Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
Stage Whispers,

| Stage Wh1Bpef1s
| MARaAREr MATTER with several new.plsyl
/ comos to us IN February.
FRED SOLOMON will join Pauline Halr.
company as comedian and stage manager OF
May 16. - Is
AUBREY BouorcAunr has gained q bride, but
| lost Job. He kept the curtain down Il
minutes one night, and Mr.. Robson hneG
him $50. Then Aubrey resigned.
| BONNIE KATE CAsrLEroN, supported by 9
| good company of comedians, will shortly bs
| seen here in her latest success 1.-THE Daz
| zler" 1t is said to be quite a successful
| farce comedy.
| THE advance sale of seats for Monday
evening at the Grand Opera House is the
| largest, it is said, ever known in the history
| of this city. souvenir spoons" have proven
| good drawing card.
MADAME MoDJEsKA has entirely recovered
her health and in consideration of the fact
| that she disappointed Pittsburgers once
| has consented to appear in this city before
| the close Of the season.
WEMYss HENDERSON, at present the Gen.
eral Booking Agent with headquarters in
New York for Chicago Opera House, Grand
Opera House, St. Louis and the Duquesne
Tneater, Pittsburg, is in the city.
RosINA VoKEs, one of the brightest and
most conscientious artists now before the
public has added several new comedies to
her already very extensive repertoire, and
will be seen in Pittsburg at no distant day.
DIeBY BELL is the happy possessor of q
magnificent Irish setter which was the
property Of the late Irish leader, Pnrnell. 1t
was presented by Parnell to Mayor Grant,
of New York, who in turn gave it to Mr..
Bell.
THE Chicago Dramatic Ne,rs appeared last
week, and very handsome counterpart Of
its New York namesake it is. Leander
Richardson promises to make 1t sharp
race between his two papers, and both are
good enough to win.
IT is now reported that Henry c. De Mile
and W. H. Gillette are writing a new and
original play called "Hamlet." It is believed
to contain some OF the finest dialogue by
William Shakespeare that either Mr.. De
Mile or Mr.. Gillette ever wrote, says Chi
cago's Dramatic NetGs.
1T is said that pretty Josie Knapp, of ''The
Tar and Tartar" company, is the possessor
of quite q nice piece of land in the new oil
country, and has been offered . large ad-
vance by the Standard Company. Her uncle,
Charles Yagol, the old and well-known resi-
dent left it to her some five years ago.
EDWIN BOOTH, am told by an intimate
friend of his, is in better health than he has
been for a year, and he is in quite good
spirits, SAYS writer in the Mirror. He went
out one night, last week, to see Francis
w II
laughing heartily at the antics of the aero
bat.
MARION MANoLA and her husband, John
Mason, made an investment in real estate in
Philadelphia last spring on Twelfth street,
near Arch, and sold the same last week for
double what they paid for it. It occupies q
position that compelled the Reading Rail
road to buy or discontinue buiiiIing tne1r
new station.
OFF the stage Sol Smith Russell is the
same quiet, easy man as behind the foot
lights His voice is smooth, of a low key,
and he talks readily and f1uently. He uses
less makeup than anyone on the stage;
picion of white and a little rogue, uses no
paint. He will be seen at the Alvin Theater
week of Febuary1. l.
EMMA Y. SHERIDAN has dramatized the
well-known novel, 100000 a Year" and
Richard Mansfield has accepted it. He will
give it production at the Garden Theater,
the second week of his engagement there,
which begins on February Is. In che COM
edy Mr.. Mansfield will play the part OF
Sir Ixtlebdt Ttnsousc, the clerk who suddenly
acquires a title and a fortune.
THE Oldest member of the dramatic pro-
fession in the world, died at Nemours,
France, on Wednesday last. His name was
Chollet, but it has naturally long since dis
appeared from the play bills, for its owner
was born in 179S. He created the part of the
Postiatoa de Lonjnnedu, the part afterward
made celebrated by Watchtel, and he was
also the first representative OF the leading
character in Tampa"
THE number of Pittsburg's successful as
pirants for histrionfo honors is Increasing
In the "Niobe'' company the lady who ap-
pears asthe cantnnkerous Helen Griffin under
the stage name Of Fitzpatrick, is Miss Maggie
Muhlenbring, Of this city, whose brother is
favorably known in the tailoring trade.
Miss Muhlcnbring's work shows that she has