, 1877-11-18
STAGE GOSSIP.

~ tell ye. Bill, this is the true business. "
are suekin' fresh orange viii, the juiee in il
thc time stfuttln' round the stage shown he
tccth-and they're storc tceth too. and ri bet Q
it. There's Mrs: flowers. We used to think sh
| we gave her SILVER hrick. Well. they'll nee
silver bricks before they get through with he
al the California. She's got six weeks cn:ase
Alice Dunnins Lingard. the Gcst shaped. hes
dressed woman on the boards: She puts, on a
eFs ss the a. a u she It Aqaft pd
enhf such '" rassc aSs pss's ts sa asa I'D Ss
Ioo ay ris iGe3 spIes Woa @ oa don't SCI
Modjeska putin on any ffls ! heard sup sup
boy goes up 10 her room On an .errand, be get
treated well US the manager would. aud she goc
round like she w:s stranger IN town instead of
woman VINO thou.ht she owned it. Why: 'Causs
| s,r-s lady from tile ground up. That's what
tho matter. Look ut her acting. Why. il just
walks no mars az SIS SOY, %tont kr1eE1n n%ar "a.
ayHca :s nc me-. psst nc It ii feit 50 since my old
didn't. cause l thought there was 4 cove
! watc.in: me-. But found out he wasn't, cause
| be was busy cryin too"
Here the orchestra started up ana no more
| could be heard
TYPOS AND ACTORS.
| Stuart Robson has t'ecn trying to cn}ighten
| the Su4 oil the subject Of type-scttus. His
oracular uttcrauccs may he commended to the
searchers out Of intellectual puzzles. SIT
| ting type is composltion,n says he. How truc!
's Writing is but another worti for acting. Both
arc the literature Ut thought" IIillo! But
hold on-we were about to question this cyprcs-
sion, rs il there could be literature uneounect-
I'll with the thinking apparatus On second
thought we find that Stuart Robson is right
There is literature 'of - society and Of
sportiag.:' But aside from these philosophical
musings Mr.. Ro4 4son recalls quite interesting
fact, namely, that great many of the PROM
inent actors of the day have scared from the
]rilt'n!5-case to the stage. tlc might have
aided to his list the houorcd name Of Samuel
Phelps, and many other Old World notabiltics.
Here is, however, quite All interesting list OF
people ON this s;le OF the water:
Who Of the ACTORS Of Tie present day arc
printers by 1radc:''
:. Let ne sec:'' said MF. Robson, mnsinsly.
men :: he was a typo. and i good one. too. Then
there's Muuta.ue Of Wallack's: one wouls!1l@t
think. to see him bowling mp Fifth asenur behind
his span Of bans-tal thoronSh5rels, that he was
printer. -
Ills that soy queried the reporter. ~ heard
that he was IN some way connected with Il nuhle-
and that he has had the exceptiuual ,,dvan-
tises Of good surroundings aud 4 university cdu-
cation.''
it- heart over. WIS typc-setter on the Lo1lton
Era, aud that At not i very remote period either.
Then there's HAIRY c5isb and lawrence Barrett;
but lie has been studiou$, and Is now Of the
bsss read me men riq,,, n the profession Johp
another typo. Joe Jefferson. tho best actor Of
modern tinlcs- earned his bresd at the case.
So did thai capital comedian, ". n: Crane: as did
Of PHILADELPHIA OF dead actors who achieved
worldwide fame, William E. Burton and james
y. Wallack, ar. belonged 10 the craft. John
servant; but ,hiaE was better prnter @ ,t than
am ,au actor. !.elicve nj! bryant was iyboy;
Fiske, OF the Fifth Avenue Theatre, had son.e-
thing TO DO with newspapers, but am not certain
that he was ever employed III co.nposingroom
''snb'' printer for years. hid almost forgotten
Charles Fisher. He used TO stick type like race
horse. Not Ion: ago he told sne that ne went into
&c said he found the situation Of a,l the hoxes
readily, except the reeeptacls for the interroga-
mischief IVES doing there:'''
The above list might be Indefinitely extended.
