Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-05
NEW YORK LETTER.
THE pRAHArrc WORLD AND AK Cos
SIP THEREIN.
Utilizing Deadly Poison-fhs Donall OF
Henry G. Pedder-rhomss G. Atoms
Work. Etc.
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dia,oA.,
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20 do with Wallack's Theatre mex seq
son, and various more or less well-fdnd-
ed rumors have appeared relative his
future policy. 1t has been said, foin.
stance. that Mrs. Potter was to joinhe
company Immediately, "L'Abbe On.
stantin 70 Ice taken off and a new law
with Mrs. Potter in the leading par to
be produced with all speed. Thisof
course is maDifestly ont of the ouestin,
rs Mr.. Miners contract with Mrs. Pottr
still holds good and runs for nearly to
months longer.
Another unreasonable suggestion 8
been that Mr.. Abbey would continue b
run the theatre next season with a stoc
company, at the head of which wouldb
Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Abbey. The faeb
OF the matter really are, as 1 have beal
creditably informed, that though Ms.
Potter may he seen for n few weeksIt
Wallack's in April. and again in the cary
fall. the major part Of the season Of 1Ss
and 1889 at this theatre will be occupid
by Miss Mary Anderson, who will, #
course, make her revival of "A Whites
Tale the chief feature of her rcpe-
tOirC. This seems TO point 10 the p
moval OF Wallack's from the list 4
stock company theatres, a change whiA
can hardly be wondered at in view of III,
moderately prosperous season it is jua
passing through.
MRS. POTTER AND Mr.. MINER.
Some sympathy. by the way, is ex-
pressed by his brother managers for
Henry Clay Miner in regard TO the rup-
tire of his relations with Mrs. Potter.
1t does seem rather hard that when he
was Just beginning TO make a little
money out OF the star he had so indus
triously exploited he should be deprived
OF her. Miner himself told me, and
believe him, that it cost him IS, 600 be.
fore he raised the curtain on the frs
night OF Mrs. Potters season at th,
Fifth-Ayenue. SO far from recovering
any of this during the first few weeks
her engagement. he dropped still furthe
behind, and il was not until the Boston
engagement that he began to turn
the corner. OF course be may not b.
the ideal manager for such a star as Mrs
Potter, but he took her when no on,
else, and Mr.. Abbey least of all, woult
have anything to do with her. and sur
mounted many obstacles before he began
20 see the first glimmer Of success.
Miner by the way, from being an in
different singer Of comic songs No variety
theatres has become probably the richest
manager in the United States. He has
not only made money, but he has known
how to keep it when he has once made
1t, and l was told the other day by one
who ought to know that Miners fortune
can hardly he less than $500, 0O0 much
of it III real estate which is rapidly
rising in value.
"HEART or HEARTS
is doing quito aproftable business at the
Madis6h-Square Theatre, though there
were no very exalted hopes of its success
when the manuscript first arrived in this
country. That il should be playing to
crowded houses and deGghtlng its
audiences is proof of the righteousness
and wisdom displayed by Mr. Palmer in
his careful editing Of the play before
placing it before an American audience.
1t is not the first time that Mr..
Palmer has shown skill in this direc-
ton, and IN fact it may fairly be
said that no play has been produced by
him that has not owed much TO his sensI-
BILE Judgment. Bronson Howard, for in
stance. once told me that tho success Of
the Bankers Daughter " was chiefly if
not entirely due to a suggestion he re-
ceived from the then manager of the
Union Square Theatre. Under another
name the play had failed twice before
Howard took it to Mr.. Palmer, and
though Cazauran gave valuable assist
ance, it was the change insisted on by
the manager which made the play the
popular success 1t afterwards became.
PTTOU AND SEAMAN.
Under the management OF Augustus
Pitou that clever little Irish comedian
W. !. Seaman has attained a position
which with all his cleverness no could
never have reached unaided. 1t is now
nearly four years ago since Pitou took
him up, and every year has seen de-
cided increase in the business done 10y
the lad and an improvement in his artis-
tic work. 1t is 50 often the case that
when by reason OF managers hard
work star attains recognized position
that the former is thrown over by the
latter that stress may be laid upon the
fact that new contract for n further
term OF five years was signed last Thurs
day by PitOu and Seaman. The new
starts at the end of the season
of 1888 and 1889. So that for six years
longer from the present date PitOu will
control Scanlan's fortunes, and it is only
fair 10 assume that he viii carry him still
further on tho road TO fame and fortune.
THE BOSTON IDEALS.
understand that the season of the
Boston Ideals at the Fifth-Ayenue The
atre has so far proved a disastrous fail
ure. Their experience on the road be-
fore they reached New York was not OF
the most roseate description, and their
manager, Mr.. Foster, had, / am told,
looked to the New York engagement to
recoupe him for his prior losses. SO far
from this being the case, however, it Is
snid that they have been barely able to
nav expenses, and on some evenings the
receipts have fallen below 5000. This,
perhaps, is not to DO wondered at, for
the company has pttu SuucIth " ut part
from thelines laid down by its original pro-
iector, who, by the way. has now nothing
whatever to do with it, and has become
a mere support TO Miss Helie DeLussan,
who is practically, if not nominally, a
star in every sense OF the word. and one,
it seems, hardly strong enough to at
tract the public III sufficient numbers to
make the venture a profitable one.
UTILIZING A DEADLY POISON.
Probably nothing has occasioned more
surprise to the average reader in the
past two years than the constant ac-
counts Of the use Of the deadly poison,
corrosive sublimate, in medical and espe- /
cially surgical treatment. His astonish-
ment would be far greater If he perused |
or tried to peruse the dry and soporific /
periodicals which physicians and chem
lists proudly aliude TO as professional /
literature. Here on the one side he will |
read lurid though polysyllabic articles on I
the terribly-destructive character of the /
famous chemical in question, and on the |
other side strong arguments by men OF /
distinction recommending Its employ /
nent upon wounds, sores, abrasions. /
disorders OF the eyes, and numberleSs
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