Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-10

Ohio, and was the third brother to die OF
that much dreaded disease. Carl was
thirty years old and was regarded n
genius in his line of acting. His last
work was as end man at Dockstaders IS.
1t is is related of the late John Clayton,
the son-in-law of Dion Bouclcault, that
he was once inplored by young author
the play, and evidently read it, for the
aspiring playwright was handed the fol-
lowing letter few days after:
DEAR SIR: I have read your play-Oh,
my dear sir. Yours, &c.
DAILY IS ''Under Current is the most
gigantic failure of late years The n. Y.
Mirror says: -" Days melodrama, The
Under Current, which was booked
throughout the country simply on its
name of 'Daly's melodrama, will not
be seen on the road It's career ended
ANONYMOUSLY at Niblo's last Saturday
night. The house on several occasions
went down as low rs 500.
Lawrence Barrett neverreceived more
complimentary criticism than that made
by 4 kentucllian recently while Booth
and Barrett were playing ''OtheIlo'' in
been over to see the performance and
were seated il the ferry on their way
home. After a long interval of silence
one of them said: "Ben, if that little
niger didn t hold up his end about as
well as any of them. THAT little
nigger'' was Othello = Eddy's Squib.
Edward Langtry, husband of Mrs.
Langtry, arrived i'll New York Noyem-
hnI 2 prI nE tp
Der 81. His friends say his visit had
nothing TO do with his wife 5 rumored ac-
ton for divorce, but was simply for plea
sure. He registered under an assumed
name at the Ashland house, and did little
except to visit the theaters. When asked
if he would remain to see the Lady Mac
beth of his lost love, he shrugged his
shoulders in very European fashion and
casually responded in the negative.
A "cyclpg dramatic company is the
latest novelty. According to English ad-
vices an organization of ladies' and gen.
tlemen recently started on tour on ten
bicycles and four tricycles, with a large
carrier tricycle. for properties, dresses,
etc. The trip was successful and a more
extended tour is to be made.
49,
The war has begun on ladies' high hats
at the theaters. Boston has set the ex-
ample and New York VIII soon follow
The ladies of the Hub have retreated out
of the dilemma gracefully by adopting
theater caps or scarfs that can be easily
carried in the hand or the pocket, and
take up no more space than handker-
chief. They can be adjusted il the lobby
or after sitting down. Escorts are not
afraid to carry the caps, as it doesn t
hurt them TO be crushed - Dramatic
Exchange.
OF course property kisses are the cor
rect thing OF the stage, but they are not
always SO convenient. There are some
actresses, not many to be sure, who
won t even allow Il "prop' in OScula-
ton. Miss De Lussan, OF the Boston
Ideals, is one of these severe principled
young ladies'. The gentleman who plays
the part of her lover caught q severe
cold last week. When asked how he got
it he replied that he thOUghtlessly tOo1
DE Lussan in his arms without his chest
protector on hddy's Squib.
Si%uor CGmpanini, the famous tenor,
brought over from Europe with him q
IlotCtl 'tLiSh nigh ICAt IISlil-itI NDOiN ltI
the express purpose of aTerting the evil |
influences of Western and Southern |
cooking. I fear that the Signor has |
set bad example. What if Nat |
Goodwin, Stuart Robson, Bill Crane, |
Joe Jefferson, Edwin Booth, Lawrence
Barrett, Francis Wilson, Louis Harrison, |
Charles L. Davis and all the other big |
actors take to this new fad and insist on |
having their own cooks follow them all !
over the country, what S going to become |
Of the big hotels? And what's going TO |
become of the managers, who will be |
to foot the extra expense?
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\ San Francisco critic kicks because
Emma Abbott sang "Last Rose OF Sum
mer' and "'Eearer Ny God 10 Thee'
turing her performance of the - Yeoman
IF the Guard" Kick ax6Uuch as you
AN, old boy, but honest little Emma
knows what she is about. 1t is Just by the
singing of these songs that she has become
50 endeareG to the theater-gOers of this
country and there is no other woman on
he face OF the globe that can sing these
simple little songs with so much feeling
and tenderness as she does.
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Speaking of Edwin Forrest as an actor,
Colonel Robert G. IngersOll has said:
1t ought to he said of this giant and
listriomic pioneer that an overweening
in his congenital completeness
md superiority did more than anything
Use in his long career to deprive him of
he laurels which his countrymen heaped
Up to embitter his life. A more ferO-
,iOus egOtist or more magnificentIy
man never strobe the stage