, 1879-08-06

His COMPANY hero wa8 good Dne. lie hal
American, john Jor,ian, for leading actor; hut
what With ts bad TEMPER md the nck'cuesa
Of tic public, ILLS regularity soon wane.l,
and In November, 1859, lo rye ssfies
don, aud came to America tlt,dcr tue 'nanaac-
rnent OF Door Harry Palmer. Of the arm u jar
rrt 4; palmet. These gentlemen presented him
ton New York audience ut NtbIo's Theatre
actess Including Han.t, u which he failed: li!A
succcsses we're In "Ruy Bias,h "stor''c
Chti,to,'' "llo corsica, 1'r"ticrs.n, Claude
's M t,ol n hulTGFs Fs,r1 p?ay w. '"rrs .:vele J.
l,erc br an fndorslng. letter from tte hand #
spuko u the actor In warmer tEr1ns than ever
JOHNSON spoke Of oasflek. Ihs !ettsf w. sns
curiosity to nee Sir. fechlnr wns worked up 70
tercr heat After the New York engagement
ho p!aYrd series Of star cngage'nents
through the county r v9s9y'g 9y ,,ntn sue.
OTHER nlaccs,-as McVtckor's old theatre. Lie
tnaY bo sud to hare made here = success d'ee-
time. lIie RFanl, picturesque scstng, great rs u
andoubts ny Tas, never could ~, atoao 70 "a
t!on. And no, willie he delighted tie eye aud
satisfied tho Intellect, he wounded tllr ears Of
miscellaneous audience, atH bis nopiilartty and
power u attract gradually declined, and the
decnatlon wns fron, this ca,ae. mil from this
ccp.ed Tho offer Of Afr. ChcueY. of Boston,
to organize IN extraordinary stock company
The G1obo Thcatrc Of that city was selected.
The who'll country talked Of tho new enter
prise. Tile beauty Of the theatre, the great
ness Of the company. raited hopes tho fulfill"
,enii he lid prevent them. Ills evil temper,
his silaughtY ard ouAsrelaome disposition. brought
1qn row between himself and James W.
Mnafs, G.nffa oesni'n ad o,heq '' eaa' IN! sn Mr.
a Der. u the s conpauy. u, 'fTl The rumpus ns%a,
wnB the scnsatiou OF the houg, and cndGd Ia
Fcclsct's leaving Boston In auger and n dis
gust. So great, however, was the conf.lcncs
| rupt arm Of Duncan, Sherman & To. agreed to
| rcbuil for htm the old French Theatre on Four
tecnth street, New York. They did rebuild it
% s pessas y ap m FensF puts stss in os s'tae ;se
improvements. This Is The theatre now
leased by 1Iavcrly fsou, Shook & Palmer.
Fechtcr. full OF wtld theories, put up and
pulled down, painted IN and patutcd ou., 20 much
and 10 often that the old man Duncan rot tired
| OF him and OF hs constant sneeEs ut iLu tastc
Of tho men who had furnished him tho moans
to do The work he was attempttng to do.
Another row ensucd, and Fechtcr tried his Luck
evcr, continued to dccluc. lie became
addicted to strong drink, and, while
he dl1 net 9isapoot"t: vsry frequently
whom Fcchier selected Was Carlosta Leccra,
who came With htun, VIC think, from England.
After some two seasons hc quarrcled With ter,
and the lady took to starring on her Own ac-
Prize to do the work that llau been done BY 3lIsb
LeclerQ. They went around the country fran
town 70 town, receiving ccrtaintics MD drawing
poor housce, until finally lew managers would
ventura to giro MIR. Fcchter the terms ho always
cxactel.
