The evening world., 1890-02-17
AND PLAY-HOuSES.
Points of 1.-THE Weaker Sex" as
Portrayed by the Kendals.
Where Patti Gets Her HaIr-D Dress
Ing and what IL Is.

ailt Mrs. hcnual VIII Itercl't lOt lnC HlN'
time in this country at the Fifth Avcnu,
Theatre tonight, Arthur w. Pinero, tht
author, has dealt with the case OF n woman
who has married the man she didn't love,
after u bitter quarrel with hiA she did love.
The husband dies, and after many years she
meets her old sweetheart again only TO find
tina; he has fallen in love with her daugh-
ter. not knowing who the girl really
il. There is a scene, aud the mother
2ffG iSo, to viii fiv MAKE Rs h beer S SspGh'er tx G%rr sirI
must prefer. the man she loves, says she,
ITO the mother who loves her. The sacTi-
flee il not accepted, and the man leaves both
women to get along without Inn. That II
the story of THE Weaker Sex in u nut.
shell Mr. and Mrs. kendall. during this
present engagement. will probably produce
ali entirely new play.
"A Package Of Cigarettes " il the cheer.
full title OF a new farce.comedy. Let us
hope that it won't end in smoke
Neil Burgess will probably present The
County Fair in this city again next sCaspii.
He IL in a condition OF sweet beat,tude due
to the astonishinR success " this play. MT.
Burgess Won't leave New York. He has a
ton, only waiting to be filed ont To suit him
self. The book just issued by Mr., Burgess,
entitled The County Fair" yas only
pATtlN WTlIttU Nv VIE. hCNOT. It DtkNl II,
AID then met with the accident which dis.
abled him, for aconple Of months. SO the
book was finished By somebody else.
4 man tainted, at the Star Theatre the
other night. and Manager Bnrnham in.
rtructed the usher to give him some whis-
key in. the private Office. This the usher
did. II appears that the first dose revived
recovering rec %"S COM eiSusness w was, More"
The usher was no extremely. generous that
Mr.. Burnham was az last Obliged TO remind
him that the demand was y great deal in
excess OF the supply.
The news of the failure of "The Con.
don, according to Mir. Teddy Marks, who
you-so.ism. Said Mr.. Marks, Even the
members OF the profession hadn't heard Of
the people sen TO New FORK. They all de-
clared that the men and women were I'M
known to London"
Mr.. Crane of Senator" renown received
n letter on Saturday. with the following
sentences: II know tina, You make mp in
ncr and his differ materially. Have you not
Representative Carter in your mind's eye IN
your ~impersonution?'" The writer declares
that Mrs. Hillary Is an imitation of Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague.
Miss Lillian Lewis is certainly an indus
trious 'qdy. She has been playing in Texas,
ances on Sunday. One Of the actors il said
70 have qnarrelled with her on this subject.
This was followed by his resignation.
Manager Joseph Brooks says that IN Bal
tain theatre : the brass band" and that
this brass band Is divided into four sections.
Consequently. it il not at all an unusual
thing TO hear such statements a. Section
two OF the brass band is in the stage box to-
night" or ; the brass band, section three,
is coming tomorrow"
DIR. Bill, " the farce now running at The
Avenue Theatre, London. the American
rights, for which have been secured by Mr..
French, is said to be an ADAPTATION, OF an
obscure French farce. The original wa.
Paris in March: 1883. under the title OF
"Dr. Jo,Jo," Hamilton Aide is the sdap-
tor: pr. Bill is q theatrical Doctor who
his past; TO be oblvious of the bal;
eertifieates,, M to bsnIsl forever AL
T14 Ssasrs, s on ne af ,i trG Ksn row OF lathe the Nudity !, nlSI
fessional balls in which his partner was the
"a. cinat,ng Miss Fauntleroy.,", The doctors
plans are frustrated in II highly interesting
manner. He discovers that Iondo IL
flooded with his circulars. A highly indig-
nant mother-in-law ekes out the fun in the
play.
A San Francisco interviewer with ex-
1uisite delicacy. asked Nine. Patti the other
dav II she had any objection to telling him
what she put IN her hair to make it
None whatever. she rep led.
~ use n lovely preparation only obtain
able in London. Tn hair demands brush
ing for nearly an hour ut a time TO obtain
hair. |. makes il smooth and glossy"
Naive Patti. Most ndefatigRble interviewer.
DOn't fail to attend the great Cooper
Tnfon masS-meetinD, at 3 O'Clock to.
night, 10 protest against Boss Pidtt's
opposition TO fhs Worlds Fair.