The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
STAGE AND STUDIO.
Modern Ape'

Modern Age.
 NIT. Gilbert Is an artist as well as a funny writer. He is doing the interior decorations of his house according to his own design, and, in fact, with bis own hand.
 Manzotti, the author of |" Excelsior is hard at work on new ballet, entitled Dante Allighieri," which is to be brought out this winter a, the Milan Scala, and, according to report, promises to eclipse Excelsior
 Edwin Booths new home in Boston is surrounded by a very literary atmos- phere. in his immediate neighborhood are the houses of T. B Aldrich and ". D. Howeils, as we'll as that of the late Richard Dana. the poet
 ! An aged Hebrew went to the opera the other evening 10 witness Les Hugenots. i Suddenly he burst into a laugh as if an idea had struck him. 'Why do you laugh :" inquired his companion. Laugh the beth game ever thaw A lot of Protethtanlh and Catholitch killing each other to music written by Jew. Ha. ha.n
 We are told that the Bar,holdi statue is, in fact an enormous advertising scheme for the sculptor whose name 1t bears, and that the money spent in France for its construction was raised in great part by personal application to Americans travelling or residing in that country. How much of this IS fact, and how much is 10 be attributed to profes- sional jealousy 1t is impossible to determ- inc at this distance from the scenes of Bartholdi's operations.
 i The king of Bavaria has given his full consent to the repetition of the Parsifal" performances at Bayreuth next summer i The vacations at the Munich Court theatre are to commence earlier than usual in order to allow the rehearsals to begin on July 5. Ten Parsfal perform ances will be given between July 70 and August 5. After the close of the opera on August 2. the members will repair to l Bayreuth and begin their rehearsals for the Nibelungen Ring series, which is to be inaugurated on August r.
 i Hans Makart, the painter par excel ] lence of unveiled feminine beauty. veri- hes the old adage about piety in later i life. He now devotes himself 10 archi- lecture instead of flesh color. Not con l tent with his plans of a model palace others call it castle in the air he IS designing ! Gothic cathedral. which. so say his former friends and admirers. is likely to remain on canvas or paper only, the lowest estimate of cost for building an edihee in conformity with the paint CTS plan being eighty million ilotins.
 The London dramatic critic of the i StoksDian has the following remarks on i Miss Mary Anderson's makeup as Galatea. which throw curious light on MT. G,ilberts reading of the character, He says: " Miss Anderson. in deference, we believe, 10 Mir. Gilbert's suggestion. wears her own hair when she comes to life. and not the white wig made in the semblance of marble which she has on when posing as the sculptor's work. In America, on the other hand, she re- malned, as IL were, all marble through out. keeping on the white wig as we'll IS the white garments, and this gives the keynote to her interpretation of the char acter. Her Galatea is hardly ever wo- man, but so to speak. all marble. and she had much better have kept to her original makeup that of the statue ! throughout the piece
 Salvini writes over his own signature, ] to friend in this country, that he will come 10 us again in the not far disian, future. He is recovering from depres- sion of the nSves, which he has suffered from for ;he past two years. ever since the death of his much loved English wife In his delightful home, just outside of Florence. the domestic circle consists of Salvini himself. two lovely daughters. and-when he is at home-the son Ales- sandro. The love for his child, which breaks the strong mans heart. in ''Con- rad the Outlaw that makes the Salvini home an earthly paradise for the artists children. IL has been said before that if SalvIni were less of q man he would be less of an actor. This is not bit of mawkish sentimentali,y. bu, the universal verdict of all who have the privilege of calling him their friend. It IS pleasan, and encouraging to ind a harmony be- tween the genius of man and his char aeter. For. alas. it is not too often that our idols will bear being so minu,ely in- spec,ed without disclosing the saw-dust or clay beneath. With Salvni' it is the nobility of his soul which IS the inspira- ton of his acting and his art.
 Madame x. who has recently returned from what the Germans call the '' Travel study in Europe gives us some amusing gossip from her musical "reminiscences. She made the usual pilgrimage to the Abbe Liszt. what all pianists look for ward to who ind in his appreciation the crown of all effort. the seal of future sue cess When she stood al last in the ante room. awaiting his approval, Mad 1 anne \. declares that she trembled all over. as at first audience with royalty. i Bu, the good Abbe was. is reality, far from being a terrible figure. He came Tn smiling grandly with his long hair un- kempt and in tangled disorder. much ben, and apparently very old. Hecha;- ted with her a few minutes, retaining her ! hand in his all the time. and beamins on | her with his eagle eyes. in manner quite | 100 familiar as our friend. who is very