, 1879-01-07

anything on the strength OF first night, tho
e1tfnvaRanza will not be taken OH TOR num-
sttss Mayhew and Nj. Mmonds did "M'lfss"
ttfcuce. Gu,tavus 1,cstck, Charles l.eC1cecq, II.
T. Rlnxgold. anil Mar Davenport did the minor
psrs ss I Tss hs, sre ss .nd tsa s
s.' sc.. which Was was added IN CHI
rago. IS success. Mr., Horace Mcvlckcr
has dono here the best work Of .thc entire plny.
wh,lc thing. Barring q tendency to the piano
STYLE Of cnunctstton hy the star dnd one or two
of tho company. tho piece was we'll done. l.e-
C1creI n'adc dccsticd bit rs 4tfeSnaa,tE; lhe
It morc literally than they did The pla5.
"At'liss" Wilt ruu until the 18Th. trilunfgL~
Svftai Cp+rfsponhtnee of The 7stbs,nt.
NEW YonK, Jan. B.-Therc's the deuce TO pay
At shu Fifth Avenue Theatre. by way Of seeing
the old rear out and The new year IN. Accom-
panyInr the old year 10 its journey away from
The portals Of tho beautiful thcatr,c temple. Is
Sir. Stephen Fiskc. It has ever bcen the habit
Of well.disposcd young men to "Ewear oil " all
bad tendencies on tho arst Jay Of the year. And
everybody Is looking on With approving smiles.
while Mr. u. II. tiaEklus, who Is kindly and
honorable gentleman, literally "swears OF
bis former partner. Stephen Flskc used to bc
business manager for AuEnstfn Uaty,-of, ~ IT.
rcvcrcht members Ut the company werc wont to
call hin in their humorous moments, Disgnstin'
DAILY. lie was the mcnlal who did all
Daiy's dirty work. lie was coached In q
good school, and It Is not In bc wondered at that
ho should mot easily forget The lessons he
learned under the tutclneo Of his for.
tncs boss. Ftsko was the person who hung to
Da'y's coat-talls 80 long a. DAILY retained tho
management of hfs theatre. Wien the naster
fell hs slave The FIRST to turn upon him with
a lot Of tsumpcd.up lawsuits lie succeeded
DALI ~ lessee Of the Fifth Avenue, and he came
pretty near snamping the WHOLE concern. lie
cngagcd nbont the queerest lot Of faktrs you
ever aaw TO- support his stnrs, and 1n omitted
with mechanical regularity to pay their salaries
Al one time Louis l'arrcst,-a brother Of Law
rcncc,-who was playing slof.fcugagement Hlth
Fi,sc, had IN opening for the next week in
Philadelphia. Saturday night Barrett went 10
tho manager for bis salary. aud VAS told that he
would have 10 wait until wednesday, which was
''the payday Of The thcatre.''
"Dnt,n said the actor. "I'ye rot to play IN
PHILADELPHIA next week. It IL customary IN
cases like this TO pay salaries at the cluae Of the
week."
"Thc h-lt It IL ~ rcrlcd Stephen. swell.
don't do II, anyhow. But 1'Il:tcit you what
niN do-1'Il loan you s8 to get out Of town
WITH"
Barrett took 1t, and that's all he ever saw Of
his salary.
Well, the season closed, and the GIlsers be-
gan to look around for a responsible tenant.
Mt. McVickcr catnc ycr5 near taking the house,
but wouldn't quite pay the rental nsked. At
| Lust. Messrs. Harklns and Ftsku concluded put
tip tho mouoy, and at II they vent flarktns Was
to huyc full control ot the staac, and Ftske was
70 run thc bnsuets department: .t. Thy were @ to
ufaw SlGu apiece eacn WICK Us tncH salallte. anu
the business was 10 be balanced uD 1oftntcht!S'
Fhey opened With Nary Anderson. who was
| followed BY Mod]tska. Ilon came tooit'' aha
Miss Anderson, and the mansocmcnt got out
even on AlodJeeka- but booth LOST tnoney' and
| Jefferson ia losing still more.
| Trouble began some ting ngo; F!akc satd hls
shape. and 1larkins declared TINT ffske w4s not
| only incompetent tn lila management. but was
i so eusly and inpoittc to everybody that hc
drove c1latthn awaF aud irrttatcd newtpaper men
90 that thcy wou!d 60 no 1asofe 1os Tue hoalse'
Ilarainb was right. once heard flske SO cxas-
prrnte a wcll.known writer that the latter cx-
claimed, enthusiastically
III you'll come out from that den Of yours
d-n you. lll bust your crust"
But stcphen firmly declined to have hIs crust
tntcrfcred with, md the scriob!cF departed NUT:
tering something about the respective merits os
tho pen and sword a. "sapons q, 81 warfare. wa i1,.;
The gout, uui liasLtns lad 10 take the relns. llu
found the bustncss In chaotic condition, tho
lnokk confused and davcrrtl'ing al odds aud ends,
In, affairs, AMI this led 10 some startling dis
| closures. IL uas discovered that Fiske lad de-
posted s1101 which bclonRet! to tho trln tn his
own private account ut tue bank; that lie ha!
raId q gas~hsll contracted eei1re r. tl.e tlrtn was
/ formed ont Of the funds OF Ftsks " ltarkins:
tint ho lla, pal,i n,any private dcbts, Including
SITS rent 0! hls llo',se, 81 for ctrors $ 70 tne