Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08
Stage Whispers.

PROF. ISAAC TUTEUR leader of the Casino
Museum Orchestra, was elected business man
ager and musical director of the Duquesne
Greys Band at their last meeting.
"WHY PADDY Is ALWAYS Poor" one of
Scanlan's new songs, is said to have the true
Irish flavor and was written by him while
riding on an Irish jaunting car during his tour
in Ireland last summer.
NEXT Tuesday will be the fortieth anniver-
sary of Edwin Booths first appearance on the
stage. That pregnant event occurred at Bos-
ton, where the embryo tragedian played
TFessel to his illustrious fathers Richard.
MRS. LESLIE CARRIERS proposed starring
tour seems to be in doubt 1t is said that the
sensational experiment will. in all probability,
be abandoned by Manager Gilmore, to whom
it does not look as profitable as it did a few
weeks ago.
In Tannehill's new musical farce, "Bric-a-.
Brac," billed at the Grand Opera House this
week, there is a rapid change from the lum-
meries of Gotham life to the tropical and un-
tutored dress and ways of interior Africa, by
means of an ingeniously devised airship.
IT will be a matter of surprise to the Amer
lean public to learn that at the recent annual
meeting of the shareholders of the Gaiety
Theater Company, London, the announcement
was made that the American and provincial
tours of the organization had resulted in loss
of s9, ,944. or little less than $4,000.
ELLEN TERRY once told Stuart Robson that
the first time she met Lord John Russell after
her debut as Juliet she asked him how he liked
her performance. "My dear chlld,' Lord John
replied, ''you were very good, very good indeed,
you know; but really the best thing in the play
was when that old apothecary sold the poison
to Romeo.
SERIo-CoMIC singing in England is much
better remunerated than is generally supposed
here 1t is stated, on what the London Era
calls unimpeachable authority, that Jenny
Hill took for her share of the receipts for a
week at the Gaiety Theater, Birmingham,
England, recently, the modest little sum of
f200, or s., 600
THE unqualified success Of ]. H. Ryley and
Madeline Lucette In legitimate comedy will
probably result in a spring production, either
in this city or in Boston, of a comedy written
by the latter. My. Ryley's performance Of
DoubLedot in surprises of Divorce" is con-
stantly compared to Charles Wyndham in his
greatest creations.
THE costumes used in "Shane-na-Lawn't tby
all the members of Mr.. Sanlan's company are
said to be historically correct and were de-
signed by the eminent Irish scholar, James
McNevin. The epoch of the play is 1890 under
the Grattan Parliament, one Of the happiest
periods of Irish history. The dresses worn by
the Grattan volunteers at that time were both
rich and picturesque.
A CORRESPONDENT writing from AK les
Bains Savoie, says: "Mrs. Lille Langtry is
here looking the picture of health; and, judging
from her dancing at a ball given by the Prefect
on Sunday night, there is no danger of return
ing gout interfering with her coming tour of
the British provinces. The fair actress is study.
ing the star parts in jealous of the Past" and
an adoption of la Mardeaude de Sourives," in
which play she will be seen in London when the
leaves begin to fall"
THE windows are filed with Autographs of
the comedian, Scanlan. Again we see the
familiar trade mark of "Peek.a-Boo," large
and well executed picture of chubby babe
lying on a pillow and the pleasant face of
Scanlan peeping through the half drawn cur
tains. 1t is Just such babe as every mother
delights to exhibit to her lady friends in its
natural state-lull OF dimples. fat and rosy. 1t
was happy inspiration that prompted Scanlan
to write sPeek-a-Boo.' He is compelled to sing
it at every performance.
MRS. DIR. SIMPSON has Just returned from
New York, where she has been for several
months taking instructions in elocution and
dramatic reading from the celebrated actress
and elecutlonist, Mrs. Emma Waller. She
has received the highest encomiums, not only
from Mrs. Waller, but from prominent mem.
bers of the dramatic profession and others who
nave 0earQ Q6r ID new OTk lOT uer eXCraOrQl-
nary delicacy of conception and strong imper-
sonations, and has had number of offers of
appointments for readings there during the
coming season.
"THE BRIGANDs," at the close of its very
successful run at the New York Casino next
Saturday evening (which will be its one hun
dred and twenty-tifth performance), will then
be taken on a tour of the principal cities in.
cluding Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, where
it will be presented for four weeks in each of
these cities. In Pittsburg, Washington, Balti-
more and Brooklyn it will be given for one
week each. This will be a tour of only l6
weeks, and is without exception one of the
shortest tours ever played by any attraction
"The Brigands" will be revived at the Casino
upon its return to New York.