The evening world., 1888-11-28
FROM BOX OFFICE AND STAGE
MISS L0vELLs EXPERIENCES WITH MARY
ANDERsON's COMPANY.
A Change In "Little Lord Fauutieroy's
Caste to Please MIR. G~crry-LNlian
Russeips Approaching Return to The
CaSino-Miss Helen Bnrry'- success In
"a Womnn,s Strptnrrm,o

husseips Approaching Heturu TO the
CRSino-Miss Helen Bnrry's sucress In
"A Womnn's strntRgem."
Miss Mary Lowell, n charming young Irish
girl, who WI 9 a member OF Miss Mary Ander-
sons company in England, has n very in
t~eresting story to tell Of her melancholy ex-
periences while with that organization, which
she left in Liverpool, and then followed
across the Atlantic. ~ had not had very
much stage experience, Z" she said yesterday.
when | joined Miss Anderson. 1 am a
great friend Of Lady Herbert, the Earl of
Pembroke's mother, and begged her TO get
me n position in Miss Anderson's company.
Her Ladyship spoke to Miss Anderson, aud
she at once gave me a position. [ was to play
tine small part of Amelia in The Winters
Tale and TO understudy various roles.
l got Mrs. Stirling to coach me
in London, attended several rehearsals, and
finally Mr.. Aired engaged me. The contract
was signed and l was to get "a q week III
England and 80 in America. l started on the
provincial tour with the company and trav-
elled first class. with Mrs. Ellington and
Miss Tilbury, though the other girls trav-
elled third: Soon my life began TO be UNI
room, and she would not let her dresser help
me. As | had never worn classical dresses
before, / did not understand how to drape
them. They all laughed at me, and one
bic that 1 burst out crying on the
stage. Miss Anderson passed me, and l
asked her If might, speak to her
She told me to tell her nll and ! did 30. l
told her that Mrs. Ellington and Miss Til
bury were prosecuting me. She said Il en-.
gagged you and | will protect you. Come to
me whenever anything of the kind happens
Miss Anderson told Mr., Aired to demonstrate
,v,.h Mac nilltnnNnp Thnu - Inunu,
friends, and of course it was very unpleasant
for him to do. The next night Mrs. Billing
ton ordered me out the dressing room, or SAID
she would not use IT herself. l was fright
ened. She was TO play the nurse III Romeo
and juliet, and / knew they could not get
on without her. A few days later. in
Liverpool. Mr.. Aired sent for me and told
me that Mrs. Ellington had threatened to
and that Miss Anderson could not afford to
lose her. He also said that | had n brogue.
and hat / pronounced the word deliver
entirely wrongly. In fact l could go. Miss
Liverpool. / could not get to see her. !
didn't know what to do. l am n Catholic and
l went to a priest. Ho sent me tor lawyer,
and l was recommended 10 fight. Aired
London. declined It.. l went to. n
priest again and begged him to see Miss
Anderson. He did so, and Miss Anderson
told him that l ought to have gone to her
i boioAO ~ tAN hhh'N 80 seL HAsNa' - "
solicitor. She was very sorry, she said, She
liked me. but was obliged to uphold her
manager. My lawyer said that / could enjoin
the company from sailing until l was paid for
the twentv-four weeks for which my contract
called. He demanded f16S. Aired declared
Abbey would only pay 900. Finally we COM
promised and | accepted 1853. l had been 80
ANXIOUS to come TO America that l came any
way"
In the coming production Of Little Lord
Fauntleroy" at the Broadway Theatre, little
Elsie Leslie will alternate with little Tommy
believed, will satisfy the inexorable Gerry.
Boston's verdict is that lit Q Elsie lacked
Tommy's boyishness. BY the bye, it would
be rather weird If she didn't.
Miss Lillian Russell has signed q contract
with Rudolph Aronson TO become a member
of the Cas- no company May 6. Rumor had
it yesterday that this had 30 angered Mr..
Duff that 1t Is likely Miss Russell will appear
verv shortly IN THE Yeomen of the Guard"
Rudolph Aronson said yesterday, however,
that he knew nothing of any trouble between
Miss Russell and Mr.. Duff. He thought
Miss Russell would sing in The Yeomen of
the Guard. y however, as he expected it to
run beyond May 8.
Joseph Brooks SAYS that the travelling
"Yeomen of the Guard p" company has no in
teption of closing, as has been said, and that
it will fulfil all its engagements, playing its
allotted time in Philadelphia. The opera,
by the bye, was produced in San Francisco
Monday night by the Emma Abbott Opera
Company.
Amberg's Theatre. ut the corner of Irving
place and Fifteenth street. will be opened on
Saturday night. The programme will consist
of a - festival overture" a prologue, Elm
Erfolg," a comedy in three acts, and For
tunio's Love Song, q one-act opera by Often
bach.
The collapse of THE Leprechaun " COM
pany, which went out q week ago and only
played two nights, has been mentioned in
The EVENING WORLD. 1t appears that the
company, who were left III the lurch by
Manager Zweifel, had 10 come back - on
their trunks" This means that the railroad
company accepted the baggage as security
for the home tickets. The trunks, IL is said,
are still at the station unredeemed. Zweitel
showed up in town the other day. He met q
member of the company whose greeting
must have been extremely interesting, as
Zweifel has not been seen since, 1t was said
yesterday that he had left the city.
Miss Helen BaIry's appearance ut the
Grand Opera House, Hartford, in "A
made before a large audience. She preceded
the play by "A one-act piece called After"
in which she was supported by Miss Maude
vile. In "A Woman's Stratagem" Frank
performance has been very favorably crit