The evening world., 1888-05-19

which took place which at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre, will probably net about $1,000
for the lady. Her friends are anxious to give
her enough money to start a boarding house;
De Wolf Hopper caused q great deal
OF merriment at the benefit. When the
audience had made manifest their desire that
he should sing, he advanced to the footliahts
and pointed to tie orchestra They
a rival show.
John Schoeffel, who left New York Thursday
night, will remain in Boston and Manchester
by-the-S yea for the rest of the season and
summer, looking atter the arrangements for
the new theatre In Boston which he and Mr..
Abbey are TO control, aud attending 10 the
interests of Mrs. Agnes Notwithstanding
hotel at Manchester by -the.S "A Mid
summer Nights Dream will be presented
there during the summer, as " AS You Like
It " was given Inst year. Manchester, blythe
Sea, by the bye, is also the summer home OF
John Gilbert.
Tn presence of 10 young women behind
the scenes At the Broadway Theatre each
night is occasionally the cause of tempest.
On Tuesday night there was n regular (well,
the word is not classical, but it expresses a
great deaD rumpus. One of the young
women in the march arrived in an extremely
quarrelsome mood. and during the entire
performances talked at her neighbors;
INV ~ NV hohh'S ma eANhs
finally the attention of a little
French coryphce was attracted. This
little woman, who hardly understood Eng
lish, too everything that fell from the lips
of the pugnaoious damsel rs an insult. After
the grand march, when they had all retired
to their dressing room, the two engaged in O
free fight. Mirrors were broken, the air
filed with missiles, while general confusion
reigned. 1t was found necessary TO send for
carpenters and men from the flies to separate
the two. Both were discharged.
The preparations which have been under
way for several weeks for the production OF
Charles Gayler's great drama, Lights and
Shadows" are nearly completed. and the
piece will receive it's initial New York pro
duction at the Standard Theatre Monday
evening, May 81. 1t IL said TO be remarkable
for its novel and startling situations and III
many surprises. The action occurs in New
York City and vicinity. at the present time
The scenery is of more than ordinary mag
nifcence, including views On the Hudson
Fifth Avenue Hotel, Hoffman House, FIFTH
avenue, Madison Square Park, Brooklyn
the famous Bridge, Jersey City, North anC
East rivers, the steel ram and views of down
town.
A funny story is going the rounds Of whicl
r. Townsend Percy is the principal. It appear
that in London Randolph Townsend is some
what of q social lion, and he is terribly afrait
that anything which might bring discredit OF
him should be known. At one time he wa
the owner of that pretty little opera, TIL
Queens Lace handkerchief. but now 1t /
the joint property Of his mother and his for
mer wife. Negotiations are. or were, pending :
let Carleton have the piece for the summer
, Randolph Townsend was 80 nervous, for fea
that he should appear in the matter, that b
wrote TO one of the parties interested to b
sure and keep his name out Of the negotiation
and of the bills, because IL would hurt hi
social relations in England"