, 1881-06-19

aid turning over on Ills other clbow. ''on.:
| III tn. cillraclerS was the Nivc-presldent "f
| the Unlte.! States. Ne llad 4 man engages!
for this part. Il heavy tragedian,, nl'o would
! have DONE the part justier. Eut when t
| ..;lnt to read the lines lc threw up his coi1-
! tract. lie had taken the part Of .iudns
lscrtript in tile Passion Play he said, but
| he must draw the line somewhere, for he
over the cs'lltr, for It man to take his place,
but nobody w"utt touch it ut any pricc.'
The report that Nine: Iai,al1ScIlel Intended
! passing the summer in EUROPE WAS Incorrect.
She ,aclrd in Washington and Ealtilunrc last
week for john II. Furl's benefit. Iler list
nlaue 1T the Park Theatre next Wednesday
evening, fnr Mr.. Tylcr's benefit. after which
she will retire I" the country for the sum-
lntr. Among the cnSagenents for her colll-
Watcnt. Mcssrs: Shirley S'nit! tsiase inall-
a:.er} Il, f. Nlct.lan,in, anu j. r. Mcdonald,
and Miss Henrietta Irving.
Miss Giulietta .Artiti, daughter Of the we'll
know, oEar:ttc conductor, having abandoned
the opera ANA the conccrt-roont. has turned
successful debut IL" The Colonel'' 1T the
Prince ot Walcs' Theatre. The Era says:
y decided -sltcct.SS WAS achieved b., pretty
Miss t:i,liatta -Arliti as Olir, tho .rsthelic
wife Of iti':h;'1t t"rrcxtcr. Otirc, Of course.
n li,np lnt.' Miss -Ar'liu exactly caught
the spirit of tie part. She tlnpprtt,' anil
she sighed, ;lrls: she twct upon tho fact that
we may learn mich from Il teapot, and she
BECAME quite ton stupidity utter over tile
delights of the great god Pan i'll fashion most
aiyertlhg, While her ptlS!ngs hight have
formed Il delightful study tnr an artist. Miss
AU[!tl Is 10 he warmly eUmpiimenteu OIL Il
clever performances atu congratulated Oil all
untfeniablc Success"
Mr. Hill believes that hp has really dscoy-
fht
Matllcr. a1ul Nym Crinkle agrees with him.
The latter writes: ''On Tuesday morning
Mr.. Hill invited select party Of actnrs md
journalists to the Union Square Hotel. and
Miss Matpr gave another exhibition of her
powers. She rccited anil acted the Balcony
and Potion scenes from Romeo ana Juliet
ami the curse scene from Leah \ reporter
OF this paper WAS instructed to obtain frnm
the gentlemen, present their opinions Of what
veteran actor, said: + believe l have seen
everybody from Ellen Trees time since, and
I a'n free to confess that l never saw Il
woman with more native ability than Miss
Nlather shows. Willy, she ;lstol'lldcd me. l
consider her phenomenal: yes. sir, pheno-
mcnal.' Frank Mayo said: i was present
1T the dramatic recitation giye!, hy Miss
Math2r IN Tuesday morning, | have no
hesitation in saying that consider her very
wonderful. tton't knew that | ever saw !,
wo!l'an with more natural power and TALENT"
The Standard Theatre, New York, looked
dark AMI si:eary Tuesday night. Its pt,itler-
orS front doors cloSctl and It's street lamps
nlli:hted ut S:l3, tile time at which T. Eifilis
and Mernlaits,' Charles Browns comic: up
walk were ten or Twelve persons who were
discussing the play III question, H. e. FiSke,
4 tall Young man, with VERY naughty
manner. ilt"rn!ed Il Tribune reporter that
Browns money had given out. Ii was no
!ody'S business, lie said, how much Mr..
Brown owed pr where lie was. From other
sources it was learned that Mr.. Browns
,backer hecalnc convinced that he could make
M lnoncy: out Of Eltins and ,ternaitls,,'
was decided to CLOSE the theatre, although
Mr.. Brown had decided to run the ppere1ta
until autumn. The members Of the company
recsSe M te saIeS Up t. last Saturday
for the same time The members Of the COLL
lIatg vert: not Informed that the perform
ances were to be stopped until they went to
the theatre. 1t was stated that MIR, Brown
had left the city,
Union Square, New York nj this season Of
employment. One Of then! was interviewed
recently by Il reporter for the San, who
asked: Any new asprants for star honors:: ::''
IL should think so: Every actor WHO gets /;
11} nh Of aP2'a'fe II ;;'i roe ,h THINKS 81 he's the
they're altogether and preslmptuonsly fool. |
isli- Fdlks talk about the impossibility Of |
Jumping to the top Of the dramatic ladder, |
but it is done every season. There's young /
Curtis. Last year lie was playing utility |
parts 1T $40 Or ST. !, week. Now he is draw
ing crowds to the Fourteenth Street Theatre
us SAINT If PoSen, and his route for the |
Whole of next season is already made ont, |
and l don't sec how it can yield him less
than S25 600 clear profit. And there's Mary
Anderson. Did She ever step 0l any
round of the ladder except the top one She
was successful star from llcr very first ap-
pearance. She came from Louisville, you
know and now all Louisville is stat.e-strltck.
The number Of Louisville girls who have
come On to New York to get OH the stage is
prnuiginl1S. Several have secured openings.
Selma Fetter did, anil is acting out West
now. Annie Boyle and William Stafford,
now starring at the Windsor, are from Louis
willie. Statlor.l's real name is William
Schmidt. and lie is Il lawyer: Another as
l'lra'1t from the same city is Margaret Mutil-
ers. She is said to TIC wonderfully prnlliS-
ing, and has been engaged for six years byJ.
VI. Hill. the manager Of Den Thompson, who |
has put her under Steele MackHyc's tutclage |
for year. at the cntl Of which time she is 10
make liter debut With Il flourish Of tr,nlpets.
Another Louisville amateur who is here He
is Niit;l Datcllelcr, daughter OF the
Cashier of the Planters Bank. and Il great
beauty. Oh Louisville is aroused
POPE BOB,'S REt{G'ON,