Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-13
PLAYS And PLAYERS.

lent entertainment he gave last week
with the Spider and the Fly company
If all spectacular affairs were of the ex.
cellence of this there would be no cause
for complaint.
Mr.. Wyatt haSexerted himself always
to give the public the best to be had
and was accordingly much pleased when
he announced to HERALD reporter that
he had booked the Bostonians for an en-
gagement commencing April 18th. This
company has always played to the capac-
ity of the theater when here before, and
its performances have risen to the dig.
nifty of being society events. Robin
Hood is still the drawing card, though
it is to be hoped that Fatinitza will be
given.
The claque nuisance spoken of last
week as being practiced by the attaches
continues unabated in the local theaters.
Its existence shows lack of metropol.
itan methods in the details of manage
ment.
There is always more or less gossip
circulating regarding the morals OF pro-
fessional people. 1t is hard to see what
business it is of the patrons of
theater whether an actress in
private life is of easy virtue,
whether an actor has two wives, or
whether manager succumbs to the
wiles of a fascinating chorus girl, any
more than whether the actress, the
actor, the manager or the chorus girl
chew gum, or drink ice.cream soda, or
read the Express. However, number
of people do make such things their
business, and act accordingly, and the
result is not beneficial to the object of
their unwarranted interest. 1t used to
be the case that scandal was benefit
to person in the theatrical business,
but that is not 80 nowadays, and par
ticularly not SO in Los Angeles. 1t pays
to be decent, and to respect the conven-
she first came here, with a fling of her
hats off, but during her long engage
ment the result was that respectability
never bought ticket to see her. 1T
has been illustrated here number
of times. No man or woman
who defes Mr.. and Mrs. Grundy can
prosper. There are great many men
and women here who live in secret def
ance of that horrid old couples ideas,
but they are wise enough not to have
been found out. Those who are exposed
are very quietly put in big tureen, the
cover is placed over them and there
they stay.
A theatrical hen is on her nest. What
the result will be no one seems to know,
but the fellows who always think they
know mysteriously hint at the long stay
here of that theatrical nabob, Mr.. H. 9.
Miner of New York, ,as the guest OF Man
ager Wyatt, OF the Los Angeles theater,
and the continued stay here with Mr..
Wyatt of young Mr.. Miner, as indica-
tive OF some new business enterprise,
though what form it will assume cannot
be ascertained. Mr.. Miner is today the
richest, and possibly the most powerful,
theatrical manager in the country; he
he is warm friend of Mr.. Wyatt's.
accomplish their object. Mr.. Wyatt
has, in the face of great obstacles, ac-
complished great deal; he knows his
business from a to lizard and back
again, having stndied it in various ca
pacitles and having had the advantage
OF wide travel professionally. The thea
ter.going public will be delighted
to know it, if there is any truth in the
rumors to the effect that he is contem-
plating some new enterprise, particu-
larly if it will result in interesting 90
desirable newcomer in Southern Cali
fornia as Mr.. Miner.
Wy
Gossip has also been busy to some ex-
tent about the plans of another widely
admired theatrical man in the person of
Mr.. Mansfield, the treasurer of the
opera house. Here the story goes that
those San Diegans interested in the
opera house of that city, which is in
somewhat embarrassed condition, are
anxious to reorganize the company and
put the property under the control of
Mr. Mansfield. There is not man in
the state better qualified than he to
succeed as a manager. He has had
wide experience, and be possesses per-
sonal qualities, in addition to his busi-
ness ability, which make him most
valuable man.
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Nobody has heard anything of piquant
Catherine Lewis for years, and now
comes the news that she is in a London
hospital. Catherine had all New York
at her feet for several seasons as Olivette
in the opera of the same name. She
was as lively and fascinating in naive,
joyous, sparkling way, as her sister
Jeffreys was when her wonderful, seduc-
tive, almost internal beauty was at it's
best. Catherine was as plump as a
partridge and was as graceful as
Hebe and as exuberant with high
spirits and mirth. Those men who
were young bucks in New York back in
'78 and 70 will remember her, and will
smile with pleasure as they recall her
many attractions. The diablerie with
with which she sang the famous Sob.
bing song in Olivette can never be for
gotten. She could actually weep with
one bright eye, and wink with the
other at the audience. She was not
exactly beautiful woman, but the per-
sonitication of mirth and grace, while
also being most attractive in appear
ance. She was famous decade ago,
and has been entirely lost sight of till
some one recently found her in Char
ing Cross hospital.
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The first OF series of sacred orches-
tral concerts will be given this
evening in Turner hall, under the direc-
tion of Sig. Dion Romandy and the man