Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-13

- The season Is ending IN driDiets- On the
18th Thursday Minnie Frye appears at the Ma
tional
THE Widow" so successfully performed
here By the Hess company, was produced Mon
day night at the New York Standard, with Mrs.
Zelda Seguin Cwallace) in the title role, and
Castle as the tenor. The singing was good. but
the opera was not liked
- Miss Alice Hosmer is at home In Washing
ton, the HarTisOns, with whom she has been
successfully engaged since November last, hav-
ing closed their season in Boston. The Boston
papers speak very highly OF her abilities, among
which, the Boston GLOBE says: "Alice Hosmer
has fine musical and histrionic abilities. Her
voice Is strong and pure and she is a very pleas
ing actress, scoring complete success here"
- Miss Annie Louise Cary has written the
management of the Cleveland vocal festival, to
occur the coming week. that she expects to be
able TO MI her engagement there.
Joseph Bradford has dramatized Mallock's
''Rornance of the Nineteenth Century" but 1t Is
thought doubtful if anybody in this country can
play the part of Cynthia Halte's, unless Clara
Morris takes it.
The news comes all the way from Paris that
Edwin Booth will open his London engagement
at the Adeph July ID.
Esmeralda" bad its 2OOth performance at
the usual souvenir was given.
- They have had a meeting in London to Or
ganize an actors fund. The lord mayor pre-
sided. and Irving. BoUccault ToOle and other
actors made speeches.
- John T. Raymond will have a new comedy
next year, which Brooks & Dickson have bought
for him in Europe. He says he has made SAC, coo
thus far this season.
- Rossi's business was so small in San Fran
cisco after the first night that he threw up his
engagement in disgust. lie has deserved a bet
ter reception in America.
- Odette' has been produced at the London
Haymarket with MOdjeska in the chief part, but
the piece was Missed aud Modjeska was unequal
to the affecting last scene.
- Charles X. Thorne. jr.. has finally left the
Union Square Theater, New York, for good, and
will not act with the company in Boston. He
says4le does not intend 10 act again for a long
time, as he and his wife have all assured income
Of 81, 900 a year, and they want to enjoy them
selves.
- Booths theater at New York has reverted
to the Anes estate, because the new buyers
failed to pay the first installment of S125.OOO.
The house has therefore been leased to John
Stetson for another year, and longer if it Is not
sold. at $4,000 year.
We shall certainly be swamped with opera
next year. Word now comes from Europe that
Pauline Lucca has been engaged for tour in
this country next season. Patti, Nilsson and
Lucca. with all the lesser lights will surely give
US as much opera as We can survive.
= Maggie Mitchell is just now terminating the
most successful season she has known for nine
years Her profits for the season have been
close on to $40. 900.
1.-The n Y. Music refers to Mr.. James Nor
Iissey as that ethereal combination of lather and
taffy who has just come six hundred miles to
assure you how much he likes the paper, and
what a pity it is that you allow those disagree
able little paragraphs to occasionally appear
about him. as he always was such a good friend
OfyOurs.
Mile. Aimee is to return to this country as
IN English singing opera bouffe artist next
season, and with a strong company to support
her. There will be some curiosity to hear a
translation of some of her former brilliant in
terpOlated points in the dialogues of her repOr-
teire.
1t Is reported that Manager J. NJ. Hill has
secured Adelaide DetchOn and will star her next
season Miss Detchon is an Ohio girl (from
Cleveland), and is one of the beauties of the
stage. She was for a couple Of seasons with
Wallack. and lately made very successful stel-
lar debut in Brooklyn.
- Rose Stella is an actress performing In
''The Colonel" Her husband is Harry FrOOm.
agent for the company. In Boston she gave a
reception to a number of Harvard students at
her hotel. The husband found the party assem-
bled on arriving in town, and his presence was
objected to by the guests, who had supposed
Rose to be unmarried. He thereupOn knocked
her down. perhaps to demonstrate his relation
ship, and there was general rumpus. after
which she packed her trunks and moved away.
Robert G. Morris, of the New York Ecen.
ing Telegram. author of Frank MOrdaunt's "Old
6hipmates," has written a meodrama which
will be brought out early next season by John p.
Smith, late of 1.-The Tourists 1t is called 1.-The
Pulse of the City" and cOntains'four sensational
scenes-all Of them faithful transcripts of places
sbout New YOrk-which will. it is expected,
make the piece a certain success
of Gilbert and Sulliyan's new opera the
Spirit of tie Times says: As with Patience
% with the new opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
the motif of the plot may be found in the '.Bab
Ballads
Once a fairy, light and airy,
Married with mortal;
Men, however,
Never, never
Pass the fairy portal.
Slyly stealing, she to Ealing
Made daily Journey;
There she found him,
Clients round him
(He was an attorney.
The offspring Of this marriage half fairy, nall
lawyer becomes Lord Chancellor and falls in
love with one OF the wards in Chancery So he
has to decide upon his own qualifications, and
hear himself argue his own case. This is Gil
bertian enough Managers Henderson and
Carte will open the Standard with this opera
next season. if it shall have been previously
produced in London. III not, they will open
with ''The Sorcerer," which has not been heard
here. except in the Lingard version, at the
Broadway.
Mr. Eric Bayley closes his season at HOOley's
Theater, Chicago, next week. His success with
1.-The Colonel has embroidered him to come
back next season with stronger company. i'm q
play called London Pride" Mr. Bayley is .
man of means. who has resolved to stick to the
stage. He WILL of course include THE Col,nel
In his repertoire. Dir. Edward Taylor of Wash.
ington, will remain his business manager.
Mr.. David BelascO has written very strong
drama in LA Belle Russo" So strong is il in
intrigue, an element to which modern theater
goers are comparative strangers, that tn,
habitues of Walach's theater. n. Y, opened
their eyes and screwed their intellects mp to a
new point of appreciation with wonder when il