The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-03-30

Stage Notes.
They are telling a great story of Lac
kaye and Mackaye at rehearsal Lackaye,
so goes the tale, demurred to some piece
Of business directed by Mackaye.
But, my boy" said Mackaye impress
lively, 4 must be right / have had
twenty years of experience
Il know" responded Lackaye with
bland innocence, but not this twenty. 4
Lillian Lewis went through the role Of
Lena Despard Saturday evening at ST.
Louis, wearing a sealskin sacque. while a
constable stood in the wings waiting to
seize on her wardrobe if She took any
thing off.
Last week a vocalist began to sing,
For Goodness Sake Don't Say l Told
You, and was promptly nit with a rotten
egg BY one of the audience.
Who threw thats'' he howled.
1t was me, cried q voice in the gall
lery, "but for goodness sake don't say
told you.n
Mrs. FeatheFwait--I saw Jefferson and
Florence last night
Mrs Quizzle-Sa The Rivals. chr
MIS-. Featherwait-Oh, mol They played
A: NJ. Palmer has recently purchased
an English dramatization Of q French
pay called "a Pair Of Spectacles, . ana
drama BY Paul Merritt, said to be q YER
quise.n ' ''-''
The tiger which Sarah Bernhardt car
ried with her during her last tour in this
country died at Jardin des Plantes. Paris.
recently of la grippe.
"Shenandoah" began Che last four
weeks or US wonderfully long run III New
York on Monday night. The audiences
continue to be as large as ever The
fourth souvenir is in preparation. which
Will be given on April 9, the occasion az
the two hundred and fiftieth performances
here.
Max Freeman has been relieved Of his
quties as stage manager of the Casino by
Rudolph Aronson. He will stage Byrne;s
Castles in the Air'' for the De Wolff
Hopper Opera Bouffe Companv
humor has it that Mr.. David Hender-
son has engaged James T. Powers for the
coming revival Of THE Crystal Slipper'n
opening at the Chicago Opera House,
Colonel John A. McCaull has purchased
the American rights of Millocker's opera.
Sleben Schwaoen," and will make il the
feature of his repertoire next season.
George W. Peck, author of the apecbss
Bad Boy, has been nominated for Mayor
by the Democrats of Milwaukee.
FRANCES wilson has made financial
success with THE Gondoiersu in Phila-
delphia, but Gilbert would have q CON
vuls1on II he knew the liberties that are
being taken with his text.
Zine Akerstrom is rapidly GONZALES
cling. Miss Akerstrom was able to sit IN
for few hours the other dav. and tie
physicians think that she is now out of
danger. Her illness was brain fever
superinduced by severe cold.
Gossip says that clever Jake Roseuthal
and pretty Flora Moore will shortly we'd
ray Iempleton is to lead a comic oDera
company of her own next season under
the management of W. H. Lykens. for
merly manager of Maggie Mitchell
Caterlna Marco, who will be remem-
Dered II this country as the one-time
Drtma donna of the McCaull Opera Com
pany, is reported to be making a pro-
nounced success as a dramatic soprano in
grand opera in Italy. Her voice has de-
veloped wonderfully in the lower and
medium registers, and she has made a
great impression as Lady Macbeth in
Verdi's Macbeth and in Aida.
Nine. Ponisi is confined to her home as
result of fall on the stairway of the
Twenty-third street Elevated Railroad
station on last Tuesday. Her right arm
is badly injured
Minna x. Gale, of the Booth Modesto
company, sails for Europe on La Cham
payne next Saturday for a six months
tour abroad.
The story of a projected new theatre at
Seventh avenue and Forty-second street
is going the rounds, but it is difficult TO
get at any facts regarding it.
1t is said that A. G. Gunter Is at work
on the hbretto of comic opera to be pro-
duced in New York next season.
THE Prince and the Pauperi' is MAY
ing to good business in Chicago, the re-
ceipts for last Saturdays matinee Mt
Hooley's Theatre being over 81 500. The
company remains three weeks and plavs
a return engagement of the same dura-
ton. After C>scago Cleveland is booked,
and then thSfpalance of the season will
be played at the Hollis Street Theatre,
Boston.
George R. Sims, who has been travel
ling through Palestine for his health. has
returned to London. He is said to be col
laborating with Henry Pettitt on bur
lesque on Carmen which is intended for
the Gaiety.
Final arrangements for this vear,s pro-
duction of the Passion Playo at Ober-
Ammergau have been completed. The
principal rehearsal will take place Mav
Is, and the nrst performance of the play
on May 26. Other performances will be
given in June, July, August and Septem-
Der.
An enterprising London journal re-
Gently organized q c0flc01trs as to which
were the i've best actresses in the world.
The following results were obtained by
vote:-Ellen Terry, 2,240: Mrs Kendall.
2, 100; Nellie Farren. 2, 1888; Sarah Bern
hardt, 1911; Mary Anderson, 1850. Mrs.
Langtry got left with 12l votes and Ada
Rehan with 49,
A Melbourne paper is responsible for
the statement that Mrs. Kendall is a
Jewess by extraction, her maiden name
being Merinus-one of Holland Hebraic
origin.
The glorious inwardness of the operate
profession; = Tamagno, the tenor who
earns $1,000 night, is accompanied on
his tours by brother who sings in the
chorus for SIT week. II is said that
the brothers do noE travel or live to-
gether, or have anything in common
save blood.
For The coming production of "Cleo-
patra'' in Paris, an adaptation by Sardou
from Shakespeare's tragedy, Sarah Bern
hardt announces her intention of break
ing ali her previous records by dyeing her
frail person chocolate color in view OF her
impersonation Of the Egyptian Queen.
The production will not take place before
April 20, but the Porte ST. Martin box
Office is said to be already besieged by adj
mirers anxious to behold this curious
metamorpnosis of their idol
Stood Up for Him.
"Do you think your sister likes me,
Tommy"
Eyes. She stood up for YOU at din