Daily globe., 1881-01-16
AMUSEMENT NOTES.


Fanny Davenport will delight the St Louis
ans this week in her old roles. u
Salisbury's Troubadours are drawing
crowded houses at New York.
Robson and Crane will be in. Virginia this
week. They are coming money.
Camilla Urso, the lady violinist, has joined
the Mendelssohn Quintette club.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons was thrown from car
riage last week and was badly bruised.
Alice Atherton has temporarily retired from
the "Sparks" lcombination. It'll boy.
Agnes Leonard is sinking money. As a
star she does not shine with great brilliancy.
Gounod's new opera 'Tributde Zamora,"
will shortly be produced at Paris 1t is said
to be his greatest work.
|, New Orleans will have two weeks of Stra-
kosch & Hess opera. company, the engage
ment beginning tomorrow
Edwin Booth complains at the climate of
London, which he finds much more dis
tressing than that of New York.
The only troupe of genuine Arabs ever in
this country are billed for the Opera house
on Friday and Saturday evenings.
The suit of Bartley Campbell for libel against
the Dramatic News haSbeen concluded, bnt
decision has not yet been rendered.
There are three companies on the road play
ing BARLEY Campbell's "Galley Slave" and all
are meeting with fattering success.
Miss Helen Tracy, who SO ably supports
John Mccullough, was the recipient of 81 900
in cash from that artist on Christmas.
Emma Abbott spent last week in Brooklyn,
but refused the overtures of Beecher to give
her instructions in paroxysmal kissing.
Mary Anderson is going to act in London
next year. She will not find the critics there
as indulgent of her faults as they are here.
Carmen" proved to be the most popular of
all the operas produced at Her Majesty's Opera
House, London, during the present season.
Mapleson's Italian opera season at Philadel-
phia is proving very successful. The receipts
thus far have averaged over $1,000 night.
Seibert's Sunday evening concert at the
Athen@um tonight promises to be an unusu-
ally good one. The programme is excellent.
Ben Maginley will begin the week as the
deacon in John Haberton's IS new drama, 'Deacon
Crankett" at the Grand Opera house, Chicago.
Maude Granger has done a profitable bust
ness at Milwaukee during the week, and con-
fides to a reporter that she likes the city-and
its beer.
| Sara Bernhardt did neat bit of advertising
at Chicago on Thursday night by fainting on
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exertion."
| Wagner's music is becoming popular at
Paris and Vienna-the first. Indication we have
had that the people of those capitals had an
ear for discord.
The favorable notices Of Sara Bernhardt are
probably explained. She purchased three
Colts revolvers recently while inspecting the
works at Hartford.
| Rev. Samuel G. Smith will lecture at the
Opera House on the 2Sth inst, for the benefit
of the Woman's Christian Home. His SUBJ
ject is "The Medici."
John Mccullough, playing at Philadelphia
in opposition to Bernhardt, realized $4,000 in
one week-the largest weeks receipts in his
whole dramatic career.
Fanny Davenport has abandoned "An Amer
ican Girl" She made no money out of it, but
was obliged to pay Anna Dickinson $4,000 for
the privilege of playing it.
| calvin Joslin" has proved a drawing card
at Hooley's, Chicago, during the past week.
| Rice's Bijou Opera company will begin brief
| engagement tomorrow evening.
Mary Anderson closed her engagement in
New York, q very successful one in "Meg Mer-
| illes" Her rendering of the part was almost
equal to that of Charlotte Cushman.
! Bernhardt's second week in Chicago prom
ises to be even more profitable than her first.
| There is a perfect craze over her performances,
even though the ministers have not abused
| her.
| ''The Pirates of Penzance" have, taking one
consideration with another, done good bust
ness at Haverley's Chicago theater. They
will be followed tomorrow night by the
| Mastodons.
! Boston Post: When Soldene is in Buffalo,
prominent citizens can't tell at night if it was
| clear or cloudy day; but they know what
piece she played. That's how it takes hold of
| Buffaloafers.
The reason Abbey gave up the production of
| the Passion Play is said to have been because
he could find no one in New York to whom he
could intrust the thirty pieces of silver and ex-
pect to see them again.
Hattie Moore is new candidate for public
favor hailing from Frisco. She is said to
sing and act well, and has pretty face and
figure. The latter accomplishments will cover
a multitude OF defects.
Philadelphia Mirror on Sells circus The
Sells Brothers were auctioneers of cheap cloth
ing, etc. Their name is so very expressive,
and contains, in itself, such world of mean
ing, that it is not necessary to say more than
"The coat fits like der paper on de vail"
At Louisville last night benefit was given
by the citizens to John F. Macauley, the pop
ular manager of Macauley's theatre. A large
and enthusiastic audience was present. and the
very best local talent participated. 1t was an
unusual demonstration, and the largest benefit
ever given in Louisville.
A large and salacious crowd of men and
boys gathered at the Opera house last night to
see the ''high kickers," otherwise Sullivan's fe-
male minstrels. They went expecting to see and
hear something coarse and vulgar, and their
only disappointment was that it was not as in
decent as the audience hoped for.