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GREEN ROOM GOSSIP.
Hugh Fay is sick in Denver. Col.
Sol Smith RussaIl iS ,,la,.iny in the mort

A Boston dime museum last season paid
profit Of $4,000
Flora Moore will this season return to her
old love, "A Bunch of Keys"
Dora Wiley has signed with the ThOmp
son Opera Company for the season.
Pat Rooney will start this season in
''Pats Wardrobe" by Elliot Barnes.
Charles f. Smith has secured lease OF
the Vine Street Opera House, Cincinnati.
Maude Granger has not as yet made any
arrangements for starring tour this season.
McNish, johnson and Slavin's minstrels
had fine opening in Boston on Monday
night
Fanny Rice has been engaged for prima
donna roles with William T. Carleton's
company.
The Cragg Family will play under the
management of w. j. Gilmore during the
season of 's7-sS.
All the Cincinnati theatres, except the
Grand and Vine street, will throw open
their doors this afternoon.
Charles Tingay. leading man for Gus
Williams last season, will take out a com
pany to play The Strategists"
Every seat is sold for the opening per
formance Of Louis James and Marie Vain
wright at Chicago tomorrow night.
BARLEY Campbells creditors are so i'm
perfume that they pursue him even to
Bloomingdale to serve legal papers.
George Wilson and Carl Rankin have
given bill of sale of their show to Chas.
T. Lorraine, the consideration being 81. 500.
Gilbert and Sullivan's new opera will be
York, Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and
Chicago.
Henry Chanfrau as Kit Redding. in THE
Arkansas Traveller" will open his fourth
regular season on September :, at the BoS-
ton Theatre.
Helen Tracy is J. Raymond's new lead
ing lady. Walter Collier goes in advance
Mrs. Collier Lizzie HudsOn) joins Joseph
Jefferson's company.
Fred Warde opened his season as Vir-
ginius at the Windsor theatre. New York,
last Monday. Ills performance was re-
ceived with much enthusiasm.
James Sturges and Harry Clarke have
been re-engaged for the Corinne Merrie-
makers. They recently closed sixty
weeks season with the company.
Robert Downing on his first appearance
as Spartacus, the Gladiator, in Chicago,
flowing house and enthusiastic applause.
.Augustin DAILY has arranged return trip
of his splendid company to London in 1885,
The news is not unexpected. Every body
will be g!ad-the Londoners notably so.
During the tour of Robert Macaire, Man
ager Teegarden and the star, Harold Fors-
berg. will each be attended by valet
dressed in the livery of the period of the
play.
LOtta is very busy rehearsng her COM
pany. She opens at Oshkosh. Wis, on
August IS. The latest addition to the
Crabtree family is a present in the shape of
an ape.
Joe Jefferson has painted another picture
of his favOrite subject, a Louisiana bayou.
1t is averred to be so natural that a single
glance at it will give all abls-bodied man
the ague.
Harold Forsberg opens his season in
''Roqert Macaire'. at Cleveland on Septem-
Der 13. Then follows week. Manager
Teegarden is securing excellent dates,
mostly week stands.
Brossen's Bankers Daughter company
old and reliable-Open the season this week
in Bangor. Me. Harry Linsom, Lizzie
LiDgham, Marion Erie and Jane Cushman
are in the company.
They tell us that Frank Howard has dup
Heated his "rll Await, My Love" hit with
his new one, Sweet Heather Bell The
song is certainly sweet if somewhat con-
ventional in arrangement.
T. J. Herndon has been re-engaged for
his old part in Caprice, in support of Miss
Madden. Mr.. Herndon created this part
Jethro Baxter, quaint type of farmer,
and made a great hit therein.
The Maid and the Moonshiner," Chas.
Hoyt's first attempt in the line of comic
opera, has been pronounced failure. The
music by Edward SolOnar is said to be very
good. and the lack of success of the opera
is attributed to MOyt's stupid libretts.
Lillian Lewis is taking fencing lessons
from Captain Alfred Thompson, with
view of introducing a duel scene in
'Odette." Sardou didn't write any duel
scene for that play, but that's of little con-
sequence. 1t only proves his neglectful
ness.
Five names of the most successful female
stars of this country begin with the letter
M" They are Mary Anderson. Modjeska,
Minnie Maddern, Margaret Mather, and
Maggie Mitchell. The youngest is Mad
dern. The most prominent is Mary An
derson.
Earnest Harvier. who Is attending TO the
of BARLEY CampbelPs estate,
declares that the unfortunate dramatist is
in excellent physical health, and that there
is no truth whatever in the statement, so
circulated, that he is on the verge
of the grave.
Dixey's season in London has been pro-
lOnged seventeen days, and it is cabled that
have been made for him to
return next year. "Toole's Theatre" and
new piece are spoken of in this connection,
the latter to have shorter roll call than
Adonis which costs too muph IN cast