The evening world., 1893-10-18
HEARD BEHIND THE SCENES.
English Actors F%uriously Indig-
nant with Mrs. Kendall.
Kennedy. Heavy Weight LITTER, Says
Times Arc Bad for Actors.

Some of the English actors in this city
are furiously indignant with Mrs. Ken
dial for the remarks that she permitted
to fall from her lips the other day anent
the reception In this city OF The Second
Mrs. Tanqucray." Sad one of these gen
tlemen yesterday: ut was a cruel and
dastardly thing for Mrs. Kendall to have
alluded to Belle Billion, now the Coun-
tess OF Clancarty, as a Mrs. ~Tanqueray.
II was coarse and 1t was disgusting.
Nothing was ever proved against Belle
Billion except that she sang In concert
halls. Every effort was made to ecure
evidence that would incriminate her, and
every effort failed. A man Is n gentle
man until he Is proved to be a villain,
and the same holds good OF a woman,
too. Mrs. Kendall betrayed the most
execrable taste, and deliberately insulted
a woman who is not here to reply for
herself. There are man. people in New
York who have met Belle Bilton-concert
hall people, OF course-and they will all
tell you that they know absolutely moth
ing against her. She is not uneducated.
She can hold her own in any society.
specifically, of course. Mrs. Kendall is,
Of course, sincerely dislikcd by the dra-
matte profession abroad, but there is no
reason why she should come here to vent
her spleen"
The last act OF THE Prodigal Daugh-
ter" was rendered ridiculously super
fiuous Monday night. Leonard Boyne,
riding Roquefort, by some unfortunate
accident came in third instead of first in
the race. That made the entire last act
unnecessary, for Sir John Woodmerc's
entire fortune depended on Roquefort's
success. In spite of this, Sir Johns for
and the play, was finished just as though
the proper horse had won. The audi
ence probably understood the horsey
dificulty-for there's very little that a
New York audience doesn't understand.
death in San Francisco last Sunday OF
Walter Eytinge, a ~well-known actor.
y, wh9 ,o, but .. 4 few days Z s left this city
Theodore MOSS. His wife, Josephine Ely
tingc, is a we'll Unknown leading lady, m
has been left comfortably off. as the &C
tor had his life heavily insured. Mr.. Ey-
tinge's body will be brought to this city.
He had often told his wife that when he
died he would like to be cremated with
the Stars and Stripes as a shroud. This
will be done.
Robert Buchanan. who claims that
Daniel Frohman had contracted to pro-
his ideas, has replied to Mr.. Potter's
scathing rebukes. He does so in sew
eral clauses. as follows: a. In June,
1892, Daniel Fr9hman received his manu-
script and paid a small royalty in adj
vance. () Sothern read the manu-
script and approved it. e.5 Frohman
announced the play, for production. a.
throwing over Bushanan,s play and pre-
scnting one by Paul Potter. o. He
carried out his threat. In spite of
which Mr.; Potter's many friends con
OF excellent work that a scholarly man
like Potter would turf out.
Kennedy. the heavy welght-llfter. says
that these are hard Tires for actors, in
" 'bis scen as IS IF TO wfhic iu' s am s pas'' ve ery
beautifully The Span Of Life" The
cures a plank for that purpose. The
plank, however, is too short, and Ken
nedy places his own body, by It, and
The heroine Is saved.
Felix Morris's new venture as a star
does not seem to have met with much
success. This. of course, may be due
to the present bad times, that are made
to cover a multitude of sins. A Chicago
critic Gays, Jane stuart saved Mr..
Morris from downright failure"
And now dear little Marie Tempest
has returned to J. NJ. Hill, who has also
taken back the too affectionate Steger.
Ihere Is path4s IN an Ihis: On why
England and leave her little girl all
alone?