Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-07

oitch ePcSuiasoo " N~SiS ."
TO $4,000 shares Of stock in single
day. :,
As to stocks Henry Clews is decidedly
bullish. The bull sentiment has latteriy
become the dominant one. Plenty OF
money obtainahle at low rates, the pro-
liability that there will be no important
exports Of gold, the peaceful outlook
among the trunk lines, the prospects OF
a coal combination, better dry-goods
trade. and a large and steady demand
for railroad bonds, and to some extent
for stocks, greatly encourage the bovine
brethren. One Of the keenest men IN
Wall street said to me the other day :;
81 believe the tDrexel-Morgan syndi-
cate that took such a large amount oil
stocks last summer is still heavily inter-
ested, and will protect the market il
necessary"
THE DRAMA.
Mr.. BarTett's revival Of Victor Hugo's
Hermann" resulted in critical disap-
pointment. ] am more than ever con-
WINGED that dramas and operas with
only historical interest ought to re-
main in history. - Herman" is a
strong melodramatic and romantic
play; but, with all respect for Hugo, it
is not abreast Of current taste and cur
rent dramatic methods. The resuscita-
ton of these things serve to show US
how we have got away from the high
falutin Of fifty years ago. The play OF
to-day must deal with men and women
to interest men and women-not with
gods and goddesses.
As for Mr.. Barrett, his Hermann is to
me the dryest, hardest piece Of abstract
defamation have ever seen him at
tempt. Could Hermann have come into
this Spanish bathos with the Spanish
swing Of the cavalero, plumed and
poetical, with the airs of .Saragossa
and the scents Of Seville could he
have awakened the romance of Pro-
vence and lit the character with that
moonlight that still shimmers in song
on the Guadalquiver; could he have
been a lover with the tropic passion Of
the South and flung the spell Of light,
melodious knighthood over the incl
dents, we would have accepted him.
play and all, for we take the past if it
only brings us the life Of the past.
But the husk Of the past-bah 1t
reminds me Of those phosphateS that
are brought home from the crematory
and put up for remembrance, as if lime
were love.
While we are giving our sincerest
apathy to Hermann" we arc not I'M
mindful OF the prodigjous strides Mr..
Barrett is making along the path Of
managerial success. lie is at this mo-
ment the Napoleon Of actor-managers.
lie has swallowed up Mr.. Edwin Booth,
for he is to manage him. And II ever
a worthy representative American actor
wanted management it is Mr.. Booth.
lie has been piling up money so con-
tinuously that he has forgotten all
about his fame.
Here he is, playing the same Hamlet
in the same way, with the same sticks,
at the Fifth-Avonue Theatre. On the
opening night the house was half full.
| don't believe there were five people
in the theatre who went to see
Hamlet" They all went to see Ed
win Booth.
And on that preponderous weakness
Mr.. Booth, the starTiest transformer
Of them all. presents himself.
When you get Barrett and Booth side
and side, as we have them now, you
have a liyem and live actor in sharp
contrast. One stands in the current
that drifts toward him picking up the
floating wealth. The other is fighting
his way up stream and making things
lively on shore.
am very glad to be able to report
that Miss Maud Miller, the young
woman who abused her father in the
newspapers and got an engagement with
Mr.. John A. Stevens. ceased to inter-
est the town the moment she stopped
writing about her father and went to
acting. watched her act for ten min
utes, and now | understand why she
was so much more successful in por-
traying her domestic affairs than in
pcturiDg other peoples. OF course,
you know that we have had the Moro
sini-Schilling at the Casino for weeks
drawing money because she married a
coachman, not because Of her still small
voice and ankles.
It's awful discouraging to men with
daughters-and coachmen.
AT WALLACK'S.
Sophie Eyre comes back in BelascO's
new piece at Wallack's on the 18th.
BY the way, it turns out that this new
piece is " Fernando " sailed. Can you
imagine anything newer than that: !
wonder if Belasco ever did do anything
new.
A pretty little war Of turtledoyes
has been raging in this theatre between
Eyre and Robe. believe all the es-
adjustment takes sides. There are
Robe days and Eyre days, and Belasco,
after three or four TehearSals, went of
somewhere and called upon the rocks
to fall and cover him.
Margaret Mather is rounding up her
astonishing New York season with a
week Of comedy. The most astoniSh-
ing thing about this season has been
the fact that not single newspaper
man in the city has been able 10 get
word out Of her, or even to see her any
where but on the stage. Even Mr..
Joe Howard acknowledges himself baf-
fed.
II saw this woman five years ago,
poor, unknown, friendless. She is
worth 100000 to-day. The stage hath
its victories, but it has to have its
managers first.
The latest Wagner blast is called
" Rienzi." The hosts are marshalllng
for Friday night at the Metropolitan.
This is the opera that makes the
trumpeters leave the orchestra with
bloody lips.
, 1t is TO be the last wild fanfare of an
unprecedented season Of noise, and
will bring us up to Lent, which Heaven
send may heal the blows of sound.
EARLY HOURS IN SOCIETY.