Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-28
Echoes Of the stage.


weeks season in Chicago, at the Columbia,
May 13.
Mr.. SHEDDEN is gradually recovering. but
he is still in the hospital. He has shown con-
siderable improvement IN the last week.
JoHNl E. MURPHY, the well-known Irish
comedian, formerly Of Murphy and Mack, died
recently at the Stockton. Cal, Insane Asylum,
OF paresis.
FRANK MAYO will be at the Bijou next
week, and on Friday, May 10. he will play
"Davy Crockett for the benefit Of the Biiou
Theater employees.
&c. MIRoN and his Randall Club cane come
back with the Ideals next week. Miron's cane,
presented by his fellow clubmen, is proverbial
on the various rialtos.
LEONARD WALES has been travelling with
the Ideals for several weeks, rehearsiDg his
new opera, "The Lion of Peru" to be presented
at the Grand Thursday, Mays
ELECTRICITY is nothing to the solitary little
candle which floods the stage with light when
the heroine brings it on, and leaves it in utter
darkness when she blows it out.
AT recent performance James Owen o'Con-
nor, answering an encore, courteously asked
his audience what he should play for them. A
voice advised him to play piano as he had the
right sort of legs.
PRETTY Miss Ottalie Claire, the charming
| fiattering offer to sing with Carl Rosa's COM
| pany in London. She will not leave Colonel
| Fosters aggregation, however.
THE Deshon Opera Company closes its regu-
| lar season in Norwich, Conn, on Saturday
night, opening the summer seasonin Memphis,
Tenn, on May a. Herbert Mathews, Tom
Ricketts, and Victor De Lacey leave the COM
pany and sail for Europe on May 2
| The Chat Noir says: Lawrence Barrett and
| Edwin Booth are warm friends confiding and
| believing in each other. All stories concerning
| Mr. Barrett's underhanded enmity toward his
| colleague are the malicious utterances Of
snakes in the grass" Andso. everybody who
knows the impulsive Barrett believes.
"OLD Jed Prouty'' is the name of play
that has been written by Messrs. Gill Golden.
| Their motive in writing it was to demonstrate
| the fact that "reglar Down East Yankee
was not the boastful, nasal-voiced, whiting
| ignoramus that theatrical folk have so far rep
! resented him, which is as a motive for inhlct-
| ing Yankee plays on suffering public tolera-
| bly, thin.
SOMEBODY mixed indelible red ink with
Digby Bells makeup the other night, and cir
cumstances over which he has no control will
| compel him to go around for a few brief beau
| tiful weeks with nose like cactus blossom.
He sent the following touching missiVe the day
after the casualty: Friend Hopper will see
| you later. Keep all dates open. Joke Is q
Joke but to hit man on the head with brlck
and say '.TagP' is no joke. Your true friend,
| Digby Bell.
A WRITER in the Dramatic Mirror says
| One does have illusions, and although had
been told that Mr.. Stuart Robson was grand.
father, still had vague idea that he was al
most as young as he looks in THE Henrietta "
When saw him the other day and discovered
| that he was not the youthful parent that had
| supposed him, felt very much like congratu-
| lating him on his ability in the makeup line
| His curious voice has the SAME fascination
that attaches itself to fine bit OF Japanese
| ware-it is charming, not because 1t Is pretty
| but because 1t is unique.
MRS. LANGTRY has had some trouble with
| her former chef, Gustavus Brocte, which ha:
resulted in suit brought by the chef in the
City Court to recover S225 II. The chef was
only with Mrs. Langtry short time and rar
up very extensive bills for delicacies provided
for her table. They had some difficulty about
the bills and the chef was compelled TO go. AS
he could not get a settlement with Mrs. Lang
try satisfactory to himself, he has sued her II
the City Court. His lawyer. Louis Matholl, ex
perienced great difficulty in endeavoring &c
serve the papers in the case upon Mrs. Lang
try and was finally compelled to procure ar
order from Chief Justice McAdam to serve the
papers by mail or by tacking them upon tht
door of her residence.
FANNY DAVENPORT has been sued for libe
by two members of her company in Mime
apolis. When Miss Davenport has been sicl
and unable to play the company has had salar
les cut for idle days. To this Messrs. Lotto ant
Williams objected and demanded their lega
rights, full pay. Whereupon Miss DaVenpor
posted notice to the company, in which th'
libel complained Of occurs. Here is the notice
Miss Davenport wishes to warn shose member
of her company who SO courteously and Will
ingly accepted the one-half weeks salary pait
them last week. This was done solely on thu
strength of large railroad fares and excessive
baggage, deeming it just to herself. The un
pentlemanly and discourteous conduct OF Mr.
Lotto and Mr.. Williams necessitated Miss Dav
enport consulting her lawyer how to act, VIII!
informed her that If any one demanded ful sal
ary 1t should be paid. Any member OF Tn
company who claims the other four nights du
him will communicate the fact to Mr.. Willar'
\ and he shall be paid.