The morning call., 1892-10-30
Personal and Other Jot,ipgs.

Personal and Other JottiDgs.
Mrs. Justin Harvey Smith (nee Marie
Barnard of Boston. Mass, has been pre-
ferred to eleven competitors for the honor
of singing Dyorak's 'Requiem," with sixty
in the orchestra and 200 in the choir, under
the composers baton. 1t will be Dvorak's
first production of the piece in the United
States.
Sale of seats by auction for Mae
donough Theater, Oakland. took place on
Friday last at the Tabernacle in that city.
The opening performance Will be on Mon
day evening. Noyemter Il, by the ). {.
Tie Baltimore Sun has this to say OF
Carrie MlZner Hamilton. prima donna OF
the "kobin Hood opera company
She deserves the highest praise for
her excellent acting and singing She is not
only beautiful woman, but her voice is
highly cultivated, and robin Hood" seems
to have been written for her. She Is the
creator Of the role OF Maid Marion.
This is the way in which the Philadelphia
City Item places one of our good actors:
Julius Kahn, who last travelled with the
Hans he Buatman" company, is the regu-
lar nominee for Alderman OF the Republi-
cans of San Francisco
A play called Farewell" written by DR..
Dabbs, who was the late Lord Tenbyson'S
physician, will shortly be produced in
London.
The Npapolitan Mandolin and Guitar
Club, pupils of the Misses Sherwood, gave
musical evening at Byron MauZy'S piano
warehouse on Thursday evening. October
q. Selections from BizZari, Parsons. Hat
ton. Ascher, Buck. Sullivan, Bellenghi,
DesSauer, LOesehern ana Wely were exc
cuted with much satisfaction 10 the audi
ence. An old French song, "My Margue-
rite" sung by Mrs. j. L. Birmingham, was
particularly acceptable.
Tickets for reserved seats at the Grand
Opera house for Tuesday evenings NO
yember j concert by the Saturday Morning
Orchestra are now on sale at Sherman. Clay
Il Co.'S.
Ii l5oito, the composer, had lived in the
DAYS when men puZz ed their brains to in
vent palndrcmes, a feat of that kind, says
an exchange, which he has just accom-
plshed, would have ranked him as high as
his "Mephist0pheles He recently wrote
in an album the sentence. 'Ebro Otel. ma
Ameto orbe." which means that 'Drunk
is Othello, but Hamlet Is mad, and reads
the same either forward or backward.
1t is estimated that the fifteen regular
theaters OF Chicago played TO more than
100 coo people in the week. an average OF
over 1900 persons to each theater at each
performance, low estimate the Inter
Ocean calls this Our managers would like
to make it as a steady thing IN regard TO
the local theaterS.
d T. JRUelSOH 0t ADEeilN Is 5dlu 10 nave
taken the lead Of De Wolf Hopper In public
estimation by his performance in The
Lady OF the Tiger.
According to an Eastern exchange Divide
Musin, who with his company has just ar
rived here from Australia. lost heavily on
Sullivan. Musin had exaggerated ideas of
lie Boston pugilisrs capacity.
/. bert GTau, brother Of Maurice Grau,
operate manager, is under treatment at
Bellevue n. y Hospital for alcoholism.
Robert ManteA is said 10 have dropped
5000 during his six weeks at the Twenty
third Street 1heater, New York City, with
Face in the Moonlight" Proctor The
pays the bills"
Let not the ugly actress weaken. Some
one has found out that beauty and brains
divorced some time since. Nine. de Stael
was ugly, so was George Eliot; Lady Mary
Moniagu was "untidy and sl0venly. with
a face hidecusly SCARED by smallpox" and
Margaret Fuller the reverse OF pretty, and
SaraE-well- And as for Fanny Daven-
port. they do say she IS cross-eyed ana hor-
ribly fat, and
Mr.. Harry Dam, formerly of San Fran
cisco, now resident in London, has sold the
Kendals new play called The Crystal
Shell"
Mr. Bourebier Tor Bowcher), John Drew's
successor at Days New York Theater. is
an Oxford man and related TO some of the
leaders Of society in London. lie is very
John Bullish in his build and hardly pre-
sents as graceful a stage presence as his
predecessor.
Nine. Helena Modjeska is doing very
bad business this time in New York Il is
the fault of the people, she says. They
have no respect for art. They, the star
system and the love Of money kill artistic
growth" Still, Helena was made rich and
famous by these people, who, In her opinion,
hove no appreciation OF art. Her revival
this summer is Henry Ill.," in which she
plays Queen Katherine.
Mr.. K. ). Willard has created Juror in
Montreal with THE Middleman."
Gerster has been singing at Krolps, IN
Berlin but her voice is a mere shadow of
what it used to be.
The sanitary theatrical paragraphist says
Edwin Booth is in his usual health.
Billy Birch, the famous minstrel, has
finally retired from the stage.
William T. Carleton has left the Lillian
Russell Opera Company.
On the 9Th prox. many actors will vote
for Cleveland.
Bertha Shelby is now a popular teacher
of the dramatic art in New York.
Divide Musin and Company are here from
AustralIa-arriyed by the steamship Mari
posa on Thursday morning last. They pro-
pose to give two concerts In this city.
Charles Bernard has written a new hay
seed play for Neill Burgess, in which
novel and realistic effect is to be presented.
Burgess will shelye The County FAN"
after this season.
Mrs Bernard-Beere will open the magnif-
cent new Manhattan Opera-h0use, New
York, November IA.
The Misses Albu IA concert troupe) wrote
THE CALL from Sydney. n. S. w, that
thew will leave Tor San Francisco by the
steamship Monowa, sailing Monday, Octo-
Der 81.
European Musical Items.
Translated FROM the Gazzetta Musicale OF Milan.
Giuseppe Verdi completed his seventy
ninth year on the 10th of October He re-
tains all the spirit of his youth and is
vigorous and active The pure and noble