Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-17

some Gossip oith Theatres Heard During the
snmmer Seasnn.


summer Season.
Charles Diamond, the Milanese minstrel,
has made hit in London with his harp and
song and dance act.
Miss Mabel Stanton, the big blonde who
was one time a columbine with Tony De-
nier's pantOmime company, will head dra-
matte company which her husband will put
out the coming season.
William Foote, formerly with Haverly,
will open at McN icker's theatre, Chicago, on
July ~, with a minstrel company of lOl per-
formers.
Lewis Harrison and John Gourlay, the
comedians, have dissolved partnership and
the latter will associate himself with Willie
Edouin.
T. g. Haynes, late of J. NJ. Hills staff at
the Union Square theatre, New York, will
manage the opera house at NorrIstown the
coming season.
\. {. Moreand will be Low Dockstader's :
middle man in the now minstrel company to
bc located IN New York.
Sam Nixon, the Philadelphia manager,
drives one Of tho neatest turnOuts at Long
Branch.
largely at Erastina woods, Long Island.
Katie Stokes, the circus rider, has again
made her appearance in the ring, and is with
Doris circus.
Adam FOrepaugh has only had one losing
day this season. That was at Allentown,
Pa, where it rained 50 hard that the ten Is
were not put up at all.
Forepaugh's contract with Barnum expires
this iall, and next year they will fight, open
ing the battle in New York.
Tho Doris circus has Just received a sn AXE
measuring twcnty-seven feet and weighing
$50 pounds.
The Clipper quartette goes with Clapham's
mustrels for a summer tour.
| Charles Il. Hicks will put cOlOred min
strel company on the road with Tom Nc
IntOsh at the head. Hicks and Billy Ker-
sands have dissolved all business relations.
Lester Wallack is in poor health at his
| home at Stamford, Conn.
| The Kiraify Brothers take Around tho
| World in Eighty Days ON the road again
next summer.
Charley Reynolds will he member OF
| Slocum's minstrels, who will open a sum
| mer season in Atlantic City shortly. Joe
| ROyer, of this city, is one of the musicians
Atlantic City has number of variety thea
tres this season.
John 4. Stevens, of " Unknown " fame,
| will manage the New Windsor theatre, Chi
| CagO.
" Evangelne is running in Chicago,
where over fifty performances have already
| been given.
| 4 novelty in the line OF concerts was given
| in "A chapel at Concord, n. H., recently. "A
| screen painted to represent a scene in a
| flower garden stood on the platform. Before
it were potted plants in great profusion. ON
| the screen were painted flowers OF heroic
| size. In the centre OF each was an opening,
| Behind these flowers stood singers, male and
| female, whose faces appeared in the flowers
| when floral solos, duets, quartettes, etc,
were sung The singing flowers were the
| rose, dablia, sunilower, daifOdil, pansy, lily,
tulip, daisy and buttercup, and there was
| also a man IN the moon.
The amusement season in this city will
likely be opened by Barlow, Wilson Il Ran
| kin's minstTels on August Is. This troupe
| Is remaining out all summer.
| j. NJ. Hill has discON cred a new young
lady who will take the part OF Mrs. Lillian
Russell Solomon in " Pepita."
| Tom Mack, of this city, has had offers from
at least three minstrel companies for tn,
coming season.
Nat Goodwin is travelling in Bavaria, ant
| does not think much of the country IN
letter he says "The more 1 see OF Bavari
the saner l consider the king who latel,
jumped into frog-pond to escape from III
| capital"
John ID. Mishler, of Reading, was over II
| New York, where he told the reporters
great deal about his new theatre. he said
" have never played ten-twenty-thirty
| Company in Reading, aud never intend To
/ attribnte much of the lack of amusemen
| patronage in that city To indiscriminate book
| ing, The people have been deceived S
| much that thousands have given up attend
| ing the theatre 1t will not pay TO play Mod
ieska, prize fighting combination, femal
minstrel troupe and a ten-twenty-thirty
, following one another in the same theatr,
| 1t Is my Intention to have the New Academ
OF Music open not oftener than three time
. | n week, and on such occasions only III
Y most meritorious entertainments will be PR
) | vided."
4 The Mirror says that the manager
1 throughout the country are " Booth-mad,
/ and they all want him.