonious. Her tacc is handsome,
and any one who gszes on it will ask no better
definition Of the word than it affords, The conf
plcxiou is dark, but clear like the eycs,-splen-
did features those last arc. Black eyes are rare
in real life, whatever they may be III poetry and
romance, but ut venture should paint in her
eyes Ut that color. 4 word will dismiss their
expression as indescribabjc,-cv varying,
light, soft, bright, and in every mood express
i've. The upper part OF the fa2c denotes ability;
the lower, power. Her character bellies neither
Interpretation"
FOREIGN NOTES.
AElllf Aif1us5 ID aItluS III LuE GHE1Iou
provinces.
Miss Ada Cavendish is about to essay Shak-
spearean characters.
TIE London Court Theatre was to be reopen
ed, with Lord Lytton's posthun1ous comedy, On
Oct u.
Miss Geneyieyc Ward is gaining a great repu-
tatlon in the provincial theatres OF England,
where she lately appeared Queen katherine
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The Liverpool {'ust says: "Nothing like Miss
Genev!cvc Wards queen katherine has been
seen since Miss Cushinan was in this country
Tic Saudhurst 1dvertiser says: MIR. Lytton
Sother1's conception aud acting of the character
Of Lord Dundrcary' is wonderfully clever and
droll, and Drimn,;ng with llumor; it is such d
piece Of acting Us should be prescribed as i
medicine to patl!sh duh c;sre-' No less unani-
nous are the organs Of the press in their ad-
n!iration oi Mr.. Sotl,erns performance as
Costut r{diiMir in The Daniehct1st - the part
which he was specially engaged to perform in
Australia.