, 1879-02-16

! was received with something VerY llhe an osa
tion. and the applause which lnterruptea ne
speech from point to poinl was entirely bcartS
| The next day Miss Dickinson signed an engage
| meut With Barton Hill to 20 to California late
| in the season. The terms OF the agreement ar
| that she shall play an engagement OF . wee!
as 'sstar" at the California inea1re, a''d dlfect
!! 1y afterward deliver series Of twenty lecture
| in the States OF California and Nevada
| For the lectures she receives the hiEhes
stipulated fec ever given for similar number
| speeches. Barton and lawfer, managers OF th
| California Theatre, agree to pay her the sum o
total Of $4,000 for the series, and to allow he
$1,000 additional for her personal expenses
| This is entirely outside the starring engagement
in San Francisco, which is arranged 'on shares.
| Gen. Barton, senior partner Of the lrsn, is tht
| man who had charge Of Col. Ingersoll's lecture
tours ia the West, and probably Knows what ht
is about in offering these terms. He has the ad
vantage OF knowing his ground thoroughly, al
all evcnts. Miss Dickinson PURPOSES starting
westward before very long, and will break the
en- route. There Is strong probability that she
may talk in Chicago, which Nill be an event ol
some importance in view Of the fact that she
has made no public appearance there in i've
years.
|. DoCc1CAULT'5 BUSINESS AT BOOTHS
this week has not been all that Was unticipated
for it. There have been lots Of empty seats at
all tile performances thus far, and the speeula-
tors who invested heavily in tickets, under the
supuosition that there was going to be tre-
mendous rush, are houelessly stuck. With
Doucicautt, Agnes Robertson. Ada Dyas, Kate
Girard, John Gilbert, Harry Beckett, and Dom
mick Murray in the bill, one might certainly cx-
very we'll, and fancy that D;on's plays are be-
coming rather oycrdone In New York. Scandal.
Us a means OF attraction, has grown tribe
stale, too, and that hasn't helped the spceula-
ton much. But the l,ieces have been well done,
and, viewed with uupreIudiced eyes, tile acting
is worthier Of better support. However, as it is
Dion who will lose, 1t anybody, there isn't much
room for sorroW.
ADA GILMAN.
One Of the objects OF Barton Hits visit to
New York was tile engaging of soubrette for
the California Theatre Since Alice Harrison
there have become fastidious. and they won't
accept anybody WHO lsn't upper crust. The
little ladv who mas engaged to till that position
this season, although well liked in the East. had
the misfortune not to please the lively stock
operators Of tho Golden Gate, and a theatre in
pretty bad way. So Atr. Hill has been keeping
his weatLer-eye peeled 70. the. proper person
ever since his arrival in Gotham, 4 couple Of
weeks ago be dropped Into the Park Theatre,
where John Owens was doing "The Cricket on
the HeaEth,'' and there his glance fell upon Ada
Gilman, who was just in the act OF dancing Il
sailor's hornpipc rs Iitly $ otcboy. ATr. Hill
rose and girdcd Up his loins, nnl very soon
Miss Gilman was under contract to him for
the California Theatre. She is to leave
make her first appearance at the other end Of
the route in one OF Boucicault's pieces. Pro-
[cssonals hero predict great success Tor her.
''P1sAFonE"
S fast becoming epidemic ia the East, anil
one newspaper gravelY suggests that all