Telegram-herald., 1891-05-25


On Thursday evening = recital will
Dc gwen IN the Grand Rapids School OF
Eloeution. A very nice program has
been arranged, which Is composed OF
/ recitatlons aud music. The following
ladies vail appear: Miss Jessie wisner.
Belle winton, Emma Smith and Nellie
Baker.
Robert Manteli will bring out a neg
play, which has been written for him
| by A K. Haven. IA New York tonight
| 1t il called Tine Yelled Picture" and
Mr.. Maptell Is very confident that Il
will prove a great success
Damon and Pythias" is the play Sc
lected for the benefit OF Manager I. T..
Hickey, which will take place al Pow
ers' Opera House June /. The sale of
seats opens on Thursday morning. Mr..
Holt and company will devote all OF
the present week to Michigan cities.
During the May festival which will
open at Hartman Hall tomorrow even
ing, Wurzburg 4 Bronson's band Will be
increased 10 thirty pieces.
Natural Gas" a farce comedy on
the stage, cleared S32 900 during the
past season.
Henry Irving will como to America
for pleasure trip this summer. He
will be the guest OF Augustin DAILY.
Rose Coglan will bring out o new
play called 1.-THE Gray Mare" at the
Star Theater, New York. on June /.
The story that she was bethrothed to
her leading man. John T. Sullivan, IL
denied. She has only made theatre
cal engagement with him. and that i'm
plies good deal sometimes.
"O'Dowd's Neighbors," the farce
comedy in which Mark Murphy is star
ring, has made New York hit.
1t is announced that a son of Ole Bull
will play the violin in America next
season.
Fanny Rice, fat and fair, will go on
the road next season in spicy French
play called "A Jolly Surprise"
1t reported that the alleged wife Of
Ray Hamilton will 90 upon the stage:
The divorce court is surely becoming q
stepping stone to the stage.
Duncan Harrison has gone to Austria
lis to do the advance work for the tour
of himself and prize.fighter Sullivan,
which will begin early in July.
The latest dramatic etfus:on from the
pen of Chas. A. Byrne. the critic of the
New York Morning Journal, is called
''The Isle of Champage," and will be
produced in July.
Miss Minnie Gale, formerly leading
lady for Booth & Barrett. will star next
season in "The Dutchess of Padua,"
which was produced last winter by Mr..
Barrett under the name OF "Gindo
Ferranti." Theodore Bromely, for years
the confidential manager OF Mr.. Bar
rett, will direct her tour.
Edwin F. Thorne is about town in
New York, and is singing loudly OF
Australia, from which place he has re-
Gently returned.
Alfred Mcdowell. the comedian who
has appeared here frequently in
"Mugg's Landing" is dead.
Cleveland is still on eartn and claims
that he will have five minstrel com.
panies on the road next season.
Manager Fred G. Berger and wife left
for Tarrytown yesterday. Manager
Berger has great hopes in the new play
which +. +. Kidder, the author Of "a
Poor Relation" is writing for him. The
title of the drama has not been decided
on, but it will receive its first rehearsal
In Grand Rapids in July.
John o'Neill has gooo sense. "The
Envoy was failure at the Star Thea
ter, New York, and ne has withdrawn
it. Mr.. O'Neill is rich, and made his
money out of "Monte Cristo." He has
gone to his summer home at New Lon
don, Conn.
William Winter, the critic of the New
York Tribune, is writing q volume
called "Brief Chronicles" to which he
will add an essay on Lawrence Barrett.
A sacred concert will be given tonight
at the Holland Unitarian Church for
the benefit of the Street Railway En-
ployes Union. The program IS attrac-
tive and sympathy will doubtless draw
A.. rua