Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
THE STAGE.
"AN the Worlds a Stage; the
Men and Women Merely
Players"
GREEN-ROOM NOTES AND ANEC-
DOTES.
Fresh News, Idle Gossip, and Amusing
Stories About Actors and the His
trionic ar.

AuGusT1N DAILY has engaged George
T. Ulmer for three years from next
April.
Gus WILLIAMS is to star next season
in a new comedy entitled "The In
spector."
The Gar of Russia has bestowed an
annual pension of 5000 rubles about
s. $1,000 upon Anton Rubinstein.
IT is said that Joseph Jefferson gets a
thousand dollars from the Century for
each section of his "reminiscences.
ALICE L1NGARD will tempt fate by
touring in this country next season.
She will have an American company.
JULIA MARLowE is fond Of outdoor
exercise, walks a great deal, and can
ride a spirited horse in true eques6rienne
style.
j. EDWIN BROWN and Louisa Mitchell,
of the Francesca Redding Company,
were lately married in Rome, New
York.
MANAGER KELLER, of the Midland
Theater, Kansas City, has sued Maggie
Mitchell for S., 1000 for breach of con-
tract.
JOACHIM MILLER is writing a play
founded on the Landing of the Pill
grims. Will Miles Standish sort Of
thing?
HELEN DAuyRAY is going to dispose Of
cone of Our Girls" and its scenery.
She has fully decided eve to return
to the stage.
The editor Of Ell Progreso, a Mexi-
a newspaper, has been sentenced to a
term of Imprisonment for libelling
Madame Patti.
GEORGE w. LEDERER and wife,
Florie Newcomb, can now live in peace,
as all legal proceedings against Lederer
have been withdrawn.
Mrs. LESLIE CARTER, whom Manager
z. G. Gilmore proposed to star last
season, will go out next fall under q.
d. Prices management.
Miss PAULINE HALL telegraphs an
indignant denial Of the published state
ments that she is to be married to a
Mr.. McClelland or any other man.
PAULINE HALL does not deny the re-
port that she is shortly to marry, and
there is likely to be weeping and wall
ing in the camp of the wealthy dudes.
Mrs. W. j. FLORENCE is at present
living in London, where she will re-
main until next summer, while her hus-
band is starring jointly with Joseph
Jefferson.
One would think that everybody
knew it by this time, but evidently
many do not know that the proper
pronunciation is Faunt-leroy, and not
Fauntle-roy.
SIMS REEVE, the once famous tenor,
is living in London, at the age Of 70. 1t
is said that, while his voice is apparently
unimpared, he does not wish to sing in
public any more.
Mrs. A.-So your daughter is study
ing for the stage? Mrs. B.--Yes, and
she is progressing very rapidly. Mrs.
Allow far has she got? Mrs. B.
She has already had her photograph
taken as Lady Macbeth.
A BRAsH young man in Chicago told
Charles Wyndham to stop playing
wild Oats" because he, the brash
young man, owned a play by that name.
The title is about 100 years of age, and
Mr.. Wyndham will, no doubt, continue
to use it.
FANNY DAVENPORT, having learned
that Kate Forsyth had some intention
of producing "Theodora," which Miss
Davenport recently purchased at a
great outlay, has published a notice
that she will prosecute anyone violating
her rights.
Col. 'MAPLEsoN. who is struggling to
AS'A'S I'll OPCAd Ill 11OuuOu, SAYS
that when he gives "L'Etoille du Nord"
Nine. Dotti will sing the show air in
that opera as usual, but that Mrs.
Shaw will be put in the orchestra to
whistle the flute obligato.
The Actors fund is sending circulars
to all the theaters throughout the coun-
try explaining the advantages Of mem
bers of the association. The Secretary's
report for the year just closed shows
that the number Of persons to whom re-
lief has been furnished is 1924, an in
crease over last year of forty-eight.
Fifty-eight burials were paid for.
Miss LILLIAN RUSSELL is reported to
devote six hours daily to the study of
English grand opera. She has, it is
said, thoroughly mastered Airline in
"The Bohemian Girl" and now she is
at work on Martha and Zerlina in "Fro
Diavolo." J. W. Morrissey, who will
manage her New York season, will sur.