The evening world., 1888-10-31
THE STAGE AND ITS PEOPLE.
AFFECTION DOES NOT GROW MORE ARDENT
BETWEEN COQUELIN AND HADING.

Indeed, the Comedian Says that Amer This
Ceutract Expires He VIII Play No More
with Nine. Jaue-Paymnstcr Harrison
Wins n Subtitle Kelley Resumes His
Broadway Promenade.
Henry Z. Abbey, whose contract with
Coquelin INT Mme. Jane Hading expires In
April, was anxious, II is said, to continue rs
their manager until at least May 1. When,
however, this was suggested to Coquelin,
that gentleman showed that he had very de-
cided ideas on the subject, and that nothing
would induce him to again play with Nine.
Hading. He said that his contract with Mr..
Abbey was such as to neoessitate his appear
ing with the lady up to and including q date
In April that he intended TO fulfil his con.
tract to the letter, but as to playing beyond
that time he positively declined to do 30,
even for financial considerations. The i'll
feeling between the artists has not been
exaggerated. Only the other day there was
q fresh ANNOYANCE by the discovery that
Nine. Hading had written a letter to one Of
the Paris papers in which she said some
rather unpleasant things about her colleague.
Since the arrival Of the aforesaid paper here
Coquelin has been quietly indignant. Mr..
Abbey is considering the possibility Of play
ing Coquelin for three or four weeks at the
end Of the term covered by his present con
tract, in New York, Boston and perhaps Phil
adelphia. without Hading. II he decides to
do so these cities may see the great French
artist ut regular prices that is to say, minus
the extra charges at present prevailing.
When Manager Frank Sanger, of the
lam Gillette the other day that the horses
hoof effect used in Mi. Barnes of New
York was exclusively Mr.. Giilette's prop
erty by, right of patent, he sent word that he
wonld have the same removed from his play
at once. Mr.. Sanger took the matter in the
right. and his quick and decisive wav of
recognizing the rights to another must be APP
preciated.
Duncan B. Harrison. of "Paymaster"
against w. W. Tillotson the other day. Mr..
Harrison sued the latter gentleman for 800
which he claimed for having booked
"Evangeline's tour last year. The case came
up before Judge Browne in the City Court,
Part H., and Mr.. Harrison was accorded, not
only his 800, but the interest upon It.. BY the
bye, Mr.. Harrison has just telegraphed to
Harry Pitt, of Boston. about Bronson How
ards new military play which, he has been
told, is TO be called From 81 to '65." This,
Mr.. Harrison claims, is the title of his own
melodrama, and he is anxious that Mr.. Pitt
should warn Mr.. Howard of danger ahead in
case he infringes the titular copyright.
Miss Kate Foley, the vlvaclous little SOU
brette, was in the city yesterday. Drifting
Apart" the company in which she Is al. pres
emit PLAYING. and in which she seems to have
won golden opinions, is " laying of " cleo
ton week. TT is such a delightful company
to be in" said Miss Foley yesterday. In
fact it Is heavenly. Everything is 80 pleasant
and jolly. Mr.. and Mrs. Herne are such ex-
cellent friends to be with. and-well, as
said before, it is heavenly"
When Thatcher. Primrose and Vests big
minstrel organization is taken across the
continent by Manager AL. Hayman, he will
provide q special car. The company will
visit important territory new to minstrelsy.
1t will consist of fifty people. and will appear
in Montana, Colorado, Dakota, Utah and
California. Mr.. Hayman says he intends to
handle the company in the same manner Of
he did the Madison Square and Lyoeum The.
atre companies.
Herbert Kelley is home. Qmagine three ex-
clamation points here. They look better
imagined than printed. } He was seen as early
as II .46 yesterday morning. taking the first OF
his Broadway promenades. II was nearly
dusk before he was seen again. BY some un.
p~ardonable error one of his trunks was de.
layed in transit from Boston, and as this
trunk contained nm awfully swell overcoat,
Kelley was in despair. The theatrical season
is now fully under way. Kelley is home.
Richard Mansfield has become the sole
lessee of the Globe Theatre. in the Strand,