Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27


ing at the Bijou Theater.
MINNIE MADDERN, when travelling on the
road, is said TO affect green wells and nibble
Saratoga chlps She is an omnivorous novel
reader, and affects the eccentricities OF Bern
hardt.
H. B. CONWAY is very suggestive. says The
Black Cat, of Charles Coghlan. In more
dramatic play than "Our Flat" fancy he
would exhibit considerable of that quiet mascu-
line intensity that we have often admired,
while we criticised it, in the elder actor.
THE Jefferson-Florence combination Is
tremendous success and business at the Star
Theater, New York, is the largest that has ever
been known at that house. The combination
of such brilliant comedians as Joseph Jener-
son, W. j. Florence and Mrs. John Drew IN
one company has never before been equaled,
and their success is not to be wondered at
EVANS AND HoEY will be the next attraction
at the Bijou, presenting again their ever green
success "A Parlor Match" They are on a re-
turn trip from California, where their business
has been phenomenal. Their company THIS
season is the strongest Iney nave ever cars,eu, h
New music, new songs and new dances nave
been introduced into the "Parlor Matcn, unul
it is almost new show.
"BLUEBEARD, JR.; or, Fatima and the
Fairy" the brilliant spectacular extravaganza
of the Chicago Opera House, is in its last week
at the Broad Street Theater. Philadelphia. The
piece has been received with the utmost favor
by the press of that city the Times and FTess
affirming that nc such magnificent spectacular
effects have ever been witnessed in America.
The ballets are described as being marvellous
in their artistic groupings and the marches and
ensembles as of the most effective character.
1t is claimed that "Bluebeard, Jr.," is the most
expensive organization travelling. 1t comes TO
this city at an early date.
81 HAVE been told that Josephine, Empress
of the French is not for the masses" said
Mile Rhea. speaking of her new play. "On the
contrary.I say that it is for the masses. The
language. though excellent, is not of that OBJ
scure kind employed by writers who strive to
conceal the paucity of their ideas with multi
tude of sonorous phrases which signify moth
ing The language is natural. and so are the
situations of the play. One needs only have
heart and q soul to appreciate Josephine and
they are found among the so-called lower
classes as well as among the highly cultured.
Therefore, l say the play is for the masses as
well as for the more educated and such my ex-
perience with it has shown to be the case"
A GOOD many stories are told about how star
avoid playwrights, who make their attacks with
huge manuscripts which they are always ready
to read. The other day Roland Reed lodged
very persistent one from whom he thought he
made his escape. Not so, however. The crafty
playwright had watched him go to his room
r.. x,
was waiting for him. when some one knocked
at the door. Jack opened it, and Reed recog-
nized the voice. Talk to him outside min
ute" whispered Reed to his manager. He did,
and when both entered Reed had gone. Jack
got rid of the playwright, but ten minutes later
Reed made his appea rance stained with red
paint from head to heels. He had gone down
newly painted fire escape, and the dodge cost
him just $50.
In slightly sarcastic vein The Black Cat
.fN Job
as follows: The pet hope of this genial mana
ger is, understand, to some day build a temple
of art on the banks of the Hudson, where
every form of entertainment, from Shakes
peare and Moliere to glass-eating, can be given
simultaneously in different sections Of the
building. Wax works. lunch counters, an
cient sculpture, bathing tanks. ring shows,
monkey houses, Ada Rehan in comedy, Salvini
in rage, Fanny Rice in plush breeches, bal
loon ascensions, oratory by Mr.. Depew, lect-
ures on bellies lettres by John Stetson, pie:eat-
ing contests chats on millinery by the Per
sonal Intelligence Man" of the Herald,
sunny weather. and oyster stews, are to be oh.
tainable here at varying prices. One door Will
lead you into the presence Of Patrick Reilly
executing Battery Park monologue, while
another will take you to the sacred feet OF
Lillian Russell, as she sings the world away to
the palaces beyond the blue.
French actresses are inclined to over-paint,"
writes Alfred Thompson, 'and some become
almost as much caricatured as the Japanese
beauty of the Tea House, with her whitened
cheeks and crimson eyelids. once took Sarah
Bernhar0t to task for painting her lips scarlet
in broad day. Sarah, who is one of the most
charming camarades when she likes, was not
in the least offended, but laid it all to habit.
With her thin lips the outline is necessary at
night and gives much sweetness to her face
when her golden voice is poured caress-
ingly on to the attentive earl; but by
day there is something CHASTITY in 1t.
Beauty wants this help. Even Mrs. Lang
try was quite under the impression for
some time that her face required no extraneous
assistance of any kind. l happened, in con-
versation with ner at a supper given by Dion
Boucicault at Delmonico's, to ask her why she
did not make up her eyes, to which she simply
replied that she did not know she needed it.
She had already made enormous strides in her
art, but was totally ignorantof Of making her eyes
appear before an audience what they are In the
light of the sun. Without the least affectation
Mrs. Langtry asked my aid. and on the first
night of "Galatea" at Niblo's she astonished
her admirers by the depth and brilliancy of her
eyes and complexion. l have her autograph
somewhere thanking me for teaching her how
to make up"