, 1879-01-10

slitljctcl1t IL conl1ttn suue cftAu'nus folks III
ti,rir tellcf that hht II asl excellent spiritual
medium. They will give IRISH programme
lt-nfrht, at,'t will npt'rar fur the last time At
tlts house at the snattnvr tu.Ylutsuw AFTERNOON
Aud iu the eFeulnx.
OREEH-IaOuM NOTES.
e. II. Lewis. tho Driroit frrs frtts funny
man. has written Nell burgess new play, en-
titled Diints."
Clara Norris has cancetod her Chlfagn ell
gaEr.neps, aud Will rcmau in California during
thc winter, residing With friends A. Los Angeles.
a Baltimore exchange staths that Mr. l.. Il.
shewe1l aud Ills hridc toes Miss lsan) will retire
from the ssugc aud sct.lo down uppu MI exlet,-
sire pearh farm In Kent County. Msryasud,
wbirh they have reecntty purchased.
Miss Llzzic Webster presented Mr. Harry
l,r4llnm, musical director Of the Rice "Eyan-
Cclinc" combination, With beautiful gold
mounted baton, during terfornanre In rhtla-
dclpha Friday cvcntpg of last week, and lie
used 1t for TITO Grst time In conducting the
accompaniment to her song, "0nce Upon
Tine" q
A curious Incident occurred at tile 1towanl
Athen@ulu, Boston, few evenings since, during
performance Of 1.-The Danises.n Miss kittr
blanchard - B;if Pr bad swooncd. aud Si1a.
iaintedi" when gentleman IN ltIc patluctte
circle fell forward III siate u ttIscua1tItt,: liz
wRs carried out by tlc ushess just us Mrs. ftu!i-
ter vent on With her lines, :" Give HIN air.
OF the reception rendered Miss Al!cG Harrison
upon her rcappca1a ance at the California Theatre
d week ara, when she sustained the rolls Of
Lit,by idu III 4'The Mighty Dollar" ts,c .Hoy4,-
lug Cal says: "The app'ause was luud aud
ioIE-contnncd. and NtsA Harrison, cxYul1iteIy
dressed, lal 10 wAit iu graceful, semi. i.i,Icluel
position till It sNbslhed. Size sustained the
character with charming rcpoeo ut inantIer,
Just sufficiently rtIusut IN some of the scencs
with Charley Drew to slso" t,le spIct Of tho
old mtschiuyolS splE1t.h
Park Thcatre Company ut I4ayerIy's, bcloru she
WIS recognized, rs sbc now undoubtedly IL, a.
tie bpst toubretts in the cuuutrv, had to stand
n,any tnortIt'cattons. AuRustin DaIy. OF the
for pnrtt uasl!tcd md dIstasteiul to hcr, In
tlue uIass,h Tor example, her talents wrsb
quite thrown away. In 1.-The Princess Royal"
Ill she lind To 10 WAA 10 Ego on" anu Sing
aonc. which had nothing to du With tho piay,
and "gu off." Mauy 4 night the l!ttts 1a1y
uscti 10 lcaye the tlloatro hcayy at hcazt and
with eyes rcd from weeping.
Edwin Forrest and Charlotte Cush,nan far
years greatly admired QUE anuticr. Each de-
clareu lint tho utlcr was the Greatest dramatic
tu plav IN 'Moebctt,'' for the brneil. Of SAINT
tary fund. They bud ncrer been On The stage
together before. The performance was great
succcss. uoti, appeared at their bvAt but
fFo1u Tint tttnc they wero sworn enemies, anl
each txurrseed tho utmost contempt for tho
professional qlali'!rs Ut tho olhcf. Forrest
t1sed to saY tlnt CushEnan was "nut Z woman
a. a!l," and Cusht"an declared that Forrcas was
Mr. James ". Morsisscy. tho Treasurer Of the
Abbot. .lles4 opera rUnlpaHY, who nataErd
losu Eytlhse. aud Wa hero 1ust year ago
when 's!Antony AMI C!eopasrah wa4 played Il
llayerly's, denies totally aud ctnphatirally tho
statement than published 10 t!u elect that
"flaU Vi tue pr0AtA were used 10 entcrtain Inv
pEv&s.H Wa will lu Mr. AIorEtstey tic tustico
10 soy that We belicys he tas too much goud
sense 10 Use language Of this kind md had sn
entertainment been given. aud lIaa thu press
honosea Inv slftsd a:trsss anl her n,aiiugrr
viii! their presence. Mr. SnrIItsey. VIC believe,
cuui4 nut possibly EIyu uttcra1,ec 10 wt,rds of
wllic!, It vas saii ho was tho nuthor. Tno ep-
tlrc aIlair was simply club gosa, anil IN Justice
10 alr. Aprtuseg the aboya ss published.
