Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-04
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

John 7. Raymond has a new play called
ga Thread of Silk" He cannot expect to
draw large house with that.
The elephants belonging to Coup's show
travel by rail, and they allow no brutal
baggage smashers to handle their trunks.
Tom Keene. the new tragic star, is fnqn-
cially backed by Cole the rich circus man.
Keene plays old King Lear" backed by
old {" King Cole.
Joe Emmett testifes in the interest of
temperance that when he is sober he is
perfectly happy. The trouble with Mr..
Emmets is that he is very unhappy man.
A theatrical manager is coming with
".One Hundred Wives" and still another
is coming with Drink y for the public.
1t is no wonder that clergymen cry out
against the immortality of the stage.
Kate Claxton used to put snow on her
neck to make her SILVER when she played
in the "Two Orphans" Now she bas a
play called the "Snow Flower" where she
can exercise her shivering talent to
greater extent.
Prof Swing is credited with the follow
ing Without pausing to seek philos-
ophy for new era in this shape Of art, let
us simply confess that the profession of the
actor can now point with pride to large
group of men worthy OF their art and OF
generous public esteem"
Jean Becker, the celebrated violinist
leader of the famous Florentiner Quartet,
intends giving concerts in London during
the coming Winter. This may be cauiare
to the common herd Of Monday Popularists,
but will be welcome to the select few who
really care for good music.
Lovers OF Wagner's operas may look for
ward to great treat next spring. "Die
Meistersinger" is to be given in London,
as LoheDgrin" was last season, under
Richter's baton. Richter says that The
Mestersinger is the one he likes best of
all Wagner's operas, and he ought TO know.
Surely the ways of theatrical men are
peculiar. When lot of tramps congre.
gate about the entrance to hear the music,
and the policemen drive them away, the
manager telegraphs all over the country
that his play is an immense success, and
that the people are turned away from the
doors.
If the Bernhardt theatrical season should
induce young men who do not understand
French, but who have the leisure and the
money to buy tickets to her plays, to set
themselves to learn the language she
speaks, the coming OF the great actress to
this country would be of decided practical
advantage to many others beside herself
and her manager.
Boucicault's dressing-room at the Lon
don Adelphi was recently invaded, first by
noble lord, and soon afterward by
we'll known Irish member of the House of
Commons who sits in Opposition. With
these illustrious visitors Mr. Boucicault
had hard battle to fight They both pro-
tested against the election speech in ''Tbe
ODowd," declaring it to be mistake and
calculated only to provoke political excite
ment. In difference to this advice the
great Dion agreed to 'cut 1T down.
Among American playwrights Miss Anna
Dickinson holds conspicuous place. In
comparatively brief space she has written
three plays, two Of which" A Crown of
Tborns =" and :. An American Girl have
been performed with undoubted success,
the latter with Fanny Davenport in the
leading role. The third, ''Aurelian, has
not vet been acted, but It's gifted authoress
has read it successfully Ia the principal
w eSIern cities. L ne CtltlCS Vi buCst CUES
were lavish in their praises Of it. They
with one accord pronounced it noble
work, teeming with interest and intellect
ual beauty. At the same time they COM
mended the reader in 10 uncertain terms.
Fanny EIlsler has resided for the past
twenty years in the suburbs of Hamburg,
Germany. She is reported to be worth a
million and half in property, distributed
in various continental countries. Her
name is known to the elderly and middle
aged, and her face and figure are familiar
to them also. But the younger part of the
present generation know little OF Nine.
EIisler. She lives very quietly, having few
friends. as most Of her old ones have died,
and she has not replaced them. Her sister
Theresa is Frau Won BaInem, having been
the morganatic wife Of Prince Adalbert, of
Prussia, since 1851. Fanny is alleged to
have two children, one of them daughter,
married to a French merchant, and the
other son, an officer in the Austrian
cavalry. She has the reputation OF being
very generous to all her relatives, and of
doing much GOOD in her declining years
without the least ostentation.
HAMaER's GLYoERoLE OF Tar has been