The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-31

English, and has only been in this country about
three weeks A HERALD man had the pleasure
Of an interview with her the other afternoon,
and succeeded in making himself understood,
and better still in understanding her. in which
he was greatly aided by her wonderfully-expres-
sive black eyes and the fetching shrugs of her
pretty shoulders "Carmencita and - she said,
''are very good friends. We have known each
ing are quite different in some ways. Carmen
cita is best when she dances alone, and seldom
dances any other way. l frequently dance
with another woman, myself taking the
part of a man, when we give the
stirring steps of the bull-fght dance. l
also dance in character as a street-boy, n pick
pocket, or dude. Sevllle," Rosita continued,
twas my birthplace. was born nearly seven
was little bver twelve. l first made my ap-
pearance In the Canary Islands. Oh, yes yes ~
she cried, with look of childish pride in an
swer to a suggestion that she had danced In
Paris, ~ was primera bailarna at the Vaude-
Vile before came with Professor Hermann. /
have been in Paris couple Of years. l love
America very much,n she cried, as her eyes
flashed brilliantly and she showed her beautiful
teeth in an animated smile; "the audiences are
SO sin1pdticO, 30 enthusiastic, they applaud so
much, they clap their hands, and they smile at
me, and the gentlemen are much kinder then
the French. Ah, IL could only speak English
well ~ and she threw an expression OF beseech-
ing eagerness into her magnificent black eyes
up everything else In life, devoting himself to
teaching her, IL she would only grant him that
privilege.
In st. Louis tonight will be produced play
which may possibly cause the Post Office De-
partment to set itself up as a censor of the
stage in o manner similar to what It has already
done on literature in the famous case of the
"Kreutzer Sonata" The play In question is
entitled 1.-THE u s. Mall" and it is this title
which the Post Office Department may insist
brings 1t within its purview. A leading char
acter Of the play, it is understood, is an irrev-
erent and undignified caricature of Postmaster
General Wanamaker. Mr.. Wanamaker as
strict and Sundayschool experimenting Chris
tian holds the stage in utter adherence More
over, he cherishes his personal dignity with
strenuous assduity,. and may be expected to
look upon any attack upon It as more than a
Christian ought to be asked to bear. 1t is un-
derstood that he has been greatly perturbed in
spirit by the reports which have reached
him concerning the "U. S. Mail' carica-
ture, and there are well-defned rumors that
he may take measures to make the Of
Tending comedian change his makeup 80 that
the sacred person of the Postmaster General
may not be made ridiculous in the eyes of the
people. 1t was said yesterday that Marshal
Gushing, Mr.. Wanamakers private secretary,
had been sent to st. Louis on secret mission
What this secret mission is will not be difficult
to guess in view of the facts stated above. It
is believed that a search among the occupants
of the front-row seats at the Olympic
Theatre in st. Louis tonight might reveal the
round and smiling face of Mr. Cushing. On
Mr.. Cushing's report to his chief will depend
whether or not the 2. o. d. takes action against
the sU. s. Mail"
The Postmaster General is not the only mem
ber of the Administration who is interested in
''The U. S. Mail" This play, it is currently re-
upon by the President and Mrs. Harrison This
comes about through the fact that u member by
marriage of the present reigning family has had
the audacity, against the wish of his distn-
guished relatives, to connect himself with the
theatrical enterprise. This daring individual
is Mr.. Hobart Brooks the well-known news
paper correspondent, who married some years
ago Miss Katie Scott, of this city, the daughter
of Mrs. Harrison's brother. Mrs. Brooks (for-
merly Miss Scott) was the fayorite niece of Mrs.
Harrison, and before it became known that Mr..
Brooks had connected himself with the theatri-
cal enterprise the Brookses were frequent visi-
tors at the White House, and little Baby
Brooks was the favorte playmate of
Baby Mckee. When, however, the
startling discovery was made by the sane
timonious Presidential family that Mr.. Brooks
had gone into theatrical enterprise the at
mosphere of the White House became very
chilly when any of the Brooks family hove in
sight. 1t saw that delicate intimation was
conveyed to the Brooks family that Baby Nc
Kee would have to mourn the absence of his
most cherished playfelow unless Mr.. Brooks
abandoned his purpose of furnishing the family
escutcheon by exposing it to the corroding at
mosphere of the theatre. This brought out a
return intimation that as far as Mr.. Brooks was
concerned Baby Mckee would have to mourn.
This brought matters to crisis, and since that
time, no attempt at n,Odus Vivendi having
been made, social and diplomatic relations be-
tween the two families have been cut off short,
and 'The United States Mail'' goes forth into the
world with the frown of the Administration
hanging over it as sort of mascot.
Il X X
Another graduate from Newspaper Row is
associated with Mr.. Brooks in ''The u s. MaiP'
enterprise. In fact, he was in it before Mr..
Brooks incurred the displeasure of the Admin
istration by joining him This is Max +. Ihm-
sen, who has been since last fail the CORE
spondent of the Pittsburg Post in Washington.
Both Brooks and Ihmsen are hard workers,
shrewd and cooi-headed, and they believe they
have a frst-rate thing in "The U. s. Mail,'
from which they are sure to rake in IL great
deal more money than their princely salaries
as newspaper correspondents amounted to.
They have plenty of friends in Washington
who wish them unlimited success in their ven
ture.
Notes of the Stage.
No less than three new plays will be brought
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