Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-26
THE POOR PLAYER.

be able to act again.
Mics Addie Weems was dancing in the
ballet at the National Theater, Washington
City, on Monday last, when her husband
appeared behind the scenes and marched her
off home. She is now Mrs. Kinsley and had
run away from home to resume her old-time
profession.
This is the way the Philsdelphia Neics
puts it: 1.-THE theaters are opening, and be-
fore long the watering-place bellies, who have
been running around bare-legged In the
presence of thousands, will be sitting in the
parquette and blushing because ballet girls
make similar display in the presence OF
hundreds"
Mrs. Thursby now -inss IN Elk Languages.
However, abe still adheres to the eight dia-
tonic tones. She is not only q singuist, but
linguist. Strakosch ought to advertise her
as the immaculate polyglot. But how
absurd it is for the papers TO compare her
with Jenny Lind, as they have been doing.
Whatever may be the result of Mrs. Lang
try's performances, there Is a good deal of
curiosity about her first night, and the
demand for the opening performance on
October 30lh, al the Park Theater, is already
so large that Mr.. Abbey has determined to
sell the seats by auction for that one occa-
sion.
Mrs. Dennison, wife of Col. w. Neil Den
nison, of Columbus, O., and daughter-in-law
of the late ex-governor of that name, made
her debut in comic opera in st. Louis few
nights ago. She gives aa reason for the
step that she is compelled to do something
for the support OF herself and children, and
believes that she has talents for the stage.
Her husband is in Colorado.
Dora Stuart, who is playing in Gus Will
liams's company, was at one time the belle
of Clinton, La. Her father was the State
auditor. She became the wife OF Col. Charles
Dreux, of New Orleans, who was the first
officer killed in the Confederate army. Miss
Stuart adopted the stage in 1872 making her
debut with E. A. Sothern in Brooklyn. She
is now playing her fourth season with Gus
Williams's company, under the management
of John Rickaby.
There are rumors that the great organ OF
\ the Boston Music Hall is 10 be sold. These,
| the Transcript hopes, are untrue, saying: "All
| that is needed to make the great organ a
surprisingly fine instrument is to put In a
| new mechanism throughout and add a lew
more reeds and mixtures. This Is no trihe,
| but it is far less than buying new organ
| would be. At all events let us hope that
even if the organ is to be sold, the case will be
| suffered to remain"
| Turtle was the most modest and retiring
| musician of his time, but he could assert
| himself on occasion. One night at the Prus-
sian embassy the Chevalier Neukomm was
boastiDg that he could extend his hand on
the keyboard over an octave and three notes;
and. after executing this feat, he looked
| round with an air which challenged admira-
/ tion from the COMPANY. Turtle quietly APP
| preached the piano, and, taking an octave
| and a half in his enormous grasp, said, "One
more for luckw TO the discontinue of the
chevalier.
| ua-. q s,orv told onro,,os IN the Iondon
Js6,t Of MsnJe Forester ip Maaenpa: "The
| fiery. untamed steed engaged to bear her
through the terrible wilds of Tartar was an
old omnibus horse, and when Maud was
| strapped upon her back, and the serfs tried
| to make her urge her on her wild career, the
horse refused to move. Every expedient was
| tried in vain. The horse allowed Its tan to
| be twisted, and only shook his head reproacn.
fully when the whip was applied AT last
the stage manager had brilliant idea. de
suddenly banged to the door of the prompter-
place and shouted gruff1y, All right behind
| Billyp The horse remembered the omnibus
code, and at once trotted up the runs In the
usual Ukraine style, amid the plaudlts OF the
| spectators.n
Dr Iobn n TT Dielmau director of music
| =, Monnt g. Msrv,s CoIIeoe. Emmittsbure
| Ma r. S;ad LOST Thnrsdav. At The AGE Of
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Morn, g, Mary;s for more than thirty-nine
| vears He was a cousin of the three we'll
known Dielmans of Frankfort-ou-the-Msi ain
I-Jacob the landscape painter of the Dussel.
| dorf school Francis lately deceased, inventor
| of colored photographic printing, and Jean
the sculptor, who executed the m agniiceut
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| a few wears AGO.
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Gun .aI hass,s,a IN, ta tbe manner horn
III IT, ,be ;ntsrasts of INV nrofession
Gnu - Af,ar oil those vsarg nj
oonsc;ent;ous toll 7 cannot afford to adopt
| ~ srstaro hrouoht into vogue nv tbe snecn.
iat;vs manapers of the present day, They
view The drama altogether from CONNER
| c;sI stand.noint. / deeply regret the pres
| ant mbinat;on system. which DERIVES the
staoe of having disciples properly trained in
the rudiments of the dramatic art. With
rare exceptions, nowadays the management
of theaters and circuits is in the handE of
| sboe-makers. tailors candlestick- m kers and
speculative tramps, who simply regard the
drama as a means of gratifying their ava
rice. They ind ample opportunity In the
engagement Oh MIehie .nie 81 DanI t., lnS =.
fellows VINO walk OUT ., muSic MAJ, VI
variety shop as reaoy-maoe stars-leilo"s
who, having secured a pay, Decotle At ON once
| The Justly Celebrated Coneoiah ana Inc
Great American Irageolan.
| The Temple Bar says in an article on Hell
ena Modjeska: when she was i've years old
| she m ade ons of a number oil children who
were dressed in white to throw flowers for
those victims who, In lighting for their IN
| dependence, had been Killed by the Aus
AnTrr 1clo
| followed seventeen collins. She was accus-
toned to the sight of death, and her mind
| was filled with the recollection OF horrors.
Even in her own family tragedy was strong,
| and she heard tales OF murder and suicide
about her close relations. One OF her uncles
was engaged TO a young girl, and became
| jealous of his own father, who was wild
over, and who, as he thought, paid too much
attention to his sweetheart. One day he
came home from a shooting expedition and
| found his father and the girl talking to-
gether in the garden. He raised his gun
and shot the girl; then turned it upon him
| in the family was that of a Young girl who
| drowned herself of despair and jealousy,
because she believed that heT mother MOTHER cared
more ior her sAs'eIS III an ioi Ae'eeH.
In Inc Corcedu1' tne new rISn0n play, are
Two scoundreis VINO plunoer tue estate oi
! dead friend and ruin his family The hrst
| oct ands with an anonlerv Dnrin0 the
49, - az L.. ,Lxair - I'D :. =, SJsoL
whole OF the last tnree everybody Is IN DiScK,
/ and so lugubrlOus ls the effect that one won
Is IJ 49, :. rLa.o IT,
daunhtors One ~ then, ia ENGAGED IN he
n,srr;ed ia tbrovn over bv her lover At bis
mother,s b;jd;no becsnse tbe dowrv ia m
iaoaar fortbcnT,;no and Co.'s md
soend dsnahts- "a : r,ns;c;s3 anniiss n the
,e0oher for HI, in nnbI;sbinG her rnns;c az
in Giving lessons and ia CALMLY told She has
NJ sasor5cs Int life Of vice The third at
.N ~ a. .,.n,,.;an - 80 81 IL t-ro O.
49, ar oIJ v;IIsin who had heen her faith
his mis,ress She refuses and the fourth act
| ends with proposal of marriage, which she
accepts to save her mother and sisters from
starving. Cheerful, is it not? Against this