The record-union., 1892-11-19


has made a successful debut at Covent
Garden as Airline IN 1.-The Bohemian
GIrl." She is dramatic soprano OF great
ability.
Clara Morris produced a play called
claire" in Omaha last week. 1t is an
adaptation from the German, made by
herself. 1t is an emotional drama, and
does not amount to much.
Emil Schaaf and Il. H. Putnam have
written an American opera called The
Continentals," which George II. Hayes
has filed with music. 1t viii be pro-
duced in Boston december 1st.
Thomas w. keene has played the title
role of ''Richard III" over l 200 times.
lie IS giving fine scenic production of
the tragedy this season and in large cities
uses over hundred people in the battle
scene.
Lucius Henderson is astonishing
every ybody by his wonderful piano play
ing in Friends" and people who think
they, are about being bored when he
touches the ivorieg invariably demand
two or three encores.
Sara Bernhardt is writing a play. This
is her first attempt at writing for the
stage, but she has already published two
books. The Voyage dune Chaise," and
the noted Marie Pigeounier," reply to
Marie Columbier's attack upon her in tho
' FdiSdI fodIdu DafDulll.''
Colonel VIM. Il. Sim and his wife Cora
Tanner have separated, amicably. They
We're married seven years ago, and since
then she has been starred by the Colonel
at loss OF more than one hundred thou
sand dollars. The Colonel wanted her to
quit the stage and she wouldn't.
Miss May Brooklyn, the weu-known
actress, has very fine collection of
American antiques, principally from Tu-
catan, Which antedate Columbus advent
thousands Of years. One of them, an
IDOL, bears on it Phoenician figures repre-
sentlng Pharaoh Necho. which was found
IN the Nuns Hall at Uxmal.
Madame" softly said he, turning
10 the lady at his side,
While his face was filed with burning
Bushes which he strove to hide
Madame, pardon my confusion
But you see the fact is that
I'm oppressed by the conclusion
That you're sitting on my hat"
Miss fmily Lytton, the clever leading
Lady OF j. X. Emmet's Fritz in Ireland
! Company, who has during the last season
been added to the queen of American
stage beauties IS Californian by birth.
The coast" by the way, has furnished
as many beauties of late as did Baltimore
half dozen years ago.-Dunlop's Stage
News.
ON Wednesday Hoyt q Thomas cele-
brated the first anniversary Of "A Trip to
Chinatown" at the New York Madison
Square 1heater by very pretty souve-
mr., and the pretty little theater was
crammed to the doors. 1t is the longest
consecutive run ever achieved by a play
IN America, with the exception Of
"Adonis."
pr. Augustin Daily, after lengthy legal
fight, has finally beaten VIM. 4. Brady
for Infringing upon his copyright by
borrowing" the railroad scene from
"t nder the Gaslight" and putting it in
After Dark" VIM. a. is to pay the cost
OF the suit, and some one is counting the
number of times the railway scene has
been produced, with a view to damages.
Essie Tittell has decided to drop her
girlhoOd name and will hereafter be
known by her baptismal name Of Esther.
deeming 1t more consistent with the
dignity of present position as the leading
actress OF Charles Frohman's Mr.. Will
kinson's Widows company. But whether
she IS known as Essie or Esther she will
be Just as clever an actress and just as
greatly admired.
Florindo Konger Herve, the composer.
died on Saturday in Paris, it is said, from
chagrln arising from the failure of his
operetta, "Bacchinale." In 1853 he
founded the Iheater of Folies Nouvelles
Among his successful operettas have been
La Fanfare De st. Cloud, " lie Hussard
Persecute," Les Chevalier De La Table
Ronde." lie Trone d. Ecosse,' - la Mar
quise Des Rues."
True criticism is the natural product of
intelligence. Hence the musical critic is
only OF value to an audience in propor-
ton as his acquaintance with the facts is
larger than theirs. Unfortunately. the
tendency of the present moment is to
seek pleasure rather than profit. Hence
we find that the drift of dramatic events
Is in the direction Of frivolity and extra
vagance and external show. Many peo-
pie visit the theater as some 90 to horse
race, tor temporary excitement, or as
others attend church, to let their minds
take a nap. The stage caters TO these in
cinatians far too frequently. We are not
the product of our age; we make it lust
what 1t IS, and we can make it what we
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1t would be well if audiences carried
with them to the theater, or the opera,
always an inquiring mind, ALWAYS a
critical spirit. DO not 90 there merely to
crafty the sensual pleasures Of the eve.
the luEury Of mere idleness, the use OF
physical repOse. DO not seek to be graft
lied with the gaud of brilliant scenery.
the influence of draperies and costumes.
I the fair proportions of dancers, the dazzle
Of Kaleidoscope changes, the glowing of
rainbow hues. Let us admire the glory
of the picture, not the glitter Of the frame.
There is poetry OF motion fairer than
Hogarth's lines Of beauty and Of grace.
There is a harmony of colOrs within the
vision Of the minds eye that pales the
rainbow's splendOr. There is a fabric
woven ont of the souls tissues infinitely
more rich and enduring than the folds
and hangings Of silken robes and gilded