New-York tribune., 1880-02-22

been married twice and is anxious for thlru erm'
The elopng partv and their pnrsueTs meet on Doafd
! the Long Island Sound steamer Bristoi' ne
"elopers" IN order TO avoid detection, assume uls-
ruises. Amusing incidents occur ana at last the
parties are discovered, and Mrs. Obren, DaVihg
nccn BROUGHT 10 a forRIving mood, consents 10 tue
uuptials and hoth her daughters are united with
tie men tbev love Ii Is in the cabin OF the Bristol
thrl tie fun takes place. Upon this thread 0f the
/ story are strung musical gems, specimens
oi eccentric acting. selections from operas
/ PAROLES. and character sketches and songs.
Oo recent occasion III Cincinnati Mr.. Leonard
! q. over. appearing ID his farce Of " Our Boarding
Hop~c.D ID uocd the parts of Horeh and ". l.
Etrator Mr.. II. Little appeared as Gttbpod.
Nessrs Gilbert Il ID sullivan have formed four COM
I,lles, designated respectively A. B, c, and D, TO
sing The Pirates Of Penzauce.' Company Is
the one now singing at the Fifth Avenue Theatre;
/ Company Is IN Philadelphia; Company is as
signed to jersey. etc. and Company d, which sang
last night al Buffalo, VIII proceed INTO the West ana
| south The Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadel-
| pima. has passed INTO the hands of new manage
ment-that of of W d. Gemmlll. A. j. Bum, and
| lhIrd partner name not given. he firm is styled
! GrmmIl a. Bum. a Scrap Of Paper was re-
| vved at the Chestnut. las weck...--." Drnk, as
a.ted by the Boston heatre Company, has met
!
Louis. MIR Emmett VIII next present the play
going pubhc with Fritz Among the Mormons
..L Levy will play upon his cornet at COney
Island. next Summer. .. Mention is made Of
new drama by John Br ugham, entitled Home
| Rule or Justice tor Ireland "......r The death o1
| George T. Rowe an old actor, long associated Win
the Southern stage, Is recorded. MIR. Rowe died IN
New-Oreans. aged elgh;y-one. lie was, we be-
! heve native of Philadelphia. and went upon the
stage in lS26. For the past thirty years he has
| lived in New-Orleans Pauline Markham is men
toned IN the news from Arizona She had been
there in Pnafore Company. Mr.. E NJ Hol-
| land goes to London, tins summer with Mckee
Rankin's Company, to play the Pdrson. IN ] he
! Damtcs "....M Mr.. J. B. Studey has bought Mr.
Campbell, play of " The Vigautes '...... Madame
Janauschek is reported TO be very lll......The
Grand, the ilIlorula, and the standard Theatres
| in san Francisco, are closed. The Bush Street
! Theatre was Of late devoted to opera. Clara Nor
| ms is acting az BaldwIns, and she has a new play
entitled The soul of An Actress ...-..Ihc season
| al the Boston Museum ends May 81. The work
of dcnolsn and rebuilding the theatre will then
M once be started. Next Fall MI Montg
| Field will reopen the Museum. with stock com
pauy. as before. and viii pursue the same policy
! that has all along marked his management; thdt
ls he Will producc the est plays 10 The best mau
a..
"Fathcrland" Is soon to be presented at the Boston
! Mn,cum......1he FIRST representative Of Alirc, ln
! san Francisco. was Alice Dunninp.-at Magure's
! ODera House, April 27. 1874. Clara Morris first
plsvcd the part there. February l. 1870, at the
California Iheatrc......Mr Nambold Is ia Texas,
and quite ill.....We read that the present pet oi
the Russian Stage Is Barbara Panunoya kos,ack-
va kaji......A writer in Tie ChcIgo Ipfcr-ncc0a
states that Mr. S0thrru', right name is Douglas
Stewart This is an error. MIR. Sothcrns name is
| Soihrru The name OF " Douglas Stewart or
| stuart, was assumed by HIM. when he first went
upnn the stage; bat. after time. 10y the advice oi
j. W. Walldck. the veteran, he reverted 10 bls rea
name The salne writer asserts that the statement
- often made that Lawrence Barrett, real name
Is Larry Brauu gam Is untrue. This statement
| occurs IN Mr. L. AIstOn Browns theatrical bio
| graphIcal dictionary. called by the author His
| tory of the American Stage "a work which is ~
sense "a history and which contains many errors...-
A soothsayer in Cleveland, Ohio, has discovered
! that the acting of girl named Marie Wainwright
resembles that OF Fanny Kembe," and that
greatness not inferior TO that achieved by Fanny
| Krmbe" awaits tins young lady. Miss VAIN
| wright has burst upon Cleveland IN The Banker
! Daughter" 1.-The death is recorded Of stephen
| Lesser. for many years the manager Of the san
duskv. Ohio, Opera Housc....Mr. Bandmann Is this
| week in Detroit Fanny Davenport II said 10 have
earned ONLY $50. 900 this season--..-.lhe Memphis
Theatre opened last year on November II. for the
regular season. and it has had greater prosperity
than in any season since II was built. Every thing
tas succeeded . Sol smith Russell leaves his faith
er-ip-law. Mr Adams Oliver Optic" whose read
nps proved superb ous,-and rcjoins the Bergen
Family Of SWISS Bell Ringers on March l......We
read of new play By native drama1st OF Ice
land. which ia beautifully entitled "Sigrldeu
!
at the corner of Washington and Dover-ss.-wilI
Lcuccfor,h b be- called Hooleys Theatre. 1t will be
opsned bv Mr. Hooley. on March 1......Miss Nina
Varian, Miss Kate Meek. and Mr.. f {. Bangs bav,
heeu engaged by Mr Abbey TO act with Edwin Booth
| IT the Park Theatre, Boston. Mary Anderson has
bought a cottage at Long Branch. Mr.. and Mrs
&C. Williamson have been acting in "Pinafore,'
at sydney w The close OF Miss Nelson's engage
rncnt in Toronto. on February a. was sgnallzed bJ
n remarkable demonstration Of popular enthusiasm
The crowd, both around the theatre and within IT.
was great; and when the actress had come forth
an, entered her carriage the multitude unhitched
The horses from it. and almost 200 students of the
University drew it, bya rope, to the ROnn House
Miss Nelson had acted Jdlie and had made an If
! fecflug farewell speech. To reporter OF Ihe To-
roHtO Ndii who subsequently called 10 see her, she
spoke with freedom about her future plans "
well remember" sne said, the first speech made.
II was at Birmingham, years ago. MY scare OF the
proceeds OF that engagement amounted TO fonr shl-
iings | made the farewell speech. thanking the
audience for it's patronage. -Four years afterward |
returned TO that city, and at the same theatre, in
one week, cleared $1,000. But, why speak Of
money! ! would rather play TO % cents, knowing
that had the hearts of the audience with me. than
have thousands. and encounter coldness. Money is
| "A good thing TO havO, but there are two things IL
cannot buy, happiness and love" Being asked
about her future movements she said Il go TO
Boston. | have not been in that city for seven
years | was then the guest of the poet Longfellow.
for three days. From Boston | go to New-OrleaDs.
| ST. LOuis, Cincinnati, and san Francisco. return
10 New York and play for two three weeks, and
5 then shall be free have heard about the beau
p ties of the MuskOka Lake region and, Il my busl-
ness arrangements will permit, snail visit the
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