Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-01
.AMUSEMENTS.
What the Players Are Doing.


Lotta goes to Europe May 90.
Robert McWade is said to be poor.
Marriages in the profession have been
numerous this spring.
The Olympic theatre, New York, is to
torn out and changed into stores.
The League baseball championship sea-
son opens to-day.
Joe jefferson will give Grip Van Win
kle" at the opera house tonight.
d Haverly's Mastodons open in Pittsburgh
on Monday week. They will pass through
here on the Sunday before.
BARLEY Campbell, jr., son of the drama
tist, was recently appointed to cadetship
at West Point
Gus Bruno, late of "The Tourists"
takes Charles H. Drew's place in Gill's
"Goblins. r .0..s
Frank c. Bangs will play in the stock
company Of the Union Square theatre,
New York, next seaton.
Ten years ago Joe Emmett was playing
in variety theatres for $40 week. He aver
ages 50, 600 a week nowadays.
Louis James and Marie Wainwright will
travel with Lawrence Barrett next season
as leading support.
The pedestrian contest in Philadelphia
this week has been made a financial
success by Haverly's manager, Fred. En-
glehardt.
John Gourley, of the "Troubadours,'
goes with "Rice's Surprise Party" next
season, and Miss Helene Dungeon will re-
tire from the stage.
| "The Danites" was produced in Eng.
land for the first time on Monday evening
at Saddler's theatre, London, aud it made
a great hit.
It is reported that Mr.. E. E. Rice has
offered Nat Goodwin $500 week or hall
interest to travel season in his recon
structed "Evangeline"
Denman Thompson is having another
long run in New York with Joshua Whit
comb. The Sun speaks of the. play as
much improved and great success.
Mrs John NJ. Burke, the wife Of the
late original Dublin Dan, was married re
Gently to Harry F. Hall, the Yankee com
edian of Howorth's Hibernica.
The return billiard match between Slos.
son and Vignaux will not be played, Slos
son having left Paris some days ago
Vignaux will soon visit London.
]. H. Haverly has gone to Colorado will
a party of capitalists for the purpose of in
specting the mines controlled by the com
pany in that state. They expect to be ab
sent about month.
Buffalo Bill wrote to John A. Stevens
who is writing play for him, the othe
day: ~ want the plot to consist of jack
ass, an Irishman and a nigger-mountain
if possible" With this intelligent idea
: Mr. Stevens will proceed.
The Mastodons will sail for Englan'
!, July 18th, on the steamer Italy. The com
pany crossing the water will number 81
people, and will open at Her Majesty
/. theatre July 31st. The party will remail
abroad one year.
The circuses Of Cooper s. Bailey an
P. T. Barnum are opposing each other il
Brooklyn this week. They have floode
the town with programmes, SC Barnun
will stir himself when he gives bette
show than either Forepaugh IN or the Lon
don.
D. B. Hodges, formerly with Tony Den
ier, but who is now business manager Q
Haverly's Mastodons, passed through thi
city on his way to Pittsburgh on Wednes
day. He says he will leave for Europe i
June to make arrangements for the mir
strels there.
, The female stars have done the bes
business this year everywhere. Neilso
} and Lotta lead the list. the first havin
made about $40, 900 profit in all. Lott
will have made about 500, 900. Maggi
Mitchell, too, has done a surprisingly larg
business, the best she has known for min
years. Some of the old favorite male star
have fallen off wofuliy. Sothern, for in
stance. has done nothing anywhere. JET
: ferson's business is not more than hal
what it used to be. Booth, outside of tn
Boston and New York engagements, di
rather poorly for him. The Florences hav
made just living, and Lawrence Barret
has hardly made that. John Mccullough
on the other hand. has done better thai
ever-perhaps $4,000 for the season.
Dramatic Neus. The Neacs does not lik
, Florence nor Sothern and probably tha
is the reason they think their business ha
been poor.