The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-18
THE STAGE AND STAGE PEOP1

Fritz Emmett has sailed for Europe.
Mrs. Howard Paul, the actress and singer,
is dead.
'The Bankers Daughter" has made great
hit at the Park theater, Boston.
Clara Morris placed flowers upon the grave
of General Custer on Decoration Day.
Mr.. Lester Wallack will play in San Fran
cisco three weeks and longer If the cOndl-
tions are favorable.
s.Fatinitza' has made great hit in Phil
adelphia, where they are Mailing it as the
successor of "Pinafore."
1t is reported that Mr.. Louis Aldrich and
Mr.. Charles Parsloe will appear next season
in a new piece, written for them by Mr..
BARLEY Campbell.
Harrigan & Harris company are announced
to play an engagement in Philadelphia, at
the Walnut Street theater, before their de-
parture for Europe.
Miss Clara Louise kellogg is announced to
make her first appearance in London this
season at Her Msjesty's as aida" Campo
mini will sing "Radames."
Mr.. John Mccullough, the TRACE dian, who
is confined in his room at the Sturtevant
House, New York, as the result OF the slip
ping of small tendon, is rapidly recovering.
Mrs John Wood is appearing at the Lon
don Haymarket theater in piece called
nilsson or Nothing" in which she gives
limitations of Patti, Nicolini and other oper-
attic singers.
Edwin Booth writes to friend in Chicago:
81 hope that Gray will become gray indeed !;
yea, positively hoary- headed in close but
kind confinement, and that his final exit
from his present abiding place may be to
that celestial region where idiots cease from
shooting and actors are at rest
Mr. ]. s. Clarke, while playing "Toodles''
in London recently, in endeavoring to kick
his hat off at the wings, as is his wont, missed
his aim and sent it flying into the royal box,
where it alighted at the august feet of the
rified, the audience roared, and the duchess
instructed one of her ladies to throw the hat
back on the stage. The performance then
proceeded.
E. A. Sothern is 81 years of age and ma
tive Of Liverpool. In the opening of 1857
Matilda Heron made her celebrated reap
pearance at WalIack's old theater, corner of
Broome street and Broadway, in Camille, -
and as Lester Wallack, who was hrst light
comedian in the company, declined all
serious business, Sothern was cast for
Armand" in which character he caught a
portion of the reflection of Miss Heron 9
great success. 1t was not, however, until
his appearances aS LOIu DuuQIcdIy, III tuo
American Cousin at Laura Keene's vari-
cites, to which he removed the season after,
that he made his hit He has ridden to
hounds and recently taken to angling,
chiefly for advertising purposes, and has
obtained eminence as practical joker. He
married, before coming to this country, Miss
Stewart, the handsome daughter of a clergy
man of very good family in Wexford, Ire
land, who for some time acted as walking
lady at Wallack's. He has a son. Lytton, on
the stage.
Aimee is now in Philadelphia, where she is
having crowded houses nightly. While in
this country she always avoids hotels on the
American plan, and seeks out French tables
where the style and make up of the dishes
answer to what she is accustomed to in
Paris. Her business agent says she Is worth
about $3.50, 600. She owns a fine residence
In Paris, and several valuable country seats
besides. She also owns couple of theaters
in Paris. There is probably no artist living
who has done 80 much hard work as she anC
stood it so we'll. She has remarkable con
stitution, and a passion for work. She il
never idle a moment. When not perform
ing she is always at the piano practicing
Her repertoire is SO large that she could
begin to night and perform for month
appearing in different piece every night
She has an outfit that enables hel
to change her costume for every part in all
the operas in which she appears. The mum
Der of her dresses is between so and 100
When in Havana she created a perfect furors
among the people by her elaborate toilets
There would be crowd around the hotel
every evening just to see her come out
Every day during her six weeks stay there
she appeared in a different costume at the
tabled hote. AS is well known, Aimee:
first appearance in this country was at jim
Fisk's opera house, in New York. That wa.
about IL years ago. Her first appearance IL
any theater, if report is correct, was il
BRUSSELS when child of about 10 years O
age. She is of French parentage. Pari
heard of her and she went there next. Tina
is where her reputation was made. She ha
been with Manager Grau six or seven years
This Is said to be her last appearance in thi
country.