, 1879-01-20

l '"'"'' ~"-ee~A -.oS'H~f
with the certainly Of running for Il month,
| Mr.. Ford Is nlteady making nrenarattons 10 pct
| "Thc sorccrcr.r y l,y tho same a,,,lors. This ia
ycr, tor,unn,o ,.ikc @ ft es tho I ,or
IL Ia all prollt, tho company being small ind III
expensive. Tho actunt cost Of putting II on tho
stare is a very few hundreds for the week. and
Furd nnd Zimmerman. hotl, a. ,rh,r, ,n.nrvn
-, ~" ,.''',. - oosn ~ ""ons uese'ns w
al TUG s"oo luck taas lucy can get. pocket %
per cent OF tho gross, out OF which they pay ex-
penscs. The rental OF tho theatre, which, It
VIII be Remembered, belongs to Mr. J. 8. Clarke,
- ~. ss't ~ s's S!oss 'eee"'e' lucy "9'
''kcly 10 t,ced all this. for theY hnvo agreed u
play Mr.. JetlcFson ID Easter week md the week
alter, lie rocs thero after Mr.. Gom1wIn re-
fu,e,, tn INV him A. m IN ,hs vol. -, ~,
tu.is,,' ~ n..s .a "'"' ~. s"o "soS ~ tno
"a''a. ~ o.tee'' m1. oon",n "'otc 10 N'F' 'e!-
1crson that he did not think be could aflonl II,
but rather than not play him ho would give hin,
what lie asked-s5oo nfpht-,{ be would pIvn
ht,, .hs n,a,Inoc 49,, s,,o.,,,n .,,,..a,...,.
.,..i,ss , s ~. INV seea. a..
'ep.ea t"at hls teFms "oaa DC so-' loF evey
performance, but. Of coursc II Mr.. Goodwin
felt TINT lo could nut afford II OH account OF tho
bus,nc,s dcnre.sior. ,r f., orv c,hor roo nm ho
oon,J n.nnot ~ .naa,a.nn. @ ~ H. , n-.',,n,. Nv
az 70 It once, and in place 81 Rip van Win
Ky" VIII play "A'1nuat Life"
Ihla play has given rise 10 tic rst tll-fcellng
Of ttIe season oeiWgen ManaQsfs. Ny. GWHlwln
eHHoArS~A lst nhN NSNsiAGA W pA1GuhoE an
adaptation Of the novel from so,no Que clsc,
saY'nG tilat whatever slrccss the plecc Ind at
talt,ra was due to Inc sta'niard Theatre, and hc
should not Try 10 ecat them out Of It, az hc
Out OF any thunder that belonged 70 him. After
ho Ind concluded negotiations with Mr.. Hen
terso,l, and on',telnccd the piece, Mr. GemmitI,
q ia Gsstt stTse' hoSht dta,natixnt!o
tue dramatic crlfie of the dny, aud announced Il
under the ortgtHal tiale. Il was nut good
nfatnattzatlon, III spite q tho fea succcaa that
to 1 iss ' nrh ; is iestsou thonShs aest 81
mol to advertise Il W enlo!nlnglt' Mrs. john
son WIS hopfoR that Il would gut
Into court, bnt. Mrs. Henderson was
bought the play for California. It Is we'll
playetl at tho Chestnut, and Is thought to afford
alss Glover and Miss Jrftreys tho best oppor-
tunltfss that they hive lad during tile rlnter.
Miss Jelfrcys certainly neslcsl q cfanee. for tl!c
has not ilade = lift. The production at this
house Of ''The Merchant Of Venice " waa MI
artistic and a pccuhtary success. Nj. sheri.
dams hhyoek was unqueatlonably very tine
Nor vas this all. Oilers hayc been made TO
NJ, Gc5atnill to take the whole company out,
alao iof Mr. Sheridan anu the coatlthee slonc,
other tlay "as prolucc1 At tho Chostnut.s.rcet
TlicAtre. philadelphia" Tie management Is
ahead tho eeasot for tho first time slnce tho
essng Fssys ct ill., II asa a' sn1s ~
which 10 not n npvc'ty-wll he given next
weet, and will he fol1awel by two 1Aew PIECES,
"Thn Tower Of babel" BY. Matknus, aud
"Wonan's Lnyalty," By liart Jarksun. Harry
Lee, who will bu remembered by Chicago
theattcgocra, has tnado hlmsclf popular hero,
and Is thought to bc the best walking gcn.le-
MINI since poor Norris.
Owct,s pia. I'D to empty benches at ti1c Drnafl
Street, and thu people would not sec anything
good In him. John Mccullough is SLOWLY wEn-