Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-13

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BESSIE CLEVELAND.
celebrated French artists, and first ap.
pearance here; Allen sisters, the favorite
dancers; Kitty Hill, comic actress;
James Radams and Tom Dare, clowns.
A complete ballet, beautiful costumes.
A car, containing complete special seen
cry and mechanical effects, accom- paDiee
the Spider and Fly en- route. Spider and
Fly remains at the Grand all week, and
matinee will be given on Saturday.
Annie Pixley begins an engagement in
London Easter Monday.
Emma Nevada has recently been sing
ing in Prague and creating Juror.
The California Opera Company is in
the Sunny South coming money with
Said Pash0.
George Floyd says that Erminie has
has been played 100000 times in this
country and Canada.
Lawrence Barrett is improving, and
his physicians think he will be able to
return to the stage at an early day.
Otto Hegner, the piano prodigy, has
made pronounced and unmistakable
failure, and Mr.. Abbey has wisely aban
OOuou Hlb TOUR CI C10 country.
Miss Pauline Hall is diligently study.
ing the German language, with view,
it is said, of accepting an engement, in
the near future, as the star of large
German operate combination, which
will soon tour the country.
The tenor Narconi. who sang in this
country some time ago in the Campanini
troup, upon hearing that he had lost his
0nfiro fortuna fbro,1nh ho foi1 ,f
bank, lost his voice also, and is now
under treatment.
Lillian Russel's beauty continues to be
as pronounced and as much admired as
ever, says the New York Sun, and her
managers say that its preservation is en-.
tirely due to the extraordinary care
which the singer takes of herEelf.
Mrs. James Brown Potter will sail for
Australia, msLondon, this week. She
will tour that country in repertory in
cluding Camille, Frou- Frou, La Tosca
and Theodora For all of which she has
been coached by Worth, mainly.
The patrons OF Pope's theater in st.
Louis have dropped dime in the slot
and pulled out an opera-glass for the
last time. Not one of the opera.glasses
remains in the theater, and the boxes
have all been removed. There we're 145
of these glasses at the start, and every
one of them has been stolen.
Saint-Saens' new opera, Ascanio, which
has been in preparation for months al
the Paris Grand opera, is held back fol
want of a contralto to fill one of the
chief roles. Last week the director
started for tour in Italy and Germany
in search of the right person, for if sht
can not be found the composer will have
to re-write the part for soprano.
Henry Abbey gives out through Mr.
Mayer that he will not take Patti to st
Louis because the newspapers of ths
city treated Mary Anderson "brutally"-
that's his word. This is kind of MOI
sequitur worthy of such manager. !
Mr.. Abbey has some regard for othe
people in this wild and woollv West per
haps the st. Louis people would hav
been less disposed to excoriate his star
An exchange says: "Mme. Nordic
evidently intended to astonish he
American audiences with her toilet
during the present season. It is under
stood that the costumes which she ha
with her are insured for $40 900, an
cost rather more than that sum, or q
average of upward of $500 per toilet
Ahem! jess 80. But what of it exceE
to whomsoever pays and receives th
premiums?
The short WASTED coat worn by Fell
Morris in The Old Musician is nearly 1C
years old. 1t was bought in Montre,
and belonged to a French emigre. Th
stiff, high, velvet collar is made with
neatness that no modern tailor coul
match with hand-work, and all th
stitchery is OF the exquisite ineness thu
no one sees now in this age of machines
except in the work of the old seamstresst
or their few conservative pupils.
'Salvini is determined that this sha
be his farewell tour. He gave his reaso
a few days ago to friend, saying:
prefer retiring from the stage to being r.
tired. wish to step down while M
public still has regard for me as q
artist. / do not wish, as Shakspeal
puts it, 'to lag superfuous on the stage
but want to retire in such good forl
that everybody in speaking of'me in tt
future can honestly cay: Il saw him
his best 1t is very great mistake,
think, for an actor to play when he hi
lost one bit of the power which made b
reputation. feel that should not lo
that for several years, perhaps, but
shall take no risks in the matter. Wht
i retire it will be Salvini who bids far
we'll to the stage, not the shadow OF 81
vini."
Patti, as everybody knows, was bol
in Chicago, where she made her first q
pssrance in the Auditorium. It'was b
natural and appropriate, therefore, tn
she should sing . newa riong, CALI
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