Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-20

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FRANK W. LAwToN, the whistler in "a Hol,
in the Ground" has composed new polka, en-
titled "The Lawton Polka" which he has added
| to his whistling repertoire. 1t has met witt
much favor.
ONE of the costumes to be worn in "a Roya
Tramp" by Blanche Lamar, the clever young
| Philadelphia actress who will make her debut
| is of apple-green satin in all Its shades. 1t wa
designed for her by Worth, the Partisan milli
ner, and is one of the prettiest dresses evel
seen in comic opera.
THE London correspondent of the New Yorl
Mirror says: All things considered, suppose
this Christmas has been one of the best evel
known by the London showfolk From every
side hear accounts of fabulous business being
| done. At the dozen or so houses that myself
! visited the people were packed like pllchards
| in cask.
MAUD MILLER, daughter of Joaquin Miller
| and Loudon Mccormack, both stars of the
"'49'' company, we're nearly destitute al
Cherokee, Kan, until Mr. Mccormack punished
the hotel landlord for insulting him. This in.
| spired public sympathy, the citizens gave him
arousing benefit at the Opera House and he
| lett town with full purse.
! Mr.. HAMMERsTEIN. the builder of the vii.
helm Kaiser flats in Harlem, is building a
theater on the corner of One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street and Seventh avenue, New
York City. The management of it has been
offered both to H. D. Bristol and to Colonel r.
E. J. Miles, of Cincinnati, who is expected to
arrive in New York shortly.
THE eleventh annual benefit of the Order OF
Elks will be a bumper, as usual. 1t will take
place at the Bijou Theater on Friday, Febru-
ary s, in the afternoon. The programme is not
completed yet, but few of the attractions will
be: The Great Western Band, Minnie Palmer,
Evans and Hoey in "a Parlor Match" 81 Per.
kins, Dore Davidson in "Dr. Jekyl and Mr.
INyla " av1lN Nla ra6fr rin H.
gramme will be printed in elegant souvenir
form.
1T is said that Miss Amelie Sommerville the
once fat actress of the "Adonis" Company, will
go starring in society play. Miss Sommer-
ville's ambition has grown in intensity as she
has decreased in size. From plump and Jolly
figure she has got down to a condition of stall
wart and robust womanhood, but, is usual
the case the loss OF flesh has carried away a
great deal of personal beauty II is a big Jump
from the merry Mountain Maid" to the
emotional heroine of society drama, but the
Jump Will be made nevertheless,
WILLIAM WINTER dramatic critic of the
New York Tribune, has written this letter to the
Tribune: 'As my name has been somewhat
literally used in association with the Players
Club, will you permit me to state that was
formally notified. while in England last August
that had been elected a member of the club;
that wrote to the secretary accepting the
membership; that, on my return home I con-
Versed with Edwin Booth as to the organization
and purpose of the club, telling him that, in
my judgment, it would be inexpedient for dra-
matte critics to join it or be admitted to it, and
that voluntarily withdrew from the member
ship which, without any request on my part,
had been offered to me-"
THE critic of the London, England, Referee.
writing of Miss Ellen Terry's Lady Macbeth,
says: From the first moment, when she enters
in dress as charming as it is novel, and reads
her husbands letter by the ruddy light of the
domestic fireside, she gives picture of a true
woman. wicked, unscrupulous, without faith in
God or man, but fascinating, seductive and
consumed by the one overwhelming desire-the
advancement of the man she loves. Certainly
more power was desirable in places, and the
convinced in at least three episodes, but the
questionable points need not be dwelt upon.
As whole the embodiment was consistent
allurlng and artistic in the highest sense of the
term"
NINE. ALBANI left Liverpool January Il, for
her American and Canadian concert tour She
takes with her Orlando Harley, Miss Damean,
Darlington Foote. Sig. Bevignani and W.
