Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-11
NEW YORK LETTER.
THEATRICAL. MUSICAL. AND SOCIETY
wTLEs OF GOTHAM TevE
Lillian Russell and Her Til with Solo
nez-Noezles Private 7heatricals-
EaseG0ss Of Seward. &c.
corres,anaenee OF the KichnaBa p.ss.sos. J
Nm YoKK. Aprll 10. -.

4oe pUt1c ioft-beht % AtAAiA1 1~es-
sci is always frstted with private ugh
meas. She always seems to be having
some kind Of trouble with Der "ole
man" Her old msn Is Mr.. Solomon,
the imyoser Of - Pepita" BE il one
Of the eleverest musical inpOsers we
have.
Did you ever regard domestic broii
n a. 0pers company: It's quite
unique. When the parties are both
singers he opportunities for little
mutual spites sDotbered IN smiles are
numerous II they have TO kiss each
other. ten 70 one the besmiDg wife will
biis . little piece Out o. ms ear while
her face Is wrs1thed u serene ANA
bilIty. or the husband, II parting.
dearest. but for 8 day Will crack the
loTefnger Of her night hand II shaking
i.
But when the husband is the coaauc-
tor be has sr awfsl bulge Oh the better
half. lie can pursue her with brass
ard strange her with strings and tease
Ter with tempo, and al she eao do Is
70 "a; her lit1s fogt and keep On snl-
IL belplessly.
When there is q cosiress between the
orchestra ard the prIns donna the
prima donna h&s 70 walk.
What the present - ructioa " Is with
Lillian nobody can End ont: bat every
body talks about Il. The husband and
wife pass scoruful notes 70 eacn other
Oh The stage II silence, with the bitter
knoEle6ge that the wife s notes vii BE
read 70 a. TIE female chorus and the
husbands notes 70 az the male chorus
before they get INTO Mr.. :. N. HIS
pocket
Khenever q petted prina donna has
IF with her old man The newspaper
iaD II One dEy last week = telephone
rUmOr csnt to the great c&lies that
Solomon had spoken 20 his vile with
some degree Of cOolness. ! believe
general police alarm was sent out. Al
a. events. bsttGAons Of reporters began
70 move Oh The Cnion-Sgusre Theatre.
The Illustrated papers al papers are
illustrated Low set their artists 70
sketch The GOODNESS, and the thing BE-
gar 70 grov.
Why the publlc should care rsp
about Lillian Russell little tiEs ! CAD
not understand. bat s0ct Is TIE present
construction q society that Il genius
I'D something 4 ron or steel that
would Affect the entire commercial ID
terests Of the world the papers would
make 3 paragraph about i but i q
comic singer Will pretty face las the
brsterics they VII devote columns 70 Il.
NCODLEs. YOTEC AND OLD.
pu- vba. ! wanted 70 say was this .
7 bsi there Is Always Il community
Ike New York about one third o. tDe
population who are secretly and
syeejly mashed OF epy pretty woman
vbo Is exhibiting herself. These young
tnd oi6 noodles are couten; 70 love the
actress from The par net. and hide
then adO-BboD Il bouquets Or pour Il
oct on photographs " 70 the point
where she has 3 row VIII her old uar.
and then they begin 70 send poems Of
coincidence End sympathy 70 the thea
TIRE.
believe NJ. Ill intends TO get " :
souvenir Of sympathy OF the tve-huo-
dred-h night o. Pepits and print these
offerings.
There must be f7s hundred hearts
that bleed every tlms Lillian Russell Is
annoyed by her old mzn. Public
opinion then asserts itself and ths voice
Of YEA Il heard II the Land.
Here is one Of the oondolIng poems
that was sent 70 the theatre
queen o. a. ihat iF.ir and bright.
I.ustrDuf EtET of noon and Igt.f
rUTruw comes Hnc sOrrUw gOeA-
a pt o wipe away yuCr WOst
All lAou crashed VIII mary sorrows
tLk Uf 81 The nr-gLi 10 morrpWt
v IBr from husband once more .res
Thou shalt re Il liberty.
Here's another
We fee. for thee. fat one % the lus-rouf
scene
heI ufeoug oueeu
one manly aarl would snare VII t1ee tue
~ lriue sac burden. "a orlef
lois der tlal J. a. the scenes lnHi rue
me patient sou u leai GDc True
These are tar samples Of ne whole
basket.
The story that Solomon ge.s Up these
ifs with lis wife 20 excite poecicai
sympathy and thus accuLulEte mate
rial for & new opers liorett0 may have
some foundation, for II must De SAD
there is 3 strange resemblance II these
rhynelets 10 the work II De Poly " and
.' PepIta. "
AMATEUR THEATEICALs.
Fashionable society has been CON
pleteiy aroused The past week over the
production o. = Ettle comedy played
Uv Amateurs. Now. there Is nothing
particularly astonishing Il the iact D..
only n subsequent developments. The
title Of the play was ~ The Bou;OD-
mere OF. WGr Of the Rosss. !,
has been rrsEily discussed VINO were
he Guth0resses. Two summers age
Z party Of young people were to
getter a; Far kockswsv, snc 20 while
away time CrRmstlzed . short sto-y
written bv me % Duchess. The a.
thors were Mrs. Kate Ward Moore. Z
Great belle. whose father, Matthew
Ward. was vel known throughout the
south. and whose aunt Is Saline Ward,
the famous beauty, VINO has been me
wife Of several Husbands. The other
young lady was Miss Cornelia Van
Auksn. granddaughter Of the laie
Commodore Garrison and al unusualy
clever girl. Together they wrote their
little play. but when, 81 me end Of the
visit. Il was Still unfinished. Miss AZ
Auksn took Il 10 her city home, where
II was eventually completed by hsr.
As Len1sn diversion Il was decided
&c produce me comedy. End Mrs. Bessi.
Ward Doremus. al whose house Il was
written. and who Is 3 sister Of Mrs.
Moore, put her Owl name As col5Gbera-
-elr for two reasons. Shs hnd written
the play Of =. Larks winch LOrts mas
produced this season, and Mrs. Moore.
ner sister, did not wish her ewr name
used, Us just now she if passing through
4 domestic lrial- as one sister do not