Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-02-05

MARY ANDERSON has life insurance policies
to the amount Of 100000.
BARTLEY CAMPBELL wrote thirteen plays
before he met with any success.
NINE. MINNIE HAUK, the American prima
donna, is singing in opera in Switzerland.
NEXT season Henry E. Abbey viii manage
Sarah Bernhardt, Mary Anderson and Mrs
Langtry.
THE leader of the orchestra of the Essler
Theatre, Baden, Germany, has celebrated the
anniversary of his 101st birthday.
AMILcAR PoUcHELLI, composer of ''La
Gioconda, = has just finished an opera on the
Marion Delarme' Of Victor Hugo.
MYRoN W WHITNEY, the wen known
basso, has a beautiful home near Boston, and
viii retire from the operatic stage after this
season.
MORE companies have been ''called back
from their tours this season. than ever before
in the history Of the drama in the United
States.
s'LoHENGRINn has been given 200 times in
Vienna and 'Tannhausern l75 evenings. The
early works Of Wagner are the most popular
at present.
Mr.. MAX STRAKoscH will shortly put on
the road an English opera company to sing
"Martha,n Don fasquaie, and the Bride
Of Lammermoor.n
Mr.. ABBEY denies that Mary Anderson
has any intention Of building o new theatre
in London Hs says there are too many thea
tres there already.
RHEA's new play, An American Countess,
Is said to be the coming sensation of thestage.
1t is strong in situation and dialogue, and the
actress is delighted with it,
AT later period in the present dramatic
season Lawrence Barrett, Edwin Booth and
Henry Irving will Os acbing simultaneously
at hree different theatres in Boston.
The theatrical business in Philadelphia is
said to be b liter than in most any other large
cities, though Of course the dullness OF the
times generally is affecting it somewhat
Wien Nine. Patti sang in Boston in MAR
than Sll, ,b4J is said to have been received at
ths box Office IL was the largest amount
ever paid for one operatic performance IN the
city.
PAUL HENDRICKs, nephew OF the Vice
Presldent-elect. aud private secretary to
Judge Gresham, is a very talented musician
lie has high tenor voice and operatic aspir-
atlons.
ABBEY has engaged Wilson Barrett, the
London actor and manager, for next season,
ana we shnEl $40 his "Claudian.n \ the most
beautiful OF recent English plays, ii this
coun. ~.
LAWRENCE BARRETT thinks s'tha Great
American drama" Will be written about the
colonial period and would like part founded
on Warren, dealing with his domestic rather
than bis military life.
IT is q curious fact that two actresses who
were famous twensy ye rs ago-Mme. Ristori
AMI Mrs Bowers-1ave been acting this sea-
son under one management Both had r.
tired from the stage
CssARE RIsToRI, brother Of the actress
Ristori, has pu shed book on acting which
Is said BY the foreign critils to be Che best
book Of its kind 1t has already been trans
lated into German and Spanish.
MISS ANNA HARRIS, daughter of tbs Indi-
ana poet Lee A. Harms. is ons OF the finest
mezzo-sopranos in that State She has sue
cessfully mastered the leading roles iii the
ssBoEeulian Girl, y and ''Ea Sonnainbula
DURING rehearsal Of Peuts 'Mous4ue-
tairesn at the Foliss Dranati 4ues Theatre,
Paris, Fran d, MontanbIag, tie baritone.
slipped and fell tho sword whieh hR hald irI
bis hand piercing lis breast AT last accounts
he MAS in h criIical oonditi0n