, 1879-01-12
she caught fresh cold, and Vas compelled to
reln9nlsh heF engagement, much to the sorrow
ana disappointment OF TITUS & ROGERS.


| broN at the Fifth Avenue Theatre shows sign!
OF following In the wake OF Tepnyson':
"Brook," and "golns on forever" etephe1
tlskc isn't an easy man to get along with as t
| partner, but he's much less easr 10 get rid OF
| Ever Since narkins applied for a dissolution o1
partnership, Fiske has been fighting With per
| severance that is quito pretty to look upon. HI
| came back at Dan wittfa document which alleged
| that he Harkins) was villain Of the deepest
| dye; and an inebriate, 20 tojand ayagabond
| 20 to; and the worst actor ID the world, 20 to-
! But he protested that the partnership should
| not be broken up, although he consented to the
| appointment OF Receiver. Ex-Judge Bedford
| has filled that position ever since, and thlngs
went along swimming1y enough until Monday
| night, when The actors struck for salaries, and
| the play had to stop. In the meantime, the
| Gllscys had served dispossession papers on the
+; firm, because the rent, amounting to s1"o
! week, had not heen paid for a fortnight. That
| was the last straw, and
IT BUSTED THE cAMEL's sP1SE
on mighty short order. It is thought that, with
| no company and no theatre, Fiske won't insist
OH the partnership any longer.
Dropping into Hariins' room the other night,
found Rullman, the famous ticket and libretto
speculator, toasting hts shfns before the fire.
Hc was alone aud inclined to DO little talking,
and SO let him whiz. He told me that 1t was
his money Fiske tS Harkins had been using;
that hr had leaned 81 500 to the firm,-haTiug
first refused to let Fiske have it alone; that 1t
was to have been repaid in weekly installmcnts
of $3.50; and that, instead Of paying him, Fiske
had banked over $1,000 OF 1t in his own name.
Rulluan was very graphic in his description Of
FiEkc's proceedings. aud wound up BY saying
that, If the firm should be dissolved, Hark!us
could have $50, coo more with which to run the
theatre, should he need it, but Stephen should
not nave red cent! The Gilseys have also
sided with Harkius, and, it / were doing any
thing in the prophetic line, should say that
within fortnight he will be @boss" at the
Fifth Avenue. tDoctor Cllne," an adaptation
Of the German comedy "Doctor Klaus," will
he the first attraction, and will be followed by
other stock pieces, cast to the full strength OF
new company. Just at present, however, mat
ters are stationary
Several capitalists, who believed the theatre
would be without tenant, are understood to
have applied for lease. Prominent among
them stood Leonard Grover, who announced
that he would make the thing "go,' if he had
to sink his entire fortune doing it. Hoop-la!
ROBSON AND CRANE,
after taking all the cash out OF the towns along
the Eastern Circuit have anchored for a week
in Brooklyn, at Col Sims theatre. They are
plaving the THO Drona:os to tremendous au-
licences, and bringing joy to the heart Of the
management. met Billy Crane on Broadway
Yesterday. lie was as radiant as morning.
glury-
How goes it, Wi!liam!' ouoth !. Il am
speaking OF Shakspcarean actor now,--hence
the ''quoth.'O
ssFirst-rate. Making more money than VIC
know what to do with. IL the Government
had only delayed putting their per cent bonds
on the market until next month, Rob and l
would have subscribed for tue whole lot"
.sFact !''
"Fact, Well, l should think so! Oh, by the
way; last time saw you, Rob had the rheu-
mates so bad that our legs had rery diss,m-
liar aud unsatisfactory expression. But
I've got him noE, aud he can't play that on me
any more.'
''How did you do it2''
'sOh, went to work and msde set Of pads
out of the nbres Of cer:ain kind OF wood, of
which alone possess the secret. Every time
the weather is damp, Rob gets the rheumatism,
and his legs begip to puff up like couple of
D1lAOOAS~ 4SSh IAG FN~AAtdAAt3 VI 1AAo p OAA ~
that, when the air is anything but DRY, the
flbrcs swell. So wear 'enl, and when Rob be-
gins to expand SO do they. l tell you what,
it's i big thing.''
And Billy started for rehearsal at brisk trot,
before l could tell him story heard awhile
ago, about n man named Washington, who
had small Ratchet which couldn't tell
whopper.
Presidential elections that are past and gone,
I've got something Tor them to look up. You
see, 1 expect to live to good old are or l
wouldn't wait until then. But, anyhow, its
"A QUEER SORT OF A MYSTERY,
and it ought to be solved. Just watch, nov,
while L heaye it at you. Why do married act
rcsses hate to have it known that they are not
single! If you want to have it proven in nine
languages that you're an awful liar, all you've |
got to do is to givc it away that some actress is
married, and she'll make it hotter for you than |
tho hinges Of Satan's back-kitchen door. I |
caught it that way once myscli,-aud I've |
been trile dazed on the subject ever since.
1t was brought TO mind At the Standard |
Theatre on Monday night. l presume that |
everybody knows that little Katy Mayhew is |
The wife OF MIR. Widmer, who leads tue |
also the possessor of wclding-ri which she |
wears when on the stage covered up By broad |
piece of blue ribbon. Those who knew about |
..e ring business understood it Monday night; |
out everybody else was wondering what the
7iboon meant. Why not either wear the ring in
sight, OF else take it otfe
In dispatch to Tuesdays paper to1d the |
readers OF HE TRIBUNE that M'lss ~ had
,ccn well received on the whole. especially as
'cgardcd the last act. don't think too much
praise can be giycn Horace. McVicler for the /
way lie has arranged such material as he had at
rand. And cannot help thinking that, ii he |
lud dramatizeii the whole story in the first
1lace, The }iecc would have been more SUCCESS |
ul. AIR. Henderson has mounted the drama |
With lavish and tasteful hand and it ought to |
sraw through the two weeks for which it is up. |
T here Is one thing, though, which might easily
1e improved. The ''property" coaeh, used in
he last act, is d tr1fc the worst ever saw. The |
Fileeis slenucrcr than those of the lightest |
>uayv, and the body Of the vehicle is upheld by
couple Of obtrnsyely obvious props. The best
lct!ng done in the piece was MIR. LcClercq's per
ortnance OF -Aeonag'ey. It was the hit of tho
evening, and was not marred by any shakincss
IS to the lines, some cf the other characteri-
ations wcre. Mr.. Weaver, who PLAYED Old
Bu,nnter St.ith, WAS ut times go confidential
hat lie couldn't be heard across the footlights. |
So was Miss Mayhew- But good deal Of that
yax rf ,.n.1rxa ftln IN the fret niUht