Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-17

the woman world, has a weakness for
her pretty self. She uses paper with an
etching of herself in one corner. Georg e
Cayyan has collection of thirty scrap
books. Emma Carson and Marie Jansen
like cats. Rose Coghlan spends great
deal of time on couple of big dogs
given her by Lester Wallack. Herbert
Kelcey, who divides time with Bob Hill
lard as stage beauty, never wears an
overcoat. Lille Alliston has rare brio
a-brac picked up in the Orient. Minnie
Palmer goes in for etchings. Stuart
Robson is said to love old books. Francis
Wilson is crazy on the subject of Napo-
leon. He has big bronze bust of the
emperor, given him by some Columbia
college students whom he coached in
amateur theatricals. Wilton Lackaye
has unique collection of fencing foils.
Langtry has many fine photographs
with autographs. Mollie Thompson is
proud of her four banjos. Harry Ed
wardes goes in for bugs. He is author
ity on entomology. Mines Levick is in
love with pipes. Quite popular fad
with the varieties is rum. 1t also effects
quite number of the legitimate.
Three suits have been begun against
Locke & Davis, the theatrical managers,
for alleged breach of contract, through
Howe & Hummel. The plaintiffs are
Prof. Hermann, the prestidigitateur,
Minnie Palmer and Bertha Ricci. The
actions grow out of the trouble which
led to the closing of Herrmann's theater
Wednesday night, when the Minnie
Palmer Opera company was to have APP
peared in Suzette. AS told in yesterdays
World, the refusal of Bertha Ricci and
Charley Dickson to go on with the per-
formance unless their salaries were paid
necessitated the closing of the house.
Prof. Hermann alleges in his COM
plant that on July 2lst last he signed a
forty weeks contract with Locke &
Davis, by the terms of which he was to
equip and furnish the theater and they
were to provide the plays and players.
This contract, he alleges, has been
broken, and he wants $4,000 damages.
Minnie Palmer sues for $40, 900 on her
contract with the managers. She claims
that. she was to receive 25 per cent. of
the receipts of the opera company bear
ing her name.
Bertha Ricci alleges that she was en-
gagged for forty weeks at 5000 per week.
She asks for 5000 for the three weeks
she has already sung and also for sum
equal to her salary for the remainder of
the season. All the suits are brought in
the supreme court. Summons and
complaints in each. action were served
yesterday.
Plays nowadays are doomed in many
different ways. A real novelty in adver-
tising has been discovered by an ener-
getic manager. New York is soon to be
flooded with English playbills announc-
ing the great success Of a play in Lon
don theater, and the fact that the boxes
are FL and the pit Is. 3d., with standing
room only after 8 o'clock. These bills
are supposed to stamp the play with
English approval. AS matter OF fact,
this printing was not used by the COM
pany during its London season last sum-
mer, and the bills were printed just be-
fore the company sailed for New York.
Adelina Patti Nicolini is Jewess. No
one knew it until lately. But now she
is making sensation by building a
synagogue at Craig-y-Nos. 1t is to be
exactly like the famous Jewish temple
at Berlin and may, perhaps, be opened
all the year for public service. The syn
agogue is said to be a great disappoint-
ment to other religions, for it has long
been known that church OF some kind
was to be erected, and Catholics who
saw Patti at mass at Boulogne hoped
that it would be cathedral of their
own.