The morning call., 1892-03-13
Personal and Other Jottipos.


Richard Mansfield VIII have very ex-
tended repertory during his forthcoming
visit at the Baldwin Theater. He will open
bis engagement in Beau BrummeP on
Easter Monday.
Mrs. W. A. Vigoureux of this city has
completed couple of plays which will
probably soon be presented 10 our public.
One is very good dramatic version of Sir
Walter ScOtts Wentworth" and the other
is n romantic Spanish story called Gen
evra.''
Charles Frohman's latest production,
"Sloriana," is said to be comedy rapid in
action, well nigh perfect in performance
and clean in dialogue aud theme. Ii seems
TO have scored an emphatic hit, If the laugh
ter and the plaudits oil It's audiences NAV be
accepted aS proof of success. Ii Will be seen
at the Baldwin Theater early in the sum-
mer.
Under the pilotage Of Marcus r. Mayer
aud Ben Stern the Agnes Huntington Opera
COMPANY will soon be headed westward to
| play brief engagement at the Grand Opera
house, under the management Of Al Hay
man. She will produce that distinct and
picturesque triumph Paul Jones" and
Captain ThereSe," both of which have been
great success in the East.
Divide Musim, the great violinist. Will be
| here next month.
why all the controversy about female
| virtue on the stage?" asks the Cincinnati
| Enquirer 1t all depends on the w0man-On
| tie stage or off
Mr. George L. Lask will arrive here on
| SUNDAY, 2olh INST. as manager OF Charles
FroEman's 'All the Comforts of Home"
Company 20 open at the New California.
Max OReil on. Paul BloueO will lecture
| at the Grand Opera-housP, March p inst,
| Tor the benefit OF the Ladies' Protection
aud Relief Society, on america as Seen
| Through French Spectacles." On Sunday
rnrRH rHgv
British Trnitv-John Bull, PAT anu Sandy"
On Tuesday 29tb, Her Hghness Woman"
They say look very like Lord 'footle-
tum, remarked a member o. the Calumet
Club recently to Miss huntington. Il un-
derstand that you have met him. Are we
really anything aiike?" :" | can't say"
said the singer, smillu ely, she never spoke
to me with his hat on"
I'd Buckley is steadily improving after an
attack Of paralysis which would have
proved almost fatal to any one of less cour-
age and physique. His whole left side was
parayZed, ana he was confined TO bis bed
for five months. He has not appeared upon
the stage for eleven months. at will be
full year next month";" said he 'and a
longer time than have ever before been off
tn stage since my first appearance | have
had several offers already, but until feel
perfectly sure of myself i shall not take
any chances. 1 feel as if / should very soon
recover the full use OF my arm, and | want
10 take care of il without riSking accidents"
THIS Is one OF the worst years for theatri-
| Gals ever known In London. Three West
| End managers are in serious financial
trouble and may have 10 give up their play
| houses.
Fanny Davenport says that our national
history Is yet too young 10 produce TRACE
| dies. Fanny IS evidently not posted on cur
rent events in some Of the Southwestern
States.
The production of Henry VIII" in
London has revived the old iii ,cuSsion as 10
| the authenticity of the play. and if il should
not be omitted from future editions Of
ShakespeaTe's works.
The New York Herald says: No man
can tell the value of play with sureness
till it has been rehearsed." The Mirror
adds that Few men can predict infalibly the
value OF play when IT Is reheaTsed; while
some men are unable 10 estimate its value
when il Is acted.
James O'Neill has played Monte Cristo'
eight seasons 1t Is said that the present
season IS proving one Of the most profitable
Of the whole eight. | 10 week before last,
tie pTOits OF his tour were more than
$4,000. and lie is confident or Increasing
that figure TO S250 600 by the time that his
" Monte Cristo" season closes at Milwaukee
in the middle Of April
Lines addressed to a soubrette who
skipped:
You gave me love and Kisses
For sweetest looks, the latest books
And newest songs To sing.
I'm in a hundred letters
beginning Darling love"
And now thtnk, some tights of pink,
wora and tiay glove.
I'll get again such letters
Such sweet caress s. too:
Hut never IN get back the pile
OF dust blown In on you
Emma Nevada has been singing in Italy
She coInmenced her operate tour in Spain
last Thursdey. March 10. and will appear
chiefly ia ''AiignOn" and Hamlet"
does nj m ho A
Mitchell tbroat-cutting CASE for Nine. Sarah
Bernhardt there can be no doubt of success
attending It's production in the United
States
Small shovmen are taking advantage Of
Manager David Henderson's announcement
that his next grand spectacle Will be de-
voted to the Arabian Nights tale, "Ah
Baba, or Morgiana and the Forty Thieves"
anu are putting on the stage versions OF the
same story, more or less mushroOmy. They
| calculate Oh Henderson doing the adyer-
| Using and other work for them on the prin-
ciple Of the Little Louisiana Lottery
| scheme.
Siegfried Wagner left England fort
night ago for journey to Egypt and the
| East. lie Is young man Of 81, with a pale
! lace, strongly resembling his father. AL
though not, so far, showing the genius of
his father, he Is clever musician, the
| whole OF his training having been directed
| to tit him to take the place of Mrs Wagner
wien, III the natural course, this remark
ably active woman passes away. His ac-
| quantince with "Wagneriana" is remark
able, and he speaks English admirably
Ru5instein played lately in Vienna with
astounding success and the critics call him
still the foremost pianist in the world
Valera and Gerster sang lately in Berlin
The latter was told by the leading critics
that she should retire from the stage
The former was praised for her art,
which, however, could not disguise
the .shrliiness and the hardness of her
voice"
Nine. Melba. the Australian prima donna,
whose name has figured in connection with
that OF the young Duke of Orleans, re-
Gently made her first appearance M Pa
lerm0 as Lucia. She created an UMPIRE
cedented Juror. The mad scene was en-
cored three times, followed by eighteen re-
calls. This was evidently success de
Scandae.
Aubrey B0ncicault. who plays the part of
Harry OMally, an Irish sergeant. in THE
English Rose" recently produced at Proc
tors Theater, New York. is said TO be best