, 1879-03-30
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BENJAMIN G. PORTER.
Died March 10, 1870,
Aged IS years.


raising funds for the support of the dead actor's
family have decided noe to give a hcnetit per-
tormuncg, but, instead OF that, will raise sub
scriptlon. Papers iaye been printed AMI will De
sent to every theatre and every travelling COM
bnation in the country. This method is chosen
in order to avoid tic disrcpute into which
.tbcncfits ~ have fallen Of late. The amount
realized thus far is between $500 md 81 ,000
Any persons desiring TO contribute may send
such Sums as they choose to Morris SimMonds
No. 1O unou square, or 4. j. Dam, Uuinn
Square aote The movement Is a deserving
one, and it is hoped that s., Quo Or Sl0,Ooo will
be raised. One curious aud strfking feature OF
the subscription thus far is, that none Of the
;sstars'' have been heard from save Law
renee Barrett Had there been Il benefit, with
reasonable show OF getting m equivalent in
would have y s'wired" " messages to New York
long ago. I'm afraid this charity business ON
the part Of some OF tile chaps who were fore
most in-wcll, the Adams benefit, Tor instance,
lis little thin.
s'wu1Ms.'
You remember the Criterion Comedy Com
panv in s'Whims2''
OF course you GO. .
And you remember F. F. Mnckay?
10 he sure YOU do.
Well, Z. F. aiackay has been making him
self ridiculous. "Whims'' was written, or
adapted, or something of that sort, By Prof.
Stanley McKenna, who is German scholar of
renown In these parts. Prof. Mckenna allowed
Mr.. F. T. Maekay and the Criterion Comedy
Company to play ''Whitns'' u through tile couE-
try, in consideration of the agreement that he
prof. Mckeun1) should receive 15 per cent OF
the net profits Il vas also agreed that Mr.. F.
F. Mackay and the Criterion Comedy Company
should dc Prof. Mckenua's rlay, or adaptation,
that agreement fell through iu some unex-
planed way. Whereupon, the Fifth Avenue
Theatre cc!ng in need Of q new piece, and Prof.
McAenna being the business manager Of the
Fifth Avenue Theatre, and Also having strange
and incxplicable desire to See some money for
his work in writing, or adapting, or something
Of that sort, the comedy Of ''Whms, ,"-he
Nrof. Mckcnna) having received but $50 so far
as his share vi the Criterion Comedy Conpany's
nrotits,-hc (Prof. Mckcuna) vested in Mr. Dan
IIarlsins the right to produce the piece i'll New
York.
WHAT FOLLOWED.
Immediately thereafter did Mr.. +. F. Mackay
cause to be printed q tit]e-page, which con-
tanned. in addition to the word Whi1ns,"
warning that any person who attempted TO use
any lines or business originated by him (F. +.
A1ackay) would be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law. This Instructive and amusing slip
Of paper he put in the hands ofex-JudGe Dtten-
hoe1er, who is a LAWYER with 4 pressure of wind
that knocks tie kcefy motor into the shade by
comparison. Ex-Judgc Dittenhoefer sailed over
to court, aud applied for an injunction restrain
ing Prof. McKenna from producing his own
piece, on the novel ground that it wasn't his .
piece al all. hut F. F. Aackay's.
Funny, wasn't it! ...
Especially funny in view Of the fact that in
all the advertisements of the Criterion Com
cdy Company 'sWhims" ;" Is advertised Us
lie work OF s'Stauley McKenna: ESD, :,"-6ut.
curiously enough, without rcsnru to Herr Nc
kcnua's title Of Professor. Ia the meantime
Avenue, and ''Wins i will iu all probability be
brought out to morrow night. It is supposed
that ex-Judge Dittenhocfcr will be sufficiently
squashed by that time to present no more oD,
jections. And it is hoped that f. +. afackay will
20 away somewhere and be real good little
boy, and not do So any more. Ii he behaves
we'll in future be shall have sugar-plum.
"TuE MASKED BALL"
is the name of a new musical production that
has been brought out ut the Lyceum Theatre.
It was imported: believe, from Philadelphia,
and is indorsed fainty by the critics OF that stad
and moral hamlet ltbas drawn only fairly this
week, aud will be taken of Saturday. night.
After that the Lyccun, will be kuown rs Hav-
erIy's Lyceum Theatre. aud viii begin opera
tions at oucc, with Mrs. Oates as the chief at
ces sion BY tue rest Of Alice's renertoire.
Charles T. Lock. manager OF The Bush Street
Theatre, San Francisco, and who IL mixed up
with lIaycrly in two or three other ventures, IS
here now It is limited that these two think Of
forming general Partnership; in which case it
will be wise tor most people to follow the advice
of the man who fell from the roof of l,o.1se
and yelled iu his descent, "Stand from under,
bows. FIN comm, by hokey!'
Frank Mayo is at the Grand Opera House with
his pcren,,ial-and almost Centennial-'Davy
Crockett" The business thus far has BEEN
large, and Frank will remain another week
He will then give us s'l'he Streets of New
York; himself doing Baager. He Is going
back to first principles, you SEE: Did you know
Frank was bliehteu being! Well, hc is He
thuss he was cut out to play tragedy. And
LES ,nadGcr than 4 wet hen because other peo-
plc don't think so too.
TIE LATEST FUNNY SNAP n
about Frank is that he wants to do Is:reidn,-the
part u.at was written for John Mccullough.
It's uo use.
lie is good Badger, and Davu Crockett, and
sico,-berter than any body. But when you hear
alayo and Florence talk about tragedy, why
that's the time to laugh until your eyes bulge
out far enough SO you can hang your hat on
'em.
THE Bankers Daughter" with the Union
Square Company, does no: 60 to California this
su,u,1ier, as originally planned Instead. they
take in Boston and Chicago and then, after q
short rest, 20 on to Philadeiphia, where they
will open Mr.. Aboey's new Park Theatre. Bou-
cjcault, after his engagement in Chicago next
week. goes to San Francisco where he will begin
sn Easter Monday IN eueagcment OF four weeks.
lie viii he followed by Fannie Davenport, who
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