Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-08
MUSICAL NOTES.

2Tth aud 18th.
Chimes NJ Normandy rehearsal ev-
Grey night next week-costumes
It's only an lad all this talk Of
Freddie marrying the Lily, after all.
He isn't such fool as he looks, by q
jugful,
Another distinguished debutante
will take the boards this season. Gen.
Banks daughter will tackle Juliet
She inherits her talent, for the gener-
ais wife was an actress.
Niger ushers for Daly's will be the
feature this season, they say. Angus
tin has evidently got some artistic
ideas abroad. With such father-in-
law in front, white men don't hitch at
all. Hence the artistic toning down.
The American Molie has come to
grief In London. Haverly has gone
all TO pieces with his Forty; Count
En-" The creditors are more than
forty, and you can't count 'em. The
question IL how are the wretehed forty
10 return. Is IL TO be a SWIM
There's figure we miss from the
show circuit. That good-natured aud
amiable chap, Max Strakosch. Isn't
IL about time he came to the front
again When there are so many
snides claiming first place he should
be able TO rush clear to the top with no
difficulty at all.
The plump, pTude, Clara Louise
Kellogg Is back from Europe working
the interview racket for all IL is worth
She threatens to go into opera "a conf
deutly rs If she could still sing, but she
can't scare us with that gag. We
know she dare not put her terrible
threat into execution.
Soubrettes come out strong this year
All of them of any note are to start of
on their own hook as stars. The peo-
pie, they think, like funny business"
and, Judging from the characters of
some Of the managers who are to ex.
plot them, there'll be plenty OF It, and
of the crookedest sort, too.
No fool like an old fool. Here's
Penny-Flipping Raymond engaging
himself to appear at the Gaiety theater
in London next year. With the
memory OF his terrible guying in Lon
don two seasons ago fresh in his mind
too. His friends should look to him.
His mental penny must be 80 worn
that 1t no longer has either head or
tail.
The opera-house Is being put in com.
plete order under the direction of Mrs.
Charles Benton. The painting is
being done In bright colors and gold.
The walls will be handsomely papered
with velvet and gilt, Two green baize
doors at front entrance, which will
open both in and out. Improvements
In the box-oillce are being made, and
the contract let TO floor the auditorium
and stage, making the finest ballroom
in the state. The opera-house always
will draw crowd of our very best cit
liens, aud the move Is one i'm the right
direction. 1t will pay the managers
and he source of great accommoda-
ton TO the young folks. Be
sides the Improvements alluded
to, Mrs. Benton has given orders TO
her contractor to lay floo.s in the
underneath the stage
and lay carpets In all the dressing
rooms, The stage will have two new
new and elegant scenery, cut
wood drop and cut-wood borders, maxi
ing cur Opera-hOuse one to be sought
after by star actors. The home com
pany Of operate singers will have
nice, new and clean house TO greet
their friends on the opening night.
Next Saturday, Sept, 10, Dallas will
be visited by the Fort Worth Opera
presenting the ever-welcome
Chimes of Normandy.n The opera
VIII be put on the stage with number
one singers, gorgeous costumes and |
elegant stage settings. Mrs. Benton
says she will give the finest settings
had, and together with n well re- |
heaIsed company and Meines orches-
.ra the opera cannot fail to please the |
arge audience expected. After Tlay- |
ng afternoon and night at Dallas the |
company will return by special train, |
playing two nights I'm Fort Worth. !
such has beer the demand for repeti-
ION OF the Chimes the managers feel /
proud to announce complete readi-
less, and promise great improve.
nent on the last presentation. al
hough IL was then considered equal.
! not better Performance than MANY
raVellng companies gave MS. The
ompany has been strengthened con.
ldeTably. The part of Germaine will
e ably handled by Mrs. Rives Fran
IL, lady of considerable repu-
lIioh both rs an actress
~ cultivated sOngstress. The
I her female parts will be handled
nm old time success by Miss Annie
,ettus, Miss Lucle H. Souter, Miss
LATHE Warren and IA far as we are in /
'rmed the Misses EfIie jennings, Kit
!, Leslie, Juliet Miller, Jennie RYAN.
,boie Keasey, Sue Rushing, Lulu
ioag and Miss Hershey, and Mrs.
aulkner, Mrs. Smith, Mrs, Often
Irs. Reed and Mrs. Morrison. Bas'
IS: Messrs. Fosdiok, Shreiner, Raf- I
rty. Scruggs, Lilley, Davis, Meade
nd Lynch. Tenors: Mo ssrs. Fields. '
l.oolery, Reeves, Elliott, Press Stew
= ana Dr. Mason, The following !
'ntlemen are the sololsts: Messrs
oht Bonner, w. II. Maginnis, MAI
I, Washer, khleber NanHandt. and
lllee Taylor Francis. Prof. G. M. ;
item, musical director. This
rteiniy is a good company
I'd will do our city credit. Go where i
may ID will hiring hnnna bri,rht -, ! q