The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-08-18
OFF THH STAGE.
Projects and Pleasures
of Favorites of the
Foot1ights.
PLAYTIME is NEARLY OVER.
"The Oolah's Hundredth Night---
Sylvia Gerrish's Legs---Barrett's
Fasting Fake.

The four Gaiety girls, all eccentric
dancers, will make their first appear
anbe here tomorrow evening at the
Biiou.
The fascinating Cora Tanner is once
more in this country
The tour of Victoria Vokes win soon
open in Philadelphia.
Dan Harkins is ploughing through
the briny waves in the ship Tower
Hill.
Mr.. Sothern will open his season
at the Lyceum Theatre on Tuesday
evening.
Mime. Janauschek's season opens
about the middle of September.
Lily Grubb will pass the winter in
San Francisco.
De Wolf Hopper owns buggy and
a trotter.
Joseph H. Mack wishes he could
pass his whole time fishing, as he is
doing now every day in Greenwood
Lake.
Henrietta Chanfrau is said to have
become faith cure convert, and to
be holding frequent ''cure-alls'' at her
residence at Long Branch.
Fanny Rice, who Is resting for a few
weeks on her farm at Franklin Falls,
N. H., will return to the cast of 1.-THE
Brigandsm on September /.
Dixey's "Seven Ages will be pro-
duced for the first time on the even
ing Of October 2, at the Standard
Theatre.
1t is quite interesting to hear that
Sarah Bernhardt is to be supported
by her husband, M. Damala, while
she is travelling in this country.
1t is rather sad to know that J. K
Emmett is rehearsing Fritz" in q mad
house this week in Albany, although
it may help distract the patients.
The new Alimony CLUB has many
pleasant but not voluntary members
among the theatrical profession now.
Fine Feathers which was given
by Lizzie Evans and her company in
the handsome new opera house at
Manasquan on Wednesday evening,
was the first dramatic performance
ever given In that place.
Maurice Barrymore, Curly Bellew,
Osmond Tearle, Harry Lee and some
of the other ladies' pets never figured
in better com pany than they do in the
elegant sets of miniature buttons that
come for ladies' Directoire coats,
where Louis of Battenberg and SIGH
like help make up the dozen.
Mary Ada Penfield is one of the
very pretty and accomplished
actresses. She is a tall, slender bru7f
nette, with handsome, regular feat
ures, and Is graceful dancer and
fine musician. Last season she was
with Fritz Emmett" and at present
is passing her vacation at Asbui'y
Park.
Agnes Booth win play the part In
AUNT Jackn that Mrs. John Wood is
making such hit in just now at the
Court Theatre in London when Man
ager Palmer has it produced.
Ada Rehan, Augustin DAILY and his
wife have just reached Liverpool and
propose to take but q brief holiday on
the other side, being due here again
on September Is. Miss Rehan and
her sister, Mrs. Byron, have not
spoken as they passed by for very
long time.
Harry Kernel, the specialist, win
make his bow to the audience from
Tony Pastors stage on September 90,
which will be his first performance for
the fall and winter season, after which
himself driving his little piebald pony
over the Monmouth race course.
These little trips have brought him in
$500 so far this season.
Marion Manola is the happy possess
sor of white enamelled and diamond
four leafed clover brooch.
Emma Abbott it seems has been de-
ceiving all the reporters in a heartless
manner. Instead of ordering the
thirty new frocks from Worth for
operate purposes, they are really in
tended for her trousseau.
Sylvia Gerrish is credited with as
many legs as a centipede. Besides
the very pretty pair often alluded to,
another set is now spoken of as good
sea legs. These she is using while
yachting.
The Broadway Theatre is sure to be
crowded tomorrow evening, when the
Tooth performance of "Oolah" will
be given. 1t seems that while the au-
dience are looking at Francis Wilson
he is not, as he appears, absorbed in
his part, but altogether taken up with
the sleepy baldheads In the front
rows, and that when he parts with an
unusually shrill shrek it is intended
to arouse some senile slumberer.
Lawrence Barrett is absorbed now
studying the new tangled antinfnjt~
remedies, while the play goers sssHn
towards having Ganelon all ballet.
Fred Lennox, who is lots of fun,
never played the leading role in such
good company as he is in just now at
the Guernsey House at Asbury Park;
twenty five angelic young women,
many of them bewilderingly beauti-
full, and he the only single man.
1t is thought that Mr.. and Mrs.
Kendall, who will open at the Fifth
Avenue Theatre, on October 2, under
Frohman's management, will please
the Americans as much as they have
the Britishers for the last forty or
fifty years. Mrs. Kendall is said to be
bringing over with her new assort-
ment of stereotyped stage-gurgles,
and spasmodic gasps to galvanize our
audiences with.
Helen Mars is one of the prettiest
and most charming actresses that are
rusticating at Asbury Park. Having
played a leading part for so long IN
the Robson and Crane ''Henrietta"
Company almost every one knows her
by sight.