The morning call., 1892-01-24
Per.onnI and Other Jottlncs.


Mr.. Wukinson'S Widows" will be con-
tinued at the Baldwin for another week.
The play has done and will continue to do
an exceptionally large business; the at
tendance increases from night to night.
James Corbett, the California pugilist, is
now under the management Of William A.
Brady, who is also director Of the Bobby
Gaylor Company in Sport McAllister."
which appears at the Bush-street Theater
Monday night.
Victor.en SardOu and Dora Wiley are
both down with the grip-one in Paris and
the other in Boston.
New York is soon to have another daily
newspaper. of which Mr.. stephen Fiske,
very able dramatic editor. will be editor.
The new enterprise has millions behind it.
The success of Isabelle Coe in the role Of
Niobe has been most emphatic and COM
plete. Her performance is most artstically
admirable in every respect and places Miss
Coe among the foremost condolences of the
day. Miss Coe is a handsome woman. a tire
less worker and an accomplished player of
sentimental comedy roles.
Mrs Kate E. Rix, assisted by Lesley Mar
Tin and Senior G. Saldierna, gave a soiree
musicale at 1I01 Suffer street on Friday
evening, the 22d inst Selections from
Danc,a. Spohr Lassen. Dunkler, Andre.
Bennett, Iaubert, Bragla, Goun0d and Bach
were played
Senator Quay introduced bill in Con-
gTess January nth to construe the word
artists in the Alien Contract Labor Act
to apply TO sculpt0rs, pOrtrat-p2nterS, emil
Dont musical conductors, sOlOists, perform
ers on musical instruments and VOcalSts,
but not to apply 10 bands OF music or or
chesiTas.
Felix Morris and Clyde Fitch are out
Mr.. Morris claims that MI Fitch gave him
the rights to Frederick Lamaitre" in all
countries, aud Mr. Fitch claims that he only
gave Mr.. Morris the right to the comedy in
| America and England.
Sir Arthur Sulliyan's next librettlst will
be Mr.. Sidney Grundv. and Mr. GilberCs
next musician will be Mr.. George Grossmith
This latter happy combination is to produce
n burlesque opera on the subject Of The
Wedding March,"
Janauschek has fallen i'll and abandoned
her tour of the Southern States
Pete" Baker opened the Bj0u, n new
theater just completed in Nashville, Tenn,
on January 18th. with his cOmedy-drama,
The Emigrant"
NJ. Jean Lassalle, from the Paris Opera,
and a barytone known the world over, ar
rived AT New York recently. He is Spleu-
did specimen OF manhood, and measures
four feet two inches and half around the
chest. That shows" he remarked to a
! Herald interviewer, to satisfy whom he had
made the measurement, what change
the culture Of the voice can work in the con-
! formation OF the body. 10 see me now no
one would imagine that | was once a round
sh0uldered young fellow with no chest at
all to speak OF, an0 yet such is the literal
truth. That was years ago when l was
studying to be painter in the Paris Aead-
emle deS BeauX Arts, and before L had ever
dreamed OF becoming singer"
Whom "NiOba' WAS originally OrOduPpd
in New York not only was the comedy
unanimously praised as the best high-class
farce presented in years, but the work OF
the players, as an organization. was favor
ably compared with the best stock organza-
ton OF the metropolis. This expression OF
critical opinion has been echoed wherever
Abbott and Teaps superb organization has
appeared in the farce, and the business
played TO is substantial Endorsement Of
the ambitious aims OF this management.
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt has enabled little
Willie Seymour, who directed the rehearsals
of her company at Boston, to make his
mark by presenting him with handsome
gold pencil-case. She also gave Mr.. Sey-
mouTs daughter, May, beautiful pearl and
diamond ring.
John K. Rogers, who formerly engineered
Minnie Palmer, arrived at New York from
England, January 9th, as manager for Will
son Barrett in this country next season.
Coquelins salary is $4,000 and he ap
pears at private entertainments in Paris at
500 an evening.
George 5. Knight died on Thursday aft
erno0n, January 14th, at his mothers home
In Philadelphia. lie was an actor of rare
ability. His latest play, Baron Rudolph"
from the pen of Bronson Howard, was an
artistic success but financial failure. It's
failure is said to have broken his heart.
The cause OF his insanity and subsequent
death was paresis, the fatal malady which
took from life John Mccullough, Tony
Hart and Barley Campbell and which Is
destined to end the life of w. }. Seaman.
MI. Knights real name was George Sloane.
lie leaves widow, known professionally
as Sophie WOrTell Knight
Nine, Amalie Joachim, the distinguished
lleder sOngstresS, Is about to visit the
United States, professionally. She sails for
New York on the Aller, leaving Bremen
February 18th. and will at once fulfill
number Of engagements, OF which the most
important involve the presentation Of a
Lieder Cyclus, illustrative OF the growth
and frultiOn Of German song.
The TrOvatOre, an Italian musical journal,
is responsible for the following piece Of
news: TschaikOwsky, the famous Rus
sian COMPOSER some weeks ago had a new