Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-21

fellss IS TO who will be selected, - the
,fiair will be very fashionable. l only
lnow Of one so far selected, and that Is
Mrs. General Coils. Everybody
knows General Coils, Of the Wall
street firm of Coils & Levy. Mrs.
Coils, who was Miss Levy, has been
chosen for Cleopatra, and she certainly
will look the character she is decidedly
of the Oriental type, with undnlating
movements; large, dreamy. black eyes,
blood.red lips, and masses OF glossy
raven hair. She is handsome woman
and an ideal Cleopatra in appearance.
Miss wickham will probably give this
series of poetical pictures in the bali
room of the Hotel Brunswick.
SOCIETY FAvoBrTEs.
The cotilions of the winter developed
many new leaders, who had never at
tempted this arduous social position be-
fore. They were more or less success
fol. Under the latter heading is Mr..
Charles Hone, and all were sorry that
ne had not been given an opportunity
earlier in the season. He may expect
to be in demand next winter. for good
leaders of the german are few. Mr.
Hone married some years ago Miss Josie
Hoey, the only daughter of Mr.. John
Hoey. Of the Adams Express Company.
The HOeys and Homes are delightful
entertainers.
Mr.. Donald de V. Graham is an ar
tistc.looking young Epglishman who
will become popular. lie is known as
the great ballad-sipger Of London, and
has q pure tenor voice. He brought
letters of introduction to several prom
inent families here, and is already on
the high tide to success. He sang at
| Mrs. John D. Townsend's charming
musicale given on Saturday evening,
and is to be heard again soon at Mrs.
August Belmont's. With such patron
esses he cannot fail.
| AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY AND d.
| voRCE.
This is a thunder. cloud in the social
armament that is liable to burst any
moment, in which amateur photography
plays an important part. Little over
year ago the son Of an old and respected
French family married pretty girl of
less brilliant social position. She had
little beside her pretty face. At first
the aristocratic family objected to her
on account of her social standing, and
also because the young man was
Catholic and she a Protestant. How
ever. she was received in their family
after her marriage, although she
was said to be vain and frivolous. Re-
Gently her husbands brother died, and
a quarrel ensued between husband and
wife because she insisted on going to
Washington on a pleasure-trip a few
days after. Divorce is talked Of. The
young wife says, on her side, that her
husband has been absurdly jealous,
treated her cruelty. and has been taken
by amateur photography in rather
ailectiontte positions with ladies' in her
own parlor. 1t certainly wOuld not be
an interesting picture for a wife to see
photograph of her husband with his
arm around a lady's waist looking into
her eyes. The scene, the wiie's draw
ing-room. But how about the ladies'
photographed with the husband
THE SMITHS AS ACTORS.
Sunday evening a party Of clever
people. who had diued together, were
ENJOYING a chat when one Of the party
happened TO take up a copy Of New
York Sunday paper aud read these
lines. written and signed by that very
clever journalist, W. 4. Crodut; 4" No
man bearing the name of Smith has
ever been heard of as an actor, though
some have attained distinction in litera-
ture," &c. There was a hearty laugh.
No one present could believe at first that
Mr.. Cr0lIut's memory could either be 50
bad or that his theatrical education
had been so neglected. 8 No actor by
the name Of Smith " said one. Did
be never hear Of that great actor Mark
Smith" said another. 1t does seem
as if every one IN New lCrk must re-
member Mr.. Mark Smiths performance
in "Le Centennaire at the Union
Square Theatre under the title of " \
Hundred Years Ol1." Mark Smith
was also a celebrated DR.. PangloSs in
1.-The Heir at Law" His brother
Sol. Smith, was a well-known actor,
and the life of their father, also
named Sol. Smith, would prove in
teresting reading. lie was great
actor and manager for long time in st.
Louis. Sol. Smith Russell, now before
the public, is nephew, and Mrs. Sol.
Smith, widow of the younger Sol.
Smith, played not long ago with Wal
lacks company. And that old and
grand actor, William Sedley Smith,
who adopted the name of Smith only
as a nom de theatre, was the father Of Mr..
Henry Sedley, at one time on the New
York Times. Young Mark Smith, Jr.,
will be pleasantly remembered by his
charming baritone voice in the recent
production Of" The Black IIussar,' in
which he sang the title-role.
BOUCICAULT AND HIS PLAYS.
Public taste changes, fashions die
out. plays become obsolete ; but BOu-
cicaut is there all the same. With the
frost of time on him, sere and sedate,
he comes up smiling in New York, and
out Of bis tired antiquity shows the gene
ration that, after all, when it comes to
making a good play he is still the man.
1.-The Jilt" is the best play that has
been done here this season. Itisso good
in two senses that it is an event. New
in treatment, fresh in subject, and
bright in its expression, it not only
wins critical attention and commenda-
ton, but catches the public.
Marvellous old man is Boucicault. So
far nobody has been able to tell where
he got the plot. Such raking over Of
French plays for week never saw
before. But even Cazauran, who is the
court Of last resort, didn't recognize it..
Boucicault has made three or four
fortunes. lie is the rare spectacle of a
literary man in the nineteenth century
who has literally made millions with
bis pen. But he never kept his mil
lions. lie doesn't know to-day half as