Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-11

and from that day to this she has al.
ways remained one"
"But how do the engagements OF
these two ladies compare with those Of
some others-Mme. Bernhardt's, for
~instance2'
THE tttal receipts for Mime. Bern
haIdt's performances In this country
were 1922, 247. OF. We shall not quite
reach those figures With either Mrs.
La1etry or Nine. Nilsson, but must
not lose sight of the fact that Nine.
Bernhardt was a great novelty,
"The Patti engagement was not so
successful, was it,
"Well, Mr.. Abbey did not make q
fortune out Of Patti, for the expenses
were very heavy; but you will proba-
bly, be surprised when / tell you that
the gross receipts of the engagement
amounted to $500, 157 OIL"
"Not bad, most decidedly, and now
toll me, these are all foreign a%rtists,
how did the engagement of Edwin
Booth, o native actor, compare with
them2"
do you remember when Edwin
Booth appeared at Haverly's theatcr
(then the Lyceum) some six years
ago2 He was under the management
Of his father.in. law, and Nh. Nc.
Wicker lost $40, 900 on the engage
meut. The next season he appeared
at Days thester, and the profits ex-
ceeded tho amount of Mr.. McVicker's
losses. There's an example Of the
6ckleness of the New York public for
you. During his engagement with
Mr.. Abbey last season the gross re-
ceipts were 1924, 1877 80. Truly
there are ups and downs In an actors
life." And Mr.. Tillotson sank back
languidly in his chair and basely de-.
serted his left whisker for his right.
Litter In the day, Uncle Samuel
| Colville was found ensconced In an
easy chair In the smoking-room of the
Westminster hotel.
When asked as to the receipts of
"The World" and "Tsken From
Life," he lazily took the cigar from
his mouth, and settling back In his
chair with a sort of dolce-far.hiente.I
am. Ssmuel. Colville smile uron his
face. said:
Really, dear boy, 1t would be hard
to say; but I think you can readily
put the World at fully $500, 900,
for 1t has been travelling all over the
country, and is still travelling to good
business. As to Taken From Life,
the New York critics sat down upon
1t pretty severely, and they can hardly
be blamed, for it did not have a good
chance with the cast which originally
played in it here. But now, dear boy,
l have altered all that aud have been
making money with it throughout the
provinces. l do not doubt that il
will bring me out $40, 900 ahead at the
end of the season."
"You brought Lydia Thompson tt
this country, did you not2"
"Well, l should smile. Yes, in
deed; and a great card she IVES Why
we coined money. Twill never forge
the frat night the company appeared
at Woods Museum. The house wal
packed. The public knew they wer'
to see something novel, but they hse
no idea OF the extent of the novelty
Poor Harry Beckett made the first hi
of the evening as Trotter Southdowl
In the opening farce, and then cam
, the burlesque 'Ixion.' When Lydi;
! Thompson beunded on the stage a
: Ixion there was q salvo of applause
Ada Harland as Jupiter, Lisa Webe
as Mercury and Harry Beckett a
Minerva, were all we'll received; blu
the sensation of the evening was whel
Pauline Markham STROBE before tn
audience as Venus. She was arraye'
, entirely in white, and th1fo was no
| much arrayfng. At first there was
hush, then there was q buzz, then
tremor, then u chorus of suppresse'
3 "ahs," and finally the whole vas
audience burst out In cheers. All, m,
dear boy, l don't believe that an,
woman ever had such q reception on
: tirely on her personal beauty, Their
was only one Pauline Markham, an
{ even If another woman equally hand
rome were TO come along to-day l d
not believe that the sensation of tha
night could ever be repeated"
. "But what were the profts2'
"Profts? Glory, honor, renew
and over 500, 00O!"
Just then Max Strakosch was see
pasiing and the reporter capture
/ him before he had reached the corner
"Max," he said, tapping him o
, the shoulder, "what can you to
me of big receipts in the operate bus
ness!"
"Big receipts2 Oh, I have see
them, but the biggest I yer kne
WAS the night at the Academy
Music when I presented Parepa. Ros'
| Adelaide Phillips, Wachtel and San
ley In n performance. We took
: IS. 0OO.'
{ From all of which 1t can be infsrre
that the Jersey Lily, eve with Free
die and the poodle, has not done
more surprising business than some
her predecessors.