The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-15
Notes of the STAGE.

The gross receipts for the four weeks engage
ment of the Kendals at the Hollis Street Theatre
Boston, were $4,000
Henry E. Dixey's manager claims that his
stars profits on the road this season have been
from $1500to $4,000 weekly.
Geraldine Ulmar declares she will never return
to Amerca-never, never. England is her home
she says, henceforth and forever.
George Edgar Montgomery. long dramatic edi-
tor of the New York Times, has been appointed
dramatic critic Of the Recorder, the new New
York daily.
Jay Durham, well known in Washington, who
has been doing newspaper work in New York.
has now resumed his position as advance agent
for Julia Marowe.
The prettiest apparatus ever used in an aerial
act is the trapezone rotaire on which the beau
tiful Vaids Sisters perform. 1t is their own in
vention and is made Of solid silver.
Miss Minnie Palmer, it is said, has by no means
given up her designs on comic opera. Accord
ing to the latest, she is to appear in London
under the management of Charles Abud.
Mr.. Joe Frankau, who is with the Crystal
Slipper" Company, will give up the burlesque
business at the expiration of his present engage
ment and will take up legitimate comedy. His
friends in this city applaud his move
Helen Wethersbee, member of w. j. Scan
lan's company, has had to give up work on ac-
count of illness, She is said to be suffering with
consumption, from which disease her sister,
Eliza Wethersbee Nat. Goodwin's wife, died
several years ago.
Wilton Lackaye did not study the part of
Pierre in the version of 1.-THE Clemenceau Case''
presented at Niblos, New York. last week, but
used the lines from Mr.. Fleron's edition. He
was enjoined from repeating the performance
on Wednesday night, but he studied the new role
and reappeared on Thursday.
Judge Freedman gave his decision last Monday
in the suit brought by James c. Duff against
Lillian RUSSELL arising from the prima donna's
refusal to wear tights in The Queens Mate"
and from her subsequent breach of contract in
singing at the Casino. Judge Freedman decided
that Mana ger Duff was entitled to $4,000 dam
ages.
Haddon Chambers's adaptation of M. Charton's
| Franco Prussan war drama, "Devant Len
| nemi," failed on Its first production at the Gar
den Theatre, New York, Monday night last
| The original work contained but one strong or
| interesting act and Haddon Chambers did not
| improve it in his translation, which is called
"Love and War;"
| That re markable actor. Mr. e. s. Willard, who
| holds the respect of the New York critics un-
| varyingly, whether his successive productions
| win approval or criticism, seems to have had
only moderate success in wealth. in which he
| appeared for the first time last week. The
! of Henry Arthur Jones.
| The Booth-Barr engagement at the Broad
| way Theatre. Now York. is not turning out well.
| Although there are plenty OF empty seats at
| every perfor nance. Lawrence Barrett got out of
patience one night last week when he found
| seventy nine complimentary tickets in the box
| and forthwith suspended the free list. much to
| the dismay of the good natured and mild
| nered Joseph Levy.
| Ibsen was given another chance in New York,
| or in Harlem, rather, last week. 1.-THE Pillars of
| Society,"" one of the Norwegian IS dramas in which
| he makes most clear just what he is driving at,
| was presented by a company which numbered
| among its leading members such actors as j. b.
| Studley, Henrietta Vaders, and Bob Hiard all
| peculiarly untitled for understanding or inter-
| preting Isben's work. Still they seem to have
| had some success with the production.
The great and only American manager, Angus
tin DAILY, is having failures enough these days to
satiate the most ardent and enthusiastic of his
| ill-wishers His expensive pantomimc produc-
| tion of "a Prodigal Son. was withdrawn after a
| week and "A Night OG' put on as stop-gap for
| the dozenth time. DAILY is plainly suffering the
| consequences of living in a too rarified and
ETHEREAL atmosphere all by his lonelies. He has
got out of touch with the world as it were.
Milton Mobiles. the well-known sensational
| actor, has an ex-clergyman, j. Duke Murray, as
| Il manager. In0 SLOfy goes UHuJ NODleb bnOrtly
after he had become an actor met Mr.. Murray in
| Kentucky. According to a reliable authority
| the Rev. Duke sat danglng his feet over hotel
counter, while his body reclined in chair a few
| yards away. He was telling anecdotes, and
| everybody was laughing. Mr.. Mobiles, who
| knew that anecdotes are everything in a theatri-
| cal agent, began to pine for Murray to boom"
| his plays He made his acquaintance, tempted
| him, and the Rev. Duke succumbed.
Every admirer of youth, beauty, and talent
| will be glad to know that Julia Marlowe is en-
tirely herself again. She made her first appear
anee since her late serious illness at Ford's, Bal
| timore, Monday night, in "As You Like It." and
never appeared to better advantage as RoSaLilld.
| Ford's was filled in every part. Another feature
which made the occasion interesting was the first
| appearance of Miss Matte Ford daughter of the
| veteran manager, John Il. Ford, who made her
debut as Phoebe and made a charming shepherd
ess. The foyer was decorated in honor of the oc-
casion with flowers and plants, and during the
| evening the young debutante, as we'll as Miss
| Marlowe and Creston Clarke were called before
| the curtain repeatedly.
There is anguish in the hearts OF the New York
| baldheads. Manager Aronson, of the Casino, an
nounces that the success of Poor Jonathan" has
resolved him to put his chorus girls in tights no
more. Henceforth all the Casino operas will be
costumed in modern full dress when brought
out Poor Jonathan 4" said Mr.. Aronson, II had
doubts as to the results OF the innovation of the
modern dress for the singers. How the public
would take to dress coats and ball dresses in
place Of picturesque and grotesque costumes