The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-11-11
THE STAGE.

How TO turn peoples heads-come to
n concert late in pair of speaking
boots.
CARLorrA PATTI and NJ. De Munck
'(her husbanD are Jeted everywhere in
Australia.
Miss FLORENCE MARRYATT is giving
public readings in England, and talks Of
coming hither for the same purpose.
A VOLUME of "reminiscences Of the late
Ole Bull is to be made of materials
which the violinist left with his family.
PRoF. NORTON, Of Harvard College,
ON account Of i'll health, has been obliged
TO give up his lectures on fine arts this
year.
FREDERICK SwAB has received 81 SOC
from Sarony for the exclusive privilege
Of photographing Bernhardt in Amer
lea.
Lucy III. HOOPER writes from Paris
that virtue on the French stage means
alpaca gowns, n cab to drive in, and
onion soup in q garret.
For his comedy of Black-eyed Susan,
which still holds the stage, Douglass
Jerro,d received Just what Milton did for
Paradise Lost-twenty-fiv dollars.
NEw HAVEN, Ct, is proud of its opera
houses. 1t has only about GO, 900 inhab-
itants, yet it has three opera-houses. Un-
fortunately, only one Of them is "grand "
opeIa-house.
Mr.. ABBEY is Napoleon among the
theatrical managers. He is bold and en-
terprising. He has arranged to bring
out the Passion Piay.-NeU York Conn
mercial advertiser.
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG is in Europe,
and one of the toughest problems in the
European mind to fathom is why she
will persist in ordering forty barrels of
american onions every month.
RIses are not to be worn on the first
finger Of either hand, says the latest au-
thority, but you can not convince the
young woman who takes off her gloves
at the theater that two of her fingers
were given to her for nothing.
1T is said that Anna Dickinson will
try by litigation to prevent Fanny Daven-
port from acting her play, An american
Girl, in any other form than that in
which it was written. BARLEY Campbell
threatens similar proceedings against
Frank Mayo with reference to Van, the
Virginian.
The stone which covers the grave of
Miss Nelson in Brompton Cemetery,
says the Echo, has already been sur
rounded by Towering plants and covered
with wreaths and immortelles, placed
there by the hands of loving and affec-
tionate admirers. At the head, pending
the completion of a suitable monument,
stands simple white cross, bearing only
the word "Neilson.
MoDJEsKA has been sued in London
for $50, 900, ON account Of her refusal to
come to America this season. She was
under contract to a manager for five
years. After performing in this country
three years he failed to provide her with
engagements for the fourth, and she
made London venture on her account,
meeting with great success there. She
claims that the contract was broken by
the manager, and he seeks to hold her
to il.
The German Crown Prince has been
the most popular of all the visitors at
The Passion Play in Oberammergau.
He stayed out the entire play, and
afterward told the Burgomaster that he
should never forget the performance, for
the impression made upon him was
greater than he could express. 1t is al
ready q tradition among the Oberam-
mergau peasantry that tears stood in the
eyes of "Unser Frisz" when he said
those words and grasped the Burgo-
masters hand.
THERE is now only one theater in the
country, the Boston Museum, where the
old system Of weekly changes of bill by
n stock company is maintained All the
rest, except the few which run plays for
long periods, are given up to travelling
parties. Actors never before earned their
pay so easily. With only half dozen,
or fewer, parts to study for an entire
season, and no rehearsals after each new
play is fairly started, the labor is almost
confined to the time actually spent in
the public performances.
IT is authoritatively announced that
the Tickle Patti has resolved upon selling
her Brecon seat, Craig-y-nos Castle, upon
which she has latterly spent a great for
tune. The reason for the proposed sale
is that Nine. Patti has been surprised al
the high assessment placed upon the
castle, and that she has been displeasec
by depredations made on her estate
The water works which she erected a
considerable expense have been de
stroyed, the river and land are poachet
upon for fish and game, and the poacher,
have had the audacity to come to tn,
door of the castle to offer their spoil fol
sale, and the keepers employed have
been frequently molested.