National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1888-04-15
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

Viola Allen will join the Boston Museum
nest season, IN Miss Evcsson's place.
The latest news from South America Is that
rattireceivcda present Of u $40, 900 house from
ore Of her admirers.
Nine. FurschMadi has been engaged by
MIR. Augustus Harris for his season OF Italian
opera ut Covcnt Garden, London.
;, The next tank drama Is to be entitled THE
Royal Mall and will have real sea water,
decks with merchandise and truckmen, and
seaworthy ocean steamship.
Mrs James Brown Potter will appear shortly
AT the Baldwin TheatCr, San Francisco. The
announcement Is made that after her cnga &C.
melh the theatcr will be closed for repairs.
Two new sacred works, by NJ. Gounod, will
be produced in Paris during the month of
june viz On the lith an oratoro Mt Roucn
Cathedral, and on the 9th a mass at Rheims
Cathedral.
Miss Pauline Hall has been engaged by Man.
agcr Harris, of the Baltimore Academy of
Music, for season of ten weeks for which
she is 10 receive $500 week, the mana cement
to furnish her costumes.
While Mr.. Herbert Kelsey is showing him
self daily TO admiring female eyes on Broad
way, hi. wife Caroline IilD has retired to
private life in London and will not even see
her best theatrical friends,
II is now stated that the mysterious philan
tmopist who will take care OF little Josef liof.
mann's musical education and rescue him
from the grip of greedy spectators Is Mr.
Moses Scigman, of New York.
sydney Rosenfcld's "A Possible Case" was
given II metropolitan representation at the
Standard Thcater on Monday, and scored an
other success in spite Of its crudities its many
defects, and very talky'talky and wearisOmc
| first act.
The two combination theaters that have
| made the most money this season are the
| Fourteenth Street Theatcr in New York and
| The Chicago Opera House, The Fourteenth
| street 'Theater Will this year clear over $780,
CO. and the Chicago Opera House nearly as
| much.
The official programme for the Baireuth
| festival of the coming season embraces seven
| teen performances, the first of which will he
given on July y and the last ON Ang. ~. The
| programme consists of "ParSial' and the
"Mcistcrsinger' only.
| quantity of unpublished Tianoforte music,
| which has been submitted TO his biographer,
| Mr.. ii Barbedettc, with view TO issuing il to
| the public. The list includes three suites,
| siN Ircludcs, Il barCarOle, and other things.
II is said that Frank Carlyle will join the
| Henry Miller. Mr.. Carlyle Is Il very handsome
Young Connectcutcr who halls from Hartford.
| lie, has not yet shown himself 10 advantage,
/ although he had the opportunity to do 80, as
| Allen Dare, some months ago.
Thomas Mast, the caricaturlst, whose pic.
| lures In ilarpers Weekly have made him
| known thc world over, has been attacked with
| the managerial fever, He Is In Los Angeles,
| cal, where, with Mr.; Pike, Of the Pike Opera
| Company lie is looking out for favorable
| site for the erection of Ii thentcr
Considerable sorrow Is manifested over the
| death of Miss Lillian Olcutt, who went to the
| Westminster HOTEL thinking she had II slight
| cold refusing even 10 have her parents sent
for, pmiil the King Of Terror had placed hls
woman, and her stage experience has cost
| SD,CcO,
| since tie IIofmann left two American prod
| ieies have been discOyGrcd-onc IN New York,
| the other In MauCh Chunk, Pa, The latters
| parents are So poor that they cauOt afford to
rent plano. Both are looking for patrons
| willing 10 Cultly lyatc native genius, but II not
| forthcoming the mus cihns of New York
! thcater 10 take these two eases in hand and
| provide means tortheir proper development.
The proud position Of hcingu I'M. sh actor"
| though CnNied byu blHinlrsS few, has its draw
| backs. The sight last week Of Bob lIilliard
rapidly transporting his Apollo like form
| across Twcnty'siXth street, while 4 discarded
| female acquaintance made frantic cndeavOrs
10 dct0in him by means ofG lrln grip upon his
| coat tails was both inspiriting and cluca-
ti9nal, and has been the talk OF the metrop.
! oils.
New York at present is laughing over Mr..
! James owen O'COnnor, who has been seen
| during the week at the star 'rhcater as Ham.
! let. Mr., O'Connor inherited couple hun
| ufeuS Ol thousands ul dollars from very
| frugal and shrewd father aud Is amusing him
| seli BY posing as an ACTOR His audiences
! hayo been numerous and bOistcrOus, and he
| will probably make as much from his exhibit
tion as any star playing in the metropolis this
| week.
The Pearl Of Pokn" at the Bilou opera
| House, Is still the greatest success in New
| York, The tlcOtcr Is crowded every night,
| and II has become II question of Just how
many weeks IN advance people can secure
| good seats, new .waltHbalad, called II
| day and has become q fur0re. A member of
| the company Miss Lille Bernard, possesses
| figure 80 absolute In It's physical perfection
| that since her appearance II has caused her
to receive offers from several wellknown
nrIlsIA In Innlnl