Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-14
Gossip Gathered from Many
Places.
What the Actors are Doing
Nowadays.
Notes of the Plays and Those Who
Present Them.
Manager H. G. Wyatt Leases the Los An
geles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Come
Here This Season.


The veteran Boucicault and his young
wife are often seen on Broadway; New
York. The former looks very feeble.
The Berlin police have refused per-
NIT to Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, on
the ground that it is demoralizing to
youth.
James ONeill is going to revive his
american King, an unpleasant play
wherein the hero goes mad because the
woman he loves cheats him OF house
and lot.
The Crystal Slipper, after its run at the
Chicago opera house, will come direct
to San Francisco. The route from that
city will be the principal cities of the
Pacific slope and as far east as Philadel-
phia.
Chicago is to have German theatel
worth $30O,000. Since finding that she
is larger town than Brooklyn, Chicago
is putting on a good many airs. But we
have German shows, too, sometimes
brooklyn Eagle.
Jessie Bartlett-Davis and her bright
little youngster are spending the sum-
mer months on Mr.. Davis's farm near
Crown Point, Ind, thirty-fve miles
from Chicago. Mrs. Davis will again be
a member OF the Bostonian company
next season.
Salzburg will shortly be the city OF
Mozart, as Bayreuth is the city of Wag-
ner. An opera house in which only
model performances of Mozarts operas
will be given, has been planned, the
money for building it has been raised,
and before next summer the structure
will be we'll under way. 1t will seat
1000 persons
The annual profits from the Passion
Play amount to about 250.000 marks,
which sum has to be divided among 700
persons. The question of abolishing the
play has never, contrary to the pub
lished report, arisen at Ober-Ammergau
Archdeacon Farrar has written an elab-
crate disquisition upon the play for one
of the July reviews.
At the close of his Chicago engage
ment Dixey and his entire company will
go to the Pacific coast in special train,
opening in Baldwin's theater in San
Francisco for season of three weeks,
during which Adonis, The Seuen Ages and
r. I. p. will be given. The company
will remain fourteen weeks in the west,
returning to Chicago for the holidays.
Maude Granger's production of Lucy
Hooper's play, Inherited, in Washington.
proved eminently successful. The Ma
tional theater was filled nightly with
the elite of the city. Among the box
parties of the opening night was Mrs
Senator Stewart and family. Mrs.
Stewart saw the original production OF
the play at the Theatre de L'Application
in Paris.
Benz, the famous circus director and
the Barnum of Europe, has died in
Breslau. He travelled all over Europe
from Spain to Russia, with his show. In
the French cities he was especially pop
ular, the appearance of the Cirque Renz
always drawing crowds. He had good
company and introduced scenic effects
which American circuses might well
initiate.
Alice harrington of California, a
younger sister of Marie Burroughs, is in
New York studying and working hard
for her debut on the dramatic stage in
the autumn. Miss harrington is tall and
has a very pretty and attractive face,
and 1.-the and supple figure. Those
who have heard her recital on some
famous parts from the dramatists speak
of her ability and magnetism with en-
thusiasm, and predict for her success
full future.
Mr.. A. M. Palmer's company of the
Madison-square theater, New York,
opened at the Baldwin theater on Mon
day last for short season. They came
from New York direct by special train
to the north, where they played at Ia
coma, Seattle and Portland to enormous
business. They will appear at the
Grand opera house in this city for one
week commencing August 11th, present
ing some OF the strongest plays in
their repertoire. This is Mr.. Palmer s
home company.
''The present difference between Gill
bert and Sullivan is not the first" says
Figaro, "for after the production of
Thespis, or The Gods GroaUn Older, Mr..
Gilbert wrote Princess Toto to music by
the late Frederic Clay, and Sir Arthur
Sullivan composed the music Of the Zoo
to ibretto by B. G. Stephenson. This,
however, did not prevent Sullivan and
Gilbert from coming together again in
the same year with Trial by Jury and af-
terward with The Sorcerer, inaugurating
the series of comic operas which have
delighted successive audiences during the
last twelve years"
Musical Manager Marcus M. Henry,
of San Francisco, writes that Clarence
Eddy, Of Chicago, the distinguished
American concert organ virtuoso, may
be expected in Los Angeles during the
second week of September, when he will
be available for recitals, musicales, etc.,
at reasonable rates. He is interested in
land in this section of country. He
journeys hither via the Yellowstone
park, accompanied by his wife, Mrs.
Sara Hershey Eddy, an able vocal
teacher of eastern repute. Mr.. Eddy
was highly honored last year in Paris,
during the exposition there, while play
ing at the Trocadero. Mrs. Eddy thinks
we'll of Sybil Sanderson's future career
on the lyric stage, as she has intelli-
gence and is in possession of excellent
manners.
E. G. Holske, writing from Australia,
says: "By the way, the American
actors that have gone to the colonies in
search OF gold have been deeply disap-
pointed. Take, for instance, Robert
McWade. He played Rip Van Winklt
to such small houses in Sydney that he
wisely took the first boat for home. He
must have lost q lot of money. Ed
Thorne was to star in The Royal Guard
but couple of weeks satisfied him, and
now he is a member of Bland Hollis
stock company, and not liable to get
round-sho11ldered carving his salary,