The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-02-21

ters the principal OF which, the Burglar, introduces
clever character song written by Frank Gassaway.
Now that the skating rink craze has died out and
can't be blamed any more managers have been cast
ing about to ind some excuse for the bad business
AZ last they have struck u; i is the progressive
enohre parties, they assert that are dragging people
away from the theatres
The theatres in Paris don't appear to be doing very
much mote business ana considerably below the
American average. The following quotations are
olcial and reier TO the receipts OF January is
iotfne, Discriminatory $500; sanho, $50 Average Of
the other leading theatres, $500 These figures are
copied from the books OF the Dramatic Authors SO.
ciety OF Paris
They attempted to play the other day at the MIR
ininFham iEhsiatd Theatre a little farce OF Dick
enss PRODUCED at Tie ST. iaiits Treatte in 1896, en-
tl,led"A Strange Gentleman ard Il Eel perfectly
dead. lie was about twenty-five years Of trn then,
but young as he was II is remarkable, as he had
already published "Sketches by Boz that he could
have produced 40 weak play. II might run race
OF dizziness with Charles Lamhs "Mr, u, ~ another
example, of which We have many In New York,
that a brilliant critic mag be poor playwright.
Thirty thousand Poles have been banshed from
their native land: many arc coming TO this country.
u Is TO aid them and send them TO homes in the
West that Nine. Modjeska organized the benent
Thursday afternoon. The performance was "As
You Like It, and was made unusually interesting,
a. the east contained James Iiaworth, Lonis James,
Mary Shaw, Efne Germon, and members OF the Mod
tesSa Company.
Miss sara Manypenny, OF Frederick warde COM
pany, now playing at the People THEATRE Ia prob.
ably one Of the most brilliant women socially on the
stage. She ia not unknown to the Cabinet circles Of
Washington, having been presented by her aunt,
the wife OF supreme Judge William Woods. Beinga
very handsome girl, very pretty face, and tall, COM
manding figure, she created quite fator. But hay-
ing undoubted hisriOno ability she adopted the
stage, and made her debut with Barrett two years
ago. Having given up the brilliant society life for
the hard theatrical one, che should and viii he sue
cessful.-N. y World.
Mts. Arthur kenhatd, In her biography OF the
famous actress Rachel, tells the following charac-
tetisc anecdotes one evening, while dining with
the Minister OF the Interior, Cotrle Duchael, she
admired the cenire-piece on the table. NJ. Du-
ohatel presented her with the flowers, but she ex-
claimed, "Uh, II was not the flowers but the bowl
admired so fnuCh.n "i0u shall have Il then, as well
as the flowers" answered her host, In sudden ut
OF generosity. "Monseur lie Comte,' was the
answer, your roses and violets delight my heart,
but your centre piece will he the ornament and won
der OF dining-ruom." Rachel had come IN cab to
dinner. When the time for leaving approached, the
Minister offered het his hr0ugham TO take her home
with pleasure" she said; "then | can take your
present with the without fear OF being waylaid AMI
staircase himself ~ am delighted. mademoiselie,n
ne said, with sarcastic smile, as he babe her "ood
night, ""that you would have my silver howl; hut
you Will send me back my brougham, will you not 2"
"often,h uoussaye adds, "dil dine at Raches, and
see the bowl, made In the model OF Plny's doves In
feeling US remembered the story connected with IT,
for many were the things she had rined me off,. She
was not the daughter OF the jew pedder or Esther
Maya, his wife, seller Of old clothes, for nothing.