Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-03
actor at the Madison Square theatre

actor at the Madison Square theatre.
They are both young, aud the mach
Is altogether q love match. They
have just signed a contract with Mr.
Mallory flr a two years engagement
In n of the everlasting "Hszel
Ktrke" companies B,jou is to play
Hazel and Mr.. Miller Lord Travers.
The tendency toward centrallz ,tion
Is exhibited in the amussms nt but.
ness rs we'll as in politics, and with q
decided advantage for the public. The
proprietors of the Madison Square
theatre, for instance, are not only
lessees OF that exq lisite little theatre
out of Bsldgin's theatre in San Frar.
cisco, and have ten c,mp,nies on
the road, Four Of the5o companies
are playing "E,moralda;" three play
"aazsl K,rke;' two "rhe Professor"
and IL Young Mrs. Winthrop" and
they play every night in the year OK.
ccps Good Friday and Sunday. Two
hundred actors are on the roll, about
equally divided as to sex, and the
salary list exc eds IS 0 woek
For the next year two '~'stars" have
been e0gaged rs "stock" Actresses
Alice Dunning Lingard and Ada D,as,
who receive together SIS 900 for the
seeson Ct thirty. Ave weeks. Tho com
panies believe that they are ex.
ceptionally lucky, for one has recently
passed through the Newhall house
fire at Milwaukee uuscathed, and a
other was wrecked on the Pacific road,
and not only escaped injury but was
enabled to make tine and keep its ap.
pointment in S,cram snto. Perhaps
this may be due to the fact that the
brothers Mallory, the proprietors, are
also of the Churchman, and
one of them Is an Episcopal clergy.
MN. The entire business Of the
theatres and travelling companies Ia
under tho charge of Mr.. Dan Froh
man, formerly a very successful news.
paper man, who Is exceedingly popu
lar, and who IL oapsbly assisted by his
two brothers. Somehow the theatre
owners seemed to have arrived at the
belief tina. a good aewspsper man
makes the bes; kind of q manager,
perhaps bscauss Ct his vide and varied
experiences, and the financial results
appear to favor this opinion.
A memorial has been presented pri'
vately to b shop Potter, signed by 9
maj GRITTY of the Episcopal clergy Ii
this city, asking him to take actor
mon the case of the Rev. Il. Hebel
Newton, whom the memorialists &C
ouse of uufaithfulness to his vows Of
ordination In attacking tho inspiration
of the Bible ~ accepted by his church
The names of d.. Dix, of Trinity, and
DR.. Potter, of Grace church, head tn,
roll of accuser'. Bishop Potter hal
always been highly conservative, bu.
with a leaning toward high church
doctrine, and he would gladly avoic
controversy and scandal In this mat
ter, but he csnuot shelve the mo n
orial, nor Is it thought that he reall,
desires to do 80. Unquestionabl,
, the tide of clerical opinion among tn
EPISCOPAL Ana lie unanimously agains
, Mr.. Newton, and the only cause TO
hesitation on the part of the bisho
, is the wish to prevent bis attaining
, cheap martyrdom, of which he seem
! to be ambitious, Bishop Potter be
lieves Mr. ,wton will resign fror
q. the ministry on the ground that h
-. cannot conscientiously continue witt
In its restrictions, and he is incline
| to wait for this step to be taken,
, this is not done Def ire Easter Nj
0 Newton will certainly be presented fC
t trial, and as certainly depored, thong
. it will undoubtedly create q might
theological whirlwind.
t Mr.. John jacob Astor, who wall
8 down Wall atreet every pleasant da
and invests every spare dollar In re
8 estate, has purchased for 81, 600. OF
, cash the Guaranty building, at Broat
way and Exchange Place. He h,
. not invested a dollar in stocks sint
:; the middle Of the war, when, again
, the tdvice of his father, ne went l
boldly ana cleared 90, 200, 00(
/, Judged by his very healthy physique
Mr.. Aston has twenty years mor
? roll up wealth, every cent Of which,
r his hands is u detriment to this cit,
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