The evening world., 1889-03-25
LEW TO HAVE HIS OLD STAND.
HE HAS GOT THE BROADWAY HOUSE FOR
HIS MINsTRELs NEXT SEASON.

Mrs. Potter Intends 20 BE Her Own Mana
Ger-Lydia Thompson Adopts America
for Good-Mrs. Raymond's New Cemio
Opera-How Kellar's Students Repaid
Ann O'DcIia-Nat Goodwin's success.
Lew Dockstader was in the city Yesterday,
bright, clipper, and clad in brand-new
Spring-y clothes. Dockstader and his COM
pany played in Albany Saturday night. and
are due in Troy tonight, but Mr.. Lew likes
on occasional dash of metropolis TO vary the
monotony of the road" He says he has
just released his little theatre on Broadway.
and declares, oil reports TO the contrary not
w~ithstan6ing, that he and his minstrels will
again claim metropolitan attention next sea-
son. As for the new theatre I am to have
said Mr.. Lew, well, it isn't ready yet; but
I'd like to say that it isn't all talk. We have
been doing finely on the road. The reputa-
ton I made in New York served me in good
stead outside. / nave positively declined
to follow in the paths of most minstrel COM
panies and parade the streets of the town in
which we play. Managers have protested,
but l have been firm. Dockstader and CON-
pany shall never again parade the streets. a
street parade may catch the gallery, but it's
no good for the other people, and IL takes
AO"A RoAN ONNuBbhho w Cluhi ~ VI NHO
others. You'll see that Thatcher. Primrose
i West will do way with the parade business
shortly. You can't get a company of artists
to parade. Good people don't care to exhibit
themselves in that way, t~estively tramping
through mud and slush.
A funny incident occurred during Kellar's
performance the other night at Dockstader's.
Thu sylph-like Nine. Diss Debar occupied q
box, as she is very fond of doing. She APP
peared to be very much charmed with the
music OF the Spanish students. After they
had finished q moroccan she leaned forward and
handed them Q handsome basket OF flowers.
began to play The WoRLp's song, With All
Her Faults / Love Her Still"
Miss Lydia Thompson is to settle IN this
country and become q citizeness. SHE does
not intend returning to London. Next sea-
son she will tour this country under her own
management, placing some responsible man
in charge of her business. The diaphanous
Miss Thompson is still on the road. doing q
large business, though it is said that this con-
dition of things has not existed all the sea
son. She expects to reach New York in about
six weeks time. and will probably play
another engagement here. presenting " Rob-
inson Crusoe +" and Columbus" Miss
zefie Tilbury,. LSydis's daughter, who is a
or was before that organization returned ~
England. has remained here to see mamma.
Miss Tilbury is Mrs. Lewis in private life.
Mrs. Lewis Is Lydia Tompson's daughter by
own o large livery stable In Piccadilly. Lon
don.
Everybody is wondering what Augustin
DAILY intends to do with Mrs. Annie Yeamans,
who would hardly look at home among the
bric-a-brac and drawing-room prettinesses
that play 80 important o part in Days
eccentric comedies, 1t is SAID on very
the play Of Life" which he produced at
his old theatre years, ago, and that Mrs.
sumed by Mary Welles:1sI
And now comes the surprising piece of
next season under Mr.. Abbey's management
or under that of any other ipaH, but that she
intends to manage. This is what Mrs. Lang
try did. and Mrs. Langtry at the present time
has a cosy little bank account that is q pretty
testimony to the soundness of her judgment.
1.-THE Old Homestead :" is to go on the
road next season while Denman Thompson
and his company are playing 1t in this city at
the Academy OF Music. An effort 10 being
Uncle Joshua Whitcomb q very clever actor,
who is at present playing u very similar part
in this city-ln o conspicuous place, too.
Now. guess.
Miss Annie Alliston, the jovial and enter
tanning duchess of Dixey's - Adonis. " Is to
play tho part of Mrs: Capt. Harding In The
Paymaster," at the Fourteenth street Theatre
tonight. Miss Alliston didn't like the part
at all as it was originally played, but insisted
upon being allowed to make the captains
wife an educated woman. The idea of o
woman mixing in such good society at the
barracks being 80 common and vulgar" said
Miss Alliston. ~ wouldn't play such o part,
though I DON'T mind letting her drop an h
way"
Nat Goodwin. lust after his success in