The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-11


Elsie progressed in her study, awhimsical
side of her nature came TO view One
morning she appeared in very shabby
dress and refused to cat any breakfast.
Her mother asked her if she were i'll.
No. she answered, II am not i'll.
am only Q pauper that's all. Today, |
am studying Tom and want to feel like
Tom. y
The following morning Elsie's raiment
was gorgeous; she ordered an elaborate
breakfast, and exacted attentions from
everybody, explaining this new departure
by saying
Now / am studying for the Prince, and
you must help me to feel like him. "
She carried out her odd idea all through
the summer. and stoutly insists that her
plan was wonderful aid in getting the
TWO characters into her mind.
Spread of the English Language.
At the opening of the present century
there were, in round figures, 2o,500,o
people who spoke the English language.
They were chiefly in England. We were
only few millions in America. The
French speaking people at that time
numbered about 81, 100000, and the Ger
mans exceeded 30,000,000. The Russian
tongue was spoken by nearly $1,000, 600,
and the Spanish by more than $4,000, 900.
The French speech is now used by
80, 100000 people, the German by about
70,000,000, the Spanish by somewhat more
than 10000, 900, the Russian by about
50,000,000, the Italian by about 100000
900, and the Portuguese by per-
haps $4,000. GOO. The English lam
guage has enormously outgrown its COM
petitors L. is used by nearly twice as
many people as any one of the others, and
its relative growth is sure to continue
North America alone will soon have
100 COO, 600 English speaking people, There
are 40, 200, 900 in Great Britain and Ireland
Australia will, a generation hence, have
as many English people as England now
has minneapolis Tribune.
Stage Notes.
1t is understood that Fritz Emmet's
wife has retained Lawyer Matthew Hale.
Of Albany. to carry on her suit for di-
vorce. Colonel Ethan Allen has hereto
fore acted as her legal adviser, and when
she decided several years ago to obtain q
divorce he dissuaded her. The Emmets
were married in 1886. She came from St.
Louis. 1T was a runaway match Colonel
Allen says that Emmett has made over
million in his profession, but has now
only about $3.50, GOO in securities and his
$3.50 600 place in the suburbs OF Albany,
which cost MIN nearly half a million.
James f. Pendleton is Emmet's law
yer. A professional friend of his said
that he understood that an effort was be-
ing made to arrange an amicable separa-
ton.
Agnes Robertson Boucicault, who OBJ
tanned a Judgment for divorce against the
actor and author, Dion Boucieaulr, In
London on October 49, 1889, in which the
latter was ordered to pay her s30a month
alimony. has begun action in the Superb
ff 11sf ffrf, HIM al -.
make the London Judgment the iudg-
ment of the Superior Court. The judg-
ment was obtained in the Royal High
Court of Justice before the Hon. Sir
Charles Parker Butt. Knight. Mr..
Boucicault, it is alleged. has paid no
money under the Judgment.
Manager HammeTstefn deserves TO sue
coed in his effort TO punish the police
captain who took advantage of a techni-
caiitv to arrest him and one of the actors
of the Held by the Enemy Company
the other night in order to gratify per
sonal spite.
Mr. Hammerstein had applied for the
renewaleof his license on the 1st of May,
but the certificate was not made out In
time to take uptown to his theatre
Hooker, the police captain, utilized this
opportunity to make the arrests and stop
the performance on the stage in the mid
die of the play. It appears that he had
not been SO generously treated in the
matter of complimentaries as his own
particular view of the privileges of off
cial deadheadism demanded
Robert Butler, the pantomimist, and
William Voeghtlin, the scenic artist,
have been for weeks making preparations
for the elaborate production of 1.-THE Ice
King. or the Trials and Tribulations of
Jack and Jill, a spectacular and panto-
mimic play, which is being gotten up ex-
pressly for the summer season aU the new
Standard Theatre. Philadelphia, by Man-
ager Frederick w. Bert.
Edward +. German, the well known
and popular tenor, of this city, will join
Harrigan's company at Newark on Mon
day.
business of ssThe Grand Duchess at the
Casino, Mr.. Rudolph Aronson announces
the last weeks of the opera Ar
rangements made months ago
must be fulfilled, and Offenbach
must give way to Chassaigne.
The advance sale of seats for the balance
of this month is large, and there is every
indication that the farewell performances
will be extremely will patronized. Re
hearsals of s'The Brazilian are going on,
and the scenery Is well under course of
construction. As the title indicates, the
scene of the opera is laid in Brazil, and
many opportunities for picturesque dis
play anu GTOplCdl tIleCtS tE6 duDFQcQ.
Marie Halton will make her reappear-
ance on the Casino stage in the new
opera.
The gifted artist, Jeffreys Lewis. will be
seen as Mrs. Sheppard, in the "knights
of Tyburn,n at the Academy of Music,
next week 1t has been long time since
Miss Lewis was last seen here and she
will be accorded a hearty greeting.
Annie Thompson a daughter of Dem
man Thompson, and the Ricketty Ann of
1.-THE Old Homestead was married early
last week to Washington j. Fitzpatrick,
also of the company.
The coming recital of Macbeth by
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, with incl
dental music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, is
exciting great interest in London. In
view of the incessant application for
seats, the reading will be repeated at the
Lyceum Theatre July 10.
Hermann Suderman, the now famous
author of the Berlin success, Die Ehre, is
engaged on a new play. The new work
is said to surDass the last in its realism
and the title to be THE Destruction of
Sodom.n
In the various New York theatres when
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" was played
on Monday night, and it was played in
nearly all of them, the strains of our
national anthem were received with en-
thusiasm.
For MYSELF says Patti, 81 drink wa
ter. or if need stimuiant | take water