The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-18

Oesnber 70. under tie management Of
Sign0r de Xiyo
Maggie Ferguson. Barney's fifteen
year-Dld daughter, does y specially in
ActartAyss Mishapsp that IS simply
marvellous. It consists OF a contortion
dance. Maggie playing her own music on
| the banJo. She kicks skyward. ties her
self up 10 true lovers knots, and bends
her supple little frame into every con-
ceivable position. every movement, now
ever, being full Of grace.
Julia Nelson, the English actress, and
Fred Terry, brother Of Ellen Terry. were
secretly married last week ut London,
Eng.
The copyright law enabling playwriQhts
| to publish plays is likely to result in
charges Of plagiarism Sydney Gruudy
has been reminded that his Deans
ifDaughIer" CONTAINS lines suggestive OF
| passages in s-The School for Scandal
Fanny Davenp port is taking the ex-
treme west by storm She played 20 an
average of 81 100 during Eve perform
aDces at Salt Lake City last week. She
will appear here after awhile.
Agnes Huntington has made success
with captain Therese' in Baltimore
Gossip has Is that Pauline Hall has
married her manager. George 3. McCiel-
| Ian.
In stepping OF car at Cincinnati re-
Gently Minnie Hauk badly sprained her
ankle.
Webster G. Fulton. the Chicago drama
tist has sold his play. 1.-THE Maid OF Nam
assas. to Mana Phillips.
Nine TrebelEe-B ellini, a famous con-
tralto. Oh account of an attack Of paraiy-
sis, has abandoned the stage. She sang
in Mr.. Abbey's company in 1854
Charles Gaylor. the veteran dramatist,
/ is seriously Ill in New York.
1 Charles Erolx mo n eoa4ra9
| American rights to *Ihe Man with a
Hundred Heads.N now running with
p! great success at Berlin.
Eva Holbrook and May Montford have
brought suit for defamation of character
against George W. Purdy, Fanny Rice's
husband-manager. Miss Rice's tour in
"A jolly Surprise has SO far been a
/ failure
/ Fl. G. Miner is having a brownstone
/ house built on TweHty-6fth street, abutt-
| ing his theatre on Eighth avenue, New
York. II is said that Mr., Miner will
his Democratic friends of the Thirteenth
| Assembly District.
| Giuseppe Giacosa, the famous Italian
| poet and drafnatisE. passed through this
| city October 10. He arrived from Europe
! Ii. and went directly to Chicago, via the
| Pennsylvania, to superinCend the staging
! of Sarah BernhRrdt's new play, tine
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| him.
Harry B. Smith. dramatic editor of the
| Chicago Tribune, has written a farce
| comedy Tor Jack Mason and Marion
| Manola.
| Miss Easflakess tour came to an abrupt
! end at Philadelphia on Saturday She
| has cancelled all dates and discharged her
manager, Clark s. Sammis. She will
! probably start again.
1 The English papers say that Mary An
\ derson, VINO is said 70 be preparing her
| dramatic "reminiscences for the press, has
! filled ont considerably since her marriage,
and except for her perfectly shaped head
and weli-known smile. no one would
recognize the giddy thing who danced
ABOUT IN "A Winters Tale" or posed as
| Galatea
Clement Scott. the well known English
| dramatic writer. Is to visit America
! shortly, and Americas dramatic editors
ought To give him hearty welcome.
Augustin Daily and Ada Rehan have
been down TO Lord Tennyson's estate,
Aldworth. in Surrey, to hear the poet
laureate read to them his new comedy just
completed. This play. In which Miss
Rehan is to appear ia the leading char
acter. has been purcnased-as far as the
acting rights are concerned-for England
and America by Mr.. Daily. who will pro-
duce it at his own theatre in New York
next winter. After production the play
will be published
Over thirty failures are already re-
ported in show circles, ali. Of course. at
| trfbuted TO the -hot spell y Strange thing
that imcompeteucy and managerial rot
| tenness are never factors in the reports
given out.
A new actress is to be introduced TO the
New York public next season, IN the per-
son of Phoe be Davies. She is a California
girl and has never PLAYED east of the
! Rnrt-fuu N non nff with ~
husband, Joseph Grismer. who is well
known in the East as leading man of
| splendid ability, are to star in a new play
by Clay Greene. They open at the Madi-
son Square Theatre, August 20.
Nellie McHenry's new play. "a Night
at the Circus, is great go 1t packed
the HaymRrket Theatre In Chicago on
Monday. and will play to more money
| during the week than any other organiza-
| ton that has played there, so far. this sea-
son. twill be seen at the Academy of
Music later on.
and married Alexander Fiorian Henri
| CUES. Bessie is q blonde of fine figure.
with wayy chestnut hair. and right up
| the centre of her fore head runs strand
| of silver through the chestnut. Henriqnes
/ when he does anything, is Wall street
broker. He is said lately to have inherited
| $500, 600, and Bessie is in great luck
still Waters Run Deep was revived
| by the Kendals at the Star on Monday
| 1t Is comedy which young theatre goers
| know nothing about, but which older
ones remember and liked as pretty
placid little play OF domestic life. II is
| based on French play which later fur
nished the basis of q play called 'sThe
4 Captain" which was seen in New York
| about ten years ago.
Beautiful star" produced at Niblo's
/ Garden is the most dismal failure that
| has been chronicled in New York CITY
| within decade. II was written by Will
| liam H Day, and Manager Gilmore per-
formed that kindest of theatrical offices
which consists in supplying the back
| ing.n Mr.. Day had never before been
| known as playwright. He was a de-
signer of scenery, and he has been good
| enough TO lecture on the Importance OF
his peculiar art and its close relationship
| to the creative element in the drama.
| But Beautiful STAR did NOT illustrate
! the truth of any Of Mr.. Days theories.
/ AT the Windsor was produced a new
/ play called Two Old Cr0nies, = a sort of
| dramatic Comrades" 1t makes no pre-
| teution 70 be anything more than q string
| of absurdities varied BY some sentimental
ballad singing and skirt and clog dane
| ing. but the score or more people who
| take part IN it are. with few exceptions.
| well fitted TO the business assigned TO
! them. The women are comedy, graceful
aud full of spirit. aud the men not lacking
in eccentric ability. Ada Deaves. the
/ cleyerest of the lot. created quite a sensa-
/ ton by her marvellous makeups, ana