Let US begin By adding the names OF j. H.. Nc
Wicker. VITO is, and OF Sam Myers, who was,
practical printer. Then there is John l,laisde1l
who stuck type for years before he went into
NEW YoEK NOTES.
Oliver Doud Byron was in New York last
long, called ssAcross the Continent.''
Rose Eytnge bceins an engagement at the
New Broadway next Monday, playing Cleopatra
from the text OF William Shakspearc.''
Mr.. DAILY is anxious to bring out Fannie Day
export as 4 star at Booths Theatre, but it is
said that the lady Tsclf is not favorable to the
project.
Charles Fechtcr's new and original comedy,
1fnft7e Hfnrr n
]ation Of Scribe's "Memores du Diable." Twill
be played 1T the Broadway Theatre next mouth.
Miss Helen rottcr's readings ut Chickerinr
Hail have been the theme OF various comment.
generally Of .co1nmcndatory character. One
critic ''distinctls recognized the stride Of Anna
Dickinson in -dnnt Bo!eY,, the sprctacIcs Of
Susan B. Anthony, the wall Of Charlotte Cusi1-
man as !ltg herries, and the coat-tai1s Of John
. 'scraaphinc' u has been brought out at the
un.op square ~ under the name Of s'The Moth
er's Sccrct." The critics find that it Uowes It's
main interest to its tressass on dangerous
ground.-tbc lapse Of q wife from the bath Of
vlftue." just what We all thought here, only
the translator left out the main point, and We
had to guess at it.
The New York Dramatic Me.ps is responsible
1or this bit OF gossip: "Tbe new local scnsa-
tional melo'lrama, which is in artiye nrcnara-
Llon at "al1ack's, the name OF the author OF |
" mhAeh mas oecn Kept secret, we find is from ]
1ne pen ot Boucica1lt. The idea was to PRO- |
ducc It anonymously, to test the critical i1ldg-
mcnt before Boucicau]t:s name was attached Ia !
u, Inc play is not completed, though the scene |
plot has been come time IN the hands of the |
artist. Mr.. Roberts. Mr.. Boneicault has return
ea IRON his tour and is now at work on thc |
play, translation, Of course. Mr., Wallack nre |
Icrs something from the French. He wants no !
moro ol the authors original work. sAIa.- |
rage was quite enough for one seasons
VI Miss Mary Anderson in Pauline the Ncry |
YORK Tribune remarks: 'AA0 49,"
enc docs not impress us as merely n c1cvar oir, /
"to Is learning the business hy rote fnr she ia |
never mechanical and dull, but she Seems tn haxe
pnt her heart into the work. and 10 act in wal ~
gree from impulse. That she shows anytbino 1,ia
Tue hfe OF genius. howere1-that she "a avnn rar W.
ucu!aFlT maenctic or inspiring or really SCmna
thetic in emotional passages We canno, 1f;rm
!!cr impulses are pretty regular and even anI Pau,
hHe remained throughout the five acts unon the
same level OF pleasing and picturesque abitty
In consiaerate and kindly review of ter mr.
formancc the Horld says: F
Miss Andetson's chief fau1t as an actress fs an
ordinate love Of picturcsNucness. All her efrnrte
seem 10 be directed towards the production of ;dro1
picturcs-aprcaliugt to the eye in preference ia thc
1t il an excellent faulf pjc,nr !
is admirable if il can be produced .r;th.
ont breaking the continuity OF the authors ida. |
and when Miss Anderson forscts her passion for
moment TO pose, she simply proves that able as |
hef characterization unqncstionably is, she still |
hecas inc artistic finish that comes neither or DIN
maac instinct intelligence, natural at.aptability
nor nor unocrstanding-all Of which admirable ouaii-