San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-04
SHARP CUES.
MY LORD LONSDALE AND HIS PET
ACTRESS ARE LOCATED
IN NEW YORK.


IN NEW YORK.
Local Theatricals- SoIonon's Bigamous
Marriage Proved Abbot,'s Repor-
toire Tom Keene's Condition
Patti and Langtry's
Movements, Etc.
smith A Andrews Bell Ringer" company,
/ billed to hold the fort AT Turner opera mouse
| ON Friday and saturday nights last, couId not
| come here, the company being dlSorgLilIcd
through sickness and being cphPeLiciu 10 RI
| turn home ON the 9Th and 9th, Monsieur ana
! Madame BcrIand will appear in grand com
! bnatiun French entertainment thAt mas re-
| Gently Crl atcd u iurOrC in Mexico. FROM whhI
! can be- learned of the entertainments thcr" Is
/ every reason to believe that IL l. worthy OF
| .UIport on tho gth, Dick Germans nj
! plny Will bp here and AN cnJoNbbI" comedy
| MAY H. rNpcctrd. Monroe n Rice 5 Aunt
| bridget Combination nav" cancel ed Their
! dates but Baird'S MINISTRIES viii rhcclN'S
take their place"
The. Fashion theatre under ITS new manage
| urut ia DONG well, and there can he no ques-
! tiOu thut the new company has made DECIDED
| hit This IL not surprising, seeing that the
| new company is IA nCritOriOus one, ana ncrll
! VIII tell every time IN our CDInInu NY: Nhd'
win the yOcu iLutiUn of Florence Matthews, he
| yiyaCty Of the Misses Pond ara Lc"lS; lhc
pleasing ballads of Miss tEarle, the "Nc'IiGIice
Of Rose ~ sic, the comic ccCchtrlCiIl's OF J"hi
| burke Lovely, Cooper, Hughes, the ablllly Oh
| the Marion Brothers, the cicvcrncsS OF Gus
| and Willie Peters, and the TemarkaDlc shoot-
| ing of Den Howe, there IS enough talent 10
| make most crcdtable pT0gramne. n nojljg5II
| a new and exciting play, The Italian faHrohe
| or the Slave of the Harp Will he prouuc,I as
| n closing piece This play, ike that OF John
WhitcOmb," will he performed in an artistic
manner and not be the mere exhibition OF
bulOOncry that is sometimes put on the va
ricty stage and called play The programme
for the coming week Is decldeuIy Roou "nt,
aud should receive the hearty support OF the
people.
Some of Ed. Solomon's friends are trying to
how that Eds arrest in London Tor blgamy IS
unjust inasmuCh as he was not married 10
Lily Grey, before he married Lillian husseH
in New Jersey, on May 10th, $50 Mr. hciry
p. stephens, editor of the London ,Ioplcasi
Times" who wrote the ibrcttO OF solomon
opera, billie Taylor, proves 10 the c0nirury'
He shows that on March l5th, lo'1, Ed was
married at the Bow Street registry once
London, TO Jane lsaacs, a variety actress VINO
sings at the music halls under the name Oh
Lily Grey" that he lived with her, that on
Dec II, in the same year, Mrs. solomon pore
Il daughter Clara that i'll November, no, ne
deserted her and has since lived openly Win
c RI and the actress, Edith Bland. Al
these details are sworn to IN Mrs. solomon
petition for divorce filed in the High court Oh
Justice, August 18th, 1882. That petition was
withdrawn at Solomon's request, under condl-
lions which he has never kept. Inc marriage
has not been annulled, and II is clear that Ed
Solomon has committed bigamy, and ms mar
ragC with Lillian Russell is null ana VOID
Eds matrimonial vagsrics have got MN III
tight box now.
