The evening world., 1889-11-07
IN THE DRAMATIC WORLD.
GOSSIP OF STAGE DOOR, GREENROOM AND
BOX OFFICE.

Oonmau ThompsOn'a Experience with n
s"'in.Lined OvercoRt-W iltOn Lackayc
Signs n Five-Year Contract with Davis
and LOcke-Chrlstmas Festival for stage
Children-WIIson Barrett at tho Actors'
Fund BENEFIT.
Denman Thompson walked into the office Of
the Academy Of Music yesterday in high rlee.
His glee was not exuberant, but it could be
detected very easily by anybody who happened
to know Uncle Joshua intimately.
Say, - remarked the old gentleman to Man.
ager Comstock, 81 went 10 get an overcoat the
other day. The tailor asked me IL he should put
satin in the sleeves. Satin in the ~sleevesr |
exclaimed in surprise. why, l don't wear my
coat inside out. Well, he told me that
II was quite usual for people who. could
enorult 70 nave their coats satin.lined. SO |
cost a 9o1day a'a Here % Il q. ss' bdimti NJ to TT g s EGt tSe
that encompassed his person. land. Comstock
let me advise you to have satin in the sleeve.
creased. The coat siiip S"Spt On, Ike lRSs li RdS GHG"
~ T6Ha n ntd a Up pIe1Ssnt Sensatiopt | tell yoE:I o,0r
coat Tor a good half hour. Mr.. Thompson has
never had a dresS-suit in his lite. Mr. has he
eyeT st te = GSI,, 2 FGSception; Tbs he ne nearest ares rr up.
wick Hotel By |. q, Gilmore. He declined to eat
anything but " a piece of beef"
The latest in regard to Wilton Lackaye IL tina
He la signed a hye years, contract with ),
be will be starred, bCginning next season.
Iackaye ~ All excellent actor. but starring is
very serious matter. II is a melancholy fac
that no sooner does an actor achieve a reputa
ton than of he goes starring to the loss OF I'll,
metr3"noliSi That 1nh;sa |; EhE the toreiS,, actors y CON,
to the city that has made them?
The rumors that Frederick Bryton will resum,
M stage work. are again thick in this city. II !
said That he will begin q tour not very tar iron
voice having been caoimapiie'eelyy recovered. -
The children of the stage are to have a Christ
b. as Festival. aud, 1t Is perhaps unnecessary Il
say that they, will rely for ita success this year,
gable tae' S MrS. " Gern IA zee p"". 4 u staae sn eh iihiGdgea''
festival without Mrs. Fernandez IL fifty time
worse than Hamlet y without a Prince Of Den
Mis- &c iSio Onion. Mrs ,MariC9 Erie, Miss Mari
and a number Of other ladies. The entertain
ment, it c Il safely be promised, will be inter
esting to the children and to their adult friends
Wilson Barrett, has kindly consented. to appea
in "Chatterton " with the members Of his com
pany at the Actors Fund benefit next month.
country with Miss Minnie Palmer. and who wa
unfortunate enough to run a needle into he
foot, this neccSsltntlng her non-appearRnce q
the Fifth Avenue Theatre and her return Il
London, has been n great %sutferer in that cit.
ever since. She was in the Westminster Hospita
for a long time. A benefit was rendered her
few days ago, and something like GOO wa
realized.
The king Cole" company, of which TIL
EvENINa WORLD. has already spoken sevcra
times, has been disba iel. Salaries are under
stood to have been arranged, which is a plSasan
fact to chronicle.
Mr.. Terriss and Miss Millward gave an inter
esting performance of THE Lady of LYONS
at Nlblo's last night. the former, of course
the latter the deluded Famine. Mr.. Terriss'
work was torcible and impressive. Miss Mill
ward was a charming Pauline, giving some un
usual effects TO the hackneyed role. Dan Collye
was the CLAWS, Mr.. Ormonde the villain.