Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-17
people keep quiet at the wrong time-they
won't applaud.
JAMES ALBERY, author of "The Two Roses"
like Keats, wrote his own epitaph:


like Keats, wrote his own epitaph:
sleep beneath the moon,
think beneath the sun:
] live life of going-to-do,
die with nothing done.
The new burlesque at the London Gaiety,
on Cinderella" is not particularly good.
Fred Leslie has invented an entirely new
story for cinderella" )" emitting all mention
of the proverbtal glass slippers, making
Cinderella marry not the Prince but his SER
want, who is the Prince in disguise.
"THE Isle of Champagne" by Charles Al
fred Byrne and Louis Harrison, music by
George Furst, is getting ready for its produc-
tion during the summer at the Grand Opera
House in Chicago. The scenery is being
painted by Hoyt, and TIL costumes designed
by Captain Alfred Thompson. Thomas Q.
Seabrooke will sing the principal role.
The new scenery painted by MIR. Bender
for the Duquesne Theater, and used during
the Kendall engagement, is very pretty, and
especially the drawing room, or is it ball
room? used in the last act of "a Scrap OF
Paper" with its panels of airily-clad cupids.
The stage settings at the Duquesne were
generally feature of the plays last week.
THE business of the ''Tar and Tartar"
throughout the country has been simply
phenomenal. Last week at Cleveland was
the largest ever played by comic opera
company in the city. Manager Gus Hartz
boy, handsome silver plaque set in plush
frame and appropriately inscribed. Mr..
Askin had the plaque framed anG hung in
the art gallery of the Euclid Avenue Opera
House, to be taken away only by Master
Tom Askin when he makes his first profess
tonal visit to Cleveland.
SAKE MEINGENER COMPANY will follow
"Niobe" at the Duquesne Theater. This Or
ganization, numbering 120 people, has been
sustained by the Government of Bavaria for
years. 1t will only remain in this country
few weeks, and then will return to Germany.
The Heingener Company is the first organ1-
cation in the world to give faithful and ac-
curate productions. 1t is historically cor
rect in scenery, costumes, properties and
every detail, even to the ightest and most
insignificant item. Julius Cesar'' and
other Shakespearean plays will be given dur
ing the week at the Duquesne.
THE Yale students have been distinguishing
themselves of late as theatrical hackers,
says the Mirror. Thomas H. Pratt and his
brother Charles are both Yale boys. They
left the college to travel as 'backers" of the
Said Pasha company. They are both under
81. and recently fell heirs to a large fortune
which they proceeded to expend in theatri-
cal enterprises Of the burlesque and farce
comedy order. They decided to cease the
role of "angels" week ago, and conse-
uuently the company broke up. One of the
young men is said to be backing the Ship
Ahoy company.
"SrNBAp" has met with such great success in
all the large cities of the country that metro
politan managers are anxious to make room
for it in the leading New York theaters. A
number of the managers of theaters in New
York have been endeavoring to arrange
with Manager Henderson, and he finally,
Saturday last, signed contract with T.
Henry French OF the Garden Theater, New
York, to produce "Sinbad' in that house,
commencing next June. The stage director
will be Richard Barker; the musical director,
Jesse Williams: the ballet master, Memert
Bibeyran. Mr. WemySs Henderson, who was
acting manager OF the Duquesno last season,
will be the business manager This will rot
interfere with the re-appearance of "Sin-
bad" in this city next month.
LEANpER RICHARDSON'S new theatrical
paper, the Chicago Dramatic Net0s, will make
its appearance Tuesday morning, January
49, The editor proposes to make strong
feature oflate theatrical news by telegraph
from all the large cities from New ork to
San Francisco, including Pittsburg, the aim
being to get out a complete dramatic paper
which will be on the stands in the West at
least 4S hours ahead of the Eastern periodi-
calls 10 the same line. 1t is believed that the
constantly growing field of western theatri-
Gals will furnish ample support,for distinc-
lively Western and frst-class dramatic
paper. and Mr.. Richardson's experience in
this branch of Journalism indicates that the
right kind of journal will be furnished. The
Chicago Dramatic Netcs will be 4 l0cent paper
about the size OF Ha1per's Weekly.
JOSEPH ARTHUR, the author-manager,
whose first play. "The Still Alarm" brought
him fortune, and who last year wrote and
produced "Blue Jeans" with wonderful
success, has had a peculiar career. He was
born in Indiana, bnt has spent much of his
time abroad, having been several times
around the world and sojourning for many
weeks in Afghanistan, Thfbet, Tartary and
the Indies. His wide acquaintance with
potentates and princes enabled him to secure
for the production OF THE Still Alarm this
year pair of sacred horses, known to the
children Of the sun, or fire worshipPers, OF
Beloochistan, as sacred sun horses" from
their belief that they bear the marks of
Zoroaster's goodness the sacred sun spots.
These beautiful horses which were brought
to this country by Charles Newton, young
Enylishman. will be seen every night in the
presentation of "The Still Alarm" at the
Bijou next week.