Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-06
Sarah Bernhsrdt will play Joan of
Arc in the version by Barber

The Marquis de Caux, formerly the
husband of Adelina Patti, is dead.
Verdi is spending the winter in ho
tel at Milan, engaged in making notes
for new opera.
The monument of the famous actor
Frederick Cooke, in st. Paul's church.
yard, New York, is to be restored by Ed
win Booth.
Gounod has promised to write a mass
for the opening of the new organ at st.
Peters. -Four thousand singers will take
part in the ceremony.
In his new play, Man and the Woman
Robert Buchanan, it is said, takes the
opportunity of airing his own rather ad-
vanced views concerning the relations ol
the sexes.
The Grand Duke of Oldenburg has
written a drama in three acts, entitled
Schloss Parad, to be brought out at the
theater of Presburg, Germany. The
author pays all expenses of production.
Carlotta Johannson, niece Of Chris.
tine Nilsson, daughter cf the prima
donna's sister, is said to have remark
ably fine soprano voice, and has been
sent to Christiana, Norway, to finish
her studies in singing.
Mrs. Kendall appears to be woman
OF common sense as we'll as histrionic
ability. She is reported as saying
whether L am fond mother or the re-
verse, whether | am good woman or a
bad one-all these things have got moth.
ing to do with art. An actress must be
judged by her acting, aud that alone"
All this is very sound doctrine, but it is
pretty generally lost sight Of for all that.
The New York World says: "Patti has
become very much disgusted with Chi
cago on various accounts. One of her
chief grievances is that the critics there
pay more attention to her hair than to
her voice, and her voice is giving way
owing to the horrible coal smoke" This
needs explanation. The World owes an
apology either to Patti or Chicago, or
perhaps Chicago owes one to Patti for
smoking out her voice.
One feature of the French Republic
seems to have been the thinning out OF
the coulisses of the opera. They have
lost all their cld-time eplendor, and they
are no longer the rendezvous for states.
men and men of fashion. The ballet
dancers also have become more re.
served. Instead of congregating in the
foyer de la danSe, they etay in their
dressing. rooms, where they receive q
few very particular friends. Those who
still are addicted to the coulisses are
second class gommeux.
Signor Farini, with part of the
troupe he is taking to New York, has
been weather bound in this city for ovel
a week. Part of his company is here
and the rest will join him today or to
morrow from San Francisco. The Signol
met with great success in San Francisco
and the papers spoke in the highes
terms of the merit of his troupe. HI
has contracted with Gilmore, of New
York, for the whole summers engage
ment. The many friends here of Signo
Farini, as well as those of his pupils
who accompany him, most of then
being Los Angelenos, will be glad tt
learn of the success of this musical com
lbination in the city of Gotham.
J. M. Hills Union Square Theatel
Company, that is to present the brillian
and amusing comedy, A Possible Case, a
tho Los Angeles theater this week, ar
rived from San Diego last evening, 81
the performance will positively be giver
this evening as advertised. The com
pany were to have played in San Bernar
dino last evening, but in the presen
state of the railroads were unable to keel
the date, for fear of not getting to thi
city in time. The members of the com
pany have had pretty hard time for thu
past three or four days, bu
with good days rest will be able t.
give an excellent performance this even
ing. The scenery fortunately arrive'
several days ago and has been placed il
the theater ready for the perform
ance this evening, and as it is of a NOR
pretentious nature than is usually Car
ried by a migrating company, it will b
an important factor in the pre- entatio
OF the play. The following, clipped fror
the Charleston Is. o. NeaOs and Coa.rie'
gives an idea of the nature of the coined
and the excellence of the company pre-
senting it.
a Possible Case is a most ludicrou
mixture of amazing improbabilities.
is bewildering jumble of discordar
marriage and divorce laws that obtain i
all the States of the Union except tn
old Palmetto State. The play present
the points in a merry vein, and by hole
ing up to ridicule will certainly call o.
tention to the ill-sdvised marriage law
of the country, and may tend to brin
some order out of the chaos and cor