Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-14
Notes of Amusements at
Home and Abroad.
WHAT ACTORS ARE DOING.
Gus williams at the Grand-Patti
Rosa at the Pavilion
other Matters.

OF the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
has completed a new comedy for Mr..
and Mrs w. J. Florence.
The generous acts of Booth and
Barrett continue to be heard Of
While in San Francisco they paid for
an artificial leg for the son OF an old
time manager and performer.
Frank Willard, Fanny Davenport's g
stage manager, left New York for San
Francisco April 20. f. McCulloch
Ross, who has been engaged for the
California engagement, as well as for
next seasons tour left for the Slope
May 2.
The lady whom Americans have
heard sing as Blanche Roosevelt is
now known in Paris as Nine. Machetta
D'Allegri the author OF "The Copper
Queen" and she is being patronized
by the Countess OF Lytton, wife to the
son Of the great Bulwer.
Miss Phyllis Broughton, a very
pretty young lady who dances at the
Avenue Theater in London in short
petticosts, is to marry Viscount Dan
gan, and If she lives long enough
after the marriage, will some day be
Countess Cawley.
Edgar Selden has commenced suit
against Barry and Fay for IS 900 dam
ages, claimed rs the result Of breach
Of contract in connection with the de-
fendant's production OF Mr.. Selden's
play, McKenna's Fiirdtions. He de-
mands an accounting for royalties,
etc.
A story comes from Bordeaux,
France, that Cornelie Fauvelle lately
celebrated her eightieth birthday by
playing the same soubrette part in
which she made her debut nearly
quarters of century ago. In the
audience were her children, grand
children and great grandchildren.
Henry e. Abbey arrived in Paris
April 10th. MIR. Abbey's special bust
ness in Paris was the settling of the
proposed American tour OF NJ. Damala
with Manager Koenig, of the Gymnase
Theatre, who claimed too much for
a release OF M. Damala, whose con-
tract does not expire until 1890. Nj.
Damala will in all probability not
come to America next season.
Clay M. Greene is busy on new
comedy drama for Mrs. Mckee
Rankin. 1t will deal with life in
New England, and will be brought
out next season under H. G. Miners
management. Mr.. Greene has also
signed contract to write a new plav
for Frederic Bryton, Of the sensa-
tional order. Nate Salisbury will
probably be the latter's manager next
season.
Mrs. James Brown Potter was pre-
sented, April 10, at the Baldwin
Hotel, San Francisco, Cal, with q
gold arrow bearing the inscription .
Presented to Mrs. James Brown Pot
ter by Philadelphia Lodge No. 8.
benevolent and Protective Older OF
Elks, January 10, 1885," The pre-.
sentation was made by a delegation
from Golden Gate Lodge No. 60. The
arrow is in kindly recognition of the
services of the lady at an Elk benefit
given in Philadelphia, Pa, not long
ago.
Maurice Bernhardt's wife, the little
Princess Terka, is said to have en-
tirely recovered from her infaiuation
for the very fresh son OF his dis
tiInuished mother, The Princess's
mother, Princess Jablonowski, who
died last week in Paris, had d very
queer career, the two extremes being
q rope dancer and the mistress OF
Victor Emanuel, father of the present
King of Italy. Princess Terka, who
is q decided brunette, and beautiful
and estimable woman, was taken
from a band of wandering gypsies.
Jablonowslli was perfect blonde,
and in her youth a radiantly beauti,
full woman.
Miss Grace Hawthorne has good
reason to be grateful to her Newfound-
land dog Othello. She was pacing
the parlor Of "Sandy Hook" her
pretty villa in st. Johns Wood, Lon
don, studying her part in Leopold
Lewis 4 Co. g adaptation of La Grande
Aarinere, which is to follow The Mys-
terry Of a Hanson CAB, at the Prin-
cess's Theatre, when she suddenly
felt herself seized from behind, and
five fingers were planted on her
throat. She had been attacked by
big hulking scoundrel who, in the
guise OF peddler of soaps and sus-
penders, had made his way into TIE
house. Just as the would be mur
derer, who was on the lookout for
plumber, pulled out his handkerchief
for the purpose of gagging her, the
dog sprang at his throat and made
him relax his grip. He was captured
by the police outside the house, and
when Miss Hawthorne is acting in La
Grande Marinere," he will be doing
the "treadmill act"
A peculiar feature about the Pearl
Of Pekin, which is doing an enormous
business at the Bijou Opera House,
New York, is the group of Celestials
who nightly watch the performance,
and come to the theatre logged out in
their best costumes. Chinamen have
never before been seen in the New
York theaters. Those who come to
see Mr.. Byrne's burlesque on their
PCtoAAoA SOobuiuCo al z III every WAY us
quiet, neat and attentive as the aver
age Gothamite, and it is a mistaken
idea that they do not understand
English, for most OF them do, and
follow Mr.. Louis Harrison's grotesque
Jokes with as much good humor and
enjoyment as any in the audience. 1t
IS only when pair of fat rats are
pulled from the breakfast table that
The Acknowledged gentlemen protest
that "Chinamen no eat rats" but the
nuptial ceremony is SO exact repro
iuction OF the original as used in
Pekin, Hong Kong and Shanghai,
that instead OF clapping their hands
in Americans fashion, they shout,
Jan hi no." which translated means
Yes very good"
Their Real Names.
Rose Eytinge is Mrs. Cyril Searle.