The Sunday herald., 1886-08-22
coUtrssh CHAT.

Margaret Ma,her carried san Francisco by storm
ih her rendition OF juliet.
Lizze Evans is playing 10 good houses at the
Globe, Boston, In "Foags Ferry
Mir. Robert Downing has madc great hit as
Spdrtocus. at the Chicago opera House.
Mr. Gilc,tes play, "Held by the thtmt," was
received at the Madison Square Theatre last week.
A new painting by Joe Jefferson, a bayou sccnc
10 Louisiana. VIII be placed on exhibition In New
York this week.
The wife OF Napier Lothian, the younger, Will
play second parts TO Miss Maud Banks, during
that lady's tour.
coquen Ia TO cteale the ghet character In Richie.
Tor Yankeeland.
The newest portraits OF Mrs. Lapery represent
her as plump, not to be profanc and say fat, but
quite rs attractive as ever.-Grdphfc.
Lieut., lsny whiting. US Marine coIIs, the ncs
mens him as graceful writer and popular sea. dog
SO extensive are the changes being made in the
Fourtccn,h-street Theatre, New York, that the old
est Knlckcrbockcr will fail to recognize II, In lis
gorgeous decorations Of yellow satin aud pea green
paint.
New York City Is going to have surfei, OF opera
the cunning season. Opcra-American, German
Italian. classic, boufIe, light, heavyih fact every
kind Of opera Is projected Tor the amusement Of the
Metropolis.
George R,gnold, tho bccfy Brl,Isher, who cap
iurcd New York In his impcrsoDa'ion OF Henry ',
was way down in Maoriand when last heard from
turn soon to this country.
2tilt dc Lussan, Of the Boston Ideals, receives, II
IL said, the largest salary paid any prrna donna now
singing 10 English opera. Her salary Is $500 pet
week, all her own expenses AMI those Of her maid
being also paid by the management.
Toyt 4 Solomon's 1rst production, "The Maid AMI
the Moonshlners," which was p'Jed At the stand
ard, New York, last week Is pronounced q failure,
although much praise has been given to Miss Lillian
Russclls singing, and those who supported her.
Four famous dancers have been engaged for the
Klralfy productions, slgnorina Tagllana, from the
Imperial Theatre IN ST. Petersburg; FIJI Clara
,pualitz, from the Court Theatre In lletn tby Hpe-
cial permission from tho governmsn,0 FIJI. Nlcodt,
| the Alhambra, In London; and an English corps de
| ballet OF twenty young AMI pretty dancers.
N. sariou, the French dramatIs, has, II ls said en-
pericnced mvrai revival. lie declares that II is
great drawback to the French theatres that In these
daya Of Immoral plays is Impossible to take yoIug
moral cohety that wbij meet the wants Of Partisan
| audience. n he succeeds he Will stirpass all the
| French paywrights from Molicrc t0-Safdoh.
MIR. Irving has In contemplation n revival Of
sbakcspeare's "Klpg Henry VIII" nt the London
lyccum, and Mr. W. q. wills Is now writing for him
| play founded on the Arthurlan legends. Irving
win ne Wolscy I and Arthur Miss Terry, kaiharns
W niss g bs ep rs,r"ee a,er Mr 1yvngs yasaon
Is over, September II, Is likely to I'LL out year.
| Mr.. Lewis Morrison, who is TO play Mephfstophe
les In the new play, "Faust and Marguerite" by DR..
Gustavus Haas, Of New York, will represent the
character with "clove hoof, electric sparks istu
| ing frcm the hooi an, the serpent sword he wears
THIS IL an Ingenious device quite novel on the stage
Miss Celia Aisberg, who will tie the Marguerite, Ia
having her costumes made frcm designs and pat.
| terms sent from Germany.
Very funny Is "The Woman Ilatcr,' john 7. Ray.
10 trhr
wrote "For Congress "IIenry Guy Carleton ia
also writing play for me- says the veracious Hay
noBd. "ani the itlea is one OF the funniest ever
heard. one Of the CAESARS goes on a bat with a
Roman friend. aud the thugs That Mr.. Carleton
makes them do are hilarious. In this play shall
Sing a topical sopg AMI dance. II has heen ectnt
time since did anything Of that sort, but believe
the hinges Of NV legs are not TOO rusty for the one
nor ny lungs too weak for the other. MIR. Carleton
hasn't completed the play yet, but eXprct great
deal Of it."
