The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-14
Nym Crinkle's New York Stage Gossip.
An,acinl q fua 1ndinnannlia Lonrnal.

special to tue indianapolis journal.
NEW YORK Nov 13.-Nelse Waldron Is stage
machinist He made the lifting apparatus that worked
Mackaye's double stage at the Madison-square Gar
den He has sued the Rev. DR.. Manager Mallory, of
that theater for 800, 900 damages resulting from
infrinGement of patent. The suit came on Monday
and the first witness produced by the prosecution
Steele Mackaye His testimony ought to have pro.
duced sensation, but It didn't. The papers were
afraid of it. too busy trying to make up with
Henry George to pay much attention to it Mr.
Mackayes evidence was to the effect that the Rev Dr.
Manager Mall DRY trying TO theater and q
religious paper at the same time. and he didn't want
bis left hand TO know what his right hand was doing
He said ON the stand that Dr. Mallory was double
All this is interesting because there is good deal
Of unwritten history connected with the Madison
square Theater. People never understood why Mac
kaye. who conceived the idea of the house, invented
the double stage wrote Hazel Krke," rehearsed the
company and created the character of the house,
which afterward made million of money, suddenly
got out of the whole thing and left the play, the
double stage and the house in the hands of the Rev.
DIR. Manager Mallory. The only explanation of all
shs that have is the public statement, made
under oath by Mr.. Mackaye, that Dr. Mallory is "a
doube-dyed hypocrite" 1t is the universal opinion
here that rebutting opinions from DIR. Mallory
in order. What want to get at is the Doctors
religious experiences in running theater and his
watched the papers for five with the expectation
khet this whole story would crop out time. but
iust as it threatens to divuge itself kind of I'M
seen influence squelches the whole matter and things
go on as before.
The sudden departure of Mrs. Brown Potter for
Europe has made a social hiatus. The out camping
fashionabes at Tuxedo have come to the conclusion
that the seasons later fruits all chestnuts, and
down they all to the opening of the Metropolitan
Opera-house But that social event lacked some
thing without Mrs. Brown Potter.
Langtry had week of exhibition before she went to
Boston. She had mount every day at the horse
show and permitted the jockeys to kiss her hand to
1umultuous applause, in which even st. Cecilia Thur
Der joined and then she let ali the
babies kiss her at the chrysanthemum
show: It was Langtry week. The big stores Four.
teenth street sent coaches for her and placed their
stock at her disposal il she would only appear there
and walk around, and finally the Mexican village of
fered to give benefit to any charity she would
If she would and sell her photographs. But
all at she winged away, because Boston get
tins restless
The stow that the horse show management tried to
get Mrs. Brown Potter to rec;te Ostler joe on q
horse is dscredited in the Calumet Club. But the
horrible fact remains that the babies all preferred
for occult baby reason TO kiss Langtry and the
Union League explanation Is that she doesn't use
pearl white. don't know anything about it, / mere
" tell you what the gosspis But suppose Brown
Potter will come back she hears that Lang.
cry has departed NYM CRINKLE.