The record-union., 1891-02-22
his plays in the midst of his American

his plays in the midst of his American
friends.
Agnes Huntington has just made a
great success in Chicago. She opened at
the Columbia Theater there to 81 $50, one
of the biggest openings of the season.
Lew Rosen's farce-comedy, 'sThe Hust-
ler," is booked at Boston for the week of
March I'd, after which it goes to Phila-
delphia, and then New Workers will have
a chance to see ''The Autocrat of Farce
Comedy"
There are now three big "All the Com
forts of Home" companies in successful
running organization under Charles
Frohman's direction-one in London, an
other in San Francisco and third due
at Hermann's New York.
Charles Frohman has signed a contract
Tor next season with Miss Elsie Anderson
de Wolfe, 4 well-known amateur actress.
Miss de Wolfe is twentyfour years old,
and good-looking brunette. She is at
present studying i'll Paris.
Ihe two young singing. prodigie.ss,
be rendered a testimonial concert on
Easter Sunday, Mt the New York Stand
ard Theater. Miss Lottie Gibson and the
Weston brothers are among those who
will assist.
Minnie Hauck made her temperance
before New York audience, after an alb
sence OF five years, at the Metropolitan
Opera House. Meyerbeer's ''L'Afri-
calne" was the opera, and she appeared to
prominent advantage as the unfortunate
Selika.
Maud Banks is in Washington, tenn
porarily assisting her father in some
special Congressional work that he is
putting through. Miss Banks is to re-
turn to the stage next season under the
most important auspices she has yet en-
joyed.
Three new theaters are to be completed
in New York by next season. Hammer
STEMS new theater on Forty-second
street, Richard Mansfield's on Fifty
ninth street, and Hoyt and Thomas on
Forty-tirst street. Work has also begun
on Mr.. Miners new Fifth Avenue The
ater.
In the new comedy which III. Grattan
Donnelly is writing for Nellie McHenry,
John Webster will have light comedy
part Of the style which made him famous
i'll Troubadour days. He will have a
each one of which will be in the very
latest style.
Jennie Eddy, niece of Mrs. George S.
Knight, who has been 'soubrettine''
with ''The Fakir," will star next season
in comedy entitled "My Girl" 1t is
from the pen of well-known New York
journalist, and is described as novelty,
being "a soubrette play without a will.''
A feature will be a bicycle race on the
stage between two professional riders.
Henry Cazman, the necromancer and
shadowlst, has peculiar habit of carry
ing his handkerchief in his left sleeve.
This is due to wearing the tight and pock-
etless shell jacket and tunic of a cuiras-
sier, of which regiment NJ. Cazman was a
member, having to undergo that compul-
sorry military training that almost all
Europeans are required to serve 1t has
quite distingue effect, and is being
copied with success by Laura Burt, Clara
Ihropp, jacques Kruger and other popu-
lar actors and actresses. 1t furnishes
the basis of quite funny incident in the
last act of "Blue Jeans'
The continued SUCCESS of Charlotte
Tittell in the East as Il member of Daniel
Frohman's forces, the while her sisters
continue to inspire the Northwest with
songs OF praise, etc., causes many to medi-
tate upon the partiality shown for the
Tittell Sisters by the various gods and
goddesses whose business it is to distrib-
ute talents. Charlotte is rapidly becom-
ing one ofthe foremost emotional actresses
OF the time. Essie is equally at home in
grave or gay, Leah being as much of a
feature of her repertoire as her "M'liss."
Minnie, unlike either of her sisters.
charms in her own original way, and our
Lotta of tho future is at present dancing
her way through the great Northwest.