San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-23
HEATRICAL NOTES.
Local and General of Known and to
Re Known stars.

| upon IN tneabrlcal clTcles Vi tnie ci'J
this week, as there has been nothing
of moment In professional or amateur
! circles. The amateurs of the Philo
nathan society POSTPONED their pro
gram last Sunday, and the only treai
at all in professional drama of the
week was Maggie Mitchell as "The
Little Maverick at Rische's. Mag.
| gle Mitchell was born in New York City
In 1882, and worked her way up from
! the most abject poverty to her preseni
poeition. She was married in 1868 tC
Henry Paddock, of Cleveland, Ohio
ct Troy, New York.
The lovers of opera have had quite
q treat at the Grand during the week
when it is considered how little oil
opera and grand opera San Antonians
hove been favored with. The Juch
compony probably did it's best while
here, yet TO all our critical citizens
and music lovers, the painful fact was
apparent that the company, artisti-
cally, was not even as strong rs last
season.
Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb and COM
pany packed the Grand opera house
for matinee yesterday with more chill
dren than have ever been put In
there at one time. 1t was the largest
matinee the Grand ever contained
and quite overcame the doorkeepers.
Two doors to admit the crowd had to
be opened, and all were dellg hted
with the performance. The audience
last night was very slim.
Tonight and tomorrow night, James
O'Neill will present the drama
"Monte CristO" at the Grand.
At Rische's, Slade, the medium,
will entertain large audience tomOr-
row night.
Emma Juch always travels with
her mother, who shares her room
with her.
Mrs. General Tom Thumb appear
ed at the old Liberty Hall, this city,
sixteen years ago, with the General.
They staged it over from Austin.
She was born in 184l.
Robert Mantell played in New
York this week. He starts for a
southern tour next week.
Marie Van Zandt refused to marry
the Grand Duke Michael, of Russia.
So did the Gar withhold his per-
mission from the Duke.
Nellie Price. Dow is TO interview the
young man who married her last
summer.
Aubrey Boucicault and Miss Amy
Busby, both Of Mr.. Stuart Robson's
company, were married in Chicago,
on Monday, Jan. IL.
Teresa Carreno, the pianiste, is
about to marry D'Albert. an italian
tenor. This is her third venture,
Sauret was the first and Tagliapeatra
the second.
Next summer Miss Nellie McHenry
takes her play "a Night at the Cir
Gus" to the Pacific Coast.
"The Isle of Champagne" by
Charles Alfred Byrne and Louis Har
risoD, music by George Furst, is get
ting ready for its production during
the summer, at the grand opera house
In Chicago.
Henry IrviDg's second son, Law.
renee, accidentally shot himself in
the chest last week in Belfast, Ire
land. He will recover
Victorien Sardou is down with
bad case OF pneumonia.
Johann Strauss, Sir Arthur Sulli.
van and Genee, seem all to have
turned their backs on comic opera
and gone In for grand opera with
marked lack of success.
Mckee Rankin has entered suit for
divorce from Elizabeth (Kitty
Blanchard) Rankin, at San Francisco.
charging desertion.
Joseph Haworth Is this week in
Louisville, KY.
Young Alexander Salvini opened
weeks engagement in Baltimore,
Monday, Jan. IL.
DR.. Hamilton Griffin, Mary Ander-
son Navaro's stepfather, is In very
precarious state of health. When he
went to Louisville some months ago,
after his brothers. death, he was a
sick and feeble man. A long rest
here, trip by water to Pittsburg and
another rest in New York improved
him considerably, but since his re-,
turn to England another decline has
set in.
Nicolini, the husband of Patti, lie
very fond of billiards and daily
watches Jake Schafer practice in q
private room on Broadway, N. Y.
Nicolini plays q stiff game himself
and astonished one of the "expertsn
by beating him fifty points.
A German play called Before Sum-
rise" was the only new play seen III
New York last week.