The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-03-23

and its favortes, from the days OF Burton and
Hamblin and Mitchell down to the present
time.
Emma Nevada was enthusiastically received
in La Sonnambula' at the Royal Opera House,
Madrid, recently. She has not recovered as yet
from the effects OF her recent illness, and during
the performance OF the final rondo she tainted
on the stage and the performance was sus-
pended.
A sensational drama in five acts by Steele
Macl<aye is to be produced April by j. NJ. Hill
at the Standard Theatre. The title of the play
is Money Mad" Among others who have been
engaged for the cast are Wilton Lackaye, Il. J.
Henley, George Vessels, Hudson Liston, w. II.
Thompson, and E. II. VANDERBILT.
New York has not only lost the Worlds Fair,
but she has had another foreign pianist land on
her shores. He's Tartar, or would be if treated
according to Napoleon's recipe. His name is
Vladimer de Pachmann, he was born in Russia
forty-two years ago, and his specially is knock
ing the daylight out of Chopin nocturnes.
Henry Irving's next production will be Her.
man Mcrivale's Master of Ravenswood," dra-
matization of SCOTS bride of Lammermoor."
\ London correspondent notes, by the way,
growing dissatisfaction among the Lyceum's
patrons with the unvaryingly gloomy character
of the plays selected by Mr.. Irving for his STAGE
1t is said that W. S. Florence and Mrs. John
Drew dissatisfied with the amount of money
they are getting out of their combination with
Jefferson, and that they will retire unless given
more next season. Florence's 81 600 week and
Mrs. Drews $500 Al week look big until it is
known that the average weekly receipts have
been $4,000.
Rhode Island has produced musical prodigy,
and of course he is in keeping with the size of
the State. He is ten years old, and he Is so small
for his age that his head hardly reaches as high
as the top of the piano at which he SITS His
hands can hardly compass an octave, yet he is
said to play beautifully the most difficult COM
positions of the masters.
The Emma Juch Opera Company, though doing
a large business in Portland, Ore, left that city
5000 in debt owing to the recent blockades loss
of dates, and increased travelling expenses.
When the company left Tacoma for Spokane
Falls it had cleared, in thirteen performances in
that city and Seattle. over $4,000. 1t opens ut
Helena, Mont. tomorrow night with $1,000
guaranteed on the week.
Tamagno, the great tenor, like his compatriot
Salvini, is charged with being painfully close in
money matters. He is most generous in sharing
honors with his fellow artists however. During
the performances of "Otello" at Denver recently
the great tenor insisted that Del Puente, the
baritone, who sang Tdgo, should appear with
him IN answer to recalls; and in other ways
Tamagno showed a generosity that is not the
rule among singers nor stage people generally.
Del Puente is said to be singing better than ever
this year.
Maude Granger, the talented emotional actress,
has recently purchased from a well-known Eng
lish playwright n powerful emotional drama
Miss Granger has been living in retirement in
New York during the present season, with the
exception of occasional appearances in that city
and vicinity. She is enthusiastic over the new
play which has just come into her possession,
and will produce it in the near future. 1t is not
unlikely that Washington will be visited by her
before the close of the present season. She is
now engaging a competent company for the
| forthcoming production.
While filling a date in small Pennsylvania
| town recently Robert Downing was much
amused by the local managers request that he
should clothe his person as the Gladiator little
more decently. Inquiry established the fact
| that burlesque company, not particularly
noted for its delicacy had preceded the gedian
and the villagers had been considerably scandal
| lied. The manager was afraid, therefore, that
following 80 close on the others the sight of Mr..
Downng's bare arms and manly bosom might do
| injury to the high moral reputation of his house
Plans for Gustave Hnrichs's summer opera
season in Philadelphia are already well advanced
Charles Bassett, who has been singing Ralph in
| the Chicago auditorium revival of "Pinafore'
Frank Vetta and Lizzie Macnichol will be in the
I'VE trust that Mr.. Hinrichs will succeed in en-
gaging Pruette, the superb baritone of the Emma
Abbott Troupe. Pruette possesses an admirable
voice, has a fine method, and is quick study
He would appear to great advantage in The
| Flying Dutchmah' and 'Tannhauser' In 'Er
mani he is a brilliant Don Carlos. Undoubtedly
he is the finest baritone Mr.. Hinrichs could OBJ
tain"
A Golden Opportunity for the Ladie.
Kings Palace, Sl4 Seventh street northwest
will inaugurate their great compulsory clearing
sale on account of rebuilding. Owing to tn,
great increase of our already extensive business
and the desire of adding new lines. such as DIR,
goods notions. ladies' and gents furnishing
goods we have been compelled for want of NOR
space to lease the adjoining building now occu
pied by The Fair, which we anticipate occupying
by January, or, at the latest, February. II
combine the two stores into one requires exten
siVe improvements and to make room for thu
builder we are compelled to close out our entire
stock, consisting of one of the most stylish ant
fashionable lines Of millinery, ladies' misses
and children's cloaks, corsets, kid gloves, ant
other articles too numerous to mention.
What is ones loss is another's gain. We ar
, wiling TO benefit our thousands of patrons a
the very height of the season by disposing of ou
) entire stock at a sacrifice while they are in nee
OF goods. Such a chance has never been offere
before, and, while we are willing to make tn
sacrifice, we anticipate all in need of desirabl
1 | goods