The Washington critic., 1890-02-23
Dramatic Notes.

Miss Bettina Padleford, Washing
ton girl, will take prominent part in
the "Gondoliers" next week.
Kate Claxton' "Bootle's Baby" Com
pany is coming our way. Their present
tour has been very successful.
The road season of the De Wolf Hop
per Opera Bouffe company opens in
Brooklyn the first week in September.
Nellie BLY, has been quite a success
as a lecturer. Tonight she will give
her third talk about her travels at the
Union Square Theatre in New York.
The Bennett Brothers Combination
had an unusually good week at Kernan's.
Peter jackson in the role of star is
making fame and fortune, so says Par
son Davies, his manager.
Richard Golden and "Old Jed prouty"
will revisit Philadelphia this week for
the third time this season. The demure
Philadelphians seem to like the quaint
old character from Maine.
Lille Grubb has been engaged to sing
Marion Manola's part in Stetson's
"Gondoliers Company in case McCaull
should succeed in preventing the lat
ter's fulfilling her engagement.
1t seems probable that, owing to the
convivial habits of the Hoosier Poet
the lecture team of Nye and Riley will
be broken up. Major Pond, manager
of the tour, has Cancelled all dates.
Mr.. ]. d. Elwell, director of the
Brooklyn Philharmonic Society, has
just signed a contract with Strauss to
bring the latter's famous orchestra for
a three months tour in this country.
Henry Guy Carleton's new play,
"The Pembertons, - which is now be-
ing rehearsed at the Union Square
Theatre in New York, will be seen in
the Fifth Avenue Theater for the first
time on March 10.
Sydney Rosenfeld's new comedy,
The Stepping Stone, is about ready
for presentation at the Standard Theatre
in New York, and he has begun new
play for Helen Dauvray. 1t is to be
called "The Whirlwind."
J. S, Hartley, the sculptor, who has
been commissioned TO design the me-
mortal TO Daguerre for the Smithsonian
| Institution, has also executed life size
busts of Ada Rchan, Edwin Booth,
Lawrence Barrett and John Gilbert.
! Letitia Aldrich, who recently met
with considerable success in this city is
TO make her first appearance in New
! York at professional matinee, which
will be given under the direction of
| Mrs. Thurber and Gustave Frohman at
the Lyceum Theatre.
The giving away of real estate is a
somewhat novel venture in theatrical
circles, but it is being done nightly by
Dan Sully at Jacobs Brooklyn Thea
tire. Each purchaser of two reserved
seats is presented with 10OX4O town
lot in Florida.
Madame Modjeska will not be able to
act again for fully a month, owing to
her sprained ankle. The lady sustained
the injury on the stage Of the Academy
of Music in Brooklyn fortnight ago.
She will probably rejoin Mr.. Booth in
Chicago.
Emma Abbott averted a panic al
Richmond, Va, last Tuesday night by
continuing her song while half the
audience rose to their feet alarmed by
a cry of fire" Her GOODNESS reassured
them and they soon quieted down. \
false alarm caused the scare.
The Italian tragedian, Tomasso Sal
vini, has bade farewell to America in g
letter to the press, although he has still
some months to play in this country
From this we are led to believe that Mr.
Salyini intends coming back again mex
season.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, ir. s benei
at the New York Broadway Theatre
last Tuesday was a great success, botl
from an artistic and a financial point o.
view. The door receipts were $3.50
and five pretty actresses added 500
more by the sale of flowers in th'
lobby.
Jsseph Jefferson and W. j. Florenc
will next season have a repertoire con
sisting of The Rivals, "The Heir-at
Law and a double bill, with Mr., JEFF
ferson as Caleb Piummer in "Th
Cricket on the Hearth" and Mr.. Flor
ence as CdpmH CUule in "Dombey 4
Son.
Among the Washington girls who's
success on the stage has been In an,
/ way notable is Miss Della Stacey o
Rudolph Arnoson's Casino Opera Com
{ pany She is Fanny Rice uuderstud
and in 'Nadjy' and The Brigands
took that clever little lody's part