The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-05

been presented, not only in this country. but the
whole world.
After two years preparation the Hanlans pro-
duced new spectacular farce called "Superba"
at Albany Monday night 1t is by John J. Nc
Naly, dramatic editor'of the Boston Herald.
Richard Golden, in "old Jed Prouty," wears a
hat which is said to be one hundred and five
years old. 1t was presented to the actor by Post
master Guy McAllister, of Bucksport, Me-, and
Golden carries it to and from the theatre in a
Yale-locked box
Emma Abbott has gone into tights this season,
and, unless her Western audiences are purbind
she is going to become as famous in 1eshings as
she used to be in the succulent Abbott kiss.
Miss Abbott's enlarged repertory is responsible
for her new departure.
Clinton j. Edgerly has secured divorce from
hiswfe, professionally known as Rose Coghlan,
at Sioux Falls, s. d. Clinton AYERS that Rose is
addicted to strong drink and that she has a
very quarrelsome disposition" Rose AYERS that
she had to support Clinton.
MIR. Gilbert is seriously i'll, and the doctors
have ordered him complete rest, sO it is not
probable that his new opera, the coloring of
which is based it is said, on his recent visit to In
da, and for which Mr.. Alfred Celler is stated to
be going TO write the music, will be ready for
some time.
Now that Mckee Rankin is making money
with THE Canuck," his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth S.
Rankin. has brought suit for support. kitty
Blanchard" says she is poor, although she owns
THE Knolls" on the Hudson, worth SS0OOO, and
her daughter Gladys is married to Sidney Drew,
and is doing well.
"The q. S. Mail" the farce comedy which was
put on the road this season by Hobart Brooks
and Max 1hmsen, the newpaper correspondents,
met with n rousing reception in San Francisco,
where it closed highly successful two weeks
season last night. The newspaper notices were
very warm in praise of the farce.
Pedestrians on Fifth avenue have been sur
prised several times this week and last to see
pair of much-worn shoes come humping down
into the street in front of Harris's Theatre.
barefooted newsy, who acted as though he knew
what it meant, invariably bobbed up from some
where as the shoes hit the ground and gathering
them up scampered Off. In a few moments the
same urchin and the pair of shoes would boldly
present themselves at the box office. To the in
itiated the motive power that sent the shoes
whirng through the air was known to be the
arms of another newsy slowed away in the top
most seat of the gallery. Manager Starr is very
strict about the appearance of the boys who go
to Harriss, and will not let in those who do not
wear shoes. So the scheme is for the lucky pos
SCISSOR of shoes to enter first and throw them out
to his less fortunate chum.-Pittsb1ng Post.
Mrs. Leslie Carter, who won sufficient notoriety
in the divorce suit which her husband brought
against her to warrant her appearance on the
stage, will have repertory of four plays-"The
Ugly Duckling," play called "Sybilla," by Da-
vid Belasco; version of "Efie Deans,'' also by
that gentleman, and Amy Robsart."
Carl Mill5cker's latest opera. Poor Jonathan"
now meeting with great success in Berlin and
other German cities, will be produced at the
New York Casino Tuesday evening, October IA.
with Lillian Russell, Fanny Rice, Eva Daveu-
port, Edwin Stevens, Jefferson De Angels, John
Brand, and Charles Campbell in the cast. Lillian
Russell as the heroine will sing topical song.
In London they are prophesying that Arthur
Dacre and his wife, Amy Roselle, will have sue
cess in this country second only to that of the
Kendals. The comparison is very far fetched, as
Mr.. Dacre is to support Mrs Carter, and his wife
has not yet signed with any one. The English
papers anticipate that the opportu mites in this
country will eventually draw all the leading men
out of London.
Fay Templeton, tired of the chickering's be-
tween her managers and no doubt also of the
stupid inanity of "Hendrick Hudson" retired
from the company at the close of the engage
ment in Baltimore last night Her place will be
taken by Anna Boyd. Fay has signed contract
with John Fl Russell, of "City Directory" fame
and will go out again in November in a new
musical burlesQue
Carlotta Patti, the young daughter of Adelina
PATHS dead brother Carlo, is living IN squalor
and wretchedness on Canal street, New Orleans
During one of Nine. PATHS visits South she
hunted up this child and took her with her to
her Welsh castle. Some months after this the
little girl mysteriously reappeared at her old
home ia New Orleans, and has since lived there
apparently cut off from all communication with
her rich and famous aunt.
No more painful and shameful theatrical scan
dal has eyer been made public than the Marie
Roze. .Mapleson affair. Nine. Roze some time ago
unfaithful to her. She left him. and resisted all
attempts at a reconciliation, but an amicable
separation was arranged, the wife taking house
in London and Mapleson going to the Continent.
Recently Mapleson sent to the Paris Figaro let
ter, in which he declared that reports of Nine.
Roze's intentions to secure a divorce from him
could not be true, as they had never been legally
married. The letter speaks with assumed kind
illness and even admiration of Nine. Roze while
intimating that the writer had really discharged
all his obligations to her by securing her profta-
BILE engagements which she could not have made
except through his influence, and by giving her
valuable presents. A more shameless letter was
never penned by man claiming to be gentle
man. Mapleson introduced Marie Roze as his
wife both in this country and in Europe for sew
eral years
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