Clara Morris, after her not altogether succeas-
fui lupsfso.1atlons u !terosc parts, like Lady
.uae'ah, ktada<, mud !a"s bh"rt, ut Douth's
Theatre, went to the Union squnre Theatre,
hrr reputation by her wonderful imper.o'latiou
of .uts1 .uttk,H, 1efors ths tcrtn vi lus rn.
Elgel1,rnt was over, however. she bad relsnso
Ut lhu tlIuces, from Which she hull but lately
From cr slck rpon sAe sent for Sir. AN. Paln,cr,
the naIagcr, afd will tears streaming down
her CHECKS lnporcd him, " For Gods sake, nut
II ltt auJ ono v!au play her part" lhe picce
square Theatre, hut the manager. touched BY
Asr lfstryss, proFnisel tu du what she asked, mid
rrytytvlI Lid Astrsy," which, uy the Way, proved
| iullute " thas tiale.
hlucll lls bcen ka!st ii the riyalry Ut operate
artists, nut srldnm has tlscru been recorded y
tuaihat originating fron suct. trivial cause ~
that u Nhtyh produced peraubal cultiyIuu ytsteF-
day afternoon Ut ttu California Tbeatfe-thc
choice Ut the best raoul iur tha actrrss who Is
supposed 10 he supporting the star. ln this
instanrs to Nils Alice Harrison wAs assigned
ono VI thu uFprF ruatas aud this tart c1trIled
| complaint tfom >Iss Prescott, who iounti bcl.
sett this, IN \ hxasasI's scuse, retegatci to tno
lower regtaua. tfcn. Barton, &he manager Of
the theatre. tt'ok exception to this rulIa: Of
stage. Manager llotrrt Ebcr!e, accompanying
his remarks with acme yetY strong ep!1 bets,
when fraeus nccurrc1 sltat was quite lively for
aw(.[ls, but which ended without any yrry 8cEl-
Gus results tu either rarty.-lsaa ffd"etseo
ChrVuir's.
The elder Kean, when at ths hight Of bis
popularity ut Drury Lane Theatre, became usad-
iy, jealous pf TIC sucre.. ri tho elder lsoo!t',
who WIS plasing At an East End tl.eaisr. Hs
induced hun to conlc OVER an4 Vt w'tl! MIn .. =
| certa!n benefit performance. "othelo" was
the piece, aud Hooth was cast for 4aav ~ r.
| hcar4ai ksa!t complained Of lanxuos stl sick
p.ft 81 Oshttv. l'outh xrnt away delighted.
satisfied that be would have everything tls own
wav IN the niklt pf.ths performance. tbs
gyeut5uI ocra4L'l arrival. Tho e,lFtAln r0ap,
and presently kean delivered the speech before
manner, and uade Ao impression OIL tl!c audi
epre. RootL, however, Was raeetvad with
enthusiasm, ap1 scored hit after tlt.
lis w1s delighted. ls had neyes acted better.
| vatliug Luz hIs rur. Mhrn It saule he rushed
utnn tbs stage like au fnturiAtc4l lou, puahiuI.
as!Is the critic Ut tho Timsta. ~ho happcusd tu
be by. uuti u,uttcrtuy, "by ---t III end th!s
bus,l.esa u oncc." liz went up suddenly to
Dooih and Kluscd at Inn 10 hererly as u dIscon.
ceEt hu, entirely, aud wi,cn be seized hI.a W
the thru1t Win the words: u b. sure you proTe