The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-14

During the delivery of his lecture. ''The
Golden Horse, he will read several of his own
poems. The entertainment is unique and high
~ spoken of by the press elsewhere
Dramatic News We are TO have new for
eign star shortly. Fraulein FRITZ Kraus. a
former member OF the Berlin Residence Theater.
and recently engaged at Moscow, has gone to
London to devote herself entirely to the English
stage. After brief season at the Princes The
alter she will come to America, where report
AYERS that she is to act with Mr. Edwin Booth.
The New York Commercial Advertiser some
what bitterly observes: Patti and Nilsson are
both coming to this country next season, and
will ask the public high prices for the pleasure
of listening to them. 1t may be remarked, Incl
dentally, that Patti has been singing to slim au-
diences in the European provinces and that at
recent Nilsson concert only twenty-on tickets
were sold. In this emergency their dear Amer
leans are to be appealed to again."
When Patti was recently singing Lucia at
Bucharest man fell from the flies to the stage
and Knocked down a woman, child and a piece
of scenery. The man fractured his skull and the
woman was seriously injured. The audience
hearing the noise and the cries thought there
was fire. Nine. Patti. who was singing the mad
scene. continued the air and signed the audience
that there was no danger Order was restored,
and an encore was demanded Of the singer.
Mercury: The wall of dressing room in the
Norfolk, Va, Theater, reveals the following la
ment:
Alas. to groan so far from home
knight of sock and buskn.
No cash, no clothes, and nearly froze;
No rocks-and shoes abustn'.
With streaming eyes to count the ties
Inha.ing clouds of dust;
Oh, home. sweet home more I'll roam
With snap that's going to bust
Dramatic News: Genevieve Ward is back
from her trip around the world, and is resting in
San Francisco. She left England in 1884, and
spent seventy-slx weeks either in travelling or at
work. She comes back pretty we'll broken down.
and ready for good long season to loaf and
rest her soul In. She is going to spend couple
OF months in Monterey and Santa Barbara, visit
the yosemite, and start for the East in April.
She has made no definite engagements for the
coming season. She spent month in Honolulu
on her way across, and reports the Sandwich
Islands all there and King Calico as fond Of
champagne and female society as ever.
Mirror; The magnanimity of Corning land.
lords was demonstrated short time ago in the
following incident: The CAROLS appeared there
IN Whose Can 1t Be-" on Jan. Is, billing the
town but one day ahead. AS result, on bal
ancing cash, they came out far behind. In set
ting the hotel bill the manager unloaded onto
the counter pile of nickels and Dimes saying:
There's the amount of your bill, and about the
extent Of our pile" The proprietor looked at
him, and then at the pile; calmly ran his fingers
through the coin; dividedit into halves as near
as could be, and remarked: II admire your
honesty; which half will you takef' The man
ager was nonplussed for a moment, but finally
grasped the idea, raked one Of the halves into his
hat. and walked Off.