Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-10
NEwtoRK LETTER.
STAGE suPE uIrroEs-How MUSIC AZ
fEcrs IoLIsH THEsfIAEs.
DO we Hate Arisnd :" Answered by M
Depsw-intsrexs with Public Persons
About Wa they Eat and Like.

Nrw Mr, February Q, 1889.

I was waitineho other night in the
rather spacious ,con-room fttached to
the Fifth venurheatre Numbered up
~ il is now withle o%dd-loOkmg furnl-
turo, quantity pbted shields and fero-
cions spears. With form pat of the
mounting of " Nebeth." whin one OF
thecompany w~itlhsRpy wig fndshinipg
nrnOr passed 70 on his say 70 the
~WIoding st9ir with leads 70 tho dress
. ing rooms above He visited as he
went a bar or tV Of soubre melody,
when 20 my surpsc an Oh and we'll
known ACTOR. wD Is ayo IN the cast,
seized hun 10y BE- arm hd exclaimed a:
"For Gods SAX stop tat internal AIR.
DO Won want thdhmtr,t0 be burned
The youuQstcr dd MT ,eem 20 take the
outbafst atoiss, la, soped his whistlng'
Iaughingly apolgiDc sud continued on
his WAY.
why did you soT him 2" askedot
the veteran who us strld'ng about Ia
ms kiugly rob.sn l growing to him-
elf.
"Didnt Won lar'' said he, che was
whistInQthe 'ycbeth muslc-Lockes
WcH. wing Of it," l innocently
asked.
What of sir? Don't you know
that one Of T. primcst-rooted OF stage
superstition ttaches itself TO the Mac
beth music
~ MACBETH MUSIC.
T~pleadcdmv ignorance, and the old
gentleman aying ten minutes wait, and
with eyidst s"atitfactiOn az having found
~ audiio told mo much that was news
10 me abot tIis and other stage super
fiitious. II need hardly tell you, said
be. "the We actors are q sDperstltlOus
race. W this should be SO we need not
inquire. ui 10 IS assuredly the case. in
this partular instance yOu are doubt
less awaI the Incidental music whicn for
generations has been used by the pro.
duccrs Macbeth was composed by
MatthevLOcke, aud IS considered to DO
veyy fin and appropriate. All the
lcutima3 actors Of tho old school are
thorourly familiar with 1t and yet You
cau move prevail uEon one OF them 20
whistle + bum 10 You a single bar OF 1t.
They frlv believe that ne or she who
sings thu Macbeth music Off the stage
OF whei not actually engaged IN tho
performnce Of the play will meet with
Il ira ,al fate. 30 d%eep-cooted Is
this aersion that Of late years
Locko's music has passed into In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS among many stars.
Mrs. hngtly. for instance, whether
from his cause or some othor
has relrd on Mr.. Puerner 10 furnish
the inclenui orcbestration for this re-
vival Of the tragedy. ! am bound to
sav that Mr., LanRtry is as little iniu-
enccl 10y any snpcTstitious nonsense as
any woman know. She has, | be-
lieye, an objction to beginning any IN
torprrse or sknIug q contract on Il Fri
day. but TIT IS comparatively harm
loss form q the queer mental disease
which anlici the profession at large.
TN YELLOW CLARINET.
Have pu ever heard of the yellow
clarinet ? Nell, that is the queerest as
ia one ofthe most widely-spread SUI
perstitions Of ell. / remember, IN my
younger dgs, | was travelling through
the county gaining II maximum OF ex-
perience md a minimum of dollars as
the stage manager Of Il so-called come
dy company. one night in a little
Pennsylylnia town we actually had n
house m)re than half full, and l was
congratu ating myself on beng able
once TO paw our board bills
having to call at the
sign Of the Three Balls, when
the. youth who Tted as call
hoy, property-man, ard baRgage-man,
besides doing a 'song"nd-dance' turn,
came to mo with along face. DE
cump'ny's struck saB he, 'doy won't
go on nohow.' why what's the mat
? ! asked, do thy want their sala-
rics in advance?' "Nurs nor that, he
said, 'doro's a yellow clarinet IN the or
rhestry and the Duuh leader he won't
turn him out. and this / found was
The real cause q the strike. The
clarinet player of the local orches-
.rs Was footing away on O yellow
instrument when n OF tho company
Fho was sizing up tho house through a
lOle in the curtain sped HIM and bore
he CHASTITY tidnRs 10 the rest OF the ac-
.ors. A messenger was sent 10 the leader,
)ut he did notundorstand the meaning Of
t and fatty reused TO weaken his band
II five by disnissing the clarinet player
or no apparel cause. Eventually ! man
lced 10 effect compromise, and a black
1bhon was twisted around the offending
instrument in suchwise as not TO inter
ere with its bing played upon. and then
ny company consented 20 allow the cur
ain to be- RUM up. You see the yellow
larinet is "a IRE precursor of bad luck,
nd in this case ! am afraid that the
Jack ribbon I'D more harm than good. |
or a week liter We were all walking
ome. But Unjust not chatter here any
for there is my call, though L
ouid 80 on or an hour detailing the
supersttions which are the pro-
Of the theatrical profession " and
G disappeared on the stage.
DO VIZ HATE ENGLAND?
"Mr. Depew, do YOU hate England ?"
When this question was suddenly
rOpped hRe a small III inc
met of Chauncey Nj. Depew's big
.ork-roou at the Grand Central depot
be greet diner-out looked up with a
Gaming mile and promptly answered
No, and | don't know any II that
"Butthe English reviewets say that
on and other public men do hate Eng
nd, and that the conduct OF both po-
teal parties in the late canvass proved
.at appeals to American hatred of Great
ntaiI are regarded as the best political
.ck n trade.
There was considerable discussion of
and English affairs III the late
because OF the fisheries question
d the Sackville incident, but English
IN psrtly oyerrate their importance In
r politics. There is no widespread
tired Of Englishmen ia America. /
YER heard of an American that hated
r. Gladstone and his colleagues. Nine
1ths OF as. | suppose, disapprove of
o present Governments policy toward
Gland because we believe IN the federal
%inciple, aud home rule involves that
We don't care a button for