Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-04

abroad.
John Mccullough is rehearsing Wing
fields Glove and Liberty
Rose Eytinge is said to receive $3.50
week in "Felicia" this season.
Lolita made great hit in her new play,
Bob, at the Boston Park theater
Sarony paid Patti 81, 900 for the exclu-
sive privilege Of taking her pictures in
America
Herman Meriuale is writing new play
for Ada Cavendish. 1t will be produced
at one of the London theaters.
Henry Abbey purchased 1900 yards of
carpeting for the Patti concert, in Brook
lyn. The affair was very gorgeous.
White, Smith and Company of Boston,
will soon bring out new American
opera in three acts, entitled Madame La
Font.
Edwin Booth has given notice to man
ayers that in consequence of the death of
his wife, he will not play in comedy this
season.
Next autumn Mr.. William Warren will
have been fifty years upon the stage, the
exact date of his debut having been Oct:
81, 1882.
Chas NJ. Collins and Miss Gertrude
Malmene, of the Golfers Bankers
Daughter Company No. 2, were married
at gainesville, Ohio.
The chorus for "Gdipus Tyrannus" at
Booths will be 200 strong. George Rid
die will personally train them to behave
like full blooded Greeks.
Mr.. A. R. Cazauran has just sold new
five-act comedy to Mr.. ]. s. Clarke,
which will be played in the Haymarket
theater, London. The price paid was
s., 1000.
Leonard Grover, Jr., takes out a COM
pany to play "Our Boarding House."
Among the members engaged are: Mafitt
and Bartholomew, Alice Placide and Jes-
sic Fremont.
Eleven professionals were lost in the
Clan Macduff steamer few days ago in a
terrible gale. They were en- route to
Bombay to fulfill an engagement for the
winter season.
During his tour in England and Amer
lea next season, Salvini proposes playing
"Moses,'' a drama which he purchased
many years ago of Ipolite d'Aste, the
author of 'tSamson."
Charles Herbert, of the Herbert Brother
gymnasts, has been married to Miss Isa-
belle Won Nuyse, professional lady.
The ceremony was performed at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, in Brooklyn.
Adam Forepaugh denies the report Of
his pooling issues with Barnum, Bailey
& Hutchinson for next season. On the
contrary, he says his show next season
will be much larger one than that Of
the past.
Mrs. Frank Chanfrau recently met
with an accident at Indianapolis in
which she came near losing her eyesight.
She has been compelled to cancel all her
engagements, and has returned to New
Y Ork for treatment.
It is said that drama has been written
upon the incidents of the assassination
of President Garfield. Such production
will, and deserves to meet with the same
fate as that written upon the assassina-
ton of President Lincoln.
A London dispatch says Mrs. Scott
Siddons has, in great measure, retrieved
her reputation by her impersonation of
Rosalind in GAS You Like IT, at the
Haymarket, which is as great a success as
"Queen and Cardinal" was failure.
John T. Raymond has been interviewed
in Louisville. He thinks John McCul-
Tough is playing to the biggest business
this season. He says he would rather
play the last act of 'My Son" to any
thing else in his repertoire. Gle thinks Of
reproducing Nathan, the Jew in the
spring.
Brief mention was made last Sunday
of Mr.. Jefferson's ''guess" at the number
of times he has played Grip Van Win
kle.'' Since then it is learned that he
has performed the role over 1920 times,
and that his share of the receipts has
averaged $500 per performance, which
would make his total receipts for this
character over million and quarter.
His share in one season reached the sum
of S115, 200, and in six and half months
of one year he received $4,000.