Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04

Nor fs It rrofitasle to the managers 70 is'
more the truth. 49, HEPBuRN JOHNS.
Stage Whispers.
"Losr II NEW YoRK" comes to Harris
Theater week December Il
JOHN RAurH. the longest headed man in
the world comes to Harry Davis Eden Mu-
see next week. He Is q marvel.
TIE Christmas week attraction at ths
Duquesne Theater will be Hoyt's "a Texas
Steer" 1t has been scoring nothing but
triumphs since it last appeared here
THE famous railroad drama. "Harper's
Ferry" with all new specially painted seem
cry and elaborate effects, Will be the ne xt
attraction at tho Worlds Museum Theater.
.ALI BABA," after sooring great big
triumph in St. Louis and Denver, Will open
IN San Francisco for four weeks run this
evening. 1t will then start back on its tour
through the East.
No curiosity that has ever appeared here
aLouts has ey er attracted such widespread
interest as the two-h eaded boy nc the
Worlds Museum Tneater. He has been re-
tanned one more week.
BESSIE BoNEHILL, the ever popular singer,
sails for England on December "A, after .
successful season with Tony Pastor. When
she comes over next year 1t will be to star
in nautical farce comedy entitled "Fiay-
mates.n
SELMA GoERHER, the little prima donna Of
the Liliiputians, plays messenger hoy in
Candy" She has observed wonderfully all
the mannerisms of Western Union Tele-
graph boy, especially the one who was said
to be FIRST part OF the sentence, "The quick
or the dead"
HUGH FAT, OF Barry and Fay, the we'll
known Irish comedians. who appear at the
Grand Opera House next week, spent last
summer at the celebrated Carlsbad Springs,
W n haen iraIv REF
illness, and is now as "chipper" as any OF
the young comedians.
CHARLES W. STOKES, the Mdttheao Ks'o,clton
OF "The Lost Para disc" cast, is an old favortte
in Pittsburg He was here several times
with Held bv the Enemy" and last year
with Fanny Davenport. Louis Henortcks,
who plays FLETCHER, Knowlton's man OF bust:
ness, is also an n accepted favorite. The special
scenery and effects used in this production
take up two cars.
LAST year the Llliputians played entirely
in German, but it will be pleasure for us
this year to hear several English sentences
by words and slang phrases spoken by these
dfminutive actors and actresses with their
queer, quaint dialect. Their new ballet
spectacle. Candy" Is alike interesting to
man, woman and child. They follow "The
Lost Paradise" at the Alvin.
AueusTts Prrou saw Andrew Mack in
Irish comedy in Brooklyn recently, and i'm
mediately sent him an offer to place him in
the part played by W. j. Scanlon in
"Mavourneen." but, as Mr.. Mack was en-.
with his present manager. Mr.. Fred Hodg-
son, in Irish Loyalty" He. Mr. Mack. will
make his first appearance here as a star at
the Grand this week, and viii introduce
several new songs.
"THE TAR AND TIE TAnrAR" will be played
by that excellent company headed by Miss
Annie Myers in McKeesport on Monday and
Tuesday night. This will be the opening
attraction at the Altmeyer's new theater
there, which il said to be q beauty, From
McKeesport "The Tar and Tartar" which is
doing big business, will go to Beaver Falls,
playing there on THURSDAY evening, Decem-
ber Z. MANAGER Jake Rosenthai was in
Pittsburg during the week, and visited q
few of his many friends.
THE temperance Of the clever Lillipu-
tians at the Alvin Theater next Monday,
December T. is an event of considerable
season in this city is yet fresh in the mind Of
the people. Their new spectacle. Candy"
is said to be very gorgeous affair, For
fully four months the Ltitputians are play
ing IL at the Union Square Theater in New
York with unabated success, Never before
was such chance given to the clever come
dians to display their versatile talents, and
according TO the unanimous reports or the
New York press Candy" SURPRISES the fa-
nous "Rlack Crook" and 'Sinbad" as a spec
tacle. The principal parts are American
characters, like Aessen0er Boy, Bootbldck and
Ne,csboy and they are presented by the
soubrette Selma Goerner, and the two tots,
Frank Ebert and Adolf link, in very
clever manner.
SOME stars in the theatrical armament are
excee dinghy reckless as to the manner In
viii ch they do business Margaret Mather
was booked at the Duquesne Theater. and
as the whole world knows recently married
q Milwaukee brewer and concluded to retire
from the stage. One would think that under
suoh circumstances. II she desired to deal
she would either hll the engage
Inents she had contracted or else frankly
state why she was going to quit; but instead
OF that, as 10 usual in such cases, mas her
lawyer, Mr.. Horatio C. King, OF Brooklyn,
write to the management of the theater and
in form them TO quote from the letter, 'that
in consequence OF the illness Of Margaret
Mather, and under medical advice. she Is
compelled to cancel her engagement at your
theater. trust that this early notification
will enable you to let the date without dill
Guilty" "The early notification" means a
notice about five weeks right in the heart of
the theatrical season. With q management
tactics would likely cause a severe financial
loss, as il is not always easy to find substi.
tuJe of sufficient prestige to play a house
like the DuQuesne, and as there is but little
satisfaction in litigation. In this instance
Mr. Henderson did not wait but filled in the
week that was to be occupied by the erratfc
lady star with August Jnnkermann, who has
the greatest German comedian that has
been known to the Berlin stage for many
years. His American tour has excited the
greatest interest, and will no doubt even
excel the success OF the famous Meininger
Company.