Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-10
stage WhiGnArA.

In the West "Ramlet' is being played by
a strolling company under the name, "Is His
| Nibs OF His MUTT"
ENA BERroLD1 the worlds greatest equil-
! ibrist, is the bright shining star of the Bos.
ton Howard Athenaeum Star Speciality Com
pany.
MELVILLE AND sTEfsoS queens of topical
songs and dialect artists are with the ever
refined Boston Howard Athenaeum Star
Speciality Company.
ALL children under 12 years of age accom-
panied by their parents will hereafter be
admitted free to Harris Theater to the
Tuesday and Friday matinees.
"TuxEDo." a new farcical comedy pre-
sented by Thatcher's Minstrels and Rich &
Alvin Theater next week. The combina-
ton OF minstrelsy and farce comedy is said
to be good.
w. r. PALMER, JR., a nephew of A. NJ Pal
mer, has organized a company of players to
travel on bicycles. They will be known as
the Palmer Bicycle Tourist,and will begin at
New Rochelle May with musical comedy
entitled Love on Wheels
COLONEL SAM DAWSON, of the Bijou The
ater, will take a benefit at that house in May,
when a new musical comedy called "Tan-
gled Up will be played there 1t is to be
hoped that the Colonel will get tangled up
in bank notes as a result, and If popularity
In Chicago "The Ensign" was classed
with Shenandoah" and Held by the
Enemy" and in scenic display and dramatic
situations it was acknowledged to be supe.
rior to either. A marked and creditable
feature of the play is its freedom from the
Dompast ana sensationalism which form
such prominent factors Of the average melo-
drama.
PREPARATIONS are being made to remove
the ls-foot figure of Diana from the tower of
the Madison Square Garden. A new god
dess. only Is feet high and with little more
clothing. will take the place of the present
statue about the time Manager David Hen
derson brings his extravaganza "Sinbad" to
the Garden Theater.
MRS. LANGTRY is again creating good deal
of talk. This time she is in Paris with young
Robert Peel, assisting him to spend some of
the large winnings he is said to have made
this year at Monte Carlo. She is about to go
on pleasure tour in Spain. and her next
appearance on the stage is very problemati-
CAL The theater-going public have grown
quite tired of her.
EXTENSIVE preparations are now under
way for the production OF the late Bartley
Gampbell's best comedy effort, entitled..BulIs
and Bears" which is described as satirical
SemeS0 es an Of fhe IIG IeGiSSd The tour which has
New York. will embrace all the principal
cities, A cast including James B. Radcliffe,
Stefe Maley, All hampton ana other prOmi-
nent players, has been engaged.
SARA BERSHARDr in a tantrum is q spec-
tacle with which the quarrel scene you pay
So for in "Frou Frou" does not begin to COM
pare. She wanted special car to Philadel-
phfa the other day, and because she couldn't
get 1t she tore around and talked in a way
that twisted the iron work in the Pennsyi-
vania depot and raised the temperature of
the place $50. yut she didn't get the car.
and then. poor emotional creature she
Topped into seat in the regular Pullman
coach and cried.
"CURLY" BELLEw is particularly mad as to
various statements that have appeared in
the press with reference to his alleged tears
over the loss of his wardrobe in South
Africa; and it is stated that words of not
altogether an amicable character have
passed between him and Mrs. Potter, who is
said to have given out the story to the
papers. The pair are now rehearsing a new
play by Bellew, which is underlined for pro-
duction In England early in May, the subject
being "Hero and Leander."
UNLIKE some of his confreres among comic
opera comedians, Franck Wilson does not
believe that the earth is his. He has de-
clined 70 take his company to the Vienna
Exposition, because he does not believe
that the Vtennese would appreciate his per-
formance. He has also declfhed q proposi-
ton from George Edwardes to go to London
next spring. The Gaiety manager offered