The evening world., 1891-03-18
THOSE We SEE ON the STAGE.
" MCKenDa'S FlirtatiOn'S" New PteSen-
talion Without Fay at NiblO'S.
Mary Anderson's "Faiiure" at q
Louisville Theatrc--Jnck Mason
in England.

Very few people who have attended The per-
| formances vt NiblU's Of "McKenna's FIirta-
iion. " In which harry and Fay are announced
to be stsrr,ur, have realized the fact that Fay
isn't there at all His part was very salts ao-
,orly played No day nj. ht by Frank Keenan,,
! VINO looks like Fay ard acts like m, too.
FAY Is sriIl very III. He is suffering from pleur-
isy and has ueen spending q good dea, OF time
In Colorado wHere mis- physicians advised him
to go. rne comedian, a. told In this column
| some time ago, thought he was the victim OF
tuberculosis, and applied for treatment by DR.,
| K Koch's lymph. This was refused on the ground
| that his condition did not call for IL Fay was
very anxious TO appear In New York. and sent
many letters 10 the company announciny hiE
intention OF appearing here. He WAS not able
to do tri', however Barry and Fay will next
season do new fatce-comedy, "a Scandal
In High Life"
Miss Fanny Davenport will arrive IN this city
n week from tomorrow. She will play
Fedora" ont Of trun for the nrst three days
OF the week and will rest Thursday. FRIDAY and
! Saturday in New York. That is to say. Miss
| Davenport win rest nominaliy. In reality she
will be as busy as a bee, preparing for her
opening in "Cleopatra" at the Broadway
Theatre, March 90
"The Merry Monarch, " the comic opera In
which Francis Wilson has been so successful,
. will &c rr, sented al the Gsieiy Theatre, Lon
don, in the Autumn.
| A Louisville woman tells . some what inter-
es,ing story OF keu,ucky's own Mary Audsr.
her dehu'," said the Louisvrllian yesterday.
"She was awful, and she fell all over her
feet. After the performance the gentleman
who had given her lessons went to her. MARY
you are dead failure, said he. 'IWaa very
bad,' she remarked, 'but not 4 failure ;
/ Years after, when Mary had become fsmouA
she happened to be in Louisville. Sne hunled
up her old teacher aud asked him II he remem-
bered her failure, o. the same time handing
him an envelope The envelope contaiued
1 s., 900. AS a failure, she said, II feel that
/ owe It you.'"
! There l. an actor who Ia aging tribute with
vengeance to the ,mmortrl Sarah. kzra
X ndail who 10 starring around Wash ngtpn,
, wn're the Brrnharit Is paying tins week.
takes night on, In order to see the trageni-
! ms performances. Sarah ought TO feel
/ natttred.
/
Frank Mordaunt, who was client "by Charles
Fronman to Mr.. Potter of IT, xas, returns to
tee cat OF "Men and Women. now inat the
Texan has closed his SEASON. Mordsunt has
bsen seriously ndisposed.
| "Jack" Mason, Boston's Kelcey, has ap-
p ren'lv made big nit 10 London, where HI
Is playing in "Tie ldler." In En.land, Jack
Mason has become dignineh John. The Lon
don Stage aays: " An m, xperted hit was
made bY a newcomer, an American ao or,
| Jonn Mason. We Can 10 well with American
actors like John Ma-on. H,a simeon strong
was ine piece OF acting, IN which his paiho
had the true ring Of madness, and touched
all hearts,"
the lew theatrical people never TO be seen on
Haniev. "somehow or other I osn't. Last
T ur dsy determined 10 do Broadway. and
ant,ci ated gu te Ilrasant time. was hard
at wore, however, until the sun went down,
and then II was no use waikInL" Peo' 10
wonder what Mr.. Hanley looks like. The
same cannot 10 wondered OF many o,her
tneatr cal folks.
"The Middlemap," Henry Arthur Joues's
play ami ''Thr l Ter, A" G. Haddon Chsmbers's
work, have already had The honor OF represen-
talon in sydney, Australia
Ben stern, Marcus Mayerh able associate,
wa> In The city yesterday. Mr.. stern has
Just lost his father, Auditor S eru, of Sau
Franc sco who died Bund My, ami OF Whoae
death the son learned from the newspapers.
Henry Irving ia soinE to do "Henry VIII