Out Of The proceeds Of somo Of his earlier en-
gaGc,ncuss lie had purchased small farm at
RcLinna Ccntre, Pn nsld therc he has ltrci
with Miss Price, 10 wtom lie hui been married
after her dIvorce freul her first husband, tile
gentle md accommodating littlu Willie White.
fho last engagement played BY Mr. Fochter,
VIC believe, was il Scw Ynrk, aiid under
the management of John Duff. Mt ,he broadway
Theatre, whero In quick succession l,c appeared
IN the romantic parts nj Ills repertoire. It was
snid tlsut the receipts Of the hnuso during these
performances seldom reached seo2, aittlouEll
FccI,tcra first wife Ia, was short time ago.
IN England, md We believe. regularly received
from him certain YEARLY ALLOWANCE. lle 1eaTes
beliist! him shattered hrtlsttc reputation, h'li
even It's pieces are pleasant I" remember; Tor
| like the pieces Of brsken glass In the floors 0
| n great cathedral. EARL pGce reflects Somt
bcauty,-picsuresquc, Individual. aud graud.
11oOLEY's.
For sovcn or eight years Vfctor1eu Saslou hat
had record OF failure when he hit upon hls
"Lcs pat,cs do Mouchc" " ind obtained it
presentation at the Gymnaso, Paris. 1t was
success, md thnt success iiEst brought hin
prominently before tho French people as 1
| tlramattst; but It was not unttl "seraplfne
had tnken the paristnn critic captive tia
hts fang was fixed md he was mad.
mcmber of tho Academy. In England
many yeass ago "Lcs pattes dc Mouchc {" IVA.
seized upon, aud under the title Of IA ec1ao o
papern It Was mnde familiar 10 the Londol
play.gocs, md at the time 1t received dcseryet
attUntiuu; but, We believe, the eyes Of an Amer
lean audience were never permitted ne to % sco IL.
for a novelty, fsllel It up last season. Hn prc
scDtcu 1t at his theatre tn New York
Mr.. Lester Wallack pnsing ITsner with zrea
artistic cclat anu substantial financial result
, Whatever obtains Ruccesslnl recognition ia Ne"
. York Is B,lro soolcr or later to reaeh Chicago
J n1,d at Hooloy's on Monday night for ile frs
tine In this city !" Les pattes ITO slo4che," IN
! received It's Arst representation. Thc work is .
} cotnedy,-a ulcss comedr.-h1td rl'x VIC ID!
, tliat III invention. construction, and bslAIaucS
, IA au effort em!nnnty worthy OF the Erca
tlon. TO say It Ii bright, anil crisp, and iall u
distinct charactcr1xations; 70 say t!!at y oyoE
l flows with sparkling repartce: and ll1at its stu
, / ations are managed with the skill Of q inns
delicate points and subt!o suggestions ia nscrel,
. Sr. sartou's work. Upon ths. nos1
slender thrcad, thu nost ingenious intrtal'
/ has ooen spun, and in ono or two words 1h'
. plot eau bs told. 1t hinges upon tue sccovarj
Of q loye.ietter Deposited III q atstuo bT Lo"itt
tho ,w,fo OF the Baro'l IL Ia U|dciert, nad writ
! ten BY her to former lover. Prutper, wn'
comts upon tte sccne after having naau III
, tour Of ,lla world, upon which tour hi
! had bcon driven believing that Lonas I'M
} broken faith with him. .-.-
, Thu satisfactory performance OF auch an e1
quts'tc ptcce q dla',at!s work requtres exqn1slt
i tho company Of Ms. James II. wallack a
l!ooeys s.i hnyiug ttssn n our rcsolirs,a @ :E,
: ot-of-Leayo Mat" given by the truupc las
work, wo confess tat we Wsre ',s s,.ns1se aErse
acGi,ttliug themselves as gretltabY theY did
LII Us not % nto saynE .at
flI,el, il Ia ycry evident from her rendition L
susaa"s that Miss GensvteEe RoeeFs has -; muc Y
drama. She is 4 little st5n and awkwasd III nc
a movements, aud she possesses little eomman
OF farIal oppression, but htr entlncAtlon Ia sin
/ V,,1nrtv r1nar tlpr voice. Ii hut HtlplcA1d!t