The evening world., 1889-06-06
ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
NOTES OF NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE BOX.
OFFICE AND STAGE.


tiOp-"The Midnight Hell" Loses Mr..
scHbrOoke-Richard MRnsneid's COMING
Tour-Where the Comic Opera-LOVina
West Point Cadets VIII Go.
Francis Wilson appears every Sunday even
ing IN a role that neither Sydney Rosenfeld
nor any other adapter has made for him. He
becomes a lecturer. and addresses his two
children and as many of their friends MS they
choose to invite. Occasionally q few Thes-
plans drop in TO see Wilson doing the pater-
nal. The comedian becomes n sort of Prof.
Cromwell. He owns q magic lantern.
and has an enormous collection of
views representing historical buildings,
scenes and people from all over the
world. Wilson works the machine
himself and enjoys it thoroughly. His lee
lures are very funny, and though they are
only meant to amuse his children they are
entertaining to adults. BY all Of which it
will be seen that the Oolah 10 an extremely
domesticuted gentleman, and that he does
not acquire his topical mirth in the come
dian's barroom.
Miss Leonora Bradley accepted a position
with Frederick Warde, and then, exercising
the privilege of her sex, refused it. For"
said the lady, " in looking over the parts. 1
found that l was called upon to play two or
three old women, and l could not afford to
do 1t, you know"
Hermann continues at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. The next. regular season at hat
house will begin Monday, Aug. 20, with a
production of Paola," by the composer of
Lrminie," interpreted by the J, {; DUFF
by, the Kendals " and their celebrated Eng
hsh comedy company" Then come Wilson
Barrett, Miss Julia Marlowe and Miss Vain
wright. SO that there are lots of good things
to be confidently expected at the Fifth
Avenue.
The energetic firm of Hoyt & Thomas has.
much to the satisfaction of the profession,
Re, 6eeS eIoe, T;epr es THSr,d in the h f AS1OTs' Fund F. s6ol by
tary yesterday, Tn Broadway Thespians
were particularly, pleased at this. Said M
actor yesterday E" We needed a brisk, bust
ness secretary, and w have got one in
post of secretary il important, and we want
an important man TO fill it,"
Young Thomas Q. Senbrooke sewers his re-
~lations with Midnight Bell " after Satur-
day night.
Aigburth Vale, the beautiful home of the
late John f. Owens, will be sold by auction
next Monday in Baltimore. This sale is made
on account of Mrs. John F.. Ovens, who is
is worth something like $3.50. OOOc' the manor
house alone having cost 800, 900.
Buffalo Bill has been extremely honored.
The old, conservative GH Bias newspaper has
broken its record by printing II CURRICULUM
illustrated rticle-lllustrated mind you-de-
scriblng Cody and his adherents.
Writes E. D. Price, Manfield's manager
Richard Mansfield begins his American
tour at the Globe Theatre, Boston. in Octo-
Der, and comes to Palmer's Theatre in de-
Richard III. with all the London effects.
but will engage an American company of
sixty people. Mr.. Mansfield remains the
head Of the Globe Theatre. London,
Summer will be not Kate Forsythe,
hut the Gaiety Burlesque Company.
His company closed Wednesday
night, when his company presented him with
a massive silver battle-shield. Then there
was a farewell banquet at the LAngham Hotel,
attended by Irving, Toole, Beerbohm Tree,
John Hare, Joseph HGtton, Max O'Rell and
Others"
r.. A. Roberts. Miss Minnie Palmer's lead
ing man, will shortly go TO England with Mr..
and Mrs. John Il. Rogers. Mr.. Roberts is
~ lhSpNAh SNNAN AASA IA NAN AhSNoAo
Amateur Athletic Association. He already
1oresees for The athletes a spacious home,
with a swimming bath and oil the other joys
that muscle is heir to.
Commanders Alexander Hermann, the
preStidigltRteur, has moved from the quaint
little house already described in The EVEN
ING World, to West FCrty-second street. His
curiosities, and gifts. and collections have
quite as interesting an abiding place AZ they
had before.
Now comes the information that the West
Point cadets are not TO visit the Casino on
juno II, as the Casino management elabor-
ately announced. They are to go to the
Broadway, and Manager Sanger has received
IL letter from Cadet G. NJ. Flagler, of the Ar
raugement of the graduating
class. 10 this effect. Mr.. Flagler has also
sent II check, which il perhaps the best evil
dence that he intends TO visit the theatre.
Let not the Casino and the Broadway quarrel
about the cadets, however. AS the box offices
of both theatres announce crowded houses,
what does 1t matter what people those houses
contain
The corner stone of the new West End
Theatre, TO be proprietored and managed by
A. II. wood, will he laid next Monday at 2
p. NJ. nj Seventh avenue and One Hundred
and Twenty-fourth street. There will be adj
dresses by several gentlemen and music by
an orchestra. Everybody is invited. At the
present time il is quite the thing in the pro-