Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
Stage Whispers.

! Stage Whispers.
JIMMIE DUFFY and John Moran, the well
known Pittsburg sketch team, have again
formed partnership for the present sea,
| son.
"THE POWER OF THE PRESS" will soon be
with us. It's coming will be interesting. Mr..
| Augustus Pitou is personally conducting Its
| tour.
MAY YoHE and her wonderful contralto
voice is scoring the greatest hit of her life
with Reed s. Golfers "Hoss and Hoss" Com
| pany.
| GEORGE PRIMROSE, of the firm of Primros
& Vests minstrel people, owns consider
able property in Pittsburg. and is also
| heavy real estate owner in the city OF Ph1la-
delphia.
THE new farce comedy, "Hoss & Hoss,'' is
| said to contain more and better comedians,
better yocalists, dancers and greater spec
| tacular effects than any farce comedy now
| on the road.
! WALTER C. MAHAFTEY, the young penman
at the Fifth Avenue Museum, will give
| every lady visitor to the museum next week
handsome cabinet of cards as specimen
| of his work.
Mr.. ROLAND REED in his new play, 'HThe
| Club Friend" follows Mr.. Warde at the
Grand Opera House. Rosenfeld's new com:
| edy is declared to be entertaining and has
| had successful run in New York.
MANAGER WILT of the Grand Opera
House. has decided to give Wednesday
| matinee at % and 80 cents for reserved
seats in order to accommodate those who
can't attend the regular Saturday matinee,
and has prevailed upon Mr.. Warde to play
"The Lions Mouth" at the Wednesday mat
inee.
"GEoFFREY MIDDLETON GENTLEMEN, Martha
Morton's new play, which Augustus Pitou's
new stock company produced in Minneapo-
lis recently, is gem and strong enough to
run for an entire season in New York 1t
will be remembered that Martha Morton
wrote "The Merchant" which pleased Pitts
burg so much last week.
"THE DANCING GIRL" with E. II. Sothern
has been so great q success at the Lyceum
Theater that Manager Daniel Frohman has
extended Sothern's time there until the mid
die OF November, delaying the return of his
wien they open the Lyceum winter season
with q new play entitled Lady Bountiful,"
by A. W. Pinero.
"LALLoo," the human freak that is soon to
be on exhibition at Harry Davis Fifth Av-
enue Museum, is q boy 10 years of age, with
the perfect body of a girl growing from
she being fastened to her brother at the
neck. The doctors of New York are very
much interested in "Lalloo, . pronouncing it
q
Siamese twins or Millie- Christine.
On Monday, October T. the great New
York success, "The Tar and TARTAR will
begin a weeks engagement at the Duquesne
Theater. Manager Askin's Company, which
is the strongest in the country, includes the
following well-known people: Marion Ma
nola, Digby Bell, Hubert Wilke. Laura Joyce
Bell, Josephine Knapp, Fred Frear, Charles
Meyers. Charles Wayne, Charles Jones,
Hilda Hollins, Bertha jackson and Maude
HolIins. Julian Edwards is the musical
director.
NELLIE ROSEBUD is one Of the most charm
ing as well as talented soubrettes of the
present day. She is very small and is very
often taken for n miss of II. Not long ago
she was sitting in the same seat with Mr.
George Monroe, of Bridget's Baby Farm in
a crowded car. An old country gentleman
came in and after hopelessly looking Cor
seat he gave Monroe an aimless look and
said: Mister would you mind holding your
little girl on your lap? am awful tired and
want to Sit down.
MANAGER HENDERSON is in San Francisco
with his new spectacular production, '.Sin-
bad, or the Maid of Balsora." The great
spectacle opened in San Francisco to the
capacity of the Baldwin Theater, and all
during the week has been doing a phenom-
email business. 1t will be remembered that
the "Crystal Shipper did great business in
Frisco and "SinDad" is composed of very
much the same company. All the members |
met with a most cordial reception in that |
city, and in some instances the enthusiasm
reached an ovation.
WHEN Edward A. Wi1lard-the famous En-
glish actor who comes to the Alvin Theater |
on October 12-took Il theater for himself in |
London some years ago he was suffering |
from the managerial oppression Of being |
compelled to play only villain roles. Actors |
were engaged for certain Zines" and were |
never allowed 20 play out of them. 81 had a |
young man in my company" said Mr.. Will |
lard recently, "whom 1 cast for the part OF (
the youngster in "Jim the Penman"-a boys |
part, as you know. Later produced The |
and having no such part to |
cast put this same youngster in the role of
the octogenarian, Epiphany Danks The
was wild with surprise and de-
light, and gave remarkable impersona-
ton of the toothless, decrepit old man.
believe first of all, that an actor should be
able to act" Mr.. Willard is under the man.
.gement of A. NJ. Palmer, who has sur