Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-06
NOTES.


Fanny Davenport the other day was
asked to see the "asps" she uses in her
production of Cleopatra. She brought
forward small box tightly strapped.
This she opened and took out some folds
of cotton, when two tiny, snaky heads
at once peeped over the edge Of the box.
''Don't be afraid" said Miss Daven-
port, plunging her hand into the box
and lifting out the tiny reptiles, which
clung to her fingers and wrists, lifting
their heads and running out their little
red tongues. ''These are infant anacon-
das, and the pair cost $780,"
They have come to know their mistress
and will take milk from her hand.
"How," she was asked, ''can you put
these crawling things to your bosom ?"
'Oh, never put them next to my
skin," she replied. 81 slip the snake
between my feshing and my gown, and
my draperies being loose and flowing
there is ample opportunity for his snake
ship to rove. Antony yriggled up my
neck and climbed on my head at one
performance in Philadelphia. Again he
slipped out of the armhole of my dress
and crawled around my arm down to my
hand. At another time caught him
on my knee. At first could not toler-
ate the idea of touching the things, but
I could not let Bernhardt be braver
than myself"
An amusing incident occurred at Potts
vile recently while Rose Coghlan was
playing Peg Wellington there. Miss
Coghlan, it will be remembered, during
the play dances jig in Triplet's poor
70 or,uoo tho oh, Id opA RI
cheer the poet painter. AS she said
the lines, "Peggy has not forgotten how
to cover the buckle" a deep voice was
heard to say, mo, begor; and indeed
haven't aither." On looking around,
somewhat annoyed by the interruption.
she discovered an old Irishman who had
been intently watching the play, strug-
CLING with two men in the wings, en-
deavoring to make an entrance upon the
stage. He was forcibly detained. When
he had quieted down Miss Coghlan sent
for him and asked whv he desired to
ruin the play by such demonstration.
"Arrah, cushla macree," he replied,
"win l heard We sayin' cuvver the buckle
me mem'ry brought me back to my ould
home in Enniscorthy, in the County
Wexford, and 1 thought to meself how
buC QCNll COulo yea NuNNCl phC OuOhlC
alone, and | was list comm to lend yez
a fut whin these spalpsens laid how'd iv
me. Arrah, but it's all the same, me
darlin', and yez can dance jig wild the
best iv thim."
William Gillette has another new
comedy to submit to the public, Mr..
Wilkinson's Widows, a reconstruction
or adaptation from the French of Feu
Toupinel, by Alexander Bison, in
Proctor's TWenty-third street theater.
The action takes place in two homes,
both of which are in the same apart
ment-house in suburb OF London, and
at the present time. Manager Charles
Frohman has been particularly careful
about the cast. In it will be found
Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Joseph Holland,
Frederick Bond, Henrietta Crossman,
Thomas Burns, Thomas Wise, George
Thompson, Maud White, Annie Wood
and Lillian Leach.
The famous United States marine
band, of Washington, started on an ex-
tended concert tour on April /. The
opening concert was given at Bridge
port, Connecticut. Mr.. Sousa, the con-
| ductor, has engaged, as solo vocalist,
Mile. Marie Decca, who will appear at
all the concerts throughout the series.
Mr.. Sousa regards the engagement OF
Miss Decca as most fitting and appro-
pirate. She is the daughter Of Judge
Sanders Johnston, of Washington, and
a granddaughter of General Thomas III.
Hamer, of Mexican war fame. Mile.
Decca has been heard in numerous con-
certs since she sang in New York early
in December, and success has attended
her every appearance.
Stuart Robson denies the report that
he intends to withdraw The Henrietta