, 1881-08-21
Patchwork Plays at the Lea d.
ing Theatres.
Prediction that Charlie Thorne Will
Not Show Up in Chicago. :
Kellogg, EccuIlougl. Barrett, Sargent, abbey, aud
Eilly Flort1tc.
What Foreign Fame Costs-Amerlcan
Heiresses-Go Gossip.

once depend on getting our summers liot s4'o
strong, and winters straight and colo' 1lo"
to keen up the reputation Of the new WcaIncr
builders we have chills in August and sull-
strokes in December, and more klnds ol
climate sandwiched between Sunday ana
Sunday than would run all almanac for
rear It's nil on account Of this spirit OF propn-
ccr tt,et has sc!zed the weather breeders. They
must forctcli some convulsion of Nature, anu
Nature seems to conrulsc Oh their account
Here on Saturday VIC have the mercury rang
tnr the g]s in the icc-bo1, and Sunday we nre
shaking out tho wrinkles in wooleis aud tue
xamphor in furs. and getting ready for SNOW
e hich is predicted and evidently Is Gu route
The people arc rushing in from watering places
md country resorts where the landlords are tear
1nr their hair, having seen season oee1m soaae
now Leave oil so carly that, like the small couf-
iry tombstone, they woudcr what they were be-
gun for
:: coSEY 1s1ASn'' AT THE THEATRES.
And such cnticing weather as this IS 1or
theatres. If only the astute managers hal
cooIed something during the hot term which
would be worth having now. For many
wears James Collier has been "a thing Of
beauty and up to the Stt Of this month "a
foy forever" to New Workers; but it Is hard
TO forgive him the production Of I" Coney
Island; OF, Little Eulei's Prayer" For
weeks he rehearsel that dismal drama.
morning after morning; plying a paln1-leat
fan, he heard the dreadful efforts OF that fioun-
dcrtng Mcdonald to make PATCHWORK play
md vet overcome with the heat. or putting Ills
faith in panorama, be let it go on to the bitter
md + think the company must have been Gu
caret asked what they considered their greatest
success tn have becn and the piece built 10 give
te dse ,hsr Md Hd a cyr 5eaFe
Edwin Vary the HITLER, in :. Hazel h1rke, ".
n Allen is Soi,1 ShinMc, with Il flavor Of the
watermelon man thrown in. There's Gsorsc
Enjcht du1chman. Il dreadful sonr-ana- DANCE
-darky, i collection OF the standard goooy GU
men, and Ii beetle -browed scounnret, VINO VINO
grief in the last act And as If the play nee1ed
one final horror, little Ethel and her prayer we're
lisa strong end healthy play that can bear
the aycIa.e child actress with tho tle-likc voice
and the feet in the fourth position. "ConeS
Island had not The constitution 10 sustain Ihe
weight of little EtlssL-,te whole structure ieH
fat the first ni.ht,-and the inaugural perform
ance OF the fall season was 1allore.
"'EooMs FOR 1:EST.''
The same verdict was rendered at the Bl]ou
Theatre the following Monday III the case Of
"}soo:ns for Rent, ,''-another hodgepod@e
with about as much plot Us "Coney lsland,''
and the SAME claim to literary merit. 1t re-
mains to be seen what Mr. Rowe will 10 Tor
us in ..SmiH, with which Hnyerly reopens the
-A~AAA-" e-A'+
New I ork knows little about the origin OF the
na1oc which belongs TO Il series Of comic paFers
appearing the last TWO years In the London
It's rather hard on the stranger within our
gates who seeks TO see something new and good
When visiting the city- Outside OF the Two
Eoolk's, .-1he S.rate.ists at Havcrly's Four
1ecI,ih street establishment. and The Galley
tno Provinces most thorough. and do not seem
III reward Il second stttnE-out- 1t seems tne
Fu.nch have taken hold Of the business,
anierican anu :piay @ by Gerstrd, called ia Pa
tr,ote'' Introducing 3fon*1'ns''i"ytnn and scenes
in Philadelphia. Translate it. gentlemen Per-
laps after III: VIC shall have successful .Au1cr1-
car play written in French. as most ;ali tie sue
ctsstnl English plays have been.
