The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-02
Sad Death Caused by a
County Fair" Race
Horse in Chicago.
FAT FAVORABLE AND FATAL.
Light Opera Souvenirs Gossip
About Those Whom the
World Sees often on
the Stage.

''The County Fair" company, now at
Hooley's, Chicago, and a nephew of,
Theodore Thomas, the musical director
was killed last week while exercising one
Of the six horses used in the plays race
scene. Manager Thomas recently brought
his wife and three children from phila-
delphia. Little Arthur was greatly taken
with one Of the horses. called The Dude.
and his father consented to his riding him
along the North Shore drive. Manager
Thomas rode Queen, and Louis Miller Of
the Straight Tip company rods Cling er
When near the water works the Dude
started of at terrific pace. The fright
ened boy rolled off, his foot caught 10 the
stirrup and he was dragged two blocks,
his head striking Che pavement at every
bound OF the horse. Mr.. Thomas start ed
| in hot pursuit. but before he caught up
the boys shoe came off and he fell bleed
| ing by the waysfde. His arms ard legs
were broken, his sku1l was split open,
and he died in his fathers arms on the
grass few moments later.
| Lillian Russell is getting fat and ia
taking violent exercise. Carmencita is
also getting fat, but is resting TO get rid
| of it. Marie Jausen's bodices yaWp for
more room, and Pauline Halls telltale
double chin Is beginning to show, while
she looks watst-heavy. Little, dumpy
Adelaide Moore again begins to waddle
and from Paris comes the narrowing
news that Fay Tempieton looks "as fat as
a lager beer saloon Keeper" Fay lost all
her talent while accommodating her exces-
sive weight, and Amelia Summerville,
the little she had when she reduced her
self on diet Of one pound Of EPSON salts
per week. Miss Summerville could not
get an engage meat for several seasons
owing to her Lack of fat, but now she
weighs three hundred pounds again, and
is to appear in q small part in Jane"
Some need fat and others don't. Some
are engaged because OF 1t. others dis
charged Rosa Cook is as big a. q hogs
head. but her talents weigh more. and
she sticks without becAning freak.
Manager Askin Of this Tar and Tartar"
promises solid silver souvenir spoon TO
his patrons On the 190th performance of
the opera which takes place on August
Is. The suggestion came from Arthur
Herzag, a lad living IN Camden, II. r..
and ne has received prize of SIS for it.
The order for the spoons has been placed
with the Gotham Manufacturing Com
pany of New Yark. Tho spoons will be
of size between the ordinary tea spoon
Land an after dinner coffee The blade
will be gold lined and bear the inscrip-
ton "Tar and Tar. Tooth perform ance. y
The farewell nights of The Grand
Duchess at the Casino are at hand. Next
-
Russell's one hundred and twenty-ffth
performance of the title role and the
last gala event in that lady's career at the
Casino Ices and eeafectisas will be tan
dered the ladies in the audience, and also
a souvenir. After the opera ErdeIyi
Naczi's Hungarian band Will render
programme composed exclusively of
| orchestral selections from the latest Eu-
ropean operate successes, forwarded by
Rudolph Aronscn, The production OF . In
digo1 on August IL, is occupying the at
tentlon of the management. Ia the
harem scene there viii be a .Nautch
dance by twenty Of the tailest members OF
4 the chorus
Wilson S. Ross, widely known theat-
rical manager, has secured centrol Of the
Hoboken Theatre, which he has leased
| for term of years. Mr.. Ross, who will
| hereafter be the sole proprietor and man
| ager of the only first class theatre In Ho-
| boken, is having the house handsomely
| decorated and substantially refurnlsned.
| He has nearly the entire next season
| booked with the best order OF attractions,
| and is determined that no other kind need
apply for dates, as be intends to win the
| onfidence OF the Hoboken people by Civ
| ing them a line Of arhusements equal in
every respect TO any offered in the Me-
| tropolis.
Edwin Booth is improving in health
| To the glorious climate of the Southeast
ern seaDoard and Joe Jefferson belong all
| the glory. Mr.. Booth is an Indifferent
| fisherman. Pursuing the finny tribe in
| its native element has little charm for
him. Grover Cleveland. 9. w Conlaock,
| Bill Nye, w. II. Crane and Stuart Robson
all join Mr.. Jefferson in his deep interest
| in MIR. Booths comfort.
| Neil Burgess Is in mourning over the
| death of his County Fair COW. He has
reesived several offers from different ani-
| m ais who think they can act, but has
4 IL r,nd writ n off a uaf
| One Of the most interesting groups on
| a porch in Atlantic City recently was
| Mrs Drew with her son John and fam-
| lily, Georgie Barrymore with Maurice
and her three children and Sidney and
| his wife. A prouder woman could not
be found.
William Winter, dramatic critic of the
| Tribune, Is at his favorite spot. STRAIT
ford-upon-A England. He is at the
| Red Horse Inn.
| Louise Beaudet. who has been resting
| In the Catskflls, viii return to town next
| week to take part in the rehearsals of
sIndigo,n the opera that is to follow the
| sGrand Duchess at the Casino on
| August II.
a few weeks ago it will be remembered
| that Herr Klauser, dramatic editor OF the
| Berlin Courier, slapped the face OF the
| well known German actor Ludwig Bar
/ nav The actor then accused the critic OF
| roasting the plays at his theatre, and sent
| the charges in circular broadcast An
| inquiry was Immediately instituted by
| the President of the Berlin Press Society,
with the result that the committee has
declared that there is absolutely no feun-
dation for the statements made against
Herr Klauser.
f. H. Sothern will open his season in
August at the Lyceum Theatre in Henry
Arthur jones' social drama The Dane
ing Girl"
Carmencita babe farewell to the New
York public ON August l.
Madame Modjeska will return from
Europe in August.
IL is said that +. G. Beruand has
cleverly expunged from his London YER
sion OF Miss Helyettn the coarseness that
characterizes Boncheron's original work.
But In this cleansing process the piece
has lost good deal of Its coherency.
W. j. Scanlan is at the Oriental Hotel,
Manhattan Beach. He is fond Of surf
bathing, and win remain near the waves
until his next season begins.
w. S. Gilbert aud Alfred Cellier-the
new comic opera partnersnip--have I'm
ished a piece that will be produced at the
Prince OF Wales, London. when
L Enfant Prologue finishes its successful
run. Mystery surrounds the subject and
nature or the work
Harry Lacy, OF s'Still Alarm renown,
will star next season In Jack Royal Of
the Ninety-second. IL IL described rs an
nrfufnaf American drama nv u.