The Sunday morning news., 1891-11-15
stage Gossip.


An amusing story is told in Parls of an
impecunious actor in the provinces who
lodged in the same house as young lieu
tenant of infantry almost equally i'm
pecunious. The two became sworn
brothers and borrowed aud lent indis-
criminately wardrobes, petty cash and
such small matters-by no means small
10 them. At last one line morning the
cOmediau-with an air almost tragic
asked of the lieutenant supreme favor,
the loan of shirt, which should be at
once clean and whole There's the lot;
do you choose the best" said the officer.
The lot consisted of three. on whose con
dition history is silent. The actor chose
the hopefulest, with this apology, Il
don t know whether ] remembered to tell
yoa, but am going to be married this
morning." Many years afterward this
same acLor--then the famous Felix of the
| Vaudeville-left by his will q very sub
stantial sum to his more needy brethren.
An actor who was transforming re-
turned to New York the other day on
what is technical by known as ION his up
pers." 20 a more prosperous fellow pro-
fessional he confided thus:-"Ialk about
realisml Say, Gull, when we showed at
Jackson's Crossing. Iowa, we gave such a
realistic arctic region scene that the town
constable froze to our trunks, and the
audience shook MS coldi' Then he adj
justeh his rabbit skin coat collar and
shifted at neighboring beanery-
In q letter written to one OF iler friends
Nine Albani relates some of her extra
ordinary experience while singing at the
royal marriage in Russia. The singers, :"
she says, 'even TO Nine. Patti and myself.
were looked upon and treated as SER
wants" 1t was most novel and. in
truth. mortifying experience. We were
placed in q sort OF balcony which was
erected above the banquetine hall, and
as each of our turns came TO sing we
went 10 little opening looking down to
the mefrymakers and sang through IT,
What amused me especially was this
all the time we were singing and
trying to make our notes most effective
the clatter of knives, forks aud dishes by
the walters. and the laughter and conver-
sation of the wedding guests still went
ON. 10 add TO our discontinue, several
times wnen we were engaged in our most
impressive passage, there would be a
flourish of trampets and some dignitary
would get up to propose toast OF make
q speech, Qnite regardless OF the singers.
On one of these trying occasions Nine
Patti was interrupted IA her solo by
blare of trumpets in the hau below. pre-
paratory 20 the delivery OF another toast
You may easily imagine the djva's iudig-
nation She was simply furious and ii
was with the utmost difficulty that we
could dissuade her from leaving the bal-
cony before the programme was i'm
ished."
There are many people in New York
who would no sooner miss flrst-night
than they would miss combing theic hair.
Anything that keeps them away they
look upon as a personal grievance. A
number OF them have their names en-
tered upon the treasurers' books OF the
prominent theatres, and tickets are sent
to them as regularly as to the critics,
MarshailyP. Wilder is to be expected at
premiere He goes early and stands be-
side the ticket tMker, so that no one will
escape mis- eye-and, | may add. SO that
he will escape the eve OF no one. Il is a
ert J. Wendell, the amateur actor
aud the owner of an i'm
mense and extremely valuable collec-
tiou of actors photographs. Mr.. Wen
dell looks upon first night as some
people look upon a church sociable--a
stamping ground to meet all your friends
aud fill up your Engagement book. The
fine italian face OF the Marquis au Croisic
also looms up invariably. Charlie knoec-
Ter the son of knoedler-su uccessor to
Goupii. importer of paintings appears
with the regularity of ciocE work, but he
favors farce-comedy and burlesQue.
Others to be looked for are w. f.. K
Wilde aud his wife. Mrs. Frank Leslie,
Mason Carnes, the co-author OF "The
Better Part;7 Colonel T. Ailston Brown.
Tom Howard, the ex-cotillion leader; Mr..
alid Mrs. Clarence Lyman Collins. (born
Rosabel Beecher). aud That Quintessence
OF conceit and silks and velvets. T. Louis
Onnitavia. the successor OF Berry Wall.
asking OF the dudes.
Mr.. and Mrs. sidney Drew's infant son.
FIVE weeks old. was christened Sidney
Rankin drew on sunday morning ut the
Little Church Around the Corner The
parents. Mrs. Johh Drew, Mrs. Mckee
Rankin, Augustus Thomas ahd Joseph
Thomas were present AZ the cerenasng.
John ksrnell, who enaets tie title role