, 1877-04-15
The Man with the Yel1ow-Red Hat
Who Sells the Paper Of
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came under total Misrepresentation OF the facts. d
had been deceived into the bargain It eeems tn
Ar. Gardiner, wcll-known in Chicago, induced
to make the contract to appear at the Eagle 81
was then playing good engagement with Mr. Ga
diner In Philadelphia, and he had entered In
partnership with Mr. Hart who Is perhaps
THE MOST DETEsTED MANAGER
In the country She naturally gave Mr. Gardine
the preference II was agreed that the Eag1
ahould be made drst-class theatre. and Miss Dicl
inton WAS to follow Sothern, who had signed th
papers for i spring season, aud would pare the VII
nicely for the debutantc. The whole Arraugcmer
fell through. save Annals part Of it, and sh
o,nong ~, .to,t. >, H. H,r .on,rre,c
LIE ao' nj As
deals will. and then sothe1n refused @ to- play til
fail. Opera -bouftc succeeded, and it Aimee tha
e~'on 'ouAa ns.'ea DooA.r ~ 10 10
WAS falnous' out not tne "ofSt. "aca tae n'en
set Tor the opening performance came, she !eafncs
that seven pieces OF scenery not paid for, ant
~. " " naa - .uss were. "nue tae We ~ ~
co.1as'oie company ~ sopPo1- anu NJ A,ns. nei
last one was obtain Cd what King "as he Hens1
served The t1ecration 10 eencroue]y accordcd him
~. 10 ,,-os ,-o-tr h.t.a- ss--aana,a.;ra 49, =.
pn. ne %as "o.sns oeaes tepresen.a.'e tnsa ne
but no such liegc as this. Sir Thomas More,
With h,s sense of hunnor never cop1d nave scryed
such q MASTER He Ind lost bis noble bend
long before he did, and for laughing In his Maj
jesty's {ace-he couldn't have helped it. Twenty
A,ss Diekinton, she spent in trying to rehearse
lnl' masei,n 'nIo ptesen'sole form. "hat wonder
sne Was ne,Sons ano 3aoco! Inese Is very little OF
the stage gloss LETT when yon behind the scenes
wretchedness. when she saw xrhat fmnoss,bi1;t,es
shs h.d ~ cnn+.na .r;tn "A'A'
'oe hao 10 eon.ena uaI".@a Will
s.1 hona :, .s;a .f;a. n;,l;..o, .t+,.+
49, .,Is1 -" se uou' s:., .ua. NY
critics OF the three or four leading New York
pspers vill not he mistaken tried tn rnote II
. nlatn W;1l Ton NV INT T nexer ~ oh;.c+sd e - ~
P1A"' VIA soo SaF lnaa never ooJec1eo 10
word OF criticismt 1t WAS nothing 10 me
that these puny little men, whom I know,
euoa1a moaouuse uue olo anu ug's' VIE anu AWE
waFd, with nasal tssang; or that they should de-
fame my play. But when they said their verdict
waa the unsnImons verdfet of the nroes 4hrnuoh
~ ~ s.'.s,".u. ~. "as aenoetate, N'h'at ne'
know The power Of that mighty editorial we,
which tbrae sroa1, ncn b;de hahird Tha r,h1,c
~. ~ s.s ~. H. w.. 49, ~. ca., puo"e
Mr.. OKelly, who combine to build up or pull down
anybody ut their fancy It is the great Tribune.
the 7xaes, the Herald which render this favorable
or un'a'olao4e OPINION. AS SAD lsst n'sht, with
few exceptions, the comments Of the press in New
England and the # est have been vcry kfpd eome
Of them highly complimentary. When 7 have tha
1udgmeut Of the ablext 1iterarv mcn n 1o.ton ,nd
". w Auiee. us1asJ n1e" VI oo7lon' anu
1aat OF western editors like Henry Wattefson, re-
gsrding the merits Of my drama, what should I
care tor these critics when thew ait in ini1pment m
itx 1itcra1v cho1ncter, nere+ na,ea - sannht ~
>" n'e'A5 en.ae@et' never asAeo or sought
their opinion. knew well what It would be. The
rerv fact that 1t was an American drama would
-nr.s1 ,-s.hr ,nd v,,a E-aneh s,.n v ."a,,J y. .Ae
-r.,..~a ny @.1 ~. e1 .t. p'ay "oalu oe gwen
preference BY them to the best home production.
just look Ut the class Of plays which meets their
approval And it would make a most interesting
ics On he plays produced in New York during ten
yea:s. Tic humber Of times they condcmned
what proved succeseful and nrafsed Whit feI t;nt
would perhaps open peoples eyes to The fact that
they are after all fallible creatures re the rast
Of ns. '''10'o ''~' 'D' 'es'
AMUSING MpKRrpkEcF,
'.But the most amusing imnertine1re b.ra ,,a+
anywhere" contjnued Miss ANN viii @,.n11a liz
in her eyes, aswas the grand assunntion ~ thcse
title men that had come to New nTS for a dnnj
verdict whether l cDu1d arf nr xxrifa rlav