Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-10
Echoes of the Stara.

RICHARD MANSFIELD will produce erich
ard ILL.," in London on March 16.
A BULLETIN from Boston says that Mrs.
Potter is getting herself ready to play Camille.
LILLIAN RUSSELL lines her tights with
lambs wool and her managers face with care.
HoYT's new play, "a Midnight Bell" was ad-
vertised in New York by bronze bell, which
chimed prettily outside the Bijou Opera House
at intervals, attracting great deal Of atten-
tion.
NELLIE FARREN, of the London Gaiety
Company, does not sing contralto, as many
people suppose. Her voice is q soprano of a
somewhat low register, with the register
closed.
PAULINE HALL rides a tricycle.. When she
visits a town the bicycle CLUBS adopt her.
While she rides round the city the bicyclists
ride round her. And all hands arrive home
healthily fatigued.
ONE of the pieces which William h. Crane
will produce for his starring tour next season,
will be the comedy of ''The Balloon" which is
now running at the Strand Theater. London.
The American rights of this comedy are owned
by L. Henry French.
CLEMENT SCOTT, the dramatic critic of the
Daily Telegraph, has just been left the life in.
terest in 500 600 in the will of a Miss Drew
who admired his criticisms but had no knowl-
edge of him personally. There are lots of
critics would accept similar bequests without a
murmur.
THE Emma Abbott Opera Company opened
at Harris Academy of Music, Baltimore, on
last Monday night to standing room only, the
counter attractions being Little Lord Fauntle-
roy and Robson and Crane. Fully thousand
people are said to have been turned away, the
receipts being over 81, 800
MAGGIE MITCHELL has sold her real estate
investment in Harlem, which consisted of seven
lots On the corner of Seventh avenue and One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth street, for $40, ,OOO
The purchaser makes no announcement of
building theater on the ground, but intends
erecting large block there, most probably for
flats.
THE Buffalo Courier recently said of Miss
Julia Marlowe: "Who she really is what her
name, what her training where she came from,
who is guarding the brilliant future which is
evidently before her-these are things which
the public have not yet been permitted to
know" Upon which lie Chat Notr comments:
But we have been permitted to know all this.
She is Miss Fanny Brough, of Cincinnati, the
daughter of shoemaker (he must have made
good shoes. that Mr.. Broughl, and she has al
ways been under the surveillance of R. L. ].
Miles, manager of wide repute. She was the
Josephine of a juvenile "Pinafore" company
when she was about 10 years old.
p LIE Chat Noh, of New York, says: Two
plays produced in New York this week differed
widely in their interest and general worth
One was by pair of recognized lftterateurs,
pets of the magazines and hlgh-fying gentle
men. The other was by a young man who is
responsible for the razzle-dazzle vulgarity on
our stage, and who is scolded most royalty bv
our violet-scented editors. But the funny
thing about this is that the depraved young
man brought forward comedy worth four or
five of the one produced by tie firm of strictly
elegant authors. 1t is cruel to say that Mr.
Charles Hoyt, author Of IA Parlor Match"
gave us much better play than Mr.. Brander
Matthews. But it is true.
The latest craze in Gotham at present is for
everything Russian, and many pretty actresses
promenade Broadway in Russian pelisses
trimmed with Russian furs, wear Russian
leather bags, and it is said, daily with tiny
cigarettes, when at home, made of Russian to-
bacco. Miss Grace Henderson last week gaye
a tea party in which that distinctly Russian
tea kettle, the Samover. was used, and with it
the salvers, the open sugar baskets and lemon
fork which makes the outfit for q Russian
"tea." Amelia Summerville, who, by the way
is now called 'the Lady Of Westchester," gave
one of these teas with caviar sandwiches, and
hired bearded CosSack to chant Russian lnelo-
dies to keep up the delusion. Hermann the
magician, has sent to st. Petersburg for a
droshky, having already bought two pretty
Russian ponies, ard Lolita is next summer to
appear in the park in Russian fashion three
ponies harnessed abreast, with trappings orna-
mented with tinkling silver bells.
THE London correspondent Of the Dramatic
Mirror writes: Those gorgeous, big ballet
theaters-the Empire and ths Alhambra-con-
tinue to do the big business and their neigh
Dor, the London Pavilion, still prospers on its
old lines. All four of these undertakings are
run by limited liability companies, and the ex-
perience of their shareholders is (up to now)
of most encouraging character. The latest
dividend of the Alhambra was equivalent to
% per cent per annum, and the London Pavil.
ion last week declared dividend ut the rate of
l2 per cent per annum. But the Empire re-
turns on capital invested knock these figures
into the proverbial cooked hat. What they
really are is not quite clear, owing to the con-
fusing nature of the reports published, but that
they must be pretty steep is shown by the fact
that at an auction of theater and music hall
shares yesterday 800 FL Empire shares (l5s.
paid) fetched from e. l76 to s3 per share. This,
considering that the rent of the Empire is close
upon e., 600 year, and that the entertainment
there provided is of the most costly descrip-
ton, is what Dominic Sampson might well call
NYM CRINKLE says in the Dramatic Mirror.
Mr.. N. c. Goodwin's exploit in IA Gold
Mine" brought to view a curious mixture of
good and bad elements in new play. Messrs.
Brander Matthews and George H. Jessop have
shown clear constructive skill and some
creative power in their work. following as il
does in its main idea the Asa Trenchard style
Of business, and there are two situations in it
which thoroughly ana conscientious actor