The P.iN Mall Gditte tells hisstory of Miss Mary
Anderson: "Whilc she was rehearsng the pant Of
J,diet an eminent ply bysician, an Intimate friend
was present. The performance delighted lin III
toward the conclusion OF The play, when hiscounic
nance wore a troubled cxprct sui,. When |, wal
over he went up to the actress MY dear yount
lady, he said, 'yo are wrong In one of your ELECTS
J Don't you Know that n corp.c doesn't stiTen for a
least Fix hours after death p 'My dear DOCTOR re
spondcd Mary slowly. speaking in deep rich tones
AMI adopting .trOng American twang, 'lO yot
think I'm going TO keep my audience waiting for si'
hours while siHen?'"
Nine. Emily soldene was interviewed In New
York by the Herald last week on her return from
Europe. To the reporter she appeared resPen'icn
in her yellow hair and yellow garment, to say moth
Ing Of her yellow dog at Is i've years since wa
here before she said, $50 have never seen Wal
> lacks new theatre. More than that, have neve
seen 'Josephine,' the opera am to appear IN, an
have not the reino'est iea OF what my part IL kt
except that am TO be mamma. That viii com
very easy, as have had so much experience IN b,
Ing mamma on the stage. Dlxey would be charm
= ing II he dil not wear lights. That Is purely
girls 'prerog ltive AS TO Daly's company. the
were such u success that yon couldn't stick you
DAILY himself is very unpopular MIR. iiarris urtcre
a MIN out Of the Drury Lane one day when we wei
:. rehears'ng. l believe they male II up aitcIwar
y though"
d MIR. Howard Paul, who has Just come from Lo
Ion, tells soinc very remarkable things In regard
" Mr. living make up as NcphtStopheies in "Fans'
which have never ST en- mentioned among the gre
effects that he has secured lie says that, from I!
y front, Mr.. lryng's eyes have an entirely diifere
y expression from that usual to him or ever assum,
q by him; their color, too, seems changed, anu o
casionny II seems as II they omit abolical spar
~ Ihs effect was very puzz'lng TO even those famllt
II with what can he done in making up, perhaps mo
!" puzzlng TO them than 10 others. Mir. Paul, ju
efJre IL wing London, had the honor to he Ieceiv
~ performance, and to see the actor remove his max
"a up. After taking OF his paint he removed fro
ii each under lrl, close up TO The lashes: small ~
shCd disc about The size OF pill. This disc rfne,
~ the light AMI casts peculiar glow into his eyes.
u fact, secures the remarkable effect that has pt
zed sO many Of hls auditors.
Is Speaking Of Wilson Barrelt's American tour, I
w. :. Theatre says: "As an actor Barrett has made We
~ ~ lerfu: advances, during the last hall dozen yea
~ lie certainly ranks next to Henry Irving, and II
that great actor, he never tears passion to shre'
-, lie is good elOcutionis, and in such strong a
ai emotional characters as CHto and Cidudius, In I
p latter OF which he Ii TO make his American deb
al he simply stands without rival lie Is also one
le the hest Hdicfs Oh the British stage. In Ills q
] ing Barrett IL nothing II he Is not intense. lie c.
ip tainly throws his whole sou. into Ills work, and ht
lS better Rt long speeches than any actor In Gre
ys Britain. Like Other errng mortas, life has hal
iD romance well as It's udes for Wilson Barre
ne When he was struggling, young, country actor,
en- was smitten with the charms Of lovely q
I'd accomplished actress. NOthDg daunteh by
u superior position OF the lady OF his love-, or
to higher salary she commanded, he bucklad up TO b
en- w0oed and won her. Miss Heath, or rather ~
ge Wilson Barrett, was for long time leading lady
the London Iiaymarket, and q favorite star OF ma
"a: provincial theatres She made her great mark
creating The character OF Jane Shore In W. q. "
lis play Of that name. She retired from the prof
m sion many years ago, nor IN abe likely TO return To
To- ljut she IL bright particular star In her husban
,le home at st. Johns Wood. and no London housest
in more charming Mistress"