New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-22
ROSINA Jokes WITHOUT a PIANO.
HER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

at is strange" said Miss Rosna vokes, how
times property piece of furniture Of the utmost
importance In performance will be forgotten by every
body star, manager actors and property had
singular and decidedly worrying experience Of this on
Monday last, when began season at Days We
left Chicago Saturday night after the performance
'specia' which overlook the regular train. which had
started about three hours earlier and we got in New
York a ltto before Monday. called o
hearsal at O'Clock, and looked a and
through few lines and tried the anG dances with
the orchestra. Nobody however. thought about plano
for the 'Pantomme Rehearsal and, as every one who
has seen that knows the plano plays indispensable
part for It is played on great deal At
about halfpast when got to the theatre, 1t was sud-
denly discovered that there no piano In the theatre
IL might be thought easy thing TO hire piano here,
lint let any one try It after the stores and he
will be likely to change his opinion We tried vainy In
several directions and last my husband succeeded In
borrowing the belonging To the Racquet Club Foru
naely the Pantomime Rehearsal the last piece,
and here In ample time, but was on
pins and needles till saw 1t on the stage"
swhAt further novelties have you In storer inquired
the reporter.
The most important is entirely new piece in one
act which is burlesQue OF all the modern sational
society dramas It will be called CHASTITY Manor"
or Manner" with the subtitle Blood win Tell"
There only six people and q servant Each
has a terrible secret nearly every one commits
his her particular and special murder and at the
end everybody has been killed except the hero and heroine
comedy parts and the dialogue will be spoken
with the most intense seriousness even where 1t inter-
spersed It Is freely, with strocous puns play the
heroine and sensational feats and fall into the
regulation attitudes OF the society drama including tho
rolling OF sofas and most thrilling tumbes. There Will
be in initiation OF plays but shall not attempt
TO mimic any particular actress All the parts good
and strongly cOntrased and delighted with
them or course the thing is complete experiment and
will be either q great utter failure Tho
idea was originally put by English writer but
It has since been repeatedly worked over here. shall
also appear in The Rough Diamond the dialogue Of
which been greatly modernized especially that Of
Lord and Lady Plato. Mr.. Morris will play Cousin Joo.
Then I have a very pretty little first piece, Which IL
whehp in which do not appear and others that
We have tried this season.
DO you intend to keep to one-act pecesr
al think 50, unless by chance should get some
traorilnariy good threeact farce comedy. As rule
however authors funny ideas hold out for three
acts Take The Schoolmistress' as an example, II
It had been in two scts easily possible It would
have been bright throughout but the third was almost
supernuous ana nothing could keep from dragging
public, believe. likes the variety OF thee-pleee bill
Is like having hree-course dinner instead Of solid
meal OF one joint"
How long will your here bel
"we have the theatre positively for four
weeks, with the privilege OF many more
"a wish, and the weather should keep cool we shall
play long as the patronage warrants and present
indications that Will be very liberal We have never
before done well here's
Are you going 10 England for your sumner holidays
Probably not as have Just taken 9 IA. here and
am going 10 have my FIRST experiences Of housekeeping
IN this country. have been living 80 long In hotels
that think shall enjoy the change, and
pleased o child who Is going have q new toy Per
hsps, like the child. may end by breaking up my toy
and dispelling all is illusion. We had one dlsappoint
ment opening here in being able TO present.
one OF our company Miss Eleanor Barry who was taken
I'll in Chicago and had 10 be carried 10 the train She
is however, rapidly improving. and. hope win soon
be able 10 appear Next year shall begin
In September. much earlier than usual which shows
that am afraid OF the belief that tho election will
be q serious damage 10 business"