The evening world., 1889-12-09
m BOX OFFICE AND FOYER.
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST
PRODUCTION or my JACK"

Notable Company Gathered Late in
the season--Miss Mary Shaw's Pro-
,eoted Starring Tour-Wilson Bar
rett's New Play for Wednesday
N,eht-The Stage Children's Festival.
n IL not aften that q play Ia given its first
,a,.rican production at tho Grand Opera
,1onse. which Ia what is known as q - combina-
.ion bouse," but on Dec. - BENJAMIN Lam
s,ct,s melodrama, MY Jack. will he given in
vary elaborate manner. Mr.. French has en-
..rel n cast scintillant with such names as
wilton Lackaye, J. II. Gilmour, w. J. Fergu-
~, Dan Lesson, Isabella Evcsson. Katherine
poc,rs and Emily Lytton. 1t would have been
a,Mcult any other season to secure 30 many
EyEsiSG WORLD has already. remarked. there
have never been 30 many good actors out Of en-.
ppitoyment asat present: The scenery is also to
Interior q a iighth"Tss: a rnisSd mill 5 the de death
, asSe S amOnr the pictures 10 be oSser we'd" "e'ef'
Miss Phoebe Russell. who vanished 80 mystic
riously from Days Theatre some months ago
and went to Europe; from which country an.
nmadr. has returned to America, and is now iiv.
inr quietly at her home in Detroit.
H. Js ItTINlVHs- NllO w VIC OIl Ilhl III
caprice with Miss Loie Fuller at the Globe
Theatre, London, arrived in this city yesterday
By the City Of Chester. Miss Fuller is still
Sbroad.
Mi" Mary shaw, who once supported Mime.
eompany, is going to star late this season in an
q Sqsj;;{G S:dn Mis- t:1m shfT T TilI & ,m1 mage n y
' ""tSraining which has served her in such good
stead in Mr.. Days company.
Talking Of Days, it appears that Miss Henri
eta CroSsman, the charming young woman re-
s &c UIsy ' Celia n 10 nsbSf Ros al aG OF Miss st A NSI65 he6. rs
IN "1s You Like It."
Nowadays" tho four.sct domestic drama
which will be prescnted for the first time in this
Theatre by Wilson Barrett. has for its leading
character John SRxton, a good.hearted York
;SS eena.s that sS yoSng G %"n : 6as o TtsH ito to t sGs P tGe
daughter Amy, he IS, engaged. Tom, then
horse called Thupdc!bolt, the f%nvorite for
I ht SaS.'' T hum srS is stolen is'R by Sir Harry Il rrs
Croydon, the villain. Croydon accuses Tom OF
the theft, and Harper refuses him the hand of
hribes the, jockey who is to ride him at the
Derby, TO lose The race: Tom oyerhsarS the
plan, lQckH up the Jockey ana rupstltnteb an
when he has won the Derby. or course he won
Il, and everything ends happily for everybody.
This il the story in q nutshell.
Leslie Gossin is negotiating for q production
Of his original American play. The Right of
Way. which was presented Home time ago in
the West. Gossin ought to be able to write n
very good story. He has been on the stage for
stars, including John Mccullough and Salvini.
The latest is that Kelcev is growing beard,
mustache and ,whisker:, and IL making the rec
why not y while Nelson Mheatcroft has shaved
himself, in order that the prodigal son may
look more haGgard. After all, Kelley without
a mustache doesn't pay.
The preparations for the stage ehildren's fes-
hour and a half. ga. B.De Freeze has written to
her volunteering his services as Santa Claus.
been discouraged BY "A Lncky Penny" He
considers that he WAS very badly treated by the
people who declined to start out without money,
i've I've 1 n1s { tsIsa little to a ehs Fo% %Hseifl B Bsfte ~Snii
hear from me later. and then Il will be my turn
tolaugh. Il am attending to a little. legal matter
INST now. Then Mr.. Goodwin with a mystic
The Gaiety company opens in Faust Up to
Date" at the Broadway Theatre tomorrow
night
Little Gertie Homan. the pretty Mignon. of
bootles Baby, has sent to the editor of this
column a doll for The EVENING. WoRLD's
christmas tree. Many thanks, little Miss
Homan.
AS a Rule They Don't.