L. Barrett, a very finished and socially popular
player of the flute. Nine. Albani went to hear
Patti and the prime donne exchange
courtesies. The report, by the way, that Patti
refused to sing Juliette at the enth perform
ance in Paris because she was refused the Cross
of the Legion of Honor is strenuously denied
1t is said that the Paris managers offered a
temptation of this kind to get her to Paris, the
money inducement being small, and that NJ.
Gounod personally influenced the Minister of
Fine Arts and President Carnot to get her
decorated, but without effect. 1t is en-
phatically stated. however, that she had bron-
chitis, and the decoration had nothing to do
with her absence.
THE STowAwAY'' will be produced in great
style in New York on February Is, with a su-
perior order of tank. Mr.. Marston is now at
work painting several new scenes One of
these will be the yacht, on the deck of which
an entire act is played. The trim vessel will be
seen, broadside toward the audience, under
full canvas before spanking breeze. Sail,
rigging, deck, and the upper part of the vessel
will be duplicates of a real Yacht and wind
machine will swell out the sails and flags Be-
tween the footlights and the sides of the craft
will be a tank nlled with water, that flows
gently from stem to stern, and into this the
yacht will dip and roll, giving it the appearance
OF vessel In the heavy current of the British
channel. The illusion in this scene will be
made more perfect by panoramic view of the
chalk cliffs of England, which moves in the
same direction as the running water, making it
appear as if the yacht was sailing swiftly.
THE London Referee has this to say of Patti
Rosa: The stage of the Jodrell Theater was on
boxing night taken possession of by the
American coincidence and Queen of Com
edy," Patti Rosa, who is 1 hear. and should
lean by adoption. This was P. RS first ap-
pearance before a London audience, and the
play she selected for her entry was that with
which she has been touring for some months
in our provinces, videlicet, namely, that is to
say, Bob" three-act affair, which Mr.. Fred
Marsden originally wrote for Lolita. After all
1T is not the play that is the thing in this con-
nection, it is Patti Rosa; and a very pretty
albeit plump, little thing she is and blithe and
brisk enough to draw crowds of laughter-lovers
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singing, grant you; but at droll dancing
dancing full of comic ideas-she is a yeritable
Lady Leno; her mods, wlnks and more or less
wreathed smiles. her banjo solos and quaint In
Elections of voice make you roar with laughter,
and her by-play and her business have the ap-
pearance of utter spontaneity.
LAST week, at the Columbia Theater. Chi
cagn, in THE Kings Fool" Miss Bettina
Girard made her debut as a comic opera
singer Miss Girard is a stage name, doubt
less, for this lady, about three years ago, was a
in Washington society, Miss Betty
Ordway, daughter of General Ordway Her |
appearance in the "Kirmess' and similar |
dramatic entertainments gotten up under the |
auspices of the gay and wealthy society people |
IF that city, called attention to the fact that |
Miss Betty was possessed of beauty of form as |
we'll as of face, and her costume worn at said |
exhibiting these beauties to
she best advantage, was not only the talk of the |
own, but the cause of efamoring the wealthy |
Mr.. Padeltord, and her marriage to him soon |
followed. AT that time an amusing story con-
,erning the pronunciation of his name went the
'ounds. Padelford. you must know, is now
strongly accented on the second syllable but
t is stated that before fortune smiled so fondly
IN the Padelfords the first syllable received the
accent. About the time the change in accent
md fortune occurred the family doctor rode
lp to the Padeford residence and inquired for
Mr.. Padelford. "Mr. Padelford is within"
'Ohr' and the good doctors disdain was ex-
libited in the following speech: 1--WE known
Ionn Padeford ever since l stood over his lit
ell cradeLL bed, watched him stradeH brooms
,laying at horse, and seen him make mud pud-
leu cakes, for which his mother paddelled him.
)ut never thought him an addellhead. Be SO
rood as to carry my saddeH bags up to the
louSe at once"
b. p. O. Elk Notes.
BROTHER HATCH, of Cleveland Lodge No.
s. was in the city yesterday.
THERE will be lodges installed at Bradford