, 1879-02-23

rs he ALWAYS is: His lines were funny, and mat
was all. L sometimes fancy that when the
Creator organized John Dillon Lie had very
little Of the same stuff left over ano, wlsnlnS TO
1cayings into Lewis. Hc is q hard worker is
Lewis. but bis fun is Of a variety which makes
the auditor hungry for the rest OF it. liz gives
YOU sort Of sample OF comedy, and you Wantto
see the whole fabric ;
T. G. RIGGS
fwho is gradually winning forgiveness on account
OF having in IN hour OF weakness ssstarred j" in a
piece called s'Shin Fame 'Ogaye very artistic
nortruiturc of Agnus iuacAAister. Mrs. Gilbert
also did some good work as HRS: -uacturane,
and Sidney Cowcll played her daughter, 4RaAgie,
With discrimination. II Minnie. Palmer would
only conquer her idea that in order to succeed
one must initiate somebody else, and quit giving
us eternal and much-adulterated doses OF Lotta,
she would be more of q fayor.te than she is.
Sic is pretty, aud dresses handsomely, but she
is about as original in acting Us ui Perkins is in
literature.
Mr. Abbey has mounted the piece with great
deal of libcraIity, and it will run, l have no
doubt, until April, when Aimee is due
Barton Hill is still in New York, and Is con-
stantlr on the watch for attractive material for
California Mr.. Hill is what they call '*rustler"
out West, and nothing he starts after can escape
him. His latest engagement Tor the stock conf
pany Is
T.W. KEENE,
who is now under the management Of John T.
Ford, Of Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia,
and the biz. Southern circuit. hir. heene was
the leading man of the California Theatre when
John Mccullough ran that house, and is the
most popular stock actor San francisco has eyer
possessed. air. Hill has shown wisdom by su-
ducing kcenc to return. He is to open there
about the middle Of April, and will remain
through the season, with probability OF stay
ing there next year: Mr.. Hill will probably
stay in New York q month or so
longcr. He will play Sir 4'tthony At-
f9@ DLsm in tds Gs Rivals" tho to AFs ocessioa SGn
of Of a al monster benefit which is soon to be given
| that la(ly III Philadelphia. His reception there
will undoubtedly be very cordial, as that was
| the citr where he used to be a general laVorlte
| rs leading 1nan at the Arch Street nouse.
| JOHN A. STEVENS,
| who is now playing at Havcrly's Theatre, ts
very likely to Sue some trouble before long.
| For publishing III his city a LITTER winch was
considered lbelous by Charley Byrne, OF thG
| Dramatic Meas, he was arrested, ana gave pan
| in $1,000. Mr.. Byrne's lawyer TOOK exception
to The bond, but Mr.. Stevens was aljowed q to go
on with his engagement ut the Globe Theatre
| in this clty Frank Murtha, who manages the
| Globe. saws that, without his knowledge
| Stevens removed all his bagga.e and eiects
from the tAeatre last ihnrsaay ns a5sI sinned
for Chicago, leaving Murtna Will no altfae
tion for Friday night. Exceptions having beer
| taken to Stevens bail, the Sheriff. becomes pef'
sonaly responsible for h,s s;a here ;o Whc
about to apply to the Governor for requisitior
NJ, which to pring Stevens back. The cast
| is likely to come up at any time. ant
goud many people arc interested II
the result. Mr.. Byrne is Determined TO press
suits AGAINST 1hese ps9Riie VINO RYE ~ 1s
him, with the utmost rap1dlty' anu Is ny" 11sn
after all Of them.
| ERNEST HARvIER,
the other person arrested at his instance, is ast
in \ close box. If proven guilty of the chargt
nreferred against him Criminal l1beD nc Is like
II TO sec the inside Of some Of those handsome
hutldlugs over on Blackwell's Island 1t !
rather Tough on the lad, because he is cviaenti.
ttc tipure nut forward BIZ his hackers to stant
nil tic Kicks, while they do tile heavy thumpn:
At their enemies. But then he "orter knos
better" than to become apyDody'6 eat's-pa"
T. isn't pleasant to stand between two or thre
| f;eri,tcrs and take all the blows. there's n
money in it, and not enough fun to make I
worth while.
TIE SAN FRANCISCO THEATRES,
| --nropablv more than in any other city. Iher
isn't enough patronage to allow al o. theln y
make money, aud so they have to light pFctt
hard for what there is l hare hearo Soo'
1uauy rather wild yarns IRON there, put on
which came to me in q very autl'orltatlVe wa
Yesterday takes the rae oil the bush Clara MOTIF
| raCEQttV DiAYGu I'LL C1lUI44ohH1t oASe~eoa" ~
rugcnept at Daldwin's Theatre She. !subse
guently had negotiations with rival AL house Use
pointilig to a short season next year. Ihat tut
coming to the ears Of the Baldwin management
and Miss Morris acknowledging that such va
the case, it became necessary to choke on III
onnosition at any cost. Miss Morris terms a
hest arc tremendous, but money is no object T.
the milliouairc who backs Ba!dwin's, and so tn
star was engaged to come back to his hous
next season. At that time she will receive, uu
one-hau or thrcefourths Of the gross receipts
hut .-
TIE WHOLE OF THEN!
There's enterprise for you. Imagine mar
| arcr WHO, in order to oyerbid rival, IS W!li!n
to pay sig eomnany aud put up Tor all the h; at 4
ycstmenr! ITS appalling!
| Onera-Ilouse to wrctched business.
Sncllbuuud,n one Of Boucicault's rchashes
is the next thing at Wallack's: ,
The Broadway is closed for rehearsals
Paudins, the amateur tragcdian, is 1 failure
| Hc dues Ham ct next week.
AZ tIc other theatres the attractions are Ill
changed. 1TuUR1EL.