cnt, ~ "a ;,,rcrnrct S1niG. potabiy q Miss Balfc,
projected As daughter of the late composer
Ihts young lady is said to be clever, and is Ger
naife'e daughtcr: Intimate friends OF the FINN
1ty know Of but one daughter. victoria, who
made great match many years ago However. yer
''Sn1in7 If her name turned out to be Jones in-
Btead Of Dalfe-
=. UNION SQUARE sQuABBLEs.
You are very likely to have Mr.. De Belle
Vile in place Of Tho1ne in the Union Square
company. Thornc is nicely settled III his cot
fageat Cohasset with 4 yacht to sail about in,
nnd has scntword that he will not leave before
the 18th for all Chicago. The part Of Daniel
11,c]ldt-eichty pagcs-has been given to Mr.
Uencyille, and he is unwillins'y swallowing it,
averrtng he will not play it, however, unless he
has Thorne's salary, and an apology made to
Chicago for putting him at three days notice
into 50 long aud responsible a par1
Miss Jewe1t, after consideration, agreed to 70
for one week for the one part IN "Rochat. but
that was before she heard Of the defaicauon o!
Thorne, which tuay alter her dcterminauon-
Bellcviile is good actor, Of fine presence. but
ha11CaQIh.3 fhH his marked accent.
however, we must tolerate that ucfect III THO
men, as VIC have in 50 many women.
over TO I'LL the plnce OF Modjcska. has PRO
nounccd 1,roguc, ruther worse than Nodjcskas.
but she is Il younger and prcttier woman. when
must compensate for unintclllgtb]e clOcuhon
and less talent than the graceful Polish actress.
NOT FOL. 'Jo."
4 good many years ago wehad fat. little,
dummy cirl with a pleasant lace doing Car
Inc in tie BLACK Crook.:' III that she evi-
denced little ability, buE some time after she
blossomcd out as 4 star i'll London. She
seemed to have but the one part, but to that
she has clunS for several seasons, and now Mr..
Sargent is to star her in the United States
What Miss Jenny Lee will do here with Poor
Joe remains to be seen- Rachel Noah has dpnc
the part acccptahly in .1anauschek,s version ol
=. Bleak House, the same used by Miss Lee, and
tho Yankees did not seem to take very kindly to
the unpleasant spectacle OF = pret'y woman
dirty. dying Doy-
Tie immortal Dickens docs not dramatize
we'll The only clear, sweet, unmodeled play
eyer built from Il Dickens story Is that Of the
...Crickct on the HEARTH" but that stOry. is tho
only orc OF ulI the novels admitting successful
treatment. The characters arc 50 few, tho ac-
tiou covers So short time and the plot so ur-
involved that II straightforwurd charming puy
was readily made of it.
The proper drz1natization Of. " Bfeak House"
would require the Chinese sy5tcn+-it would run
comfortably through twelve nightly perform
AnCcS- ...-
al we'll Dickens did enough for US without
furuishtut. material for plays I had OCCASION
The other day to visit a ward Of Il city hospital
and could not help but notice TINT out Of twenty
six books the couvalcscing patients were rehu-
Ing fifteen OF them we're novels by Charles
Dickens ...
q most useful and interesting volume mas
lately been complied by Felix E0ntanc, of the
Iie,nid+ entitled Best Thoughts OF Dickens
1t is ALPHABETICALLY arranged. after tho fashion
Of IL Concordance, but the extracts are long
enough to be interesting, and, like q piece OF
boarding. house beefsteAk, just big enough to
u make You seek for more. As starter for a
course OF reading can recommend it.. for l
carclcsly dip into its pages, read an extract so
delightful that five minutes more find the spot
where it left oil the novel and pursue the story
for chapters
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There's one great nuisance you Chicago
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European traveller. He don't get out West