The evening world., 1889-12-13
SMALL TALK IN THE FOYER.
"ElSie" Matinee for 1.-THE Evening
Worlds" Christmas Fund.
Grace Henderson Contcmplates
Leaving the Stage.

The matinee performance to be given next
Friday at the Union Square Theatre for the
benefit Of The EVENING WORLDS Christmas
Tree Fund promises to be an exceedingly
interesting affair. Amateurs and profess
SIGNALS will appear in Il drama entitled Ell
sic," written by Mr.. Townsend Allen.
Among the professionals will be Charles
Koehler and Mr.. and Mrs. Beaumont Smith,
OF the BOOTH odjeska Company, and Guy
Lindsey, of the Robert Mantell COM
pany. Tickets may be purchased at
Delmonico's, B~rentano's, the Union Square
Theatre, the Astor-House and TuE EVENING
WORLD office or from any of the numerous
patronesses of the performance. These
ladies are Mrs. Judge Brady. the Marquise
LAMA, Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, Mrs. Egbcrt
Guernsey. Mrs. Calvin S. Bricc, Mrs. Fred
erick S. Goodwin. Mrs. Horace A. Hutchins,
Mrs. BENJAMIN Haniield, Mrs. J, }. Eakins,
Miss II. 5, Able, Mrs. F. Marcy Raymond,
Mrs. A. G. Gunter, Mrs. .Abnor Bartlett,
Miss Matte Sheridan and {H The pro-
have dedicated the proceeds of a day to The
EVENING WORLD Fund.
Miss Grace Henderson, of the Lyccum, is
stage. Mr.. Frohman wants her to stay I'M
I'll the end of the season., Her husband, Mr..
David Henderson,, OF Chicago, was III the
t6Nt NlhOs Az . ~ - illN INNltO
for his production of Gilbert and Sullivans
new opera.
Burlcsque Manager TO Terpsichorean ap-
plicant-l should like to engag you but
Applicant feel sure ! could give salts
faction. Ono thing | will be frank about,
however. l am very sorry to say that 1 CAM
not initiate Lefty Lind.
Manager tquicklyl-I engage you at once.
Manager (ecstatically to intcrvicwerl-My
stars season was, assure you, II brilliant
success, a triumph from beginning to end.
Why, in som towns the delighted citizens
would not allow her to depart until she had
left behind her some souvenirs by which to
remember her visit.
THE SOUVENIRS.
At Snookstown a gold watch for hotel
bill; at Jayville, n pair of diamond earrings
for a merciless theatre proprietor; at the
Fakeview railway station, q runka s secur-
ity for n ticket to New York.
Miss Eleanor Leyshon. Of Charles Wynd-
hams Company, received the part OF Mrs.
Iorrington that she IL now PLAYING IN The
production. Miss Leyshon studied 1t night
and day.
An outsider, or one not used to the stage,
has no idea Of the changes Of costume that
a star artist has to make during II day. Take
Henry T.. DiXey, in The Seven Ages" on
anco. He has to dress and undress thirty
eight times /! Think Of that, We society dam
sells, with whom the dressing consumes
the hours. DiXev makes his account out
as follows In the morning ,(one); at
theatre undress two; evening clothes for
first act, dress and undress -four; baby gar
ments, dress and undress six; schoqlboy
(%tweivcil; Judge. doprteen); old man, ok
teen); dress suit eighteen; street clothes
nineteenl, This is repeated at night, with
the. exception OF getting up in the morning,
which Il atoned for by going to bed at night.
Total, thlrty-eight times.
1.-THE Nominee" which has been adapted
for him by, MesSrs. Richardson and Gardly,.
mr. Mr. G & s"i% to h Ss t@ti 0 dela Sedd0f IN the pro.
duction of this piece by the death Of his
baby and by his own indispositlon. But it
will surely be done during the present sea-
son.
George D.. Melville, the clever clown of
way yesterday. Mr., Melville Is a very
solemn-looklng individual, on the street. HO
looks as though he might be contemplating
a starring tour In Hamlet
Little Miss George DENIM, tho f%avorite
of "Erminie, " has been i'll for q week. Her
part has been sung by. Miss Emma
Lawrence. who has gwen satisfaction.
Photographer Ito theatrical customer
But, madam, that low-necked dress would
look absurd with tins pastoral background.
People would laugh. Who ever heard of q
decollete costume in the fields
Lady indiRnantly)-You forget / am one
of MIR. Hoyt's farce-comedy actresses.
Photographer setting to work. Oh !! l
beg your pardon. Your dress will, in that
case, do very nicely. To the deuce with
relevancy
After the success of Aunt Jack. " in LON
don, a concert hall singer attempted to re-
produce in her entertainment, .'"If You
want to know the. time ask, a POLICEMAN"
sings to the jury, The courts, however,
granted an injunction restraining her from
80 doing.