Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-12
Amusement Notes.

land.
w. w. Coles circus is doing we'll in
Australia.
Pauline Markham has signed contract
for next season with Mr.. NJ. 3. Leavitt.
Columbia has been doing very we'll for
theatrical attractions lately.
A. J. Talbot is one of the comedians
with Havcrly's New MastodOn minstrels.
Dan Rice has at last struck oil and his
circus is doing well in New Orleans.
Louis James, Marie Wainwright and
Charles Plunkett are re-eDgaged with
Lawrence Barr EFT next season.
Sara Bernhardt returns to Europe on
May 4th. 1t is probable that Mr.. Abbey
will 60 on the same steamer.
Fanny Davenport will produce the
"Princess of Bagdad' in Boston shortly.
The adaptation is by Hart jackson.
Gus Williams and company go to Cali
fornia. They open in San Francisco
about tho latter part of April.
Mrs. John Drew told an interviewer
that the dullest audiences she has played to
this season were those in Boston.
Harrigan & Hart's new piece, Multi
gan's Silver Wedding" is said to be the
best of their series.
Billy Andrews, proprietor of the old
Theatre COmique, in this city, will bring
q female minstrel show here next week.
Mary Anderson closed very successful
engagement at the Boston theatre recent
ly. The receipts for ore day amounted to
over 1000.
Denier's pantOmime troupe will have
one Of the largest houses OF the season.
They are in Baltimore this week to big
business.
The minstrels who appeared here On last
Saturday night are rehearsing a new act
entitled Scenes in Lancaster or, How
We Got Left"
Hooley, Morton and Homer's MINISTRIES
are making hit in San Francisco. Johnny
Morton of the old ''Big Four is the lead
ing comedian.
Another new company, entitled NJ. B.
Leavitt's Gigantean minstrels, will start
out next fall under the management of
Kit Clarke.
Thatcher & Ryman's minstrcls in Phila.
delphia have struck bonanza in the bur.
lesque of "All Of IT, This troupe will
visit France this year.
It is spoken of as among the possibili-
ties that Nat Goodwin may travel next
season under J. Ii. Haverly's manag &C.
ment.
Jennie Hughes has been engaged with
the D'Oyly Carte company to sing Eliza
in ''Billee Taylor" opening next Monday
in Philadelphia.
j. Fl Haverly has purchased the piece
called "The Strategists,' and will put it
upon the road shortly with strengthened
company Of his own.
A few days ago Tony Dcuicr presented
his treasurer, Frank Hildreth, with beau
tiful seal ring having the letter " H - set
in diamonds.
John Sheridan, of Fun on the BRISTOL
troupe, is the husband of Alicia Jourdan,
who died last season while travelling with
the same party.
The "Strategists have closed their
season and are now in New York, Thorn as
J. Hind, who died few days ago, was a
member of the company and he appeared
here with them.
One Of the bloodhounds belonging to
Jay Rial, and used by him in ':Uncle
Toms Cabin" fell under a moving train
in Waterville, Me-, short time ago ana
was killed.
The Sparks brothers, Irish comedians,
with Tony Denier, were last seen here
with Maffitt & Bartholomew, several wears
ago. Little Todd was here five wears ago
with George L. FOx's pantomime COM
Pany.
1.-The Fun on the Bristol party travel
in special car, on the Rcading..road over
In
them. Nearly all Of the troupes are fur
n'shed car to themselves by this road
and it is found to be very convenient.
The Salisbury Troubadors celebrated
their fifteen hundredth performance of
The Brook" at the Globe theatre. Bos-
ton, last Friday. Satin programmes
were distributed. The receipts Of the
week in Boston were the largest they have
yet known, being within few dollars of
eight thousand.
The Dramatic Neue says: Charlotte
Thompson is now reported by the asso.
ciated press to have lost in Toledo, O.,
her jewel casket containing diamonds
valued at fifteen thousand dollars If
Miss Thompson ever possessed fifteen
thousand dollars worth of diamonds the
fact would probably have created a good
deal of interest in the minds of actresses
and actors to whom she has owed salary
for services due for number of wears
back
A New York reporter has been among
the photograph stands where the pretty
and picturesque photographs of actresses
are sold, and finds that many of the old
fOotlight favorites have lost their hold
upon the popular fancy. The variety
queens have been compelled to give way
to stage beauties of the more .'legitimate''
drama. Lydia Thompson, Pauline Mark
ham, Ada Harland, Rose Massey, Rosina
Vokes, and other favorites of a few wears
ago, have almost disappeared, because
nobody buys them any more. Even Maud
Branscombe, of whom 800 negatives are SAID
to have been made, in postures ranging
from simpering prettily in a swing to
clinging desperately to a cross. is dropping
out Of favor. Miss Anderson is now the
of the photograph stand. AS the
Countess, in /" Love-" she outsells every
body else ten to one, and in eight or ten
other characters Ler 'tcounterfeit present.
ments 60 off like hot cakes. The report |
er counted twenty seven different aspects |
OF Of Miss Anderson's beauty in one collec- |
ton. Among the few actresses who firm