The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-11-26
There is an Independent party coming into
COULISSE CHAT.

oalVlhl applaudS Mrs. LanGtry in public.
iIut what does lie privately think of her?
Ellen Cummens has been engaged as lead
Ing lady of tho Boston Theatre Company.
1t is reported that Miss Louise Searle, Of
the English Comic opera, is In quest OF a divorce
from her husband.
The lIarrisons have shelved Viva" and
are playing tho "LittIe Detective" Business with
thr company has not been good.
Sydney Rosenfeld has signed a contract
with Mr. Henry Wall for now piece for Lytton
sothcrn, entitled 'Dundreary's SON"
Mrs. Langtry's "Rosalind" legs were
not exactly AS You Like IT. in New York she
should try " Much Ado About Nothing
1t is rumored that during Signor Salvini's
approaching representations at tho Academy of
Music New York, he will appear thrice with Miss
Clara Morris. ala Morte CivIle" is spoken OF as
lie play In which the two artists may take part.
Has not MIR. Mccullough made a some
what dangerous admission ? lie says that whenever
he appears In anything his receipts fall down To
Ave hundred dollars. Mr.. Lawrence Barrett does
not nd this the case and every season he appears In
something new.
Mime. Madeline Lucette, who is the wife of
Mr. j. II. Ryly, has taken tho place of Miss Lillian
Russell at the New York BIJou Opera House in the
"Sorcerer.' Miss Russell has not been in good
health, and until her return this very satisfactory
substitute VIII assume the principal role.
oscar Nllde likes Mrs. Langtry chiefly
because she is Il Jersey Lily. What II grand air
she has - lie said at the Lotos Clnb 1--WE saw her
walk downa room with thousand people staring AZ
her, as II edid not know they were there. call
mat elegance Is that what gom call g'' said
George Holland, the actor. - Well, zoe call 1t
gdH''
The New York correspondent of the Bos-
ton Gasshe says ~ have been tOdby one who pro-
fesses To know that Mrs Langtry Is drilled for every
movement "a AL sha ,UIII ~,
i.ab0uchere Is that the way am to hold my haudsY
Must raise my eyes SOP and that she makes
spontaneous nlavement. eau readily believe this from
her acting.'
Nine Nilsson evidently doesn't suffer
from any form Of stage fright The other evening at
her concert In Oston when her duet with Miss Glenn
was reached on the programme, she advanced alone
10 the tpotlights, and said: ''LadaS and gentle
men, Miss Glenn has snch u bad coli that she can't
Sing IN the duet. II you don't mind much will
slug sno;' and then, amidst much applause, an
nornced the name of the improvisod selection.
Salvini has had an Italian translation of
"EIchelIeu " mtde. but he viii not appear In the
character IN this country. "I have studied 1t with
grea care he is reported to have said, but deem
it bat not to essay the part before American audi
tnoe because tts deiicacy Of the language Is ex-
quiste that spoken In foreign tongue II would fail
10 be effective. rhe beauty OF the play lies In tho
text, not IN the action. shal try ii when go back
TO ltaly.
Strauss, whose wat2es are household
words the world over found himself quite out OF
tame when he attempted to write tho comic operas
which have lately been added to the long list OF his
works. lie never would have attempted them had It
not been for his wife, and 1t was she alone who kept him
from giving up In despair after tho first unprOpitOus
effort. She had noticed tile money made by OHen-
bach out 0f operas IN dance rhythm. And who, ~
size demanded, can write nrettar dance tunes than
my husblndY Let him wrIto opera bOuGe, and his
success u ceiialu''
Miss Agnes lierndOn, the star In Only
a Farmer : Daughter" which win be produced at
Fords opera House week, is an own cousin to
the late wlf6 Of President Arthur Both ladies' are
descendants OF the lerhdOns Of fredericksburg Va.
Her brother was the youngest colonel Ia the COufel-
crate army he was Killed when only nineteen years
Of age, aud buried AT ltlchmond, Va, with the |.
highest military hOn0rs, Miss llerndOn possesses all
the In good actress, aud Is highly
uded by the press everywhere for her true de-
lneatlons OF character.
Mrs Langtry and her inseparable compan-
ion, Mrs. Labouchere, wero lately entertained by
Mr. william Henry lIurlhurt, editor VI the World, |
at private dinner, The affair was Of the most !
Gorgeous descrptlon, Tho menus painted on blue |
satin presented q list Uf edbes In gastrOnOmic |
French, which were pronounced delicious Ia tho !
eating No other ladies' were present and the for |
tunate gentlemen Invited to meet this fair daughtor
~ Albion were MessTs. Perry Helmont George
Gnelet, oscar wilde, William Eyarts, and Morton !
Flpen Drs Langtrys dnnor-dress was OF ruby
cuOfud sallui made 10 show the beautiful limos "
her perfect hgnfp 10 the highest advantage. IL Is
now said that Mrs Langtry has brought letters Of
hlhuutll"h WIN heli AN atphh hny an aftlhllC sue
pe5i,
salyini the other day, when spoken to
about the reports that he personally meau IN his
expenditures, said ~ came TO America to make /
money, not 10 spend It, Iut Americans who come 10
soc me In Florence VIII fnd out whether -
That sgnor saylnl Is not a mere money grabbeT, /
however s perhaps best shown by the fact that he in
siss upon the ''Outldw - M0Tte Clylle - being
played 1T least once during his each city
ltcauso lie knows Il IL his greatest piece Of acting,
though not ueng well known here It does not draw,
For Instance, he drew ", 600 each OF his OthellO
performances OF which his share was abO 1900
Hut when ho played the 'Outaw - his share was
about 300. man who viii sacrifice $500 because no
: an artist eau not be mean man. - Dramatic
Tunes.
Returning one night from the theatre,
Ftchtor was assaulted by thief Who attracted by
: very large stage lewel-a diamond paste pin which
le supposed 10 Dc rol-thOught It easy work tJ rob
70 slight youth. feehel' hot blood and practinod
husele soon undecoyed the TObber, who, upon nnd-
ng hnsell ~ disadvantage, drew a dirk. go,
flke II you nke, W eScained Fechter; " I'm en- .
lTely unarlnod and you can have II All your own
"ay, but as you want nothing VI me but ny diamond
pm, II ls hardly worth while king Iue, when you
,ah nave II ON easier teTms.N - How 50 - asked
.he t0DOeT. why IN make an exchange. Give
he mat cameo in you shirt bosom aud l. II give you
my diamond you're queer sort OF a fellow, - I