Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-22
NUMBER 19.

form of relaxation that will keep up the
pleasurable excitement of the stage, drives
them to card playing There were few
better whist players than Lester Wsllack,
and he could hold strong poker hand,
! too. John T. Raymonds weakness for
cards, and, indeed, for games of chance of
every sort, has almost passed into proverb.
Few men would take higher risk on the
toss of s coin, and few had better luck on
the whole.
THE INTERSTATE LAW,
Sol Smith Russell has hit upon new
excuse for declining to employ amateur
actor and actresses While he was play
ing In small Western town, few months
ago, stage-struck damSel called at his
hotel and begged him to engage her IS 8
member of his company. When asked to
give an exhibition of her powers as an
amateur she said that she knew nothing
that she could recite, but if Mr.. Russell
would give her anything to study she
knew she could act.
why do you feel so confident Of yoysr
acting powers? ?" dryly asked Sol.
Because have genius" instantly re-
piled the young stage-struck lady.
Genius, eh p remarked Russell. he
studied the floor for awhile, and then,
quickly looking up at the ambitious little
woman, he said: My dear lady would
like to aid you in your desire to shine n
an actress, but the fact is the interstate
commerce law prohibits me from CARRYING
an extra quantity of genius and my com
pany is very nearly overloaded with il
now."
STAGE NOTES.
Edwin Booth is in splendid health and
spirits.
Maude Harrison is enjoying hersell in
England
Mrs. Blaine is very i'll and her starring
tour may be postponed.
Mrs. Langtry returns to this country for
the season OF 1S90-lS9l.
Frank B. Blair has joined the "Blue-
bird, Jr," company at Chicago.
Frederick de Belleville, Clara Morris
leading man, is back from Europe.
Lee Townsend has been engaged as the
business manager for Stuart Robson.
"Bluebeard, Jr.," is still packing the
Chicago Opera House, the receipts for last
week being 81, 800.
Olga Brandon and Mrs. Kendal kave
had falling out, and Olga will not come
to America Just yet
Jennie Satterlee will be leading nlem-
Der of Donnelly and Girard's Natural
Gas" company this season.
Helen Dauvray will not act this season,
after all, owing to the opposition Of ,.ohn
Montgomery Ward, her husband.
Some of the sonatas for flute and other
instruments written by Frederick the
Great have just been published at Leipsio,
Nellie McHenry will not produce her
new play until she reaches San Francisco,
in October. She begins her tou; at Clean,
N Y.
Bonny Kate Castleton begins her season
will only appear in her success, "a Paper
Doll"
Miss Jennie Dickerson, who was the
contralto of the Carl Rosa Opera Com
pany for several years, intends to remain
in this country this season.
A. P Burbank, the popular reader has
been engaged by Daniel Frohman to act
the part of Dick Phenyl in "Sweet Law
| ender" on the road this season.
Florence st. John, the English burlesgue
actress, who viii be here this winter with
"Faust Up to Date. is said to earn S25,-
600 /, year by hc = 5strs ..he stage.
When Salvini begins his tour in this
country, Wesley Sisson, who represents
Palmer dun ing the latter's absence IN the
management of his two theaters, viii go
with him as manager.
Nine Caron having signed her engage
Al. Il Al.
sells Monnaie, it is anticipated that Ii.
Reyer's new opera, "Salammbo," will be
produced at that theater early next Zebra
airy.
Negotiations had been entered into in
London for the appearance in Paris OF the
orchestra of La Scala. They came TO
nothing, and it is alleged partly in conse-
| quence of the political relations between
Italy and France.
The shareholders of the London Gaiety
Theater have just found out that the tour
of the London Gaiety Burlesque Company
in America cost them G9,944, or putting il
in American, $4,000 1t is doubtful if
| they will come back.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall begin their
season at the Fifth Avenue Teater, New
York, October 7th, they will play new
version of "a Scrap of Paper" This will
be followed by "The Impulse" 'The Iron
Master" and "The Queens Shilling"
"The Stowaway" contains two strong
comedy characters One is a London
street Arab, played by Marion Elmore, the
other vagabond, interpreted by Harry
Booker. Goth of these artists have made
the hits of their lives in their respective
| parts.
William H. Young, for four years the
stage manager for Mrs. Langtry, has writ
ten melodrama, entitled Right OF Way"
which will probably be produced this
season by a well-known manager. The
scenes of the new play are laid in the South
before the war.
The musical circles will shortly be in
creased by the arrival of very talented
young pianiste, who has just finished her
musical studies and graduated from the
Leipsic Conservatory with the highest
honors The young lady is Miss Emma
Eckersdortf, an American by birth.