Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
DRAMATIC NOTES.
Interesting Musical Notes and FIashe'
From the FootIights.

FROM Cne EOOtiiShtS.
Mime Janauschek is goings to open a
school of stage art In New York, next
year.
Fanny Davenport has given orders
never to be booked again IN Albany, n.
Y. Her La Tasca was roughly handled
there.
Gilbert and S~ullivan's new opera was
heard in London last night. If it proves
a success, it will be put on at the Casino
theater, New York, in January.
The Mamma company disbanded In
Iowa City, Iowa, last week. Frank
Deshon, favorably known here, is going
back to comic opera. Don't see why he
ever left.
-Litta has had a German comedy, by
Blumenthal translated, because the lead
ing part fits her. She viii use it next
year.
Sarah Bernhardt announces in Paris
that she Will visit America in 1892.
1t is expected that one hundred com
panies will be stranded by January 1st.
The number has already reached eighty
four. The week before the holidays kills
more than any other time.
One of Barnum's elephants killed a
keeper in London on Monday. and the
Londoners are considerably excited over
the event.
Emma Juch has captured Boston.
The musical city acknowledges her as
great"
Lawrence Barrett is doing wonders in
Ganelon. The production surpasses any
thing on the present stage, and Mr.. Bar
rett has never been in better health.
Frank Daniels donated his entire re-
ceipts from the Little Puck performances
in Minneapolis, on Monday night, to the
sufferers from the recent Tribune building
fire.
Happy Cal. Wagner's Minstrels are
stranded once again. This is the second
or third time this season. Unhappy Cal!
1t cost just $4,000 to advertise
Kajanka in New York. Over 400 stands
of bills were put out in the city and its
suburbs.
w. H. Crane will probably clear close
to $50, 900 this season with The Senator.
1t has made an even greater hit than the
Henrietta.
w. S. Cleveland has dropped the
name Haverly as a hyphened attachment
to his big minstrel organization.
Nevada, Mo-, is In a state of excite
ment over the discovery of a new Patti in
the person of Miss Trix Brandon. The
lady sang Lenore at a musical festival last
week, and her voice was so exquisite that
she is already beseiged with offers. In adj
ditiOn to her musical gifts, she is describ-
ed as being a beautiful woman. Our oper-
attic stage is open for some good tai
ent, and il is to be hoped that Miss
Brandon will fill the place and be given an
opportunity.
Big Bill Mestayer, who weighs
over $50 pounds, says he never saw Edwin
Booth overcome with laughter but once.
We were playing Julius Caesar in
Frisco" said Mestayer, Booth was Bru-
tus, Mccullough was Caesar and Charley
Bishop and | were plain everyday citizens.
1t was the last night of the run and we
all felt frisky. So when Caesar spoke the
well known line, Let me have men about
me that are fat Bishop and | walked
boldly up to Caesar and shook him heartily
by the hand. 1t broke Booth all up and
he laughed outright"
The St. Louis Republican is response
BILE for the following: ION one occasion
when Modjeska was playing at the Globe, ="
said a late resident of Boston, ''she re-
quired a bier to lie upon In one of her
scenes. and it not having been provided,
the Polish countess sent to Stetsor, stating
that she wanted a bier. Wants a beer,
does she?' said Stetson. well. she can
want and be blowed. | amt providing
beer for these outlandish players. Tel
her she can't have it" The messenger
returnedt to Modjeska with Stetson's mes
sage. The countess was furious. Go to
Mr.. Stetson, she said, and tell him I'M
less | have a bier | won't go ON in the
next act The messenger duly repeated
the message. She won't, won't she,
screamed Stetson, well, we'll see if she
won't. That the way with these furrin-
ers, they always want beer. beer, beer.
Then. as If relenting. he took so cents
from his pocket and said with a deep sigh,
I suppose I'll have to let her have it.
Here. go and get her a gallon 1t is
needless to say that the countess got he1
bier"
The New York Dramatic News says
that recently a well known actor, who
shall be nameless for the purposes of this
tale, sent to a New York dramatic agent
for a man to play a genteel william. In
due course there doomed up IN the town
specified a handsome. digniied. elegantly
dressed and g~entlemanly fellow, who
''looked the part to a dot. Il have struck
a gold mine" said the star to himself
Everything moved along well enough al
rehearsal. and between scenes the star was
trying to be cordial to his new acquisition
Finally, failing to get much more
than monosyllables out of the
young gentleman, he said: Where
have you been in the past? 1t seems