The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-05
COULISSE CHAT.

THE Hunchback, " with Mary Anderson as Julia,
was fiat failure in London.
Mrs. Jean Margaret Lander ttee Davenport was
the original Camille in this country, and used only
her own translation OF the play
Rstori and Edwin Booth and /" Macbeth > is pos
sble event early in May, the performance being
given in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.
Henry Irving has delivered most excellent and
thoughtful address on acting 10 the students of
Harvard, and the Transcript says: Everybody
agrees that Mr.. irving speaks with admirable ease
of the STAGE
Charles Santley, the greatest English baritone, has
been elected president of the Royal Academy Of
Music. Like Sir Arthur Sullivan, Maybrck, and
Macfarren, Santley commenced his professional
career as a chorister. He can now earn $500 per
night
Salvini comes over on his own account next year
with Chizzola as agent. The tragedan was negotia-
ting with Stetson but insisted on s2 seats and only
four performances a week, while the Boston
manager stuck for $3.50 seats and at least FIVE per-
formances weekly.
Two of Mr. Gladatone's sons sang in the chorus OF
the Handel Society's last London concert. Herbert,
the younger, among the tenors and his brother,
w. II. Gladstone, who, by the way, Is capital or
ganist sang bass out OF hfty-three amateurs play
ing in the orchestra on the same occasion twenty
i've were ladies and TWO were countesses.
Col. Mapleson, who has been making money in
California, will give opera every night and at two
matinees during the FIRST of the two weeks consttut-
ing his spring season at the Academy of Music
which opens on the 2Oth proxlmo. lie could not SO.
cure the third week, for which he applied, as dates
had already been made for it. Nine Patti. after hei
hnal farewell performances, will sail for Europe on
Mayo.
Tomorrow night sour JOAN" in which Miss
Coghan is to make the experiment of star, will be
put upon the stage at Wallack's. The same night
the new Lyceum will open, with Mr.. Mackaye's five
B. Maniell, Joseph Haworth, WI Ferguson, Miss
Viola Allen, Miss Sadie Martnot, and others. as.
sisted by the students of the Lyceum school. Mac.
hayes Theatre only $50 persons. The price OF
orchestra seats reserved Ia $3.50.
Mr.. Charles II. Hoyt, whose new piece, "A Tin
Soldier" is to be produced az the Bjou next month
has produced new play every year since he began
writing plays. The first was sketch called " Gif
ford's Luck" produced al the Howard, which made
a success; then came Cezalia," produced during
the season of lsSl-s2 at the Globe, resulting in
failure, after which came "a Bunch OF Keys,""Iht
Rag Baby The Paror Match" and now "a Til
Soldier Mr. Hoyt has given the characters IN his new
piece names which will "bear Inspection" For In
young husband has the name OF Brooklyn Brtdql
TO make life happy, and his better half--having, nc
Broorlyn Brfdge's mother-in-law is MrS Fulton
Ferrp an old servant - plcturesquely labeled Vioie
Hughes. and the plumbers assistant is snggestiyely
and perhaps appropriately named Wtfe Steele
There are Two one-legged soldiers who are commls
stoned as Col. r. d. BooSey and Col. FOOD D. Fuller
Mr.. Trip Walker is the mail carrier; M. Bridge!
business partner Is Wright Handy, while the coal
bruiser OF the piece-of course there must be
bruiser-is Professor De Vflle Mdcaire The nam,
of the piece itself, "a Tin Soldier" found In
10Y shop, where Mr. Hoyt'H partner sent 10 lool
for a "good advertising name"
An article in the January number of the JOlGGd
des EoonomfSteS, by Yves Guyot, is worthy Of al
tenton al this time when all Europe has gone crazy
on the subject Of African colonization. Guyot seem
10 have established the point, by facts and figures
that the French cannot perpetuate themselves within
the torrid zone. lie excerpts Algiers and New Gale
donna as not being within this zone lie goes on Il
show that the English, like the French and othe
Europeans, are incapable Of accmation and repro
duction In India and Africa. The census OF lss
gives the total population Of India 1853 SOL 900,
which SIS, 4iI-T5, 45G males and 12.0ss fenales-ar
of English origin; b6,Gi6 are soldiers leaving les
than 20 900 citizens; adding TO these figures citizen
Of other nationalities and we reach total OF 1891
souls The proportion Of European population I
native is as / 10 l,TTO. The English government
mas attempted 20 marry the soldiers 10 nativ
women; this has been a failure to results
and, in the words OF Maj. Gen. BaRnold, they HAY
never been able TO raise children enough 10 TeCru
the drummers and 1fers OF the regiments. The IIo
landers have been equally unsuccessful In Java
(;uyotE figures relating 70 the French cOlOniZatiO
Of Anglers are laughable France has expended ie
Thousand millions Of francs In this settlement, an
to-day the French population is only 10000, Will
the population OF peoples Of other natonaities
her 10000 The yearly average OF those taking OF
naturalization papers Ii only $50 or In every 100