The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-01
DRAMATIC NOTES.

LoTTA's French is so bad that they
thought in Paris it was Arkansas English.
GERsTER's baby is sung to sleep with
thousand dollar songs. -NeW York
World
A LEADING actor declined an invitation
TO fight duel ON the ground that he
didn't believe he would make hit.
HENRY LEE will be the leading sup
port of Fanny Davenport this season.
There-there was a gentleman named
Price.
MISS CARRIE HOWARD, variety actress
is the heiress of $50, 900, the estate of
in Yorkshire, England.
If Joe Emmett could be induced to go
without liquor for forty days he would
be almost as great a curiosity as DIR.
Tanner.-Philadelohia Chronicle.
KATE SANBoRN is an Eastern girl who
is having excellent success in the lecture
field. One of her best lectures is on the
"Spinster Authors of England.
MUCH of the material of Al the
Rage has evidently been drawn from a
German comedy, by Wilkens, entitled
II'' f~"oWO Uoo L"1oo' \ihO A<ioh VI
the Day.
MADAME PATTI, who is at Aix-les-
Bains, France, is suffering from an affec-
ton of the knee, but not enough to pre-
vent her fishing for crayfish, which is
said to be her favorite amusement.
"MARY ANDERSON" may sound well to
Kentuckians; but it's too singular to
take generally Sarah and her sons"
though, is what's plural enough to cover
the whole wide world -Netspor (Ky.)
State Journal.
AS Lydia Thompson grows Older
more fully developed sense of propriety
induces her to wear more clothes upon
the stage. She has lately donned an
other finger ring. Quincy Modern
ArgO.
The son of the celebrated banker,
Baron d'Erlanger, Frederic Erlanger,
virtuoso of twelve years of age, made his
debut as a pianist at the Casino at Deau-
vile, France, week before last, by exc
cutting concerto of Mendelssohn.
BEFORE she appeared on the stage,
Miss Nelson served as q bar-maid ut q
little French cafe, the Cafe de IL Re-
gence, i'll Windmill street, Haymarket,
where she first learned French, ard left
behind such reputation for beauty that
all the bar-maids of the cafe ever after
called themselves Lillian.
THE New York correspondent of the
Buffalo Courier writes: Whether Bern
hardt will do as well as Miss Nelson did
remains to be seen. No one has any
wish to the contrary, but, on the other
hand, no one will be surprised if the &c
centric Sara fails to draw quite as well as
Manager Abbey appears to expect. The
cost of her engagement will be enormous,
and perhaps she will not make a sensa-
ton after ALL 1t will take at least 81, 800
a night to clear expenses. Bernhardt
will dress wonderfully, no doubt, but
fine dressing alone is not enough to in
sure success. Miss Nelson spent an i'm
mense deal of money on her wardrobe,
but her pretty face and pleasant ways on
the stage were more effective than all her
satins and diamonds. An actress of any
note at all must dress extravagantly
nowadays, but even the best dresser
must have more than that to commend
her. She must either have genius or
beauty. Bernhardt certainly has not
got the latter. She may have genius,
but it is not yet quite certain that her
genius, supposing that she has it, is the
right sort for the American stage. How
ever, for the managers sake, if no more,
it is to be hoped that Bernhardt will
make hit at the start and keep it up.
He has taken big risk, and if anything
goes wrong it will not be an easy matter
to make it right again.