The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-03-30


the. slot machine, and the Chcagoans are enjoy
ing the great singers silvery notes at rock-bottom
prices.
Incipient whiskers, through which the breezes
blow balmily, have been discovered upon Thomas
Russell's damask cheek, and n. S. Wood once
more stands proudly eminent as the "only boy
sctor!'-N Y. Dramatic Mirror.
Tamagno, the tenor, who earns $1,000 night,
is accompanied on his tours by brother who
sings in the chorus for Sl7 week. It is said
that the brothers do not travel or live together,
or have anything in cUmmon-save blood.
Mr. Frank Cotter, pleasant gentleman and
excellent man of affairs, who has managed Mile.
Rheas tours for three seasons, has retired. Mr..
Edward Sinclair, Boston journalist, has sue
ceeded him. Rhea will make New York her per-
manent residence hereafter.
a reception in honor of Mrs. Berlan-Gibbs, of
the Lyceum Theatre Wife Company, was given
by Mrs L. B. Phelps, of this city, last week.
Over one hundred and fifty prominent society
people of this city, Washington, New Haven, and
Boston attended.-N. T. Mirror.
The management of the National Theatre have
completed arrangements with Mr.. Augustin
DAILY, of Daly's Theatre, New York, to present
to Washington audiences, for the first time, his
entire company of comedians in varied reper
tory of their recent successes of London. Paris,
and New York.
An enterprising London journal recently Or
ganized concours as to which were the five best
actresses in the world. The following results
were obtained by vote: Ellen Terry, 2,24O; Mrs.
Kendall 2,2222; Nellie Farren, 2,lS3; Sarah Bern
hardt, 1911; Mary Anderson, 1860 Mrs. Lang
try got left with 12l votes and Ada Rehan with 49,
1t is now said that Edwin Booths time next
season will be divided between New York, Phil
adelphia, and Boston. 1t will not be strange il
he drops Baltimore off his list after the unsatis
factory business he did there this year. 1t is
said the engagement would have been dire fail
ure if il had not been for the crowds of WASH
ington people who went over.
Margaret Mather's recent engagement in Chi
cago was q failure in every way. The houses
were light and the critics were severe. One said:
$50 far her Juliet is concerned she gave
better performance seven or eight years ago,
when she made her debut at McVicker's than
she did on this occasion. She has gained nothing
| in art and lost much in freshness.
| Gustavc Frohman says there are nearly three
thousand Theatrical towns" in the United States
and Canada in which company can be booked
! for season of ten years, and play different
| town each night. To systematize the business
| he has prepared special maps of each State
showing at a glance the good "show towns the
railroad distances. the Theatrical value" of each
! town or theatre, and the kind of attraction gene
TdllS WucJucT uTdHutlC, OpeTdllC, Ut
minstrel
The US. Mail" farce-comedy founded on
strillingly-novel idea, was one of the conspicu-
ous successes of last season during a brief ca
reer on the road. series of complications and
misunderstanding prevented it from being
| taken out this season, but next year it will be
again put on the stage by new and enterprising
managers with good backing, who will give it a
irst-rate cast and do every thing else that money
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| L. S. Mail" deals with the humors of life in a
post Office, and the incidents and complications
woven into it are said to be equal to anything to
be found in Charlie Hoyt's farces.
If any one says high art is lost on the broad
plains of the far West, and that the denizens OF
the Rockies cannot appreciate grand opera let
him read the record of the triumph of the divine
Patti as exhibited In the Denver papers. Here
some of the raptures of the musical critics OF
that city: The ballet made great hit. The girls
all wanted to steal the cute little Dego tenor.
The drinking scene made all the boys thirsty
The chorus looked like galaxy OF peanut-stanG
queens. The Salvation Army dresses worn by
the chorus were great. Johnny Black thought
he was at a ball game and yelled when the can
tatricc sang Home, Sweet Home"
The new Madison Square Garden New York
is to open in June with two gorgeous balets
One is called "Floras Garden; or, Choosing
National Flower" the other "Bellona or, Peac,
and War" These ballets will be half of the open
ing entertainment at the Madison Square Gar
den; the other half will be Strauss and his band
, Strauss will open the evening, then ballet will
be given, after which there will be more Straus
and then another ballet. Smoking and drinkin,
!; | will be permitted in the am phitheatre.
9 Nine. PATHS health, despite the vagaries OF tn
climate, and great breadth of territory owe
, which she has Travelled, is better now than it ha
= been in some years. She said recently that sh
- was never well in France and rather felt tn
=, seventies Of the Welsh climate, but that the al
/ of America, despite its many changes, alway
J. had an invigorating effect upon her. Appal
C emily the only thing she fears is diminution Q
- her popularity. She is said to have burst int
!. tears one night recently in Chicago over tn
# coldness of the house. 1t turned out afterwar
IT that the GOODNESS was Nine. PATHS She san
s listlessly and the people resented it. When sh
threw herself into the part and poured out he
voice with fervor the people fairly rose to he
d Then she cried for Joy. She is according to he
7 managers, almost as much OF child in all othe
- than financial matters as she was when she beGR
i her career upon the stage at fifteen years OF ag
y "Abbey's Italian opera season at the Metre
/ pOlitan Opera House, New York, opened In
blaze of glory on Monday night. A magnihceu
audience was in attendance. Verdi's "Otello
was the work rendered, and in the title r0