, 1879-06-15

success OF next season will be likely to depend |
upon the result Of the coming burnt-corS fight,
Why 1t ia evident that both managers will keep 1t
booming Just us long as possible, in the hope OF
wearing each other ont. They are both going to be
on the ground in person, anyhow. His Imperial
Majesty. r. II. Napoleon Hooley. will leave here |
on Saturday, and the Duke OF J. 3. Wellington |
Hayerly intends to stauk westward about the san&e
time.
And theae are not the only big minstrel parties |
aServ " beeams Of
Mtnstrels. These are genuine dArkes OF the most |
unniisigated type, aud have made lots Of |
on their way to New York from California, where
they have been doing an immense business. Gu. !
brothers, is already in Gotham. intent upon big
things. Gus is the man who frat invented the |
scheme OF duplicating lend men, and h1s ideas
OF Mnttrelsy just about maBtoGont1c as those
Of Jack Haverly himself. He has managed the
Georgias for eight years now and his friends ten
him IT'S only question Of time when thra ns ,1 9e
tton. AaTerly, By the way, has great rain IN
TILE FRouMAN BOYS,
and they deserve 1t, too Dan IL the advance agent
Of the Georeas. Gus IL their manager, and Char
three of the shnrpest men In the ''show' busi-
ness. Tue latest proposition is to enlarge the
Georgia troupe to about tue same dimensions % az
the other company OF Haverly's, and the colored
artists are already beginning to centre this way.
Two OF them are on the road here from New
mouthed youth Of the Flyers Sisters comblna-
ton. is expected soon. Hornce Weston, the
champion paujoist, is under negotiations for the
genuine Africans in the country. The troupe.
when complete, will probably open Tor short sea-
son at IIayerlys y Lyceum here.
uaverly is also IN negotiation with Fanny DaYen-
port for next scason sud will probably control her
business at that time, II There are any stars or
in, shall be glad to know something about them.
But the prospects arc gloomy just now.
Mr. heoey has about completed TED his, his work In IN
has been here more than half Of his next season
has teen filed, anu no will probably leave nearly
All the remainder Of hie time open until later on
come aiong. The companies he has engaged thus
far are the Fryer opera party. the Trounadours,
Robson and Crane, ). 4. Emmett !ohn i. ; Kay.
Wcathersby, and Sothern for one week On his way
to California and two weeks returning: All these
GOOD attractions. and will probably prove very
remunerative.
have not as yet learned what Mr. McVicker is
to have at his theatre besides Booth, Jefferson,
9e BE-
lind no difficulty in filing his slate with companies
sure to appeal successfully to his patrons.
MIR. Bouc1cAuLT's PLANs
begin to take deanite shape. He proposes to star
time ago. and will at the same time produce at
Booths with his own company another new piece
he @ !So vii
Boucicaut's partner III the Booths Theatre enter
prlse. lie will have entire charge Of the business
viii attend strictly to the mounting and production
OF his plays. Domfnick Murray has been engaged
to act the heavy and character parts and ". Sou
| may do the :. handsome y business. The new
yacht is nearly ready for her tral trip which will
probably be taken By the 10th Of the montn Ihe
crowd. and there's no telling how long the cruise
| may last or how many Of the cruisers wall sur
| yivc. .
| Adelaide Nelson, As presume pretty much
| everybody knows, IL coming to America next Sea-
son, aud will star the country under TIE man,pula. M a.
tion Of Max strakosch and Maurice Grau. To .bs
.'leadipg man for the fair Adelaide Is considered
| about ~ nice position az anybody could want
| In fact, the actora say, 1t IL 1at snap. lne
| LUCKY player VINO succeeds in securing the much
sought position hos round Of excellent paris 70
play las his name In big leters on the bills; IS
the frequent subject q much aelign% @ ~ ocanud
ing to do with the star. And where y the man n
who wouldn't give good deal for the pleasure OF
! acting Romeo to Adelaide's Jnh<! stolc Of the
most cast iron sort would rise up aad dust around
| yery Lively for such boon,-and most actofa are
| not sioics, by any means
| Therefore, one may readily imagine 1nae tuete
CONSIDERABLY RIVALRY
as to who should prove fortunate enough to capture
| the prize. And almost every leading msn IN Tue
euuntry has made some sort Of an effort TO capture
ter te.s to Alss Nelson personally, deluging her
| wit Y-Dot{cEH
% Individual requirements in tie brightest KIND Of
style. 1t is even sad tnat Eben rlympton re re
piaintivc youth who travelled with heT tnroaRh me
States before, went all the WAY to London 10!
! the express purpose Of getting another show: AND
] speaking of plympton reminds NE TO say tnat oc
fore be acted with Nelson ne was aecoan1eo Sgry
n Wallack's and successfully managed to ''get
himself dsliket'iby the proorietors and the pnn,
| lic But the Nelson tour did the business up iot
him and ever since that time he has been Leading
| man at a salary Of S100 week. ,...
wander, however In answer to the mnitfafl. "a an.
sent to each and every one OF the writers sottiy
worded and eweetly scented note wh1cn SCI t1e1. M
sa % tSe1 Sad 5xen
nstti1q what they were after But unfortunately
| for tho success OF Miss Nelson's stratasen, some
OF the possessors OF those no!es cae 'ose'nef 'ae
t. exclaimed one Of them, enthusiastically,
Aads is seht St %ay eans psey
being her leading support for the next season.
Fact. assure you" .o,t
satisfied incredulity. +'How did it happen:'
.WcIl, heard Indirectly that she had seen me
play one or two parts, and was immensely take1
| with ME. don't say
mind vou. for amt so egotistlcal as that. But i
was intimated that II were to write to aer couIt
easily secure the engagement So sat down allt
scratched of note merely to nave an iron ,n ~ th, ~
| George beard from her right away"
Ibid you: What did she say:'
ooh! something OF other about having seen me dt
Romeo better than anybody she'd ever looked at,
| and something else about really pfeferring me u
any bouv she knew Of. But she added that sh'
had signed with another gentleman two hours be
| fore getting my letter. OTHERWISE sne woala naV'
been most delighted ,
The second gentleman in the party had been 60
ing through as many changes Of color during tn
last sentence as highly chromatic dolphin 10 tn
oct Of dying. But, partly recovering hmsef' wltl
queer attempt at laugh, he said, taking iittl'
lavender tinted sheet OF paper from his pocket
t.Wus your letter anything like that:'
The actor glanced over IL hurrcdly, and the'
) ejucuated:
Barkeepcr set 'cm up, all round "
Tie notes were identical IN every particular
And, since the incident above described occurred
NO less than half dozen of the letters are said t
l. have turned up in various places The joke is
good one and is almost equal to Miss Nelson
! famous photograph and 1ocket gags" When 80
was here last she gave away something over ~
, ! photographs OF her. own lovely face to
, DRAMATIC CRITICS THROUGHOUT THE coUNTKY
On the back Of each was written. 'parting is sue
! | sweet sofrow! Yours always, Adelaide Lee
Nelson And not one OF the writer's suspecte
that any other man possessed q, duplicate OF hi