The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-01-04

vent an outburst of laughter. The wriggling
asp which she had put into her breast became
lively and tckled her.
An enterprising London manager is producing
Gilbert and Sullivan's operas in Spanish in
Buenos Ayres with success.
After weathering the storms of many seasons
Hernes Hearts of Oak" Company went to
pieces last week in Missouri.
Judic is making a tour through Germany and
Austria in her repertory. She receives S1250
night for herself and her company.
Lillian Russell, it is said, will mary again. this
time handsome, and of course wealthy New
York broker, who will allow her to remain on the
stage.
The one hundredth performance of "Dr. Bill''
took place at the Garden Theatre, New York,
Friday night, and last night the of the piece
closed.
Alfred Ayres, the ell-known New York aIl-
thority on elocution, recently saw Alberta Gal
latin play Rosdlind, and he commends her
highly.
Rosina Vokes begins four weeks engage
ment at the New York Madison Square Theatre
tomorrow night. "a Pair of Spectacles" closed
there last night.
Boston's critical taste warmly commended Mr..
e. H. Sothern in his new play. The Master of
Woodbarrow." The two weeks engagement
was very successful.
Madame Patti gave a dinner to 1000 unem-
ployed people residing in the neighborhood of
her castle in Wales, on Christmas Day, and also
provided tea for ZOO school children.
The French are considerably excited just now
over the announcement that Joan OF Arc" is to
be burlesqued in London. The chauvnstic
papers are shrieking for interference on the part
of the French government.
The coming engagement OF Richard Mansfield
at the New York Garden Theatre is for an indef1-
nate length OF time. He will present Beau
Brummel," prince KARL "a Partisan Ro-
NANCE" and "Dr Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE
Little Emma Abbott does not mean to get left
in the race because of lack of enterprise. She
has commissioned Audran. the famous French
composer to write her new romantic and
comic opera, and she will pay him Sis, 600 for it,
Edward Harrigan opened his beautiful new
theatre at Sixth avenue and Thirty fifth street,
New York, on Monday night, with his new
piece, REILLY and the 400' The comedy was
go, and some of Dave Brahams new songs
caught the town instantly.
Henry Irving's play, "Ravenswood," }" after
@ run of several weeks at the Lyeeum, London
seems to be losing its drawing power, and here
after will be presented only night week.
Much Ado About Nothing" will be revived by
Irving for the other nights.
From Irish exchange: Lady Dunlo appeared
last week in Dublin as Venus in the buresque of
''Orpheus." \ live donkey was included in the
cast and the moment the poor brute made his
first appearance roaring voice from the gods
called out: Three rattlng cheers for Lord
DunloH"
The biggest stage in the world will be the boast
of the Academy Of Music, New York, when the
Qltarafinnl or fa6 ho
| depth of the great stage will be one hundred and
| two feet, and its width two hundred and forty
six. covering more space than one-half the thea
| tres in the country.
LOUIS Harrison says the managers are all put
| ting up new theatres now. and they will put up
| their watches later on. There is little doubt
| that Louis is right. Too many theatres have so
divided business in New York, Philadelphia, and
| other large cities that no one makes more than q
| bare living, and many not that.
| Popular interest in Denman Thompson's 'Old
| Homestead" must be waning seriously, or else
this sort of item would not be put out to revive
| it: "Denman Thompson has received q cable
| gram from Hue, the capital of Cochin China,
that Chinese version of his 'Old Homestead is
| about to be presented before the king there.
| The actor has been petitoned by dramatic au-
| thors in almost every country of the globe for
| permission to translate the play for presenta-
tion.''
| Mile. Rhea has been giving Buffalo reporter
some of her ideas about critics and criticism "If
you are kind, well. bred, and have certain power
of admiration" says she, 'your criticism will be
| tempered with these qualities. If, on the con-
trary, you are disappointed man, with your
heart full of envy and venom, your pen will be
| dipped in vtrio and stab like poignard. The
worst of it is, this latter class may attack with
| impunty, because, as they never produce any
thing cannot criticSe their work.
The Joan of Arc" property man in Hartford
| the other day made an attempt at realism that
| might have proved disastrous. In the last act,
| when Miss Mather is burned at the stake, it is
said that in order to make the scene more realistic
he tried some fire material, and caused the
! flames to shoot up behind instead of in front of
the chained victim. Miss Mather was almost
! choked by the smoke and was taken down in a
fanting condition. She said that she had never ex-
perenced such horrible feeling and that if she
could have liberated herself Joan would have as
tonshed the audience by escaping for that par
ticular occasion only.
Talking about the licentiousness OF large cities,
how is this advance notice of "Clemenceau
Case" troupe from the NelUS OF the innocent
town of Chillicothe, Ohio: "Chillicothe is full of
lovers of feminine beauty, and all of them can
have an opportunity to crafty their desires in
this respect next Tuesday. There will be six
teen charming and shapely young ladies on the
stage arrayed in tights, which display to the
best advantage their plump and rounded limbs.
Just think of it. Sixteen large and juicy chunks