Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
THINGS THEATRICAL
Heavy Tragedians and Sweet
Singers Seek the Sad
Sea Waves.
A VARIETY OF SMALL TALK.
Where Popular Actors and Actresses Are
Spending the Summer Months
Stage Gossip.
A VARIETY OF SMALL TALK.
Professionals at Rest.

the New York WOTl0, and III Londo
and Paris m meets so many OF those
familiar faces that provoke the laughter
and wiring out the tears of American
audiences that he inclines to the belief
that Union Square has been Carried
bodily across the sea and emptied out
on both sides Of the channel.
That funny lad, Nat Goodwin, is over
in London having a rare time. He has
been dined by Irving, who has extended
to him many other pleasant courtesies.
Gs it because he loves Dixey less, OF
Goodwin moreD
Tom Whiffen is there, toe, playing
Pittacus Green, and getting terribly
slated by the London critics. Perugini,
McCaull, and Nine. Cottrelly are about
half seas oven by this time, and pretty
Marie Jansen is thinking of turning her
face homeward from Paris, where she
now is. Robert Mantell is on the way
to join his wife in Scotland. The Ave-
lings (the present Mrs. Aveling is Nit
tens Willett, who belonged to John
McCullough's company for several sea-
sons,) Ludwig and Candidus, of the
American Opera Company; Kate For
svthe, Adele Belgrade, Alma Stanley,
and a score of others are on their way
across. Edwin Booth is at Newport
with his daughter and small grand
daughters, Lawrence Barrett is talk
ing his ease at Cohass>t, and Emma
Vaders, who's going to play juvenile
business with Edwin Booth next season,
is staying there at Harry Meredith's.
Stuart Robson the man with the
squeak also has q cottage there, where
he is described as being hard at work
at a book entitled Grimes of the
Clergy" "Bob" Ingersoll is to write
the introduction. Rose Coghlan is at
Ta%rrytown. Over at Nyack Young,
Mrs. John Drew is staying with her
little daughter, having given up he1
trip abroad with the DAILY Company il
order that she might nurse her mother,
Mrs. Lewis Baker, who is IN invalid.
Down at Long Branch is assembled the
usual colony Of actors. The Hender.
sons, Mrs. Chanfrau, who has just got
back from London; the Albaughs,
Maggie Mitchell Paddock, and the
Ellslers. who are occupying Oliver
Doud Byron's cottage. Este]le Clay
ton is also at Long Branch, and the
Maeders and Farrons are summerine
there, too.
Joe Wheelock is living in his cottage
at the Navesink Highlands. Neil Bur
CESS (the Widow Bedott) lives dow
there. and so does Mrs. John Seton
who is having q perpetual vacation nov
after long years Of professional activity
Ellie Wilton is keeping house dow
at Whitestone, L. l., with her FRIEND
Lille Vane. Kate Claxton Stevenson
is at Larchmont Manor with her family
John and J. H. Ryley and Madeleine
Lucette (Mrs. Ryley) are at New Ro
chelle when they're not off on Mr.
Ryley's yacht, the Madeleine, which
claims them for it's own most of the
time.
Ed. Harrigan is happy in his cottag,
at Schroon Lake.
Fred Robinson has been up at Range
ley with his fishing tackle. He's hae
his vacation and is going out to Chicago
20 rejoin the Madison Square Company
who, like the DAILY and Dixey people
are working all summer. Agnes Bootl
deserted after the Boston engagement
closed and went to her summer hotel a
Observation-Disclosures, leaving he1
roles to Caroline Hill (Mrs. Herber
Kelcey), Dear old John Gilbert" ant
his wife are also at Manchester. Har
Conway and Alice Brooks are staying
at Montclair.
Robert Downing is on his farm below
Washington, getting reAed for hi
united campaign with "The Gladiator.
Nine. Ponisi has been STAYING Will
friends neal Boston.
Mrs. Eldridge (4Aunt louisa says sht
is saving herself to go abroad agai,
next year, and so she stays in town, re
ceiving, as usual, Saturday mornings
and taking occasional trips to the neal
places Of summer resort between
whiles. D.. "
Billy Florence has been lately heart
from on the salmon question from Met
apediac. George Clark is at his pleas
ant country home in Norwalk, Conn
Lester Wallack is at Stamford.
Two of the Weathersby sisters are
DEMONSTRATING out at High Bridge, I'm.
der the wing Of the "Giddy Gusher,'
who lives there all the year round
She-the Gusher-doesn't belong tc
the profession, and wouldn't have any
business in this category of summe1
jewellers, for all her pre-eminence as
toot and humorist, if she was not uni