The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-14
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Stage Notes
0nly four weeks more Of Mime. Angotn
at the Casino The stately beauty and
charming singing of Camille Darville
have made her favorite. The beauties
OF the stage settings have been much
commented upon. On the occasion of the
fiftieth performance, on Thursday even
ing October 2, q new ballet, arranged by
Leon Espinosa, will be introduced in the
carnival scene in the third act The roof
garden concerts will cease for the season
on Saturday evening. September 20. Re
hearsals of Poor Jonathan.u the next
production, are now being held. Lillian
hnsseips role is that OF, the prima donna
OF an opera company
Major Ponds principal stars this sea
son will be George KEENAN,, Henry
George, the Rev. Lyman Abbott and DR.
Iaimage. Dir. Mackenzie, the English
throat specialist, may come over in time,
put nothing definite is arranged as yet.
Stanley and Rider Haggard viii not be
seen this year. Other favorites in the
lecture field will be George w. Cable. the
Hon. DnnleI Dougherty, the Rev r. s.
Macarthur, General Horatio G. King, the
Hon John II. IlittIeield, Louis Eanan,
QTstne British Museum, and Frederic
Ylitar5, the famous war correspondent.
Bill Nye does not go out this year. 1t APP
pears that his newspaper articles alone
bring him in $40, 600 year He thinks
nothing pays 50 well as joking Max
% Rel writes Major Pond from London
to book him for another tour, beginning
November 1891. This, he says, will be his
last visit. His new book on America Is
almost ready. Another platform COM
bination is that of r. n Munkittrick and
j. ~. Bangs, two clever young writer's.
Those two gondoIiers, D'0yly Carte and
Gilbert. continue to pull their craft with
their oars in opposing directions The
dlbrettist charges the manager with play
ing The Pirates on him. Mr.. Carte re-
torts that the author of 'let the punish
ment fit the crime did not present "Pa-
tience'' in a certain controversy about
accounts ssThe Wicked Worldn as a
legal performance now perpends The
aflidavits already submitted snow that
duTing the run of all the operas Mr. Carte
paid Gilbert and Sullivan as share of
profits A175,000 each, or nearly eight hum
dred thousand dollars.
The death of Alexandra Chatrain, FAM
Gus the collaboration of Emile Erck-
mann. is of note to the profession because
he was joint author of lie Juif Polonais,
from which s'The Bells" played by Irv-
ing. was adapted
Marie Tempest has returned to the cast
of The Red Hussar," after her slight ill.,
ness. Miss Tempest is a highstrung,
nervous woman and her serenity is easily
upset by little things.
There is sorrow in the Knickerbocker
Club, while. the curled durlings Of the
Calumet refuse to be comforted. Lett
tie Lind has cruelty decided not to
come over with the Gaiety company this
season.
The marriage of Jennie Williams, the
soubrette, to Lord Lawrence Petre, is
now announced TO take place in England
on the Goth inst. The ceremony will be
private
Ben Bakers death is an irreparable
loss to the Actors Fund His remark
ably wide acquaintance with profess
fled him fer the duty of Investigating the
merits of applications for reiief
At an amateur performance in Berlin
last Thursday, one of the performers, a
girl Of sixteen, fell PROSTATE to the floor
from stage fright and burst a blood
vessel The chances are against her re-
coYery.