, 1879-02-09

WORK of tmaking the whole world akin.' She
brings with her the electricity OF the NORTH
the brilliancy Of the aurora.boreals,- and all
who meet her are magnetlzed-" she IS "tlAns
tn rive dramatic readings or, falling that to de-
liver LECTURES. She ought tocometo Chicago at
once. We love them.
Col. Haverly, the manager Of Mr.. Map1eson's
, opera company, was pumped pv Cine1nnat,
reporter, and admitted that he had in round
numbers some 500, 600 people under his control.
cinhers. Being further questioned, he said to
tile reporter that his daily expenses amoun1eu
to s6000O at least. sand how many enter
said ns ntergsMe5 r. said drf the yGa impsr
tnrhah1e Jack, ftoutside OF the Mapleson
troupe" The Cincinnati man went away with
a profound sense ot the grandeur OF chlcago en-
terprise.
uWoman's Loyalty u is the name Of q new play
recently presented III Philadelphia. The plot u
taken o an Eoslis novel by n Gnates esobte bite
insurrection. During the Centennial year u
furnished Revolutionary drama for tue Call-
foruia Thentrc, at Sau Francisco, anu aeain lor
the Chicago Museum, the latter plav oelne
adapted by rhornton ana 4l aad;na ana noqt Mr.
Jackson has now still further modcrnized It, lay
ing the scene tn the Border States during tne
War OF the Rebellion, and adapting tue story
and the dialogue to the events OF that sllf1lu5
time
Poor Lotta Is again in q sea OF financial
troubles She has been very successful III max
ing money, but uncommonly unfortunate III nGr
investment. She is now suing one JouI 1,, L.
Thomas, OF La Porte. PIumas County, Calltor-
MIA, to recover $23.500, which is only part o.
$5000o which sne sunk in well-Satea niue
called the *tsaw PITT on the recommendation n
OF one E. P. IIutchin2s and one Judge.
Sheppard. After the purchase she ascertalncu
that The mine was utterly worthless, and instea1
OF yield OF S37.0C0 every three months, had
yielded only S2,700, and this amount was not
sufficient to pay the working expenses. She also
learned that "Judgen Sheppard never owned
share; but had been paid 81 800 to make the rep
resentations which induced her to purchase
Sue also discovered TINT the others to whom she
applied for information were paid By Thomas to
make false statements.
The London IForld calls for q translation OF
Won Hartman's curious pamphlet on the, subject
of the Feruncse lovers, called "Rot1eo and
Julia" Herr Won Hartmann is chiefly known
rs the author Of an ingenious and proiound
work, in tie pessiu,istic style, on the "Philos-
ophy of the Unconscious -; md, true pesslnlst,
he could sec nothing to admire in the ideal Of
love Us presented in the Romeo and Juliet"
Of Shakespeare. He blames Juliet for having
fallen in love with Romeo at first sight, aud de-
clarcs her to be an undutiful daughter for hav-
lny consented to marry her lover without her
mothers permission. Romeo he considers 9
more desplcablc character even than yultet; ana
Prissiau law, he would have been heavily fined
and subjected to term OF several months i'm
pr;sonmrnt far having taken from her parents
custody girl who was not yet Ii years OF age.
Fechter, the actor, brought criminal suit
against the Philadelphia 71s1nes for publishing
letter in Which the actors frequent indIsposl-
ton was attributed to too free Indulgence, aud
that he was Missed OF the stage at Rochester
because he was drunk. Fechter denounced this
US a libel and says that on the occasion referred
to, after waiting over an hour, bis agent, &C
coin panied BY the stage-manager, came to him
saying there were NO lights for the appar1tlon
and ghost, and that thereupon he refused to lp-
pear. Now comes Fechtcr's manager saying
the lights and scenery were ready oI twenty
minutes before S O'Clock: that the audience
and actors waited III hour for Ar. Fcchter, anu
that When lie did appear he was in no condition
to 60 Oh With the performance; that Is to say,
and the manager IS willing to swear to it,
Fechter Is was as drunk as il was possible tor
man to get and keep his fcct.n The Rochester
Essatug Express confirms this, and invites
Fechtcr to sue it for libel. It looks as though
the actor had hold Of the wrong end OF the poker
in this business
Mr.. W. s. Gilbert outlines in The Era for the
benefit Of London readers two scenes from an
| original play OF his own. Tie first he charac-
tsrizes as ssfictitious.'' 1t is laid in watch
| makers shop, aud the customer, after learning
that gold watch will cost thirty guineas and
silver watch only three, rctires declaring to all
| lie Heets tiltlt Ht Is OuI49e0 u veal = onFEA
watch because no gold watches arc 10 be had.
Tic second scene is IRON real lfc anu is laid in
a dramatic authors study. The dialcgue runs:
| Theatrical AIanaecr-s*l want piece from you:
| What is your Charge Tor an original plays"
| Dramatic Author-''Tcn per cent OH the gross
reccipts.'' Manager-'s AUD what is your charge
| for an adaptation from tne Frcuch:" Dramatic
| Author" Five per cent ON the gross receipts"
Afanager-"Oh. Then, il you please. III have
| an adaptation" The manager r.tres declaring
to The world that lie is Obned to produce ada ota
t:ons because no original plays are to be had.
| Mr.. Gilbert remarks senteutiously that he played
the part oi dramatic author in this little farce
| only month ago.