Mrs Laugtrv attended by her mother, sis
ter four maids and her Chinese page, Wang
Mo, have arrived IN New YORK ana are quart,
"rcd at the residence rented Tor them at Jhl
West TwCuty-sCvcnth street. she mas u large
consignment Of beautiful dresses maze by
Worth, OF Paris, of all styles ana Tor All pur-
poses She opens tonight IN PERI at lne
Fifth Avenue theatre and the bookings now
are very heavy. Charles COghlan the ACTOR
author, will be her chief support Her rep4r-
tOirc includes Peril, Lady OF Lyons, La
Belle Russo" COghlans adaptation OF La
GrandC MaruieTc" Sydney Grundy comedy,
"A Lady's Man." and a new piece by COghlah
of the :'Feodora" style. The company carry
some very fine scenery 9y M"eoer ana '"''''"''
Violet Cameron, the London burlcsque ar
tiste. and her manager, the Right HonOrahle,
the Earl of LOnsdac, have arrived In new
York and will open in THE Commodore next
week. Miss Cameron is accompanied by Il
hcvy of - stage beauties, among whom is Miss
Constance LOseby, the famous "Gaiety' ar
mier dansensc. The bald heads are IN high
glcc over the vivaciOus forty and seats are
going fast. After the ''Commodore' has had
Sufficient run "KcnilwOrth" will take its
place All things seem bright ard prosperous,
The only thing that disturhs Violet, is that PEG
pie won't believe that her relations win the
noble manager are ''innOCCnt, and her nus
band DE BenSaudc. who is Cstranged from her,
has followed her to New York, and is watching
her at a distance. Bcnsaude is the man my
lord knocked out in Newcastle for interrupt
ing his tute tcte with Violet, and my lord
say hc'l do it again if he comes m"nk"ying
around there.
Poor Tom krcnc Mentally and physically
he is apparently all right, but his nervous sys-
tern is shattered. He has never recovered
from his illness of last season, and the doctors
forbid his playing this season, as they THINK II
would occasion his death. All dates nave
therefore been cancelled. While his friends
are sangunC that he will he all rlRhl again
there are grave doubts rs to whether the aC-
tors professional career did not really end with
his fall at kansas city.
Mr.. Henry 4. Abbey will manage AdClina
Patti, or rather Patti-NicCOni, as she calls
herself since her marriage, and Sarah Bern
hardt. and undoubtedly carries the ace OF
trumps in hearts and diamonds" He leaves
New York to-day for London and issues his
programme. showing that he will commence
the hour by an entertainment at Dublin, on
November LIST. The company is due IN
New York on the l4th and will appear on the
Igh. Madame Salchi, SignOrs BarOncrlli, the
new tenor; GaluS baritone; Navarro, bassO,
and Arditti as conductor will make up the
company The entertainment will consist of
songs and operate scenes. Patti is engaged
for 81 nights, but the tour will extend for %
weeks. No mention is made Of Patt-Nic-
colini'o proposed visit to san Antonio.
Emma Abbott is doing good business in
Chicago. presenting I, vval of Paul and
Virginia" with new scenery, costumes, etc.
Emma of course assumes the role
of Virginia and the handsome Spanish
tenor. Michelinu, is her Paul and they make
an excellent picture. Annandac, Frederick, Pc
rutte are III the caste. Miss AbbOtts report DIRE
during her season will he Paul and Virginia"
Grown Diamonds, "Cuspno and the Fairy
"Lucretia BOrgia," "MikadO" and Ell TrOva-
tore" though other operas may be intro |
ducCd as circumstances may require.
-
Margaret Mather was sick and thought she |
would die. She sent for her manager, j. NJ |
Hill whom she always calls Papa" and who |
thinks that he is the pivot round which the |
fair Margaret works He came. Papa said |
Margaret, "if | die will you put monument |
upon nyygraveY" Yes, Maggie" answered |
Hill. And what" enquired Margaret, Twill |
you put on it, Hill studied for while and |
then replied: why something in this Style" |
Margaret Mather queen of tragedy, buried |
here under the management of j. NJ. Hill"
The sick one laughed and decided that it was |
better to wait for that monument
The Railroad to Boerne.
\ gentleman who knows whereof he speaks, |
stated to reporter for the LIGHT that % mies |
of the track of the railr ad between san AntO- |
MO and BOeruC has been graded, and that the |
cars will be running by December |. This |
event will be the signal for boom in San An |
tonic that should never be suffered to SLOW |
Lot ~ a bn sr,nnl tup rks fol