The evening world., 1888-06-01
THEATRICAL NEWS AND GOSSIP.

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pretty young girl, who shall be nameless, en-
tered the once Of the dramatic agency conducted
BY Mira e. L. Fernandez, near the Gilsey House,
Wednesday morning TO meet MI. Hoyt there and
speak with him about an engagement to play In
one OF his companies She had hardly been In the
ONCE two minutes when q messenger boy entered
and handed her an envelope. she was completely
surprised, as was also Mrs. Fernandez, her presence
there being quite unusual. She opened the letter,
which ran AZ follows:
DEAR MISS; 1 saw you In Mestayer's company and I
am very anxious To make your acquaintance. VIII you
kindly make an sppointmentS Bearer waits.
H-B. G..
The note was signed In full. The girl handed II
to Mrs. Fernandez. after telling the boy that there
was no answer. Two hours later Mrs Fernandez
was alone. Another messenger boy entered with o
letter addressed to her. II begged her TO give the
writer uhe same IL C-) the address Of the
young woman who had been there that morning.
The messenger said he came from a Broadway
hotel Mrs Fernandez looked up the name given
In the Directory, and found 1t belonged to q Wall
street broker. She at once wrote him that II he
ever dared to attempt TO make her the
medium In such matters again, she would
see that his name was given pub
licity In the newspapers. People talk OF the
immortality Of girls In this profession" she said
yesterday, Indignantly. ''but I tell you there's no
harm ever comes to them in the theatre. The only
danger Ia outside Of the theatre, and It comes from
such fellows as this hotel hanger-on. These poor
girls arc followed mp with such pcrsistenoy and
tempted 80 Tremendously that manyof them sue
cumb. That il not, however, because they are
more frail than their sisters, but because these fell
lows ma o halo OF pioryround every one connected
with the stage, and use all their unworthy efforts
to conquer. The case OF this girl is O very ordl-
nary one"
be produced at the Bjou Opera House on Monday.
This was the play originally presented throughout
the country by Miss Carrie swain az "Cad, the
Tomboy." It has undergone various changes since
those days, and has been given for the last thirty
weeks under the managementof Messrs. Miles a Bar
ton. The phenomenal success 1t had at the Peoples
Theatre last week has led to the present engage
ment. "Lost in New York" has some strong
dramatic situations and (the "and- Ia important)
a tank. Patrice IL tho ~souprette Of the play. Next
season the Bijou opera-House will DO pretty thor
oughly taken up by combinations. IL is thought
that Dixey will play there four or nve weeks In
"Adonis" instead Of at the Star Theatre.
william Gillette announced gravely yesterday
that he intended "locating" his new play, 4" A
sNH-@ s~~ ~ Suoco . VI Nunl
some OF the best people In the place objected. 81
am therefore going to look about the coast OF
Maine, " he said. II Mr.. Gillette had any enemies
which cannot be-they might say thar the
Gloucester people objected TO being made ridicu.
louR.
II IL expected that the run Of me Queens
Mate - at the Broadway Theatre will be extended
beyond the time originally intended. 1t may even
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opera has shown the management Of the Broadway
that such productions are the proper thing for q
big theatre. The hit made by Duf's company may
change the plans mapped out for the Broadway.
On Wednesday night the audience was 30 large
that-to put 10 elegautly-there wasn't room for @
rat
Daniel Frohman, manager Of the Lyceum Thea.
ire, 10 expected back from Europe tomorrow.
Louis Harrison In to take Frank Dsyid's part IN
"Conrad. the oorsair, " in Chicago. Little aeore,
Thorne, who made such Q hit at the Firth Avenue
Theatre az Ko-Ko IN D'oyly Cartes production Of
"The Mikado " ct that house, Ia to come from
England 70 play In "The Pearl Of Pekin ~ next
season.
Miss Fanny Davenport IL doing an enormous
business In "La Tosca 4" in San Francisco, where
the new Baldwin Theatre, whicn she opened, Ia
voted a greai success. Advices from that city saya
that Bandmann, who Is playing at the California
Theatre in cdr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE has not
met with success, owing presumably to the fact
that the piece was played at one OF the cheap thea
tres one week before Bandmanno opened.
Ariel N. Barney said yesterday that he had az
yet signed no contract to manage Miss Julia Mar
loves business next season. In all probability he
young woman's last season have yet to DO cleared
up.
Here are q few items Of gossip from Philadel-
phia which have been sent to THE EVENING
WORLD: win 8. Rising and William II. Hamilton
nave leased the Opera-House ut Howards Pier,
Atlantic City, and will place there an organization
to be known N Rising d Hamilton's Opera
Company. They open with q new OPERA FIorette,'
by Westendorf, Of Louisville. Manager Nixon, OF
the Chestnut Street Theatre, Is out again after his
severe illness. Manager Zimmerman, of the
Chestnut Street opera-House, is 10 spend SO, 900
this summer in decorating that house.
The ichm Grays, under the command of
Capt. c. Gray Boissieux. with the onicers OF the
McCaull, attend the performance Of ''The Lazy or
the Tiger :" at Wallack's tonight. The house will
be decorated with patriotic colora
Things Left Unsaid.
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