, 1879-07-27
THE TRIBUNE:

THE CHICAGO TRIBt
heard OF before. But some kindly influence got
! N ITS tine work, and the whole business Quteted
down until it was as calm as bar OF sosp
| Mrs. Price went ahead with her divorce proceed
ngs, her husband agreeIng to make CONCESSIONS
| 10 view OF her promise to substitute certain de.
tails in her complaint for others Of nastisr and
more sensational variety. With her decree the
plaintih nov gets large sum Of money down
! as alimonr, and is to receive stated anounts al
intervals hereafter. It is probably just Us well
that the plan Of action which was first talked ol
should have been abandoned, although 1t would
] papers. Mr. Price was Fanny DaVenport's
| leading man last season, and has been engaged
to fill similar position this winter. Airs. Price
! rcsumea.her maiden uame, and will hereafter
| be known professionally aud otherwise as Katie
| Baker.
The more look into
THAT INTERVIEW OF CAZAuRAN's
| the greater is the number OF inaccuracies dis
| cover. Among other things was his announce
| meut that Steele Mackaye wasn't going to have
| q Madison Square Theatre this season. II any,
BODY relies upon that statement hr will get sold,
because Mackaye ard Eno-who is the owner Of
| the Fifth Avenue Hotel and Aall pronerty-
have come to terms, and are under contract one
to the other, in genuine earnest Not only that,
| but the architects plans are fully drawn, and
gagged. The work OF tearing out the Interior OF
Fifth Avenue Hall is to be put under way early
next week, and the house Is to be onened as
theatre about Oct. Is. The place will not be the
largest Of its kind in the CITY by any means, but
the plans indicate that it will be one Of the most
suu1ptuous piay-houses on the continent. 1t Is
to cover more ground than that occupied bY the
present structure, and every detail Of its con-
struct1on will be carefully elaborated. The COM
pauy thus far engaged is remarkably strong, and
rather knocks into cooked hat the theory that
there weren't enough first-class players in the
country to make up company which could
successfully compete with existing New York
.r Among tho:e already
Du sauld, Blanche Gallon, Ancie E]lsler, G.
". Couldock, Tom Whifin, Frank Weston, A.
G. Dacrc, Ed Coleman, and Joseph fraukan.
Negotiations are pending NTH several others
mnose names were e1ven*ne ~ commence 70
os s,tah,a rarts ccIna a,ano o1thn,eh ha r..
tends to devote > his time % chiefly to ths careful
manoSers csn N r. si cornnete w,th hin lin ~ ssrev-
ther = th;rI- tbo, 10 nrettv ne,rir m ~
most oS tb. stnct- -ornsn;1ations in Gotban,: md
when + r mats into Smnoth wnrk,nr orGer If IT.
don't knock the @ SOCKS % of from some Of the oth d
~ . .ss' ] ~
Kate e1hAhD
has adopted the prevailing fashion, too. Which
IS TO say, she has sued her husband for divorce.
41e' Aoooat'u otA.eA 1A'ao - N%oaE2 "o"eoea
KoWe' and hereafter she pair will Rowe their
poats separaIely,-padqie their own canoes. 80
10 SPEAK. Inc erounos upon "hich the snt
"esart;o tss ~ * weao alu
in pronrants at Iaw amonr dramatic families
Georce Fawnett hns hnen = rral Ind nanohtv
man. acrnrs,inr tn Mra Rown,s off;davits. ana
he has had th~audacitr tn tactlv ac1nnwladre
the corn hv mt. fiehtinr a1ainst his IN
f1irnant ,v,fe,s etforts 10 secnre her freorom
RE refersn in tha 900. H. Narh,n;a, ~ has
been for some time tnkinr testimony. and the
other day raye decision IN favor Of lie platnt-
if. Yeste1dny Judge Van Hoescn sustained
the referee,s onininI and Mr" and Nrs, Kowe
wore dec1sred nntIed Tha famftv disfnrhance
a1l pors to show rhe tr1th ri the oid adaoe
which remarl.e that thare.s M Rnwes wifhont
a thorn.
Ana enaal,n9 ,f thorra
1NA .p ~ ..''
NED taonS6 GAVE 'oLLa f1oH4o
at bis TOMS river ranch last Sunday. Among
the peopln present were John y. Norton and
wife, John Chamberiain. Emily ThoEne, Mabel
Jordan, Prof. Harry Wall, NJ. Hermann,
Charles T. Ihorne. Sr., and vile, Gus Heckler,
OF, the dramatic Ne1es, and Ned Thorne's wife,
who IS professionally known as Jennie Murdoch.
The affair vas most enjoyable one from first
to last, ana those VINO LOOK part 10 1t VII! De
!fkely to long remember the cordial hospitality
with which they were entertained. The host, 1t
~! ns ieeeu, M WIS Aosn!ef45 'cauaa n1al' 1t
ria s1 q rsniarss f,.nohtarv " ,rb;,h 10 =, ho
,,rodncad nart asselr ~ Hnuor1r,s n chicann
he1;evc vii nn.donht he ,,,.,cb hsttar ntaye1'