The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-09-10
DRAMATIC NOTES.

SALvINI will play here for five months.
JUNIUs BRUTUs BooTH is q member,
this season, of BARLEY Campbell's
Comedy Company.
AT Maplesons recent benefit in Lon
don boxes sold at 800, and even par
quette seats brought $25 apiece.
COLONEL SELLERS didn't make the
English laugh. The kind of fun they
appreciate is to see q man fall down
flight of stairs and upset waiter carry
ing tray of dishes. -Boston Post.
SOME Chicago actors planned to make
sport of an ambitious amateur by having
him appear in the principal part OF the
old farce, 'The Spector Bridegroom"
which was advertised as '"The Wander
ing Demon of the Grave" an entirely
new piece. They personated the other
characters in manner intending to
bring down the ridicule of the audience
upon the amateur, but he completely
upset their plan by excellent acting.
DUTCH Actors. their return to
Rotterdam the Dutch theatrical company
that recently visited London was well
coined with open arms. The President
OF the Dutch National Dramatic League
said, among other things, that slime
was when an Englishman sneeringly ex-
claimed, Drink his beer and smoke his
pipe, that's all the Dutchman can do,
but it is no longer necessary for the
Dutchman to add, and burn his vessels,
too. According to a Dutch weekly
journal, "a bald-headed, aged English
man, accompanied by an interpreter,
called on Miss Beersmans when she was
in London and asked her to marry him.
The sutton was Lord Richardson, one of
England's highest nobility"
The Washington Post says: "Cincin-
natl deserves commentator for an
achievement deemed impossible few
months ago. That city has shown that
musical college can live, not merely at
poor dying rate, as good old DIR.
Watts has it, but live with abundant life
andprosperity without Theodore Thomas
We have no intention of saying anything
disrespectful of Mr. Thomas He has
done great work in this country and
his fame is secure. But we do object to
the notion that any one man is indispen-
sable to the success of any great institu-
ton. AS rule it is good time to dis
pense with the services of any man when
he begins to act as if he could not posi-
bly, be spared.
Miss NELSON visited this country six
times, appearing here for the first time
in the fall of 1872, and, although it is
not positively known what amount she
carried away with her each time, it is
known that $37, 900 was the smallest sum
ever Melted in single season, while one
of her series of performances gave her a
net result of nearly $50000 Miss Neil
son must have cleared in this country,
during her six trips, about $3.50, 900. She
did not take all of this amount out of the
country, however. In 1872 and 1878,
when real estate was at its highest and
real estate speculation was rampant she
was induced to invest about $40, 900
the panic. The collapse came, real estate
went dewn, and in the depression that
followed Miss Nelson became alarmed
and closed out in the summer of 1877 at
loss, including lawyers fees, of about
$4,000, it is understood. Even with
this loss herf fortune must still be reckoned
at about $780, 900, irrespective OF jewelry
and wardrobe; and it will be an interest
ing question to whom it will pass. She
had no blood relatives i'll this country as
far as known, and there are consequently
no known heirs of consanguinity.
Miss NELSON was married ten or
twelve years ago to a Mr.. Philip Lee, an
Englishman The union was an unhappy
one; and in 1877 she obtained a divorce.
Naturally, with her beauty and fame,
she has had many suitors for her hand
since then, and among them was an Off
Ger who stands high in the British naval
service, and is member of the house
hold of the Prince of Wales. This gen.
tleman, somewhat Miss NELSON'S senior,
was infatuated with the actress, and
made overtures of marriage to her. The
affair came to the ears of the Prince,
who intimated to the Admiral that, If he
married Miss Nelson, she would never
be received at court, and it would proba-
bly, ruin his career The gentleman in
formed his royal master that he should
marry the lady, if she would have him,
whether it exiled him or not, and the
Prince must take his own course about
recognizing them afterward Miss Neil
son declined the honor, however, giving
her reasons in these words, peculiarly
those of women "If L respected the
man less, l would marry him; rs it is,
cannot-he would bore me to death in a
year" Another suitor was more success
full. It is known that in August last, just
before she sailed for America Miss Neil
son was privately married i'll London to
Mr.. Edward Compton, the actor who
supported her in leading parts last year.
1t thus appears that the question of the
distribution of her fortune is a compli-
Gated and delica te one.
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