National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-10
FooTLIoHT FLASHES.

FRITZ EMMETT Is doing enormous business In New
York State.
J. NJ. BURKE will take "old sbipmateso on tn,
| road next season.
MINNIE HAuK and her husband returned 10
England last week.
MAURICE Barrymore has written play. Ho
| spends tho summer In Europe.
EDWIN DooTu win sail for Europe next week II
his daughters health permits.
Mrs. JULIA RIvE.KING has met with uncxam-
| pied success in San Francisco
MINNIE MADDERS will produce her new play
| wild Wnvo" at indianapolis In July.
JOSEPH BROOKS will bring over the models Of
1.-THE Romany Rye" on his return from Europe.
RifEA has gone to England to study under
Ryder, Nelson's old teacher during the summer
MARY ANDERSON decorated the graves Of Long
| fellow and Charlotte Cushman on Decoration Day.
GERALD EYRE, formerly of walacks', will be q
member OF Colyillo's Taken From Life com.
pany.
Gus WILLIAMS brings out One Of the Finest,"a
new play by Bradford, ut Havetley's New York,
June 10.
LAWRENCE BARRETT opens in Detroit Monday.
His western trip has been financially and of course
| artistlcally success
HERR NEuMAN, who recently closed successful
German opera season in London, win bring his
company TO this country next year.
| JoHN 7. RAYMoND's new comedy is called
Touch and Co." II will be produced next
season at tho Park Theater, New York.
R1sroRI is to play Lady Macbeth at Drury Lane,
London, in July. She will be supported by Rig
mold as Mdcbeth, and ]. II. Barnes MdcduG.
SHELL BARRY is mentioned rs leading support to
Dion Bouccault during the tour of the latter,
under the management Of Brooks & Dickson.
CLARA MoKRB closed her engagement at the Park
| lbs nj, CI,a
devote herself to what might DO called medical
| advertisement.
MARY ANDERSON has concluded to remain at
Long Branch, and will not 60 to Europe this sum-
mer. She will give her time to tho study of new
roles for next season.
TOWNSEND PERCY and Len Grover have finished
strong meo drama entitled Captain warder"
which Frank Curtis expects to put on the road
with Joe Whcelock in the title role
ROBERT GRIFrEN MORRIS, the well known critic
ofthe New York Telegram, has caught New York
In Old Shipmatc," The play Is genuine sue
cess at Haverey's Fourteenth Street Theater.
Genial John NJ. Burke will manage 1t next season.
AUGUsrIN DAYS company is playing Needles
and Pins" at Uhrigs Cave Garden, st. Louis.
| On Monday Fords Comic Opera Company begin a
ten weeks engagement in the cave. They have
been In the hole several times before, however.
CHARLES WYNDHAM, the famous English light
comedian, will produce his latest success, Four
teen Days" supported by his own company from
the Criterion Theater, London ut the Union
| Square, in october, under Brooks & Dickson'l
| management.
w. LIPMAN, Charles Mason, william Herbert,
| William Cullington, s. @. Dubois, Lawrence Ed
dinger Miss Helen Sedgwick, Mrs. J. w. Brutono,
and Miss Lille George have been engaged by J.
H. Havlin to support Minnie Madden during her
summer season.
| IN forn nf tha1 oto
| George Comfy takes place to. day at the New York
| Academy of Music The volunteers embrace
Emma Abbott, Clara Louise Kellogg, Theresa Car
reno, Mary Anderson, John 7. Raymond, Brignoli
and other notables.
BENEFIT performances in New York theaters arc
rarely given for other than charitable objects, but
| In Boston persons In the show business do not
hesitate to come forward solicitors of aid. The
season closes every spring with round of these
appeals to the public. Twenty are now occurring
within space of three weeks, the benefciaries
| ranging from actors 10 ushers.
CONCERT company has been organized under the
management ofMr. Edward Clayburgh, which will
give concerts at summer resorts, beginning about
the middle of this month. The artists Comprising
the company are Nine. Teresa Carreno, pianiste 1
Mile. Pauline Rossini, late of he Mapleson Com
pany, soprano; Signor Tagliapietra baritone; Mr..
Louis Blumenburg violoncellist, Signor Torriani,
accompanist. Mr.. ]. Grau goes in advance.
SARA BERSHARDT is engaged to play at the vau-
devie at the end Of this year, at the rate of ZOO
francs night, in new comedy by Sardou Now
Sara wishes Snrdou to write part for NJ Jacques
Damalas, and Sardou refuses. On the other hand,
Alphonse Daudet and Coquelin and Gambetta
have laid their heads together to bring Sara back
to the Coincide Franchise, where she would appear
in Paul Delair's dramatizaton of Daudet's " Rois
Gu Exil."
Brooks & Dickson will have five combinations
playing in five New York theaters at one time
next season. John T. Raymond will be at II Q
Park, Charles Wyndham and company ut the
Union Square, Aimee in musical comedy, sup
ported by a strong company, at the Fihh Avenue
Theater Colville's World" company at the Grand
Opera House, aud Brooks & Dicksons new melo.
drama, I" The Romany Rye" at Booths. Besides,
Mr. Lester Wallack will be giving Colyilles power
full melo. drama, "Taken from Life" at his beau
tiful house at the same time.
II WILL be news of real interest to the dramatic
profession and the theater-going public to learn
that Mr.. Samuel Colvile's next venture Of import
nnce will be the organization of thoroughly first
class dramatic company, in every way capable Of
producing such plays az As You Like IT," School
for Scandal, "old Heads and Young Hearts,"
"Much Ado About Nothing" Romeo and Juliet"
&c. in the most fhultess and complete manner as
regards cast of characters, cosuming and scenery.
Mr.. Colve expects that the pleasure of the artists
engaged will be enhanced, as only the larger
cities will DO visited, and the stay In each one will
be from two 10 eight weeks, thereby avoiding FREE
quent change of residence and fatigue of travel
The organization Is now in progress of completion,
and will BIO ready for the season Of 1SS3-4.
A PARIS newspaper tells pretty auecdote about
Ambrose Thomas the composer, and his dainty
villa of Argenteuil, which, in September 1870, he
was compelled to abandon on the approach of tho
Prussians, without being able to remove any of his
artistic treasures or curics. As the village
was occupied young staff officer, charged with
quArerng the troops, appeared at the villa and
asked Of the trembling concierge who occupied
the lodge, NJ. Thomas having locked up the main
building ere leaving for Paris " Who lives here ?'
an. Ambr oise Thomas" "The composorG "The
same" The officer took card from his pocket,
penciled few words uponit and showed It under
the fhslended door; then, obtaining piece Of
chalk, inscribed some words on the panel and de-
Iarted. No soldiers were billeted there and when
a new regiment came up and the villa was visited
the quarermaser read tie chalked inscription
and passed on to another house And so all
through the siege to the wonder of the care taker
, When the armistico was signed and Paris gates
were opened, NJ. Thomas hurried or to Argen'euil
with sinking heart, being sure that his dwelling
had been profaned, If not plundered. To his SUR
prise, however, he found 1t Just he had LEFT IT,
and on opening the door discovered the card OF
the young Prussian officer, inscribed with his
name and rank and the words, " Nephew of Meyer
beer"
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