Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-07

soubrettes. comes to the Duquesne week after
next. She will probably be seen in Clay Fitch's
charming little comedy, Frederick Lemartre,"
founded upon an episode in the life of the
great French comedian; THE Circus Rider"
and "A Rough Diamond" Miss Vokes is sur
rounded by a company Of unusual excellence
and is attracting large audiences in Philadel-
phia at present.
MARIE TEMPEST is to head the opera troupe
that will follow "Dr. Bilr' at the Garden
Theater In New York. and her return to town
for long stsy is food for congratulation, says
the Miro. She is far aud away the eleverest
woman on the comic opera stage. Hardly less
satisfactory is the information that Mr.. Duns
labors will be confined to the stage depart
ment Behind the scenes he IS in his element;
in the front part of a theater he is a millstone.
THERE need no longer be doubt as to Sarah
Bernhardt's long. talked of trip to the anti
podes. John c. Williamson. the Australian
manager, has returned to London from Paris,
and he tells officially that BerDhardt VIII go 70
Australia. She will Dpen in Melbourne on OF
about June l, 1891. Williamson has engaged Az
or so Partisan actors for her support, and tour
of the colonies will be made. The scenery ana
costumes will be sent from Paris, and Wlillam-
son asserGs that several new plays will be In the
eccentric stars repertory.
HERE is a specimen of the songs that Lady
Dunlo entertains the habitues Oh the Lonoou
music halls with every night:
There is amaid haunts Leicester Square,
Sne sells sweet flowers and roses fair;
She is 'erself as fair as fair as theiy,
And people parsing ear 'er saty,
They're fresh, fresh, freSh as the morning.
Fresher than new-mown ha1y;
They're fresh fresh. very best fresh,
And they're just wot you want today.
The succeeding verses are as silly and are
grossly vulgar as well.
THE old comedy by:.Murphy Of the "ascon-
ciliation" has been cast at the Savoy. with Gil
bert and D'Oyley Carte in the principal roles
The Mirrors London correspondents says:
Their quarrel over the price Of a stage carpet
was very puerile, and yet Gilbert, when the
irate fit is on him. is as puerile as some OF MS
out to be of the opera bouffe order, and in time
W. s. g. will have drifted back libretto-wise to
Sir Arthur under guardianship OF the hand
some and oily D'Oyley. Patience has done
much for Gilbert in the matter.
No wonder Mrs. Leslie Carter is captivating
everybody when an interviewer asks US to i'm
agine her in a soft yellow gown lined with
white fur. with deep gold cuffs, girdle and col
lar, over which fall in long Marguerite braids,
the troublesome masses OF real golden nalr
which are her greatest beauty talks OF ner Pur, If
gladness one minute and full OF tears the nexr.
She is slender woman, with a beautiful ng-
ure, pleasing face, a fascinating personality:
smiling bravely with quivering lips and Tear
| filled ewes as she speaks of her little boy Dud-
company her on all her tours.
"REcKLEss TEMPLE is to be put away by
| Manager Hill as altogether useless, and Maurice
Barrymore will be transferred by Hill to THE
Clemenceau Case" with Estelle Clayton as the
draped model Lza This will be especially re-
| grettable news to Barrymore's friends, who had
| hoped that his starring four, even if inter-
| rupted by the failure of "Reckless Temple" "
| would not be abandoned. But the merging OF
4 Gall &c
| Ing Meanwhile, the three Brady "Clemenceau
| Case" ventures are travelling East, West and
| South and at each point there is manifested
Wholesale curiosity that may enrich Brady
| All of his Las now drape themselves, and
even Chicago has failed to blush at the studio
| scene.
| The accident to the Irwin sisters, Of The
| City Directory" Company, is thus explained by
Manager John II. Russell: Saturday after
| noon last, MAY Irwin, seated at her table IN her
| dressing room IN the Chicago Opera House,
preparing for the matinee, overturned into her
| lap small spirit lamp. at which she was heating
| curling tongs. eThe muslin wrap she wore was
| instantly ignited. She screamed, and her sister
| Flora ran in from the adjoining room. and
| folded May in her clothing. In this way the
| flames were extinguished, but not until both
| sisters were painfully burned about the hands
| and face The excitement in the company was
| yery great as in their struggles the two act
resses closed and fell AGAINST the inward OPEN
1
| answered until they had accomplished their
| own salvation. They were able to resume
| Monday. and will not be disfgured. but it was
| an extremely narrow escape for both"
1T seems that a French critic was censorious
| in his treatment of Paris actress. One even
| ing while she was enactIng Juliet she caught
| sight of her mentor and tormentor IN one and
| the same person. He was occupying front
seat in the orchestra. She calmly waited till
| she had emptied the poison from the flask in
| the tomb. Then, with unerring aim, but ap-
| parently in a mere spasmodic gesticulation Of
| woe. she sent the bottle flying at the critics
| head which was bald. 1t was good shot, and
created much excitement about the spot where
| the critic was seated. But the end was not yet.
| Pretty soon in came Romeo. He had seen his
beloved Juliet score that bull s-eye, and resolV-
| Ing not to be outdone, he, too, bided his time.
| lust before shutting off the mortal coil. in one
| of his outbursts of agony he sent his cap flying
| into the criric,s face. The audience now began
| To Comprehend what this bombardment all
| meant and a few broke out into vociferous
| cries Of BRAVO" but the more CONSERVATIVE
| majority hlssed roundly.
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