Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-21

want to-"
Lester Wallack has decided to call his
old theatre the Star instead of the Man.
haitian. Dion BOucicault will appear
there on March %. with his new play,
''Nice Versa"
1t is said that Mrs. Crabtree, the mother
of the sprightly Lolita, never goes to table
at the hotels without taking her satchel
with her. in which she carries her daugh-
ter's diamonds.
1t is said that William Warren's with
draWal from the ROston Museum Is due to
the retention by the management OF more
than half the proceeds of his benefit on his
50th anniversary.
Concerning the reports Of his being IN
toXicated during his recent tour, Brignoii
said: bah! \ great-a lie. How cOuld-a
! get-a drunk? drink-a nothing but an
apOllinaris waterH'
Manager Abbey has engaged Lawrence
Barrett for a seven weeks season at the
London Lyceum next year, to close his
management of that theatre; and he is
also trying to secure Lolita.
Bronson Howard has realized $4,000
from '.The Bankers Daughter and W. IL.
Gillette $780, 600 from the part he owns of
''Fhe Professor and "Esmeralda." Who
says that American playwrights are not
successful?
Sarah Bernhardt, in Fedora" thrills
the house by her kissing performances ON
the face of her dead STAGE lover, and the
management of the theatre is 0verrun
with applications for opportunities TO APP
pear as the corpse,
Richard Golden and his wife, Dora
Wiley, 20 abroad in June in company
with Nat Goodwin and Eliza Weathersby.
Nat and Dick say they viii call ON the
Queen, and if things come their way they
will buy London. - Dramatic NetcS.
A gentleman who once met Emma Alb
bolt after IA performance Of ''Paul and
Virginia." said to her, thinking she was
unmarriedi ''Please tell me how YOU
learn to make love so naturally" Her
reply was, II keep little husband at
home to practice on, so you see am al
fat in the act" The young man depart
ed sadder but wiser man.
Sol Smith Russell, the we'll known COM
edian, has two brothers, one of whom is Il
minister, and the other the President of
aY. NJ. {. A. organization. His mother
was one of the highest officers Of the
WOman's Sanitary Commission during
the war, and afterward filled the place of
the city missionary of Cincinnati, visiting
the poor and praying with the cOnyicts in
their cells.
A good story is told of a well known
leading man. While on Union Square
one day recently he passed pretty girl
who smiled and babe him good morning"
He entered into conversation and i'll a
short time escorted his companion to
Martinelli's where they had an excellent
dinner. At coffee he said: ''D0 you know
| am sorry to confess / have forgotten
your name. Where did we last meet?"
She smiled a smile Of awful meaning, and
replied: ''Why, you know, mother man
ages the University Place laundry. and
sent me around to see if she could not
collect that little bill to-day" He has
avoided the Morton house ever since.
An old theatre-goer in New York re-
Gently saw Mary Anderson for the first
time as ''Galatea." When the curtains
were first drawn aside, giving the au-
dience glimpse of her upon the pedes-
tai, this man stepped up TO the manager
and said ''What n large and handsome
statue that is. You don't carry that
around the country with you, do your
..Oh, yes" replied the manager, ''We have
carried that ever since Miss Anderson has
DIaVed sGalatea;: @Well,V said the
other. ~ should think it would be very
dangerous as well as expensive Soon
afterward the statue began to move, and
then the old theatre-gOer moved away,
doubtless saying to himself, in the Ian
again
Lester Wallack has sued the manage
ment of the Mount Morris Theatre in Har-
lem for $3.50 for balance due on a contract,
Mr.. Wallack having played there few
weeks ago in ''ROsedale." The manager
refuses to pay the balance because Mr..
WdlIack acted his part carelessly, spoke
from the stage to persons behind the
scenes, that hrs sparring was ridicqled by
the gallery, and that he attempted to flirt
with the ladies in the audience. Being in=
teryieWed, Mr., Wallack said, regarding
the latter charger The idea of my flirting
with the ladies in the audiencel My age
and position as a gentleman forbid any
thought Of such thing, Why, ] cannot
recognize the members Of my own family
in a box without my eyeglasses on. As |
do not wear them in the part, il is impOs-
sible for me te see any one beyond the
foOtlights."
Miss Ober, the manager of the Boston
Ideal Opera Company, being asked why
she allowed her comedians TO imprOvise
and hOrse-pIay all through. ''The Mascot"
while she forbade them to take liberties
with 'sfatience.1 she said: II do not be-
lieye it is possible TO faithfully transfer
the spirit of French comic opera into
English. Ii the translation is anywhere
near literal, the result is unutterable stu
pidity; if it is free one, with the wit of
an adapter in place Of that which is lost
in the process of translation, then the
work of the author is violently perverted
The former course has killed more than
one French opera for America. The latter
has helped to make a success OF THE
Mascot My actors were privileged to
do as they pleased with their parts, and,
being clever men, they have made them
laughabla 1t is altogether different with
Gilbert and Sulliyan's pieces. Nobody
can handle GiIbert's humor ruthlessly
without marring it. So, you see, we fol-
low the text OF Patience to the letter,
and go abont as far as possible from that
of The Mascot"