, 1879-04-13

| Which is possibly the reason SO many people De
| lieve the original statement.
/ Ivonder why they called him ~ Wash y AatnAn
A more inappropriate title could not have oee'
| found between here and jericho. .,..,
Alice Harrison is the only person. in this litti
pop-gnn episode who can stand i5vessSa.lon sSa ~
| TO hear anything against her character She va
| formerly soubrette In Woods Museum here, an
vocalist. Later she went 10 California, where sh'
] became tremendous fayorite III the company o
McCuI}oagh's Theatre She. is little bit OF pc
ing. with dark eyes and hair, anu - beyond c a.
| recently made hit in Boston in The Llttl'
| Duke. y and was afterwards' engaged to suppor
came on to New York to attend to some private
business bnt was detained longer than she antic1 i
pated bv reason OF having received letter 1ruH
John stetson requesting her to secure Tor htm one
or two gentlemen for tue piece sne WAS aoout t<
play IN. ,.;n .h. .sa .,,,o.
ready to return to Boston, when Nathan called. III
came into her parlor and sat down unon the sofs
with his hat on, performance on his part which
exhibited the sort OF breeding he h.d cn]oyed. II
the society lie il most familiar with II IL believed Il
he the proper thing to sit With ones hat Oh so q
Tint Miss Harrison didn't exactly relish his co.
ciety may be inferred from the tact that abe told
She had scarcely uttered this expressive rcMon-
stranco against h1s presence when Mrs. Ea!res'
slic in, fired three shots, and slid out again. Mis-.
Harrison also departed with an ahrurtuess which
was entirely cxcusaule unoer the circumstances,
and Nathan scooted with great ascrity for neigh
Niss Marr1son finished her packing in duo time.
aud went to Boston. MIS-. Barrett WAS uncero-
mouiously bounced from the hotel, md Nathan
went home to reflect upon the truth Of the p.oserh
female sud the plsce which the Mcssrs Ingcrsoll
and Beechef 20 eIaphatcs:'y sny is not.
Subsequently, une Rogers. who ,ps=sides oyer the
dcstneS Of the Coleman declared that he had sent
Miss Harrison from his IOuSE. That q
lie. h,1 he stuck to It with such renacy that ho no
doubt THINKS it as good is the truth Warming to
his WORK, Rogers sent word to the other actresses
who were unfortunate enough to live in his house,
that their presence was odlous. He odded that
''he wouldn't have no more ID actresses In hts
OF one OF the ;auics feeIin.ly and .rtsy responded
that sthere ain, no actresses who want to 1--we in
your id old house 80 longas you run II old hoss
which is better hotel, byth way, and where they
we're, Of course, received and treated with the re-
speet which their exceedingly good behavior called
for.
Miss Harrison comes out Of the scaudalous mess
crowd Who docs SO: The only, tnlnI ebopt~ chat
can't bc understood is why on Sartb she allowed
such cuss as Wash Nathan to cali on her q. ALL.
She'll know better next time. j. =,
". S, GILBERT.
1suppose ". 8. Gilbert has about the most
colossal estimate of himself that anybody can
lie Certainly swings more trills than anybody
When he wrote RasDh Rcckstraw he must have
made pretty clear portrait Of ". S. Gilbert.
Weil, saw a letter Of his, the other day, wit
ten to gentleman IN this city. -
That settled 1t. :
do recall its sentiments &c thought the American
people did, half appreciate the quality Of his
work; tnat his pieces were not properly put on in
this country that he really must come over and
soc about it; that he thought h should skim across
tue briny about next OCTOBER, and take theatre
on his own responsibility for the express purpose
Of bringing out bis various works under hts own
supervision; that then the American people would
see what they would see.
Wasn't that pretty?
thlnkif live u couple. Of years longer, and
don't see any more Of Giiberts letters in the mean
time, I may outcrow the exhaustion which has re-
suited from laughing at that first one. am so
sore can just SIT up, and that's all.
The truth is that Mr. Gilbcrt's WORK has drawn
more money IN this country :han anywhere else;
cess in London; that - Engaged - lost e;,oO in
LONDON and is an enormous success here: that it il
played here more beautifully and correctly than it
the rchcarsals: it was nothing bnt buricsoue
there; here it is satire; that London man wrote
me while ago to this effect: -! was surprised at
making in New York. But when learned later
who were the players in the cast OF Engaged for
instance. ! saw through it Ut once" The piece
uEs TT uas UEc4 0Oi1c Louu0u Huu never C0Q De
done SO well Us py those people. We haven't the
material. '
How !. that for high?
greatest success OF modern times In London. Tnc
English papers tell Fery different tale, however.
We shall; or course he glad to see the. author Of
fore over here. But. if he puts on ANY OF his
lugs, it will be safe to bet that he'll ret chucked
into hozse-pond before he leaves the country.
THE LAURENT.FKYER COMIC opERA PARTY
came back to the Fifth Avenue Theatre Monday
night after an absence OF several weeks in Phta-
delph1a and Boston, in both Of which cities they
achieved great success. During their. absence the
thdl 1stg Ats19S had HIo The DARK
fence into the light once more. For tho sake OF
Dan Harklns, who is u good fellow all the way
through; hope the daytime will be long and ex-
The company has been remodelcd to certain ex-
tent during ITS absence There is new Deadeye,
! fresh Capt. Coreoraa, and blessed little 1eSe-
This latter acquisition {Jennie Yeamans) is the
BEST representative OF the character I ever saw
[n fact, guess she's the best anybody ever saw.
She's 'the roslest the r0nndest, and the rpddest
title beauty in all Spithead, - MS the Boafsnaln
nightly remarks with grear deal OF truth She
las hit The people harder than anybody. so far and
lcr services Will hereafter be in demand wherever
he goes
! remember Jennie Ycamans when she vas
it1le mite Of child playing infants in George
so1's Olympic Theatre. There never was such q
"
,he WAS an actress, every inch OF her. To be sure
he didn't possess many inches, bnr what she did
lave fairly hrstled with talent. All the children
rave seen Of late have been mere parrots Jennie
ieamans wasn't She PLAYED FRANCOIS to George |
'oxs K{ctetieu. ana i think it about the fun
liest thing i ever saw. In that part she had
[ruLken scene which used to carry the house BY
torn. She could scarcely haye been more than 5
II q years old In those doys, aud, conseuuertly |
he must be 16 or II now. :,
journalistic friend OF mine WIS going about be- |
l2d the scenes one evening during the run Of |
siche!ieu, When he saw little Jennie standing in |
ne wings ready to 70 on. Being fond OF chill
ren. he patted her on the head in sort of pa- !
en:aa fashion. Size mast hare been about three /
eet high Ut tnat time; and the. naughty air with
;hich she drew herself up and said, ''You will !
lease to keep your hands OF, sir" nude US I
lugh until we cried. ]
She is one Of the most promising young women |
now Of. s.
It xas intended by tile Lanrent- -Freycr party to
acy couldn't DO the piece Justice in that time md
. it has been given up, They will put Carmen" |
/ rehearsal instead, and it viii be sung en- tie |
old for week Or two prior to its production here
uring this absence OF this party the Little
uke'' company which recently played at booths |
Ill fill in, with the addition Of Mny Gallagher in
1e character of the Ducltsss, made vacant Nv the |
i1hdrnwal OF Nile. Baudet, who will do the same
att with Almee's company, beginning Saturday |
lglt. That is the programme us laid CUT BY |
enry Laurent yesterday afternoon.
AT THE STANDARD
Pinafore" crossed its one huudredth perform
Ice last evening in the presence Of packed audi
FiNlu, There is every probability that IL will rnr