Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
The Summer FIiaht-Excuses for Hoiidays--
The Slaughter of the Does-Better Guard

The Summer FIIaht-Excuses for Holidays-
The Slaughter of the Does-Beuer Guard
the Bear-Gossip of All Sorts.
THE phrase 'Everybody's left town. is as
nearly true about Fittsburg as it ever can be
about any city. There must be many thousands
of Pittsburgers already by the sea and beyond
it; at springs where health is drunk, among the
mountains, and anywhere, everywhere out of
the heated CITY, There has not been the same
reason for complaint in the weather Of the last
two or three days as there was in the excessive
sultriness which preceded the present cool
spell. Yet the holiday makers, the health
seekers, and their imitators will by force of
habit ush out of the city by all routes in greater
and greater numbers as August approaches.
A MOTHER preacher is about to become an
actor. His name is Virgil Maxey, and he
is a ephew of ex- United States Senator Maxey,
of exas. 1t is not stated what line Of the pro-
fession he will adopt, but from the fact that he
expects to act on week days and preach on Sun
days. it is only a fair assumption that he will
alternate in comedy and tragedy. With his
seeming versatility he might do song and
dance one night and Hamlet the next. 1t will
be interesting to note what he will do when he
strikes such ungodly towns as Cincinnati and
st. Louis, when he will have to act as well as
that this will not be serious hindrance to the
Rev. Virgil Maxey, actor, for he is not likely to
get beyond one-nlght stands. Preacher-actors
rarely do.
THERE is no man more careful of his health
and comfort than q young Pittsburger
who is afflicted with q goodly share OF this
worlds goods.
81 am going away on Monday" he said yes
terday, "for my health."|
'Why, you're the picture of health" said L
That's just i'll mean to give my health the
best kind of chance to make me its picture
permanently"
a GENTLEMAN who lost his dog in the
slaughter this week said to me yesterday:
LAS prudential measu would advise Mr..
Bigelow to muzzle the bear out in Schenley
Park. Somebody may feel like casting but
ton out that way"
THE dog killers made one big heart in a small
body,ache when they gave button to a lit
tie boys pet dog on Second avenue on Friday.
One who saw the child carrying the luckless
dog in his arms tells me that a more pathetic
sight he never beheld. The dog was very near
death-swollen hideously, but the boy hugged
him tightly, calling the poor brute by its name
and sobbing as If his heart would break.
THE American church choir young lady"
has found an Ell Dorado in London, and
demonstrates the wisdom and reward of the
judicious mixture of church choir and comic
opera. The shining examples Of this happy
state of things are Agnes Huntington. Belle
Cole. Geraldine Ulmar and Margaret Hall. 1t
is. however, 'our Agnes" who has beaten the
record and acquired the social 'bun," for it Is
an hot horu 1u-fn rot
the Baroness Burdett-Coutts is conducting
delicate negotiations with a viewto presenting
Agnes at court. 1t will be proud day, indeed,
for Boston when her most favored artistic
"kisses hands"::a Buckingham Palace. One of
the greatest of the great social functions of the
London season is the annual garden party of
the Duchess of Westminster; indeed, it is only
one remove from royal entertainment, and
an invitation to it is most eagerly sought after
as a social prize in Londni society, and the idea
of an actress being one of the guests has never
been known before. yet t'our Agnes'' not only
was present with the Burdett-Coutts party, but
was the "lioness' of the occasion. Still, it
will not do for the Casino chorus to go over to
London en- nlasse as there might be difficulties
in the way.
FRANCIS WILSON is very well satisfied with
his venture in comic opera. He certainly
did well enough last season with "The Oolaf
and "The Gondoliers," and he is not likely to
hire himself out to any manager again. 4
Marie Jansen, Laura Moore and Nettie Ly-
ford will again appear in Francis Wilson's
comic opera company, now rehearsing "The
Merry Monarch at the Broadway Theater in
New York. Others of last years company re-
tanned for next season are Charles Plunkett |
and Harry Macdonough. The new members |
of the Wilson organization are Willett Sea- |
man, Jr.. the tenor, and Gilbert C. Clayton, a |
comedian recently with 1.-THE Pearl of Pekin" |
company. The new piece will be first pro- |
duced at the Broadway Theater. Monday, Au- |
gust Is. The scene is Oriental, the costumes |
rich, the scenery fantastic yet appropriate. |
The music is by Emile Chabrier and Woolson |
Morse, while ]. Cheever Goodwin, who did SO |
much to help Alice Oates to her great sue |