Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-04

but he will direct few orchestral per-
formances that viii probably arouse peo-
pie to the intellectual possibilities of con-
Quoting.
Mrs. Langtry IS production of f'Mae-
beth at the Fifth avenue theater was
an agreeable surprise to theater-goers
The tragedy, to begin with was well
staged, and Mrs. Langtry herself gave
carefully conceived presentation of Lady
Macbeth. The houses are crowded and
the critics all agree that the lady s per-
Torrance is highly respectable and in
parts meritOrious from an artistic stand
point, and on the whole a decided sue
cess.
Denman Thompson s receipts for this
season at the Academy of music, New
York will reach 500 900 before the
house is closed for the summer season.
1t is no longer a question of doubt, for
the seats are sold months ahead. Mr..
Gilmore has about decided to keep
the play running next year, and it seems
TO be about conceded that it will have a
run of possibly three years, eclipsing the
long visits of ''HaZel Kirke' and
''AdoniS
The receipts for Miss Anderson IS two
Il
were over $50 600. This for thirteen
performances. Suppose that Miss An
derson and her manager played
for eighty per cent. of the receipts.
The opera house in that case gets
$1,000: the company SIS 900. 1t is not
unlikely that Miss Anderson IS arrange
ment with Mr.. Abbey gives her 40 per
cent. of the gross receipts, he taking the
other 40 per cent. and paying the salaries
and travelling expenses of the company.
i Philadelphia Times.
EtDoes an actress always make up her
face when she sits for u photograph?
g Always. 'fDo you insist on il? -
g No: she does. OF course on the stage,
faces are made up very markedly to look
well at distance. For photograph the
crayon and powder puff must be used
with more delicacy and discrimination.
Rouge takes black and is used very little
on the cheeks, but the curves of the lips
are emphasized with it. You have no
idea how much a face can be improved
by adding a line here or there, or by re-
moving shadow with dash of pow
der. ~ Falk, the Photographer.
"'Whose photograph has the largest
sale?'' "'Oh, we sell great many of
Mrs. Langtry's and Mrs. Potter's just
now Lillian Russell used to be very
much i'll demand, but her popularity is
on the wane. 1 think Julia Marlowe' IS
picture will be all the rage soon. She
has an irregular face, with wide, implor-
ing eyes and retrOusse nose, n very good
face for a photograph on the order of
Annie Robes. Her figure is her best
point, not for its outlines, but because of
its pliancy its bewildering grace. Just
to watch her fall from one pose to another
fills me with admiration and wonder. -
New York photographer.
1t is odd to observe how firmly the per-
sonal characteristics of actors and
actresses impress their fellows. Nearly
all of the men in Henry Irving troupe
initiate his gestures, and the women hold
their chins in the air, move their heads
back and forth and hold their hands pre-
cisely after the fashion of Ellen Terry.
The impress of Miss Rehan's personality
upon the women of the Daily company is
similarly apparent. They all copy her
soft and persuasive way of speaking, i'm
itate her glide or undulating stride, and
because she has raised eyebrows there is
what may be known as baby stare all
over the stage of Daly's theater Il New
York Sun.
Nine. lima Di Murslza, whose sad death
was recorded III the newspapers a few
days ago. 1t would be waste of space
to correct all the absurd stories that have
been printed about the unfortunate song
stress, but on one point, at least, they
should be righted. It has been mentioned
that Mime Di Murska S age was forty
six: she was at least ten years older. AS
for the cause of her extreme poverty
here, this, too, might as well be made
clear. The hapless artist brought with
her to America a companion-a man
much her Junior, with coal-black hair
and eyes, and not uncomely of person.
He it was that squandered the larger part
OF the money the prima donna received
during her last sojOurn her, and her own
improvidence did the rest Il New York
Sun.
1t is notable, by the way, that all the
talk of the disastrous effect which the
starring of Booth and Barrett would have
upon the small players OF the country has
proved To be of no value. The effect, in
fact, has been exactly the reverse of
what was predicted. Neverin the history
of the stage i'll America has Shakespeare
been so widely played as at present, and
everybody is having a hack at it. Next
year, besides Mrs. Potter and Mrs
Iangtry, there viii be Barrett and am IN
dependent company, Booth anu Nodes
ka, Mary Anderson, Julia Marlowe,
LOUIS james and Marie Wainwright,
Margaret Mather, Keene and several
smaller companies II viii be a bad year
for native American plays, but Shakes
peare is IN the aseendaney now and he
viii be doomed in great form for at least
u year to COME New York sun.
Anent Mary Anderson : return and
her paper in the North American Review
on the Stage and Society which has
created so much talk, Minnie Palmer in
IA recent interview spoke much 10 the