Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

| duced at the opening Of the regular season
at the Duquesne Theater by the Carleton
Opera Company, has met with success oul-
ing the past week in Baltimore.
Mr.. HARRY P. MAwsoN, the author Of "a
Fair Rebel" is one Of the brightest writers
of the present day. He prepared the famous
ship building article for Harpers tnat nas re-
Gently created SO much comment.
ONE of the best male quartets in New
York, the Abbott, will be heard in "Hoss and
Hoss." Matthews & Smyth evidently be-
lfeve the public want good music, for every
one of the % members of this company Is
singer.
HARRIS TEEATER-Harris, Britton & Dean
will have for their attraction Dan Nc
Carthy's picturesque Irish drama, "The
Cruiskeen Lawn" Both play and company
have appeared.
FREDERICK WARDE will be the attraction at
the Grand Opera House week october s.
He will produce his new play for the first
time in Pittsburg, "The Lions Mouth" He
will also be seen in "The Mountebank," T"
"Virginius'' and Richard I'LL"
AGNES HUNTINGTON and her manager, Mar
Gus Mayer, arrived from Europe September
0. Miss Huntington's second American tour
Will open October u, at Baltimore, where
she will sing Robert Planquette's Captain
Therese" for the first time in America.
WHEN A. NJ Palmer became manager of
Wallack's Theater the first thing he did was
to rub out the time-honored name Of Wal
lack from the front of the house. On Mon
day Hoyt Thomas did the same thing with
Palmer's name at the Madison Square The
ater, which in future will be known az
Hoyt's Madison Square Theater.
HENRY lRvING's second son, who made his
appearance on the English provincial stage
about a month ago. Is winning many friends
His stage name is Mr.. Lawrence ne having
assumed that name by way of compliments
TO his fathers old friend, John Lawrence
Toole. Mr.. Lawrence's debut was made as
S,.ug, the joiner, in "Midsummer's Night
Dream"
ROLAND REED is said to be making some
thing Of a hit in ''The Club Friend,' his new
play, In New York, but when he comes here
shortly, according to his managers state
ment, he will appear in Boucicsult 6 Rosen-
feld'5 comedy, LEND Me Your Wife," in
which Mr.. Reed played last season the
quaint character of Captain Abaser Tdrboz, an
old steamboatman.
THE scenery car Of ga Fair Rebel" in a
railroad accident at Philadelphia yesterday,
was thrown from the track and in a rebound
landed back on the rail. 1t was expected
that the horses in the car, used in the pro-
duct1on, would be killed, but great was the
surprise when it was found that not parti-
Gle OF the scenery had been injured, and none
of the horses had received so much as a
scratch.
MIME. MoDJEsKA recently visited Paris to
attend the Grand Prix, and consult with
worth about number Of new costumes,
after which she went to her husbands
estates in Russian Poland for a brief rest
before returning to America for the coming
season, for which all arrangements have
been completed by her manager, Mr.. Frank
G. Cotter, who promises that she will have
FOR nrna Nf Aha 49,
pantes ever organized. Nine. Modjeska's
re-entree on the American stage will be
looked forward to with eager interest by
her very large circle Of admirers.
THE three scenes Of the 'Tar and Tartar
have received almost as much praise as the
opera itself and the rich costume effects
The first is a marine view, with a group of
palms, a stretch OF sand and a flsherman,s
hut in the foreground while dismantled
hulk lies on the jagged point Of rocks that
reaches out into the sea In the distance
The second scene is the exterior of the Sui
tan's palace, and is distinctively Moorish in
the graceful style of architecture. which we
are led to believe runs to gilded domes and
shapely m1narets that stand in such bold re-
lief against the wonderful blue of South
ern sky. The last scene is the royal rose
garden, which has been produced by Joseph
Glare, the New York scenic artist, with great
success, and the wealth of color most har-
blended gives it the actual appear
ance of a bower of roses.
OF the great actors and actresses, perhaps
the most sensitive to criticism is Clara Nor
Yfs-not the sensitiveness that finds fault
with the honest critics expression Of opinion
her method Of acting; she is too
intelligent for that To illustrate this, once
when she was to portray a death scene
where heart trouble was the cause, she con-
suited the most famous specialist In the !
medical profession, and to quote her own |
words: ''The night before the production of |
the play drew up a document for the doc |
tor to sign, in which he acknowledged that |
IN my study of heart disease he had been my |
teacher. For, said !, should the critics at |
tack that part of my work you will then |
have to share the blame taughfngly I |
brought forth the document, laughingly he |
signed It. The critics did not attack, but I |
still keep the acknowledgements, and it bears |
the signature e. c. Sequin-'"