, 1879-05-05
ADJUSTMENTS.


Eyre" at Ilootcy's.
Edwin booth, fur The opening Of his fourth
mid last week u: McVieker's, plays 0the'io
At ItanlIn's, 'si slocu,n " Inst night ended
his engagement amid d cloud Of smoke md
murder. The houso was packed. Tonight
.'cnnsc Hughes will apncor In pink Aeshfnga md
red gait ers.-only TINT and nothing more.
tile engagement OF "rhc Daui.cs u company
closed Inst night Mt ifaycrly's to fairly. good
house. During tho week, however, tic attend
at,eo has been Hight In comparison to that Of
former engagements In ths city. Yet the picea
wears well, atl stronger comrnpy seldom
comes this wny. Mr. McKeo 1sankan, siIss Kitty
Mcsiaycr nre admirable character actors, aud the
cast Is exrclcntly adjusted. Miss BESSIE I1untrr
a. "Tl.c WlAdcrh scarcely cn,hodlcs that role
Is well ns her predecessors. Tht. evening wl,ht
b. til" attraction, In which lhe Culrltle purity
will rcappcar.
Il. W. KEtSE.
Mr. T. ". kccno left Chicago yesterday morn
Ing for San Franc.sro where he will support
Fanny Davenport, Lawrence Barrett, u,,d Les
ter WaIlack during t'mlr forthcoming engage
nents In that citr. For the past three weeks
Air. kecno has been supportin. Edwin
DJG&llt llRh HUU i'll ltllS civ,
l>y cheer ability nlonc, during that
time much attention from ptcss aud rutlic.
Ills SUCCESS hurc however, is but duplication
uf tt,at achieved In tho Fast. and next season 1t
is highly prubahlc tt,nt hc Will be among the
Legitimate stars, and a Formidable ono be
will be. Manager r. ". Uary, we under stand,
desires to place Mr. Kccnc betoru The public rs
\ tragc1lan mud to that end Inns IN hdc him an
olGer to trnreI unitr his managetn cnt for two
years. commencing September, 1850. This oltcr
has not yet bsen aceepted, but l. lit;e!y will hc,
new Iam'n."
In ylew Of Tho possibilities Of this new s.ar,
few facts regarding lllm may br interesting. fIn
was born in New York CITY, cducased fur meE-
when hoy In 1851 ns Lacias in Julius Cesar"
at nj, arsntenr performance. When tic Bowery
Theatre, New York, WIS under the management
of Johu Bro,'sfsam. Mt. Kccnc's, i'anc VII.
lSS3-n he PLAYED n.tnor parts with the late ! f.
liacke.t., lie attracted no attention until 1867,
wien at Newark HI. pessouaton Of Nereatio 30
plcased the star u. ". A!baueh, that lie pro-
man ut lie Now Yoik Broudway. From
Cincinnati anl phIladcIph1.1 When lle su!ed for
England, anil opened at '%lle London Marylc-
bonr, where Charlotte Cust,man, the Wnliucks,
Mrs. ltowntt, md f. L. davenport achieved
their London successes. lie wns spoken of iu
the most fal.crng wnv By The English press,
aud the late .101.u Oxeuford OF fhc London
7:nnx, Mr., Russell uf the Liverpool -NrrcHru
and Tom TnY.or were particularly enthusiastic
in their predictions OF his future. Mr. kccno
remained III England eleven months, and re-
turncd 10 Wnods Museum, Ntw York, where lie
rcua!ncu t,nti .1olln Mccullough, then man aEcr
Of thu California Theatre, while IN the East
huntIng for ATTRACTIONS aaw Mr.. kecnc. and
fnado oycrtures to kinl to 70 to San Francisco,
which he iiualiy accepted. Till this time, wiiat-
ever Mr.. kcenc's ambition mar have been, he
lad rarely gone beyond tho melotlraula. but on
nj. arrival tn San francisco tJune, lS74.} Mr..
Mccullough besought hin to turn his serious
attention to tragely, Since then he has BEEN q
close student IN tllut line. And With pronounced
SUCCESS. Ills lrss great impression In CalifuFnia
| WIS made sumo months nfter his arrival ny
| BrieHN In "fhc Tlcket-Of-I4cayc Man." DUR
| Ing t1tss Clara Morris first visit to the Pacific
Slopr, lie sltnwed to most unusual advantage In
the opposite parts to her, but more particularly
as Gusfer In I" jane Shore" at,d 41dcduF In
"Macbcth.' It was said Of lin during tho great
| eight-weeks engagement VI Edwin booth there
(wtere 1e was continually pltird against Mr..
booth and Mf. MrCu!lough(, t.lat he had the
the ordeal brayely, nit! cau'o oil With, dying
kcece remasEcd in cafurnia until August,
ISIS, and onsned III Baltimore In that year. He
lnadc M instant s.1c'ess In s,.ch paris as Kn4Y
John, Catsi.x, Olhe!o, iago, Kiehard H., and
Hamlet. During this scusun he PLAYED als the
parts With Mr. Boosh III PHILADELPHIA to the sat
tsfactlon OF tlle cnsire press and public.