The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22

They are now beginning to speak of Lillian
Russell as the diua.
The claim is made that over three million peo-
pie have witnessed 1.-The Old Homestead" dur
ing its three-year run In New York.
"Blue Jeans, - which seems to have been a gen.
uine success at the New York Fourteenth street
Theatre, will start on a tour next week.
number of Memphis capitalists are interested
in the launching of Lucille La Verne, a Southern
girl, who contemplates starring shortly.
Edga ar L. Davenport has been the leading juve
nile of the Boston Museum Company for four
years. His engagement will end with this season.
Joe Murphy, of "King Cow" fame, is one
actor who has saved his money. and having made
a comfortable fortune is about to retire from the
stage.
Sarah Bernhardt receives six hundred dollars
performance during her present American tour
and certain percentage on all profits exceeding
a given sum.
Earnest students of the drama will be rejoiced
to learn that the tank used by the Ozark Secret
Company has been enlarged to a capacity of
fifty thousand gallons
Since Richard Mansfield began to twinkle as
a star, five years ago. he has had no less than
ten different managers, twelve different treasu-
rers, and twice as many different advance agents.
iron-jaw, is doorkeeper at Detroit theatre. He
is placed in the box-office on matinee days to
answer questions in regard to where the best
eats-for-the-least-money are.
Robert Downing's Southern trip has proved
very successful. Mr.. Downing and his talented
wife. Eugenia Blair. have been the honored
guests at number of receptions while en- tour,
and are great favorites generally throughout the
South.
The Rentz santley Burlesque Company, which
is reproducing the statue scene from 'The Glenn
enceau Case" with great success, has engaged at
a high salary Miss Nellie Page the most perfect
model and one of the prettest artistes on the
vaudeville stage.
Those careless persons that have been content
to speak of the author of 'The Idle Thoughts of
an Idle Fellow" 1.-THE Master of Woodbarrow," I"
"The Open Gate" etc., as jerome X Jerome.
must make change. True Englishmen call
him Jerrum X. Jerome.
Cincinnati is responsible for the statement
that there is movement on foot to produce
"Othelo" in that city with Peter Jackson as
OthellO, John L.. Sullivan as IGgO, Mudoon as
Cassie, and Miss Maggie Cline as DesdemOna
This ought to be great go "over the Rhine"
Henry E. Dixey is another star who is said to
be tired of the barren and unremunerative
glories that attach to his high estate. Report
has it that he will next season seek the compara-
tive secusion of position IN Henry Il. French's
opera company at the New York Garden Theatre
Only once year do theatre patrons have
chance of participation in dramatic banquet
in courses, so to speak, and this is when Rosina
Vokes appears The feast of one-act comedies
is light and dainty one, rather than a hearty
meal, a sort of feast at which one does not ex-
pect or desire ''old erusted port" but rather
champagne and Johannisberger, All the same,
it is emnently enjoyable.
Mckee Rankin, owing to a disagreement be-
tween himself and his manager, Chauney Pull
sifer, has had considerable trouble recently,
which eliminated in the audience being per-
emptorily dismissed by Mr. Rankin at the close
of the third act of 1.-The CaEuck." at the Hot
Springs Opera House. Mr.. Rankin denounced
Nr. Pulsfer from the stage, aud a discussion