Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
AMuSElGENT- NOTES.
What tho Playsrs sre Doing.

what tho Pl.ysrs sre Doing.
The New York circus is now in Boston.
Milton Mobiles opens in Philadelphia for
two weeks on Monday night.
This evening "The Argonauts of TO-
will be played in Columbia.
A live donkey and band OF colored vo-
calists appear in GOtthOld's Octoroon.
Tony Pastor will commence his annual
summer tour early in April, when he will
visit this city.
Pell and Lewis, song and dance men,
join the Watson-Ellis-Kcrnell combina-
ton ON Monday next.
Katie Putnam and company have gone
to Key West. They will also visit Cuba
and the Bahama islands.
George Cummings, acrobat, of this city,
will 90 out with Sells Brothers circus this
year.
There are two parties of acrObats of
three, each representing themselves to be
the original Leotard Brothers.
Will Stuart, New York journalist, will
60 on the stage shortly with travelling
company, which will play "The French
Flats"
F. S. Chanfrau and wife lost $4,000 by
the failure of the Grocers' bank of New
$25, 900 deposited there.
John NJ. Burke, the popular Irish come
dian, who is known as dublin Dan, :"
and has several times visited US, is lying
hopelessly ill in St. Joseph's hospital,
Philadelphia.
]. NJ. Hill, the manager of Den Thomp-
son, who is now performing in Boston,
spent 50, 900 on Sunday in advertising the
star in newspapers alone. His g adj in
the Boston Herald occupied a whole page.
1t should be remembered that the E. b.
Washburnc, the candidate for president,
is not the veteran Snowman, formerly pro-
| prietor of Washburne's Sensation, -
though E. 3. has son who ran circus
while his father was French minister.
The proprietor of the WilliamspOrt
opera house is sensible man. He will
not rent his house to "blonde" shows or
troupes playing "Uncle Toms Cabin. -
He thinks the public has had enough of
of both.
Capt. Otis Whitcomb, from Swanzey,
N. H., now 95 years of age, the man to
whom Denman Thompson is indebted for
the suggestion OF the comedy portion of
his character of Joshua Whitcomb," oc-
cupied box at the Boston threatre on
Monday evening.
The Columbia Herald says that Ford S
company will play "a Messenger from
Jarvis Section in that place shortly. 1t
adds that the troupe stands at the head of
the heap there and they will have a large
house. The troupe presenting that play is
| Mr.. Barney Macauley's own, and it is only
managed by Mr.. Ford.
The Florences have new play in which
Mrs. Florence can change her dress eleven
times. Whenever in the action of the
piece the time is taken up by the dialogue
of other characters the madame rushes
behind q screen and makes change. The
play is one that the muddled New York
critic would call ga creation of absorbing
human interest. .'-Pteoyune.
At performance Of the cantata of
ESTHER" in Dallas, Texas, 1hasuerus
was advised by somebody in the audience
not to "cut it too fat - The personator of
the great Assyrian went to the footlights,
and said " This is a religious show, and
you'll have to be decent. I'm Ahasuerus
just now, but after the show Pm Sam
Turner and, if any duffer would like to
cut it fat then, I'll give him a mighty
lively welcome
Joseph II. Mortimer, once well-known
variety theatre manager, in Philadelphia,
died in the insane asylum at Harrisburg, a
few days ago. lie was thirty-eight years
of age and was born in Harrisburg. His
last venture was with "Matt MOrgan's
Living Art Pictures, company which
visited this city twice. Ida Morris, the
dashing little seriO-comic singer, who was
with that troupe. is tho wife of Mortimer,
who became insane through business
troubles.
On Tuesday evening, during the play of
"Under the Gaslight," one of the young
ladies sat down and began reading letter.
After finishing it she took her eyes from
the paper and dreamily said "Who
ever heard of anything like that from a
lover" A little shaver in the gallery who
had been taking in the whole thing
yelled 81 did," The young lady was so
astonished at the prompt answer to her
heavy cOnundrum that she was unable to
proceed for few moments. The audience
loudly applauded the kid,
Francis N. Uffner & Co. will put good
show on the road, the main feature of
which will be Prof. John Tills and his
marionettes Chas. S. Rogers and Matte
Vickers, sketch artists; Miss Jennie Yea
mans and Louise Fox, the favorite ac-
tresscs, and J. D. Kelly, the musical Won
der. Col. T. r. Toole, who was last season
agent of Cooper & Bailey's circus is one of
the proprietors, and J. II. Laine, who was
ahead of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and
West for long time, will be the general
agent. They are both good men and know
how to run a show.
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