Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-23
MUSIC AND DR.IM.I.

FRANZ RuMMEL, the pianist, is coming back
to America next year.
Four gymnasts were hurt falls last week
while doing their turns"
DoBoTHY DENE, a demure and pretty Eng
lish actress, wants to play in America.
LIZZIE CREEsE, former member OF Law
renee Barrett's company, is seriously i'll in
New York.
CHARLES +. PIDoIN and Ehie Canning are
writing a comic opera in Boston. They call
1t Queen Quenduda."
MARGARET MATHER began her season in
Cleveland under Gilmore & Tompkins man
agement.
BLoNDN is at home in France again. He
was not 50 much Of a curiosity this time as
he was on his first trip.
p. S. GILMORE, the bandmaster, Is TO write
the melodrnmatic music for Scanlan's new
play "Mavourneen."
WALDEMAR MEYER, who teaches violin
music at the imperial music school in Toxic,
Japan, draws salary Of $4,000
The play called "Talked About" has been
rechristened "GRndfather's Clock" 1t was
first named "Florell."
OLIVER DoUD BYRON owns nine cottages at
Long Branch and is wealthy. He will soon
appear in new play called "The Upper
Hand"
CHARLES DYBNE and Arthur Wallack have
made still another version OF "Unele Toms
Cabin" which they will produce next month
in Philadelphia.
r. NJ. FIELD is serving his twenty-nlth
term this season as manager OF the Boston
Museum-the Wallack's and Coincide Fran-
caise OF New England.
HENRY L. D1xEY and Henry A. Abbey say
that they have secured two OF the most Won
derful attractions ION the other side" that
ever came to this country. Time will show.
LILLIAN NORTON, otherwise Nine. Nordica,
returns TO America on business. She Will
ioin the denationalized on the other side and
make England her home in future.
A SARCASTIC correspondent says that the
shock OF playing to full house in San Fran
cisco was go great that Miss Jenreys Lewis
was only able to got through her part with
medical assistance.
ALL but $4,000 OF the needful SG0,0O0 has
been subscribed for tho purpose Of buying
that rickety gUano storehouse IN Richmond.
Va, that was once Libby Prison, and remoy-
ing it TO Chicago for show purposes.
v1croR HERBERT, the violincello player III
husband Of Frau Herbert Forester, is not q
German, but full-blooled Irishman and
grandson Of the novelist, Samuel Lever.
II report speaks truly that Henry Abbey
has received an offer from a wealthy capital
| ist in New York to put up a music hall with a
seating capacity Of 5000, he ought to jump al
tho opportunity. The metropolis needs such
place.
ARTHUR SuLIIvAN's Macbeth" music to be
written for Henry Irving will be the fifth set
ting that he has made for Shaksperean plays
He has composed music for "The Tempest,
Merchant Of Venice" Merry Wives o.
! Windsor" and Henry VIII"
BENJAMIN GODDARD, the French composer
is said to be almost consumed with vanity
| He has been told that he looks like Beethoven
and has husts of himself and the German
master in every room in his house to disclose
the resemblance more completely.
OnE way to make living is 70 nc up LITTLE
box OF a house on wheels, put in some lonl
moss. stuffed snakes and alligntors and som,
pictures. call IL ''The Florida Museum" ant
Shift around with It from town to town. Tha
q what one man ia doing in New England,