, 1881-10-30

! wcet un the t,,ttoni Of long, slim dish. An tn-
| dian squats beside his campfire on another
| plate. designed tprrhnsls for nush. If mush IS
iio,sors are represented on a hundred other
pieces. The SEE is well worth studying w the
G rvnr III teir bnud at th @ is work
| Just now. Ilately sawa collection Of over 3V
pieces at ~ art store. sent py US many amni,
| '<trcd tour" would be tho proper treatment
Many broken-hcartcd father will wish ptate
and tue painting to @ los. rts %9Hn n,
family hall. And when he secS tue nont things
in mineral colors Wrought by the old iatlyhe Will
bust with high art or rage
T for onc-one Of many-teel heartily re-
joiccl at the SUCCESS Of Steele Mackaye's last
venture. Tho material in the novel of Juige
Tourgee's ''Foo1s Errand" was anything lf1t
dramatic, and it is great triumph that the
author-actor has made 90 Of 1t in Phi'a-
dclphia. Lust week over Brooklyn he stood
up under moro canvas. in sttfer breeze thnn
any thentrical craft ever weathered. PIAy-
Ing every night ut tho Park in his piece of
"Won ut Last" dong only Il moderate busi-
ness with his other play, - IIaxcl kirkc," at tho
opposit house, taking in Ss,000 I'll i've per-
formanccs, not one dollar of which does he
~
company dcscrting within three days of the
production Of his new play, and with NIL those
cures aud duties obliged to entirely rcwritc the
fourth act the Sunday afternoon OFT which he
left for Philadelphia, and rchcar5c the
company anu drill au1ilurics every spare
Instant, it's really the labor Of 4 Hercules
that Stcc1e Mackayc has accomplished;
Nut one man in ten thousand could
endure rs pnttently the fate be has net lie has
six splendid boys. OF remarkable intellect aud
ability. To educate and provide Tor them Al0rc
he requires fortune, and here he is forced to
Sec Il 6peculatlng minister coin money. fairly
1rrfn4 T. th5 % %naer M n rq taGMtre @ of h,s h m m
potent wizard OF Il strangers fortune lH1pOtenL
TO provide his own.
The people who are playing In his piece draw
Salaries such they never in lnuce~ ntu dreams
Imagined woul1 be theirs, and have mot & fa-
vor,ibte word to say OF tho author Of their fort
tunes No: with the usual gratitude ut tho
world, they hung onto the clerical cuat-tuils Of
the money y-mnkers- Here's one Of them gets
(which is so more than he ever rot before, und
quite S15 more than he is WORTH. gets ait her
travelling und hotel expenses paid. and Il maid,
while the author OF play enabling amateur
managers to pay such rattiing salaries is denled
Que dollar of its vast proceeds, af because fu II
moment ,, hs s1ed e@ppsr
for the protection of inventors, writer's. ana
built round them to keep on sharks. Anyway, /
the new play is voted II success by Quakertown, I
and may Steele Mackaye make hay before it
attracts the attention OF theOlGEAns. I'm afraid |
some Bible-bnnstlis Phlladelphian may have
Eobbeu him already.
~
Mr.. Wallack received to-day round robin I
letter FROM his cornnaay tsho are off traveling),
demonstrating on the injustice IF making Rose |
Coehian the star of the constellation. .Ir. !
Schuab is tho manager for Lester ,lr. 5. has
Miss Coghan Oh T.. starring contract for the |
year 1883 and latter part OF 1852. He has |
taken time bv the fore1ock, and in all places !
visited makes Hiss Coghlan the attr,t>uon, with |
view to future arrangements of his own The |
rest Of the party don't like it, and they have |
notified Mr.. Watlack that he must iron down
suIne plane occupied by Tearlc, Poast. and tail !
John Gilbert.
The physicians have notified Mr. Booth to be |
ready ut any moment to receive the announce
tuent Of Mrs. Booths DEATH That sad occur
renee would take him inro private lifefor week. |
aad MIR: Abbey has his stock ready to present |
!. Romeo und juliet" done 10y s1r. Pierce,- and |
Mrs. Patcmau. This lady Is already talked oil rs
a star, and has already nude good her claim to
such Il position.
The parents OF Mrs. Booth were told how uear
the end the sufferer appeared to be, and advised
that she should sue her husband. To this they
accetled. but their daughter hcd.cd
about an intcrvierf with SO many conditions that
Mr. Eooth has not rs yet avalled himself Of The
permission given
even knowing that the report Of her death was
last Sunday. She has received several
friends and given away many keepsakcs to
nervous THE writer Of this letter happens to |
know by personal observation how good nus
lJhud he Wis. i cntntLtlncadnu published IN
FHttE FRi SUNDAYS has NslOufEf1- !
ingly untrue arrafGnlnent of the gentleman. |
There never was wife less crushed and more
master OF the situation than little |
Mrs. nooth-a statement in which half the the t
a1rcAl profession will bear me out. 1t is very
should have occurred, but it is very wicked 10
add to Mr.. Booths troubles and sorrows by ac- |
cusations wholly false.
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During the winter a notorious member Of the
lemi- moudc will make her debut in emotional
sucn Clara Morris has made ncr
she get i manager to pro-
Lucc her; faiIing that, she will take company |
out, and for either occurrence she is having
gorgeous wardrobe constructed, and diligently
studying, with wcll-known dramatic teachcr. |
Whether she has any fitness for the vocation OF
actress or not, the profession should band them
selves together and keep out recruits from that
class of persons. 10 III erring woman IL helping
hand should always be 0utstretehed, but the de- |
sire to bccume actress is not Il !
desire for reformation. They combine
the old business with dramatic aspirations, !
lud ITO goof hns ever yet come OF actress
graduated from tue class iii question Here
inc New York stage there is II tlewly-cone-uur
addition from the ranks. bringing onlD1uy on |
the stainless young girls about her. 1t is horri
bic TO hear the con lncu1s OF the fast young nleu
in tho auditorium us this woman makes her |
nightly appearance; she furnishes her own
sp.emlid wardrobe; sh.' wears diamonds ;,s big
trouscr buttons nil over her; she Is not bcuu-
tifu ami She is nut talented. 1t Is said man.
asrtneut puy her SlG II wcek-u queer SORT uf a
there must he true illwardnes5
somewhere that makes the engagement tesira-
bic. . NJ Ii. +.
ON THE BOURSE.
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