, 1880-03-28

WIS named private secretary to De Morny, anu
cuulc to solicit on behalf Of his father, who was
IN the 3Iorzas prison, with batch OF lcglslators t
what his Menusats, surname vas ,,r re fs;1r ~ y
is customary for the sons to bear their father
name" Wus it not terrible? for De Morny wLs
the sun OF the con,tc dc Finhat.t, and Lcopnd le
Hon WITS presumably the son Of dc Atori'y wnnsc
son OF the Dutch Admir1l Vertmel. But tho
Gontesse has gone over TO o. the major Ha,
Of Of The most brilliant society Of scolu'rcls that
who had been dictator To tho Prime Minister of
| I'LL Empire, and mistress Of moneys ,1ncnuntc'l:
| has died IN Il tifth-tlo0r lodging, penniless and
| forgotten.
| THE MEMBERS OF THE SAVAGE CLUB
were lincd by the Lord Mayor in the Egyptian
Hall nt the Mansion House on Saturday evening,
and had Il high old time. The Sarnscs are cl'lb
Of literary and drnats isohenns mere h; gticn
this was the first time they ever left the shelter
! Of their wigwan1, though, us have snid, they
| The Lord Mayor proposed the health and longcv-
ityo Of the Club, md compared the SuvaSes to the
| old club that met IN the Mermaid Tavern IN
| Fletcher, Sir Walter lsaleish, md other men Of
like character made famous, and to the ono
which ltare Ben lomson was wont to lead ut It, The
guests, and utter he had tiekled tt the
vanity OF tho Lord Mayor 2u1ncicntN- MF.
| Charles Dickens. the treasurer Of the Snvnges,
| rr,sc and proposed the health OF that dignitary
His I.ordshjp Was forthwith elected an honorary
4 f the ean The CLIP EYES rs hasc
| life hus been portrayed by Johnson. Apropos Of
literary clubs: new Editors. Cln6 hns MS beca m
another, to be called the Junior Arts, I believe,
] is already IN process of organization John
Hollinsshcal and Edmund Yates nre interested M
| in the Junior Arts, which will hnye splenfl!
| rooms III the very midst Of the literary and
theatrical life that centres in the Strand.
-soTHEnSs NEW PLAY.
Has there been anything published in America
Sothcrn? Somebody Is ind,strously circulating
Il variety Of pars here concerning It,. Remember
ing thnt Sothcrn returns to England IN fne sum
piece carly i'll the fall, presume these cNtraor-
binary notes are put forth MS preliminary
They are very ridfsutos b;s sxs
that the new comedy, which Is described us one
of wild absnrdity, has cost him 3,OoO glinens,
and that, although ho hns paid the meek oa Gilbert
| now. Bless me, what long tas our cats have
got! Look at this, oh yc Of little fntth, scotters
comedy and the owner, who does not yet know
if it will he success, would not tnkc twice that
for it! Oh! ye dear public ask no questions and
mind ut'out recalling that the last play the same
author wrote for the same actor was Il tnilure,-
that doesn't count. The title given BY Mr: GIl-
Sothern. however, prefers ..shogner's Fairy"
the explanation or which will be afforded when
h ses bis F1v 10 te pess wa
by Mr. Gilbert for Mr. sothern to console that
genteman for the failure Of his trs comedy, W 1.-The
h vmnc tb vag beforc
last, Sothorn having purchased the, American
right to the latter piece, and declined
Three thousand euincns for the new piece, and
wouldn't tuke G0O0,-it is delicious. I wonder
whether the modest author asked the sum or
perhaps tho negotiation took this faniliar form:
Gilbert-Three thousand guincas-well?
G Fnr tSrcc SIR actf9 f9r tRefG Wc? acts
Soth-For which, as told you, Dundreary
SThseo thoussaa "aS eneas 6c for th5fs IS tn asfs
cient. / thiuk may sign the bond.
Somebody. too, has been uuknd enough to
compare Gilbert to Ben Jonson by darcgarding
Mrs. Aia1aprops dictum and contrasting this
modern rate Of payment for dramatic work with
told Drumnond. of Hawthornden, " OF all bis
plays he never gained 9SO0.'
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.
So much for Gilbert and Sothern. But they by
no means exhaust the gossip of the hour. Ten
Wing will produce at tho Lyceum;, The Poet
Laurentc's lust dramatic venture, :" The Falcon,
now withdrawn from the stage Of ST. James,
An Indian potentate long resluent in this coun-
Try, tho Slutnrnjah Dhulcep Singh, IS busily en-
gngcd III composing the music OF an opera on an
Indian subject, the libretto By clever arthur
Matthison. He has completed the SECOND act
and Is now occupied with the third; The opera
is to bo given in London ut the rich Indian s own
cxpensci
kubiustcin's Nero will be the cnlet attfac-
tion at the Italian 0pera this season:
Sothcrn has sent check Tor ~ gl1aneas 70 toe
fund which is being raised for the Deneft or the
widow and children Of Mr.. Egerton, late stage
manager Of the Dublin TheAtrc Royal, who was
burned to death in the fire that destroyed tnat
building. .....
Alma Tadema, tho painter, is designing new
dresses for 1rving's Forthcoming revival OF
"Coriplan,ls' ....
The Hornet, Steve Fiske's old paper, has Dllzzcd
its last buzz and sttng its last sting. 1t has
passed over to the shades habired by defunct
Journals Neither Fleet street, where it was
thought little OF. nor the public will miss it
much Originally local print, it into the
bands of Fiske tyyho made a tolerAbe success Of
it, and beca,ne notorious by libel suit in which
Clement Scott figured Us plaintiff. The libeouS
article us | remember it, was called "War-
Office Criticism" and, among other things,
nccnsed Scotr of writing his dramatic
rritIcjsms for the Daily Ttletuuph at his
desk in the War Office where he was
m eu,nloy. Since Fiske suddenly disappeared
to Anterior the nnpcr has constantly changed
honGs. in fact. MS Y'frt{t once remarked, it has
Ind more DrourietOrs than renders
- ca Clnchrs in (@orncyillc :" IL Chimes Of Nor
manuy'J, nftcr having run two years at the
Globe ia to be withdrawn
Byron's new comedy, 1.-THE Upper Crust" will