The evening world., 1888-10-05
THE STAGE AND ITS PEOPLE.
THINGS HEARD AND SAID IN THE WORLD
OF MIMICRY.

There Were Tenrs When waf1not,s Name
Was :Painted 0pt-Piucky Words OF n
Young Boston Actress-Chi cago Comment
on The wife"-seven Hundred Girl.
After Seventy -four Places.
A sight that brought tears TO the eyes Of
the sentimental actors and actresses who are
at present disengaged and therefore have
time for that sort of thing, was to be found
on Broadway yesterday. Manager A. M.
Palmer's forces were slowly plotting out the
name of Wallack, which. pregnant with
cherished associations, has adorned the front
of the historic theatre for many years. 1t Is
expected that by Monday - Palmer's " will
be the significant legend presented TO passers-
by, and to the courtly manager himself when
he enters the theatre on that day. (This
would be an appropriate place to remark,
" What's in q name ?" but it shall not be
done.)
The announcement that Gilbert and sulli-
vans opera, 1.-THE Yeoman Of the Guard,'
has proved successful in London, has
brought sweet comfort to the hearts Of q
whole army of chorus girls and singing peo-
pie, who have been waiting the result most
eagerly, ready to join the numerous "Yeo-
man " companies, to be known as the A b
C's, which Rudolph Aronson will send on
tour.
When Booth and Barrett open the new
California Theatre, San Francisco. in May,
the prices Of single seats will be as high as
IS. This will doubtless seem rather strange
to Lawrence Barrett, who was once the
manager of the house, and who has seen a
time when the gross receipts for an entire
performance did not amount to much more
than what will now be charged for one seat.
Miss Henrietta Lander, the young Boston,
ese who made her first appearance =" or any
Herne." is a plucky girl. Said she yesterday:
The more adverse the criticisms upon my
performance, the more determined was / to
persevere, l do not regret my choice in the
q great undertaking.. l am ready and
willing to work hard. 1 comfort myself
with the remembrance that q great
many horrid things were said about Mrs.
Potter that have not been said about me. "
Miss Lander has much improved since the
first night of Philip Herne," which, by the
bye, seems to be picking up considerably at
the Standard.
No play could have q better opportunity
than that which will be given Gillette's
yirile and still attractive work, Held by
the Enemy" at Palmer's Qate W!allack's)
Theatre, where it will be the opening attrac-
ton Oct. 49,, The - artists - are now being
selected. Mr.. Palmer will be able to an
nounce with o star and stripey smile that
the theatre will be opened under his manage
ment with the production. of an American
play. 1t will be o notable representation.
Gillette is a lucky man.
Listen to what Q Chicago paper says of
1.-THE Wife " I'VE voice q very general
sentiment here when we say that the ladies'
and gentlemen who dignity and ornament the
| Qfona nf tha rnnak narfank l,kAln kIaoA.1 -.
New York will always be cordially Welcomed
by our public IN the ~prettiest little theatre in
the metropolis Of the West" This theatre is
H%ooley's. Manager Hooley, who is in New
lighted-with the last part.
It is said that q. W. Durant. who manages
Miss Estelle Clayton, has several plays other
than The Quick or the Dead 2' for his star.
There is 40 doubt that pretty Miss Clayton
she can do in other lines before her engage
ment at the Fifth Avenue Theatre ends. If
the other plays are dramatizations, in the
chances are that she win be given an oppor.
tunity to appear in them all.
Willie Edouin has Just produced at the
Standard Theatre, London, Kleptomania,"
by Mark Melford, and Aladdin; or. The
smalley of Trinity College Cambridge, in
the former play, Mr.. Edouin has a very
funny part.
The engagement of the chorus people who
are to appear in the big production of She "
at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in Novem-
Der, and who are also required for the She"
company to be sent out on tour. begins to-day.
Nearly seven hundred applications have been
received. and only seventy-four people are
wanted. Those who have got to see that the
fittest survive will undoubtedly have a sweet
time of it.