Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

| are under way now.
| AGNES HUNTINGTON is to make a tour of
| America in Paul Jones'" under the manage
| ment of Marcus r. Mayer.
THE author who wrote McGinty has so far
drawn royalties amounting to S1,5C0. Milton
| got f20 for writing paradise Lost"
SARAH BERNHARDT is said to be in such de-
mand to appear in Jeanne d'Arc" outside of
Paris that she will probably make tour in
that piece through the French provinces dur
ing August and September.
Two OLD CRoNIES'' comes to us again in a
few weeks. The company is headed by those
two clever comedians. Wills and Hensnaw, who
make fun of the richest kind and keep the au-
dience in laughter constantly
MRS. JAMES G. BLAINE. JR., is reported to
be progressing quite rapidly toward recovery.
She is now able to be removed occasionally
from the bed on which she has lain since early
last autumn. Her apartment is visited daily
by number of faithful friends.
BEATRICE CAMERON, of Richard Mansfield's
company. who has not been well for the past
few weeks, tainted on the stage of the Colum-
bia Theater, Chicago, last Saturday afternoon.
while playing the title role in Ibsens Mora"
Her illness is not thought to be at all serious.
WILLIAM ]. FLORENCE has begun writing
his memoirs They will not cover the American
stage SO broadly as Jetferson's, but they will
deal more especially with the New York stage
and its favorites, from the days of Burton and
Hanblin and Mitchell down To the present time.
A TELEGRAM from Nashville correspon-
dent states that Charles Scovel has brought a
suit against Manager Foster and Sub Managers
Greenwald and sons for 81, 500 alleged to be due
him for salary and diverse moneys advanced to
Manager Foster on account for the Boston
Ideals.
THE attractions at the Casino Museum the
coming week are the Liliputians, Commodore
EOntp ha
der, Walter Stewart; Carr, the Albino sword
walker; the Claire sisters and a host of novel
ties. An excellent stage comedy performance
is billed.
HENRY IRvING's next production will be
Herman Merivale's Master of Ravenswood,"
a dramatzaton of Scott's bride of Lammer.
moor" A London correspondent notes, by the
way, growing dissatisfaction among the Ly-
ceum's patrons with the unyaryingIy gloomy
character of the plays selected by Mr.. Irving
for his stage.
A PHILADELPHIA paper states that Stuart
Robson has made more money this season with
"AnArrantKnave' than he and Crane ever made
together in the same time. We do not believe
it, Robson has certainly not benefited by his
separation from Crane, and the latter did not
find going it alone profitable until THE Sem
ator'' made a hit in New York.
A WESTERN critic speaks as follows of 'The
Spider and the Fly!' There is something in it
to please every taste, and everything is good. 1t
is spectacular and pantomimic, complicated
effect of bizarre coloring, an array of startling
scenes, succession of amusing incidents and
involved contretemps which follow each other
in bewilderlng confusion. 1t comes to the
BiJou early in April.
The report that Billy Florence and Mrs.
John Drew had disagreed with Joseph Jetfer-
son about the salaries they received in the
Florence-J etferson tour, and that both were
mir f0x ith1 ri Taff
nation is denied. The story was that as the COM
binatiOn was making about 81. 600 week on
tour Mr. Florence and Mrs. Drew considered
that they we're entitled to a larger share of the
profits than their respective salaries OF 81 900
and $500 week.
MRS. LESLIE CARTER, who is alleged to be
preparing to star, is tremendous worker. She
has put aside everything that can possibly in
terfere with her preparation for the stage.
Her only recreation is a daily morning walk at
7, from Madison square to Central Park and
back; from to 12:3O and from to $50 she is
with her dramatic instructor and the fencing
master. Her evenings are spent In reading
and study. Nothing is allowed to interfere with
this simple daily routine.
A NEW theater will be erected at the corner
of Forty.second street and Seventh avenue in
New York City. The only point not yet settled
is plot of 80 feet square on Forty-second
street, for which slSO,OOO spot cash is asked.
Steward. probably for James NJ. Bailey, Bar
NUNS partner. He was one of promoters of
the Broadway Theater, but was crowded out by
7. Henry French, and now wishes to getsquare.
1t is a splended location for playhouse.
WHILE filling date in a small Pennsylvania
town recently, Robert Downing was much
amused by the local managers request that he
should clothe his person as the Gladiator
little more decently. Inquiry established the
fact that burlesque company, not particularly
noted for its delicacy, had preceded the
tragedan and the villagers had been consider
ably scandaliZed. The manager was afraid.
therefore, that following so close on the others
the sight of Mr.. Downing's bare arms and manly
bosom might do I'M jury to the high moral repu-
tatIon of his house.
CHARLES NJ. SKINNER writes in this weeks
Mirror: change is passing over the stage
villain. He has kept such pace with the social
development of his kind that he wears collars
and silk hats speaks in his habitual voice, and
even his cigars seem to cause suffering to
his fellow creatures, He seldom grinds his teeth
now, or says: "Ahar' and if burglary muir
der is necessary to his happiness he relegates it
to his sub-villalns who are still an unregener-
ate company. The days of good old villainy
are numbered, and, excepting his sneer, hardly
a distinction of his trade is left to the bad man
of the stage.
THE new Madison Square Garden, New
York, is to open in June with two gorgeous
baIlets. One is called "Floras Garden; or,
Choosing National Flower" the other "Bel-
Iona; or Peace and War" Most of the cos
tunes are being made in London, though some
of them are being done here. These ballets
will be half of the opening entertainment at
the Madison Square Garden; the other half
will be Strauss and his band. Strauss will open
the evening. then ballet will be given, after
which there Will be more Strauss and then
another ballet. Smoking and drinking will be
permitted In the amphitheater. New York