, 1880-07-25
( THE STAGE
Our Theatres-Painters and Dec
orators in Possession. -
Manager Daly's Trouble with His
Soubret, Catherine Lewis.
That fsWinc-Room'' Agency-Local
60, Items and General Gossip.
OUR TREATIES.

-, " OUR THEATRES.
The doors of every house in town-excap1
these of the Olympic-will be closed to tho pub
, lie during the coming week. This evening DAILY
Will give the last performance OF his four weeks
: engagement. That engagement has proved
fairly profitable .Augustin DAILY has shown Us
AN ArabIan Night 81 " The Royal MILDLY" and
i - Wives'' The first named, n farcica1 comedy
; Of decided merit, was finely played and taste
, fully set upon the stage So: was 1.-The hoyol
Middy"; but :" Wives the best specimen OF
comedy seen here In many oay-"as
neither cast nor presented ~lta eaae
care and completeness usually obsesFaule
in whatever this manager gives the PUBIC MI
Daily has also shown us whnt careful dr1llfnG can
DO with novtces, for many OF tho people IN MS
company never saw the stage practically until
the beginning Of the present season. bliss Ada
:. Rehan, Miss May Fielding, blr. Brand, Mt. Lacy.
among the new people, made favorable I'M
preston. while Mr. John Drew as the HGToun ~
Raaehtd Of An Arabian Night 81 and Miss cather->
fne Lewis as Agaes in "Wiyes" made popular
hits, Between DAILY and Catherine Lewis. or rather
between the husband of that actress, Mr.. Oscar
Arfvedson, q feud has been ringing. and at
one time during the past two weeks it looked as
II the thing would haye illuminated in the refu-
sal Of Catherine Lewis to continue playing.
However, the managerused diplomacy, and sue
ceeded in averting this. Miss LOWS, after much
misfortune at the beginning Of the present sea-
son, WAS fortunate enough to be cast for parts
which gave her opportunity She at once be-
came New York favor3t She began the sea-
son with s45 week. This was quickly increased
70 SIS, anu an agreement WIS made By which
DAILY Was to pay her S125 week next
season. But, like many another actress who
has suddenly found herself an idol, her good
fortune turned the lady's head. She listened to
tho advice Of injudicious friends. and became
through her husband so exusperAttngly eIactiay
and dictatorial that rupture e1sued between
her and her manager. Next seasons engage
Haverly Tomorrow will begin to redecorate
his house, and will have everything ready Ter
the opening OF the Union Square company on
Monday evening. the I'd Of August. - French
menr. Manager McVicker is sDaring no effort
70 make his auditorium one OF the most beauti.
guI 1t will be 4 fine example Of
decorative nrt- Work will be commenced on
Rooley's interior next week. Tho present style
Grand Opera House {Ham1in's, is rapidly assum-
ing shape. 1t is expected that the house will be
ready by the 18th, or at furttest the 2}d. Tho
manager hus not yet decided upon the opening
attraction Mr.. William Emmett, Of the
others ia the beauty Of his house is aeterlnined
that his position III this regard will be u1ain-
tnined. His decorations will be finished some
time during August, and he will open early In |
September. Robert Fox, late OF Pbladelphi.,, the
new lessee Of the Lyceum Theatre On Desplafnes
street, is pushing on the reconstruction Of that |
house. We believe the seating capacity will be |
to 20G0: In addition TO the theatres |
we huye mentioned there will be two or three
cheap houses running during the Winter,-fn al
next year, the largest number |
[hfCa 60 has ever had.