, 1881-06-05

Magnolia JlBllee piouul411u.;i1 pio1 ;i1 ,,,,;ta IN =
crand REPRESENTATION of IS Life Among the
f,owly F" such as has seldom, If eyer, been
cnualed. {Sink the expense q auIeMGtt'es r. e.. :.
Not the least Interesting ieaeMse - oi ,a tI nice
Of admission to 25. IS, and 50 cents, accora-
| Ing to location of seats. No higher PRICE
| than 50 cents will be received. rersohs wiz
attempt to pay more viii De turned e. 1S1;y, awiy
| n meritorious one, and this. reduction
! of price ought to be an interesting expert
| mellt. There is room here for one large low
| price theatre on the plan adopted oy foole
& Donelly in New York anu yay ats hlats enf ~
course, to have the patronage OF many cnnrch
people who do not ordinarily go to the thea
| tire at all.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
| Willie Winter aud Nym Crink1e for once
agree. They both say that Rose COgh1an
cannot play Camille.
Mime. Janausclle1 will pass the summer IN
Massachusetts. Her last season was re-
markably prosperous one.
John Muir, Treasurer Of the Academy OF
Music, is booked for Il benefit Sunday aftef-
noon and evening, June IL.
Student-waiters have gone out at the
White Mountain resorts and actor-Waltefs,
cooks, and managers have come i'll
No dramatic budget has yet been complete
for the last five years without the announce
ment that Agnes Ethel was about to return
to the stage.
t..Billee Taylorn was represented for the
104th time at the Standard Theatre III New
York Tuesday night. "Fitius and Mer-
maids" succeeded.
Anna Boyle and William Stafford get a
number OF friendly notices for their perform
ance of Pauline and Claude at the Wlndsor
Theatre, New York.
At the Lyceum Theatre this week Mr.. Jay
Simns will appear i, his ''orig!nai sensation
dratua" entitled "SklD," and nave Inc sup
port of the stock company.
The Union-Square Theatre Of New ", foIk TX
has secured the refusal OF !" A Fight Tor
Life,'' q new play founded OIL the novel by
Nav Thomas, critic Of the London Ne,os.
Prof. Riddle, of Haryard,.athe own ana llt
only y E.dipus, s,h-is to play Catib0n in the
second act Of s:The Tempest, for the benefit
OF the business agent OF the Boston Iheatre,
June 13.
Mr.. James o'Neill, during his approaching
engagement in this city, win produce new
play from the pen Of James f. Latham, at
one time dramatic critic OF ]pttkes' Spt's1 OF
the Yi1ncs..
Signora Ristori wishes to play Lady lluc-
beth in English with some actor OF pos1tloL.
and all application has been made to Mr.
Irving in her bellalf. Kistorl IS salu to nave
Tony De,lier's pantomime company play
at the Academy OF Music this week and
close the season there. Tony, bY the way,
, is reputed to be the owner OF a fabulous
quantity of Chicago real estate; also Of
mule. which lle has called Lotta-"
1t is said that J. II. Hill, the well-known
theatre manager, will have new and bea9tl-
has been negotiating for !; fine location on
Broadway, and has probably arranged the
matter by this time.
The reports that Mr.. Nat Goodwin was
going to Europe this summer are Incorrect.
lie las closed his travelling season, and is i'll
New York, where he will probably remain
until the arrival of his wife (El!za Wealth.
ersby), who, with two Of her sisters, will
reach New York this week..
Crane and Robson were in the city yester-
day. Their season ended somewhere in
Nevada They drove golden spike or two
to commemorate the event. Business in CAL
ifornia is reported poor. The late experience
of ali theatrical people there. has been the
same. There is no money in San Francisco
outSiae of the banks.
Edwin Forrest was standing near the door
of :. theatre in Which he was then playing,
early III the evening, when q man approached
tue a9d aa Men s Yen ao aaGe
was the reply; "wllo are you?" ''rve got
the trained hog here.' said the man; walk
right lu," llterpoSed Forrest; i've g0t
whole company Of 'cn inside"
simultaneously with the announcement
ton Mr. acCorlnack, the city editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, mas resigned to accept
the position Of manager Of the Frederick
Paaldlng dramatic company, the following
appears III the columns of that journal:
!" Frederick Paulding is the handsotnest as
boards. In romantic melodramatic parts he
excels, and to the delineation Of these he will
mainly confine his efforts next season. Ills
time is rapidly filling up, and he will be
have"
day night at the Madison Square Theatre,
and might as well say at once that it is,
without exception, the most pitiable dish
water that has beef ladled on to our stage
have gone into sack-cloth aud ashes at the
mere reading of it, aud never reached the
after-infamy OF its production. There are
various shades and qualities Of rubbish, some
OF which have character enough to excite
corrective CRITICISM. but this particular kind
seems to be less of an effort than an eiHuviunl
of somebody utterly devoid Of even horse
scnse.-Nyna Cri'ltlc.
Lytton Sothern, the eldest son of the late
Edward a. Sothern, publishes denial of the
statement i'll the comedians will that 5000
aa eTs gSsn t3 @ y 6y If m m fatf5 afr For For
two had been estrlnged. The cause Of their
quarrel, it is said, was the unauthorized ap-
pearance of Lytton as Lord Dundrearu in
Australia. where he letl the public to mistake
him for the original Sother1, and, being !.
poor actor, damaged his parents professional
reputation while filling his own pockets.
Sothern's will is to be contested by his widow
and children, because he left most Of his
property to his sister.
The Professor" the new play which suc-
ceeds - uazle, Kirke': at the Madison Square
Theatre, is not praised by the New York
critics. The Times says: AS 4 character
study, or us 4 study of any kind whatsoever,
it is weak and of no value.". The story Of the
play is given in 4 few words as follows:
1.-The Professor. an exceedingly stupid mid
dle-aged nlan,-described us Il most excellent
and simple-hearted gentleman III intellect:
i'll scientific analysis, in power Of abstract
reasoning. a. veritable giant; in emo
tion, iii affairs OF the heart, i'll So
ciety 0bseryanceS, all inexperienced
child,-wanders to a fashionable resort
and becomes hopciesly involved in numer-
GUS matrimonial engagements. He is tile
centre and cause of all the fun Of the piece
and some Of the alleged patlios."
MUSIC.
THE FouSDL1NGs' HOME CONCERT.