The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-02-18
cou11ssF CHAT
w. II. Fitzgerald has retired from the
"Girl That Love" Company, of which he was the


w. H. Fitzgerald has retired from the
"Gin That Love" Company, Of which he was the
star.
new scarf-pin has appeared, christened, |
mysleriously enough, the 'Frcdde. ~ II consists |
Of small donkey rhastciy carved In gold with pan
nicts vt either side laden with spciliug-hooks aud
Crammars. The HOUr.
Mr. II. D'Oyley Carte gave q special per-
Torrance of "Iolanthe " at his theatre In london
last Thursday for the members of the theatrical pro-
fesSon, and these apprccnlSe critics received the
opera with hearty laughter and applause, which
formed o good testimonial to Its quality.
The Chicago newspapers tell of a loud al
tercaiion In . corrdero the sherman House between
Edwin u. Thornc, the actor, and Jim Crawford, q
gambler ending In yocItcrous announcement To the
crOwdhy Crawford that Thorne had borrowed two hun
drcd dollars " his faro bank aud refused to repay
In an interview with representative of
tho loson saturday Ectajpg Gdsciie Uon Bouci-
cault said; 'Ouside London there cltics like
Chicago, San Francisco, 81. Louis Cinclnuai Cleye-
land, rttshurg. Washington, Philadelphia, and Bos-
ton leroare nine great centres aud for professional
purposes each Is as good rs London.'
Miss Minnie Conway, (Nrs j. Lcvy,D who
returned from England with her two children fort
night ago, has accepted an offer from John McCau,
and win make her first appearance In "llcart aud
Hand, - the opera, which Is rapidly preparing
at the New York Biiou, She has finally separated
from her husband the cornetist taking with her her
two children, avery bright boy aud girl
They are performing a sensational drama
an English provincial theatre and In OF the most
thrilling the hero discovers that he has come
| ON without his dagger. without q moment hesita-
tlon he hurls himself upon thc villain, crying, "Die
| base wretch had intended TO stab YOU but having
/ forgotten my trusy dagger In my dressIng- room /
win srangle you with my red Iightand left hands, In
the presence Of this Intelligent aud ndulgcut audi
] euce -
/ Mr.. II. G.. Guthrie, private secretary to
Mir. Frohman OF the Madison sqnarc Theatre, New
York, almost Instantly killed In the railroad ac-
| cdent near Gallon, ohio last Friday. Mir. Charles
| Frohman, with whom lie was travelling from PITTS
! burg to Detroit escaped with trihing INJURIES MIR.
Guthrie was sou OF an cx-mayor OF san Fran
cisco, was educated Abroad and was for several years
leading soprano In boys choir at a Paris cathedral
Ills sisters, Francesca and Emma Guthrie, ope-
/ rattle singers.
A comical incident recently occurred at q
country theatre where 4" Romeo and ,Iullet'r was
being played. A furious storm was raging and the
ROOF Of tho theatre was leaky. As Julist was lying
In the tomb, with Romeo bending over her drip came
the water on her face. ''Don't stir - whispered
Romeo. Another and another drop followed, TIL IN.
let with a shlver, turned her head lust In time tc
receive the rain In her eye The audience awakened
to the droery of this sudden resusclaton, and burst
into shouts OF laughter. Take care OF the rain !''
shouted one, "Thero 1t comes - called another.
"Wat, Juliet, aud III bring you an umbrella -
shouted an urchln In the pit, and the play broke vi
with comic ending to the tragedy. ON another oc
cason "Damon and rythlas ~ was being played a
theatre In Washington. In the last act, AS Damon,
ahOut le To execution, was Slfnnlg his
the effort to discern his friend In the distance, ant
! asking, ais he coming2n the locomotive sounded
Closely Glen he here In the next train SHOUTED
wag and In an Instant the emotion was changed e
laughter
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett has a strong literary
ambition. He pays more 10 he called scholarly thai
talented. The " learned Lawrence ~ is said to IL
happy phrase Of his own coming. sothcrn was
1 good deal in the same way some OF the thing
, which Felix de Fontalne wrote for him gave hin
l quite reputation as a literary man. Lawrence Bar
!, rett, however, write some, the North Imeri
can ReUieio shows But Sothern's literary reputa-
tion laid away the North american. Fran
Mayo always had philosophical weakness. II
thought he was born metaphyslciau, and Len Grove
Is pursued 10y monomanln that he Is an internatont
b. | lawyer and an authority copyright. Cazaura
boasts that he Is the great play adapter of the age
and that Bouctcault Is an lmitator of his methods
Il Jimmy O'Neill had a Christian weakness. job
II Brongham used to think that he orator, an
a old burton went down to his grave under the leu
sion that he was tragic actor. similarly Miss Clar
Louise Kellogg the singer, has for years had mani
VI that she Is an actress, aud Miss Emma Abbott
known to her personal friends have given way to
foolish notion that SHE could sing, AMI Steele Mae
kaNc, the elocutateur, gives his nights to turning
lathes and work benches hOunIlcd by the insat
notion that he Is an inventor. There Is Mr.. Harrigar
" ot liaifgan " Hart, who has nearly ruined himse
with the whim that he can write emotional dram:
= and play them. Minnie Cummings tbs actress, bt
, lieVes that she Is u society woman aud a. NJ. Pa
III mer, OF the Union Square Ihcatc, has weakness
rs he considered "A fast man. AS there is no end
II nonOnanlas there Is end to the antipathies
In managers and actors. Iananschek for a long tim
:, has had uncOnuuerabe aversion sitting h,
photograph. clara Morris Is said TO have al
tipathy to solid food. lose Eyinge has foolish pr
~ judi against pork and PariSian plays. Lewis Mo,
rson is said to he Calvinist. George Clark pu
he tanical prejudice against women makes him aimO
a., ! asCetC.