Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-10

Inc DUlNudIQ AhN Auth tuVakoi n"s
Robson and Crane in 'Sharps and
Flats and the Two DromiOs' this
week. They drew the biggest hoEse
ever in the Globe theater, Boston,
on election night.
Mr. James 0'Neil is to receive $500
per week to play Christ in the Pas
sion Play soon to be produced in
New York, and he is new on his way
there to prepare for the part. Itpays
better now than it did in the long
ago.
Hazel Kirke, which will be played
here next month, drew a Sl40O house
in st. Louis last Monday night at
pope's theater. 4 very successful
week Is certain, over three thousand
dollars worth Of advance tickets hav-
ing been sold.
Marie Rozs says that she has known
a bright green silk costume Of homely
make 10 initiate against a singers
success. and hence she eOunsels young
artists to observe and accord with the
tastes OF an audience even in these
minor details.
Next Friday and Saturday a bril-
liant actress, named Julia A. Hunt,
will play at Nashville, and on the
,ame days Of the following week Jan
auseheek will appear in the same
,ity. The tragedienne opens here on
the following Monday,
When Jenny Lind visited America
the famous carricaturist Cham
amused himself by representing an
American walking shout with his
hand in a glass case. Il do not use it
any longer" said the American, since
Jenny Lind has shook a."
Thirteen distinct telegraph boys
stood in line at eleven o'clock last
Thursday night in front Of the Chest
nut street, Philadelphia, theater to
await the opening Of the box Office at
ten o'clock Friday morning for the sale
Of seats for the Bernhardt season.
Clara Morris was taken very i'll in
New York last Friday night, and
could not 60 through with her part.
The audience was therefore dismissed
at half past nine. The actress reeoy
cred in time to witness Sara Bern
hardt in Adrienne' On Monday
night.
Full 1900 people attended Booths
New York theater Monday night last
when Sara Bernhardt made her debut
in America. The actress made a pro-
found impression and her success is
assured. After the play Gilmore's
band of sixty-fve pieces serenaded the
great srtiste.
Two ladies' went TO see Clara Morris.
In one Of the most affecting passages
of the play, when the whole house was
hushed in stiffness, one lady who had
been using her opera glass attentively
remarked to the other. Pooh The
trimming on her dress is nothing but
Hamburg edging."
The taste for Molliere is steadily
reviying 10 France, as vas proven by
the successful favor accorded Ia
Lully's music and the minuets of the
day. as illustrated in the recent bicen-
tenary festival Of the Comedy Fran
caise. The series Of classical plays
are, therefore, to be continued, says q
cbleagram to the New York Herald.
There was a theatrical performance
in San Francisco; a baby in the gal
lery began to s3reech so loudly that
the actors were quite thrown out, and
the manager, to drown the ehild''
cries, babe the orchestra strike up .
loud tune, whereupon a miner who
had just come in shouted out: Here
| say, stop them darned fddles; ]
haven't heard a baby's voice for sever
years
Edwin Booth met a cordial recep
ton at ihe Princess theater, London
last Saturday night. His acting il
the ghost scene OK Hamlet excited
great enthusiasm, and he was called
before the curtain at the close Of tn,
first act, twice after the second &C
and again when the performance ter
minated. The theater lessee made
speech thanking the audience for theiN
appreciation Of the American actor.
Tho Child ofthe State drewpoor
" at New Orleans last week, TIL,
Alice Oates party opened at the ST
Charles on Monday, following Tagli
/, pietras opera troupe, which enjoyed
! a week Of bad business. The Time
says his company cannot sing grand
operas and that a prima donna and
light baritone do not make an oper,
! company, while a band of fifteen o.
, twenty musicians do net always max,
good music.
! The French opera opened in New
Orleans for the season on Monda,
r night last with Robert lie Diable.
. Full sixty thousand dollars was sub
scribed tQward the enterprise by tn,
citizens before the troupe were en-
. gagged. The old time love of musi
o has always prevailed at New Orleans
/ but until now the people were to-
! poor to keep the French opera going
, Even shoemakers and shop keepers 0
! all kinds are among the subscribers
Z The company includes one hundre,
! and fifty persons.
1 Late news from abroad is to tn
g eject that Mr.. Sothern, the actor, ha
r a chance for his life, but his ultimat
recovery will require a long time an,
skillful medical attention. He ha
4 been suffering with abcess and
surgical operation was deemed neces
, sary. Sir VIM. JOINER, Sir jaime
r Paget aud Prof. Simpson have beel
consulted and decide against the US
f., OF the knife. Those who have know
| Mr.. Sothern in this country, will b
= pleased to learn that one who has don.