The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
General Gossip About Noted Actors and Az.
tresaes Some New Plays.

four yoicee, TO the memory ol Emma ue Beah'
port.
from Alfonso MI the Gross Of the Order OF
Charles Ill,
Mics May Ctoly, who has appeared on the
rtHna with Joe jefferson and Clara Morris.
mas retired to her hottla circle.
Manager Maplceon states that IL is ha
Intention 90 bring both Gereter and Nilsson
hi this country Tor the season Of 1880 !.
Tha Daniten. Lcpter Wallsrk and Ada
flavpndiah, will appear at the Grand Opera
House, New York, within thenextt months,
CLARA Morris has gene to Sat1 Francisco to
plav an eight wpeke' engagement ~ RaldWtha
Theatre. Tor the nice little SUN OF $4,000 y
week.
h;s tnteaf onefa. La File du Tnnhour Major,
recently produced AZ tile Fpll'ea Dramatiades
The New York 7lrG fYeld aud F}wn, re-
marks. lit lie suggested that some Of the
Rutghs ~ n%inaforc should W called sllahad'
John I, Raymond saye he neither drinks
mo-, siaewa, Hut the Troy Times declares that
he occasionally wrestlea With the truth and
gets thrown.
A new theatre Is to be erected Ivy M asso-
citation with a capital of 100000, on -Four.
teenth atrept. between Seeollu anu lhllu ave
uupa, New York.
An un,aual event In Chicago theatrtcals oc-
sufrpa AZ nonley'a on Wednesday afternoon.
Datemter "a. the audience being dismissed, az
there were only six people present.
Henry Peterson, of Philadelphia, has writ
tpn and published Julius Caesar, n tve-act
tragedy, In blank veree. IL eliminates Ju-
Inns, but emirphee Brutua and GaeeiuR.
The Buffalo Express tells Or two Phtladel-
phta actresses who, having no diamonds, are
nuite proud TO think That they have at
least been robbed of their gold watches,
Carlotta Patti was willing 70 take 5000
from the st. Louis Ulsputch, with q retiac-
tion of the libel, 8s n compromise OF her suit.
No oompromiee has az yet been effected.
John II. Owens has again postponed hia
Australian trip until the departure Of the
February steamer from San Francisco. and
mar make a flying trip 70 Baltimore before
then.
Lolita. while giving testimony In a Vt, Lou'a
saua,,it ycaa asked: "What ia your age p
sspaonle might not believe me II | told abe
replied, 'sfor some cay that ! am ~. That
was the only answer abe would make.
Mre, Harry Beckett's new play. "a Beegar
on Horseback" has been accepted by Sothern,
and will be produced during his California en-.
rauement. IL Ia to he hoped that the old
adage will not prove true III this case.
About the middle OF the current month
Joseph jefferson will turn his face south
ward. with the intention Of spending scmo
time on his Louisiana plantation. IN y pass
ing the holiday season at his country seat.
Hohokue, Nj.
The owners of the California Theatre posi-
lively deny the report that Lawrence karrott
IA III assume the management on June !
next. Geo. u. Chaplin IL now the stage man
aQer of this theatre, and nothing seems to be
settled as 70 It's future.
me Mapleson Opera Troupe scored 4 bril-
liant eucceea In Boston. where they have been
ainglng for the last week. Despite the cool
and critical atmosphere that hangs about
Beacon Hill. Campanint and Mile. ,Marimon
have been greeted With enthusiasm.
Business at Wallack's Theatre has revived
famuusly since the production of the old com
edies began. 'She Sleeps ~ Conquer was
rnyiyea last week and will be followed In quick
succession by "a Scrap ~ Paper" London
Assurance "Home," My Awful Dad" and
ssIhe Liar
The New York Mfrror preserves two quaint
Snerlnensu f advertisements, the first OF the
Grand Opera House. The management
takes great pleasure In announcing the last
two nights Of Mir. Sothern.' the second.
ssNihlo's Garden, u. q. Gilmore. manager.
Check full every night
The French Censure has at last authorized
Messrs, Erckmann and Chatrlan's drama,
Alsace: only the title IL 10 I've changed TO Les
Eiancea. and everything that might offend
the Germans has been cancelled. The piinoi-
mai woman's Part will b. held by Lima Munte,
and Lacrcssonnierrc will b. at the head Of the
men.
There are In the United States $50 theatres
md 40 halls and lyeeums. There are f25
n regular travelling combinations, 10 minstrel
III variety companies, " companies formed to
support stars and play In spectacular, and
seven resident stock companies, three In New
York. two I'm Boston. one in Philadelphia, and
one In San Francisco.
At the Coliseum, Cincinnati. one night last
week. the property man made a slight mis-
take in the props" used for the bar-room
IE- Y-AA AAa NJ AkAA @tt1A
scene III the drama, instead 81 ms notties,
being all filled with water they contained
kerosene, and when Eugene Blita look a swal-
low ont of one of the bottles the mugs he
made were the most natural Of the season.
The compliments az the season were thus
exchanged by telegraph Christmas night be-
tween Chanfrau and Florence: "Pittsbnrg-
Business unprecedented. Terrible snow storm
All day, Everything blocked up. a cool SS522
for the day. Chanfrau.a' s'Chieagn-Sorry il
showed. Thermometer here IS below zero.
but beat You by Sl69S. Florence"
Joaquin Miller. while at Barnum's Hotel.
Baltimore, n few weeks ago, wrote 70 q friend
In New Jersey, and ended the letter: Come
and see me whenever you can. / am at Bar
NUNS" The friend answered: Il am sorry
YOU have commenced exhibiting yourself. III
you had stuck to literature YOU would have
made your mark and fortune. Whereabouts
is the show nowg'
Tony Pastor celebrated his wooden wed
ufhE on b1NeLuptI 40 dllu WIS NlSAlSA ay q
large number of professional and personal
friends, bearing gifts appropriate TO the occa-
sion. Among the small hours Of the morning
four truck loads Of kindling wood were
dumped into the front area OF his house, and
the San Francisco Ministries are suspected as
the responsible ~instIgators OF this deed.
They have discovered a prodigy In the way
of a Juvenile Lutte Battercup In London,
where a chiiuren's company Is doing Ptnafore
atthe Opera Comique. Ii Is Miss Elite Ma
son. whose singing and expressive action S.
pecially delighted the audience, and who
evinled an anfitude for the stage likely 10