Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-08-16
NOTES ABOUT THE PLAYERS

The Vokes family will probably re-
visit this country next season.
Mr.. John T. Raymond will sail for
home on the I'd Of September.
Milton Mobiles opens at Niblo's New
York, tonight with The Phoenix. "
Lolita is coming home from abroad
in a week or two, and opens in Mon
treal next month.
Clara Morris will open her season in
Philadelphia September 10, and goes
thence to Boston.
Miss Adelaide Nelson has oonclud-
ed an engagement at the London Hay
market, and will open in the fall.
Salvini has been engaged to appear
in America, and a company is already
in process of organization to support
him.
The Olympic theater on Broadway,
New York, has been torn down. The
Park theater has been altered and
handsomely reftted.
The last words of Il. L. Davenport,
the actor, "Our Father who art in
heaven" are to be inscribed in a mon
ument over his grave.
The managers in the east and north
are rather crowding the season, and
many are opening a month or more
sooner than is likely to prove to their
interest.
The Miles juvenile opera troupe,
which is to be here after a bit, has
been playing "The Little Duke" and
Pinafore during the past week at the
Highland house, Cincinnati.
Mile. Isadora Martinez, whose three
years contract with Mapleson's opera
troupe began in London last May, ar
rived in New York a few days since.
by the steamer City Of Brussels.
Maggie Mitchell's father, a robust
and rudy old gentleman of seventy
eight, resides at Long Branch, in the
house of the actress, and each morn
ing takes a walk of from eight ia
twelve miles, just for exercise.
Lawrence Barrett has appealed Ia
the theatrical profession to resist the
effort to break Edwin Forests will
so as to save the Home for Actors
near Philadelphia, for the infrm
members Of the profession, as Forrest
desired.
Arbuckle, the cornet player, has or.
ganized a concert company as follows
Miss Lizzie Il. Arbuckle, soprano
Miss Annie r. Beere, contraIto; Mr.
Willet Seaman, baritone; Mr.. NJ. Ar.
buckle, cornet; Mr.. George w. Colby
musical director.
Our German Senator" on the lisi
for this city during the season. will
open in New York next Monday, witt
John klckaby, manager, Gus Viii.
liams, chief player, John Robb, genera
assistant, and nearly all of the ole
company on the list.
Zelda Seguin, though recently mar.
RED again, is to remain with the
Abbott troupe. The money she earn
ed in years gone by all went by will t,
her mother-in- law, and the old lady i
mift because the songtress chose I,
take a second husband.
Efforts are in progress to heal differ
ences between TheO. Thomas.and tn,
directors of the Cincinnati conserva
tory OF music, so as to secure his re
turn to the college. Mr.. Max Maret
EEK has been rendered an importan
position in the same institution.
Dan Rice is busy at Cairo, Illinoi,
with his steamboat, the Champion
into which he is putting seats an.
! scenery, for his coming season.
= will be called the Floating Oper
House and Museum" and the alters
tons and outit will cost a round sun
The Park theater, Philadelphia. i
to open tonight with John Jack an
+ Anna Ferman, in Civil Marriage
and the Walnut street theater wi
also open with "Uncle Toms Cabin.
, The q. l.. Graves combination at
pears at the latter theater next Nor
day with their new attraction, "Fou
Seasons"
( An effort was made the other nigh
to capture the ticket wagon of Cole
circus, at Leadville, Col. A party q
/ rOughs drove up beside the wagon i
a buggy quickly unhitching thei
pair OF horses they attached them /
5 the ticket wagon and started off, re
Z g9rdless Of the yells Of the treasure,
who was inside. Fortunately a trac
e broke aud Cole & Co. are lust $500
ahead.
Q at the recent Savage club breab
( fast, IN London, Billy Florence sale
lime was when actors could neithC
get, breakfasts nor receive them, an
D with a double dismay of Door house
: they had to look forward to the noe
r house in the end. Though AmeriC
may have sent many had actors