The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-07-21
STAGE AND R0STRUM.

LoTrA. the actress, is reported to be
the affianEed wife Of Clarence Bainbridge,
an actor.
THEUE IS talk Of Miss Ada Dyas star
fIrs te4t seaaou IN new play by
joaquin Miiiet.
MAGGIE M1FCHELL's s husband is willing
10 sbenH all Of his &ffe'S money. The
voice of the Cricket Is sat1s
ZAzEL,. the girl who is fired out Of a
gun In Barnupn's circus, rs now called
"the ioadstaf u the stenS.
MRs. JOHN Drew will travel next cee.
son with Jefferson, playing "The Rivals, "
it is said, the greater part of the time.
MISS KATE FIELD is making q tour
With her ''ltusical Monologue," under
the management OF Mr. II, ]. Sargent,
and it is probable she viii go as faf as
San Francisco.
JOE EMMETT Is at home IN his new
tenor-drum specially introduced In the
last act of Fritz in Ireland He started
In tue ijfofessiGri as tenor-drum player
with w. w. Newcombss t1in-trels, and
-tceiyed the munifcent salary of s. a
fsek for his services.
PAULINE tUCcA, according to q French
newspaper, "cares but little for money.
Lately an American impressario offered
her million of dollars to make tour i'll
Australia. BHt ths diva refused, saying
hat she had money enough 70 live on,
that she liked to sing for the love of art,
end that she had no need of Australian
gold.
HENRY IRvINa, the English ACTOR, ssks
S100, 900 for fifty nights In this country;
bat at present 'lOngshOfemen in New
York are only getting $l.50 day. This
country Is not buying English, body and
boots, so Henry will probably remain a:
home and help Sullivan complain of a
Hant Of taste in the American people
No1ri&to,0h HeTHJd
TUE new play, "Edgwood f0lis," viii
require a cast of twelve people. Sol
Smith Russell, viii. of course, be the
leading feature. Among tlo@e already
engaged are Charles Rockwell, j. ",
IIdhetpdn Walter Lcnnox, ir., Sol Smith.
B. Il. Ringgoid, William Warrington,
Mrs. Sol Smith, Matte Earl and Nellie
Taylor. They will open the season Att
ettst 23, at Park Theatre, New York.
i. G. BUKNARB. ''t'o adopt the stage
rs a profession, means to practice the
art of acting not merely as pastime fof
dne's self and perhaps for the amusement
of others, but only fof the entertainments
Of the public, who pay the actor for his
trouble, and so make his employment in
their service furnish him with the means
Of living. Give me a song, says the
public to the actor, 'and III give you
your supper"
1nE London ,S'unddU Times says OF
Sullivan's ''Pirates of PenzanCe:' 1.-The
secret of the entire work is that it was
written down to American tastes, that it
succeeded 'Pinafore, and was perfOrce
cast in the same mold" Not compliment
taty, but true. It also adds: Gas q
writer of opera Mr.. Gilbert is eccentric
seeming to inhabit kind of world whose
vanities are to be looked at upside dOwti.
Though this is admirable in its way, it
does not bear frequent repetition. People
become tired of standing on their heads,
so to speak, and want to regain their
legs; but they will not be able to do 80
over the Pirates of Penzance.
The success Pauline Lucca has met
with III Berlin has been almost suffocat-
ing. On the night of her farewell per
for1nance, in response to loud plaudits,
she advanced before the curtain and ex.
pressed her gratitude In q few sentences
broken by emotion and other cOnsidera.
tions. Passing from his box to the
stage, the Emperor took the opportunity
of thanking Lucca for the great pleasure
her singing and acting had given him,
and subsequently she was presented, III
his name, with a beautiful and costly
bracelet. set with diamonds and other
precious stones.