The evening world., 1889-03-20
AN ADVANCE AGENT IN LOVE
ONE OF "EvANGELINEs" PRETTY CHORUS
GIRLS TO BE HIS WIFE.

Encouraging side Of the Illness Of Actresses
Al Hayman Says Mrs. Florence Will
Retlre-Mabel Bert 20 Return to Mr..
RRnkin-An American Experience by
DundRs slater.
THE sudden illness Of all these prominent
actresses is really most encouraging" said a
blonde haired little soubrette on Broadway
yesterday. IF we can't all OF us act, we can
all Of us be III. I suppose you think I'm
awful to speak lightly on such q subject, but
we'll, perhaps l I'M awful. l am con-
temrlating either o nice e~pileptio fit or q
pleasant little heart Affection. Advise me,
please. l suppose you know that on Satur-
day night Minnie Maddern was taken i'll and
compelled to remain here instead of going TO
Rochester, where she was to open tonight
Monday. Three weeks ago Fanny Daven-
port was obliged to lay of in Pittsburg and
Baltimore. Now come Mary Anderson and
Mrs. Langtry. The most sensible little lady
was Julia Marlowe. She wouldn't be i'll but
instead of that her aunt and companion, Miss
Dow, had a rafter fall down on her head.
Julia went on acting all the same. though her
aunt was laid low. You look ms though you
despised me for testing. Don't despise me.
My bark is Il thousand ines worse than my
bite" and off she tripped.
An exhibition of microscopic interest is
promised shortly at the Eden Muste.
Harry Hamlin, of Chicago, is here busily
engaged in securing an organization to
present an adaptation made by a Chicago man
from the French for q run at the Grand
Opera-House in that city, beginning next
June. II Is said that the work Is taken from
| the same story as Terriss and Milward's play,
| - Rnuar In Hpsta " which they will prOdnpa
in this country under the auspices Of II. Clay
Miner and Augustin DAILY.
Alfred Hayman Is back from his Western
tour with the Florences. He says that in
spite of Mrs. Florence's denial of the report
that she is to retire from the stage, that the
report Ia true. MIR. Hayman says that Flor
ence's arrangement with jefferson Is not for
q partnership, but for o big certainty, and
that he is only to appear in two plays during
the season of thirty weeks-'1he Rivals, "
and THE Heir-at-Law." Florence has had
a very successful season with Heart Of
Hearts. " in which he doubled the parts
played here by j. H. Stoddart and Flockton.
Nine. Albani is negotiating with AL Hay
man to fill the time left vacant by Mary An
derson's illness at the Grand Opera-House,
San Francisco.
Miss Dora Leslie, who appeared in The
Msrquise " at the Lyceum Theatre last night,
is a sister of little Elsie, and the two girls be-
gan their work upon the stage at the same
time. The Leslies-or Lydes-were great
friends of Joseph jefferson, and II was at his
request that Dora and Elsie appeared with
him. Since that time Dora has been seen In
The Great Pink Pearl" and Lord
Chumley."
Now comes the report that the agent-in,
advance of hice's exquisite " Evangellne "
has fallen head over heels in love with one
OF the pretty girls and is to marry her. The
tunate girl, Miss Helen Marlborough. Mr..
Marks has received a touching letter from
home begging him to remain single all his
life rather than marry an actress. This lie
declines to do. lmpetuous MIR. Teddy !
Here is an instance of the fickleness OF
woman. Miss Mabel Bert, who q few weeks
ago left Mckee Rankin's company to Rachel
herself (that is the latest expression for play
ing Rachel in Held by the Enemy" W, has
decided to return to Mckee Rankin. At the
end of two weeks she will leave MIR. Gillette's
organization, though she was to have re-
manned with it for the season.
Mr.. Dundas Slater. of the London Gaiety
Company, has told his friends on the other
side a story of Yankee cuteness and enter.
prise" 1t appears that Mr.. Slater brought
with him to America 100. 600 programmes
printed to look like handkerchief. They
were distributed in New York IN Monday.
The next morning it appears that Annie
PiXley's agent IN advance saw them and had
&c. 900 printed and sent to Philadelphia.
Slater went to Philadelphia on Wednesday
and showed the programmes to the manager
of the theatre at which he was to play, ex-
pecting to See him pleasantly surprised.