The record-union., 1892-11-26

the Stage, 10 actress so unlike herself ii
private life. That IS a more telling argC-
lnent than appears at nrst sight. More
than tnat, she is 4 student. Life has no
interests for her but her art. NO one is
so attractive to her as one who can speak
OF that, no writer so absorbing as he who
writes Shakespeare. She has made
friends with ali of them. and many of
them are her constant travelling compan-
ions. II the secret Of success is to be
found in constancy of purpose and gen.
lus IS rightly defined as INFINITE patience
IN taking pains, then Julia NarlOwe will
surely acquire the first and is III possess
sion OF the last no matter how incOm-
plete or crude.'
THE CIRCUS DRAMA.
Lillian Lewis says: ''Styles of drama
move in a circle. We had Shakespeare,
then the emotional, then farce, then the
tank drama. Now the circus drama IS
on top. That is why | had Lady Lip
written. In Lady Lip there is circus
and spangies, and sawdust and tights.
have TO wear pair Of green ones myself
Alter this will come the deluge or Shake
speare again. In the mean time ! am
getting ready for the next whirl Of
fashions wheel by studying Lady Mae
BETH"
AN INSPIRATION.
When 7. w. Keene was visiting Colo
/ :
Nj" in Georgetown, then the biggest
silver camp in the State. The editor OF
| the local paper, cousin Of Edward Bel
| lamy, the Looking Backward man,
took him for a drive. They crossed over
Argentine Pass, which is l4,000 feet above
sea level and 1000 feet from the valley
| below. Snow is nearly always on the
pass even in July, and the flowers grow
in the spots between. The Mount OF the
Holy Cross was visible to the two men.
The peaks of the Rocky Mountains were
seen for eighty miles in every direction
and clouds lay below them, while an oc-
casional Zigzag of lightning played
around. The scene was magnificent.
keene is not what is known as a religious
man, neither was Bellamy. Keene was
moved to recite something and when he
had finished Bellamy was moved to tears
and dropped on his knees in the snow.
Il couldn't help doing likewise" said
the actor the other day. "It was the in
splratlon of lifetime"
STAGE NOTES.
Lotta is again able to promenade Broad
way.
by Proxy" has made a big hit in
Chicago.
Kathryn Kydder is in New York writ
ing play.
1t is said that John A. McCaull is i'm
proving in health and spirits.
John Jennings has been engaged by
John Russell for ga Society Fad"
Minna Gale will be known on her wall
paper as Miss Minna Gale Haynes.
The Bostonians have accepted an opera
written by a son of Mrs. Scott-Siddons.
Edwin Booth celebrated his 5gth birth
day at the Players Club on November
18th.
CIemenceau Company for the rest Of the
season.
Harry and Edward Paulton, are adapt
ing new play, to be called The Purple
Flower"
The "Trip to Chinatown" road COM
pany is doing very big business in
Washington.
Sims and Raleigh's 1.-The Guardsman''
is TO follow The Gray Mare" at the New
York Lyceum.
'"Telephonia" has gone to pieces once
more and the people are hallooing muir
der for their salaries.
Sol Smith Russell was going to per-
souate Abe Lincoln in his new play, but
has altered his mind.
Hoyts "a Hole in the Ground" has
peen doing rouslng business at the
Windsor Theater, New York.
The Lost Paradiser is to be produced
at the Adelphi Theater. London. Decem-
Der 18th, by Charles trohman.
The Cincinnati papers chronicle that
Mervyn Dallas made pronounced hit in
The House on the Marsh" in that citv.
Will A. Mcconnell, the ''funnv man, of
Chicago, has written a comedy for Rob-
ert Downing, called Richard, the Lion
Hearted.'
Lysander Thompson died in New York
on the 18th of this month. He was attended
by his sister, Mrs. Charlotte THOMPSON.
to the last.
Reginald De Koven denies the claim of
the Alibi Club to the ownership of the
old Spanish song in The Fencing Mas
ter" which he says is common prop
erty.
During the war the soldiers in the field
voted for the National ticket that electad
Abraham Lincoln. Why shouldn't the
! actors have the same privilege when ION
the road? ?"
Clay NJ. Greene has brought suit against
T. Henry French for s., 900 for breach of
contract in not producing The Maid of
! Plymouth at the New York Garden
! Theater after La Cigale."
! Charles II. Hoyt is the first theatrical
manager chosen by the people to repre-
sent them in any legislative BODY. So
much strength did he develop in the
/ Charlestown fight that he will be nomi-
mated for Congress next year.
Agnes Huntington became Mrs. Paul
| d. Cravath at high noon last Sunday. She
| looked radiant in white satin. She will
make short wedding tour, and in future
! reside in the Salamanca, one Of the bio
! Navarro lighthouses in New York.
/ Dame Rumor has Of late been very
J h,,Ey- with ('haTalac Nov,1I,..,,
! First the giddy old girl said he had been
making a rousing political speech in
/ New England, and now she has it that he
! has married pretty Miss Maude Adams
who has made hit in "Ihe Masked
! Ball" While the young chief might he
willing to do either, he did neither. He
/ has seventeen companies on the road and
! has not the time to monkey with the ex-
citement of politics or the dolce fa1. 1siente
of honeymoon.
Joseph II. Mack, one Of the best known
| managers in this country, died at his
! farm near Hewitt, Y. j., on Monday.
/ He began with !. II. Haverly, and was
! for years the ablest lieutenant of II. &.
/ Miner. He also started Robert l.. Down
! ing, but dropped him TO take hold of the
| fortunes of Joseph Haworth, when taken
/ sick two years ago. He then retired to
! Greenwood Summit farm. near Green
wood Lake. where hes raised blooded
/ stock. He leaves a charming wife who
through his sickness proved herself a
1 noble woman.
The newest prima donna that has been
enshrined in Partisan favor is Marie
! Delna, y years old. She was engaged as
waitress in a provincial restaurant, and
when not waiting on travellers she be-
guiled the tedium of dishwashing by
singing. One afternoon an impulsive
diner cast aside his knife and fork, and
rushing into the kitchen embraced the
young woman enthusiastically. The