The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-25
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.
Opening of the Season-Miln,
the Tragedian.
Items Of Interest to Play Goers
from Everywhere.

-D1ou bouclcault opened in Melbourne ,
Australia last month to q crowded house.
BARLEY Caupbell's salary list for his
numerous enterprises foots up $1,000 q
week.
j. K. Emmett and wife returned from
England on the 18th instant. He appears in
this city during the season.
Louise Sylvester opens her season at
Chicago, ILL.,, August 81. She appears in
this city during fair week.
Lawrence Barrett's company, inelud-
ing the executive g aft Numbers twenty four
people. He opens his season at st. Paul,
Mimi, August 81.
Edwin Booth lives in q sumptuous
Queen Anne cottage 90 one of the least
fashionable, but most beautiful streets in
New York. He is very hOspitsble.
London is now shocked by the public
exhibition of the portrait of Mrs. Langtry
in such low necked dress that it looks
like mere skirt held up by suspenders.
William Carlton, the actor and play
wright, who committed suicide In New
York last Wednesday, must not be con-
founded with VIM. Carlton the opera
singer.
Miss Louise Hutchison, Kansas City's
favorie elocutionist has gone to Chicago
10 study and advance herself in her chosen
art, under the instruction OF leading
elocutiouisi.
MIR. and Mrs. Tony Hart appeared
for the first time in their new plav "But
tons" at Burlington, VT, last Monday
n ght, and made success. II is q musical
farce comedy, and was written especially
for them. They are among Mr., Collins
attr actions for the opera house this season..
MIR. Collins desires to manage the
opera house in thoroughly metropolitan
manner, and so will have the reserved
seats sold from the box office as they should
be. He con emplates changing the drop
curtain so that it will slide up and down,
irs:ead OF the old fashioned manner OF
rolling. O,her changes will be noticeable
10 the audiences.
Lolita is the riche.s living woman on
the stage and her wealth grows year BY
year with increasing .aviness. She was
born in 1847 and therefore is 80 years old.
Some folks imagine that she is away along
in the iflies. That is a intake. Maggie
Mitchell is past fifty and she looks every
year Of it being in that respect less tortu-
nate than Lolita, who seems much youn ger
than she really is.
Where are the circuses? The question
has been propounded by many. With the
Exception o. q small 25-cent affair, S-dalia
has not been visited by any circus
this season. Forepaugh's. which exhibited
at Galesburg, Ill, yesterday, is the nearest
one 70 us, all the rest being dist Mt. So
far as Is known to the BAZOo SedsIis is
not down on sny of their ute books. Sc
dalia is good circus town but she can
we'll afford to be given the 90 by.
-Junius Brutus Gossen, who gaes out
with BandYann this season, recently be-
came smittef3wit young lady in the west
end, and concluded he wanted TO marry
her. Accordingly he made known his de-
sire. She modestly reter7e1 him to her
father, upon whom he subsequently called.
The old man seemed to regard him with
favor at FRS, and after short call INQUIRED,
"Young man what do you dor IL am an
actor sir" "Well you had better 90 home
now; we don't want any actors In the fam
lly." Not long after, Mr.. Gossen appe red
in an amateur perform .nce, and his inam-
.rata's father happened to bn in the audi
ence. He studied the young man carefully
and when he went home that evening, said
to his daughter, Il guess you can marry
that fellow If you want to. He's no actor"
-Cineinnati Inquirer.
Manager Collins novel idea of obtsin-
ing the desire of rhestrs patrons as regards
the selection Of play from Minis repre-
toire By postal cards addressed to him, sue
ceeded beyond his expectations. While the
result showed varied choices, "The FOOLS
Revenge" was given the most votes. aud
accord ngly is the selection, The drama
is from the pen of the late Thomas Taylor,
an Eoglish playwright of distinction. 1t
has always held prominent place in the
repositories of Booth, Barrett and many
other trasedians. "Bertuccio" is consid-
cred one of Edwin Booths greatest roles.
Mr.. Min has made q great success IN the
part, which is fsvorite one with him. 1t
calls for intensely strong acting, and holds
the interest of the audience throughout.
Although bat four years upon the stage,
Mr.. Mum has m ide such r~pid progress N
his art that he is now considered one of tn !,
leading trsgedisns. He is indeed, valua-
bic acqu' sition to the stage, coming to il as
be does In the prime OF life, possessed of
great Intellectual powers, q fine face and
splent id physical endo~ments he has all
the qualities which go to make a crest
actor. He hss surrounded himself with
good company. Walter Rently, who was
here last season in Burr Oaks" is leading
mau, and Miss Adele Psyn is his lesding
lady. The hal4nce Of the company are
pronounced very efficient. Minis forth
coming engagement has aroused much
interest among theatre goers, and the fact
of this being the initial attraction of the
season, will draw an immense audience TO
see him in, The FOOLS Revenge"
The Huckleberry Cordial.