The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-31

| the Interesting announcement mat he hau
| finished three-act play. which he hoped to
| produce as soon as the incidental music was
| completed to his own satisfaction. Herko-
NOR has a beautiful little theatre attached
| to his house at Bushey. and no has
been making scenic experiments which
| II generally adopted would revolutionisc the
present system and neoessitato the rebuilding
OF a good many theatres. Among the numer-
GUS improvements which he recommended to
theatre managers with airy disregard OF cost
werethe abolition OF footlights and a telescope
proscenum capable Of, easy expansion and
contraction. so that. for instance. a poor mans
garrett should be the size OF real garrett. and
not az large as q rich mans drawing room.
He also advocated tho use OF an atmospheric
gauze sky" such as he had used with striking
effect and complete success ut Bushey. This
| idea took tho fancy Of many OF the managers
| present at the lecture. hut most Of Herkomers
suggestions were voted utopian.
| Brandon Thomas produced ut the Court
| Theatre on Thursday night with success his
comedy. "A Highland Legacy" He will
| shortly give trnl performance OF a new
| three act comedy Which he has written. and
then he will quit the stage in order to devote
| himself entirely to playwriting and literature.
| His lease of tho Court Theatre has beon profit
| able. There is some talk of Mrs Lnngtry
taking over the place. but she says sho is still
| looking for a suitable play. and will do moth
ing till she gets one.
Tho Vicar OF Bray" produced at the Savoy
the other night, is not likely to have very
| long run. The librstto Is clever. topical.
| slanEy. and at times coarse. The music is
catchy and tuneful. but without originality.
Altogether the thing has too much the flavor OF
the music hall to suit regular patrons OF the
Savoy The biggest hit in the opera was the
| t.;n hvt In lad, tno haro
| bers OF the Cooperative Clerical Reform
| Association"
The steamship companies OF Liverpool have
protested strongly against the police allowing
| 1t to DO known by which ship Tom O Brien.
| the bunco swindler. would travel to America.
| They point out that such disclosures do not i'm.
| prove their business and IL the Government
| want to make these announcements before
| hand. they had better use their own war ships
| to convey criminals across the Atlantic. The
passengers aboard the Arizona were much cx-
cited over the fact that this notorious character
was on board. Ono old lady on the way from
| Liverpool to Queenstown asked a fellow pas.
| senger IL he knew there was notorious Grim
| inal on board The gentleman TO whom tho
| inquiry was addressed happened 10 DO O'Erisn
| himself. He said he had heard SO. aud wills
| pered that 1t was scandalous that decent peo-
| pie should be subjected to such treatment.
| III it hadn't been for some circumstance
over which l had no CONTROL" concluded
O'Brien. I'm darned II should lave trav-
| elled by this ship
OBrien left thiscity in the confident belieftaat
| Ashforth would follow him by the next steamer.
| Tho bunco man will be grieveL to hear that
| the respectable insurance swindler is now at
| liberty. the prosecution having failed to pro-
| duce evidence that his frauds were committed
| before the new extradition treaty came into
| operation. Had OBrien appealed and he had
| plenty OF money or its equivalent in diamonds
with which to pay the lawyers. lie would now
! be a free nlan. fpr there never was any evl.
dence in London to show that he has worked
| the bunco business since the signing Of the
| same treaty.
English engravers are grumhling that they
| are not represented on the British Art Com
mittee for the Chicago Exhibition. The Royal
| Commission is being bombardet. with remon-
strances and denunciations on the subject.
| and will probably surrender to save further
| worrie9 1t Is said that considerable difficulty
ls&s being experienced in persuuding artists and
| owners to take the risk of sending pictures a
| Ions journey by sea and rail to Chicago Some
sort OF I'm idea seems to prevail that most
trains running between New York and Chicago
| get smashed up and burned
The suicide OF Mr.. Hume Webster has
CTehteu Qulto u COI0nOtlOn III COM
mercial we'll as sporting circles. As
n breeder OF race horses he was sue
cessful. and though his attempt to bring home
the stallion Ormonde from South America
| was a costly failure. yet on the whole breeding
race horses proved remunerative to him. 1t
was only when he promoted companies and
! specialized in stock that he came to grief.
Lattery he had specialized heavily for rise
in American rails and he held large blocks Of
| Louisviles. The much expected did not hap
pen. He circulated bills with profusion and
| discounted to very heavy amount. Now the
| alleged accepters swear that they never signed
those drafts and that the names upon them
| arc forgeres.
! Those Americans who are detained during
the winter in London bv business and lack Of
| business have been cheered this week by the
| advent in town OF several no less distinguished
| Of their compatriots than Gen. George A.
| Sheridan. Ned Thorne. Nate Salisbury. Coils.
b. +. Cody and Thomas P. Ochiltree. and Ma
| jor John Burke. All the newest American
stories have been disseminated. and sojourn-
ers here have learned who IL to he tho next
President and all about the Worlds Fair
and John Chamberlains government Col.
Cody was honored with q dinner at
the Victoria Club last night by Col.
North at which Col Ochlltree and Gen. Sheri.
dan were present. Col. Cody sailed to- day on
the Umbria accompanied by three prize
ming greyhounds. the gift OF Col North. Col.
Cody will return to London In four or five
weeks. when the Wild West show will open
here At Earle's Court.
Among other passengers on the Umbria was
Miss Viola Clemmons. who goes to America to
make arrangements for her theatrical tour
next November. She will. however. return to
England. to finish her season here. In two or
three weeks Richard NJ. Ocott sailed on
Wednesday on the Havel.
Isabelle Urquhart sailed for Melbourne to-
day with Mrs. Bernard Beere's company for
six months tour in Australia and New Zea.
land. The company will open in Melbourne
on March 10 In As in Looking Glass" Mrs.
Beere is. OF course. the star. and Miss Urqu-
hart understudies all hcr parts and also plays
leading parts. Herbert Standing is leading
man in the company and Otho Stewart leading
juvenile.
The benefit to be given on next Friday to w.
W. Kelly. Grace Hawthorne's manager. COM
pllment. by the way. seldom paid by English
stage folk to an American confrere. promises
to be most successful The committee under