The morning call., 1893-07-16
Personal and Other Jottings.

Manager Warde as Virginius. in great pro-
ductiOn intended to be made of Sheridan
Knowles masterpiece. The young California
girl is growing in professional importance.
Arthur Lloyd. the English vocal comedian,
will sail from London with his comedy Organi
cation on August 2. Lloyd belongs to family
OF actors.
Fraser's grand farewell concert and benefit
testimonial will take place at Metropolitan
Hail. Tuesday. July %.
Mrs. James Brown Potter has left for India,
and will be gone two years. Her reason for
going is that she was not appreciated In the
United States and that there is more sympathy
with her efforts among the people residing IN
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. Sue likes the
Begun life Of the Indies, too, and perhaps she
hopes TO attain the privilege OF living 1t by a
fortunate alliance with native dignitary.
1t Is said that Mrs Tburber intends to pres
ent grand opera In New York next year with a
negro company. which will include "the Black
Patti" A wild scheme, this.
Edwin Booth had curious passion for
waffes. During his last engagement In Boston
he ale one evening twenty-five Wafes at a SIT
ting and bdeous indigestion ensued so bad, 10
fact, that The great tragedian could not play
tEat evening, and big house that had as
sembled to witness his Shylock were forced
TO go home nnsatished.
Colonel John A. McCaulFs two daughters will
20 with the Ma0ola-Alason company next fall
and play two small parts in Friend Fritz"
An open air performance OF "Ihe Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" Is announced as one OF The
possibilities 10 The near future. II Will b
slvsn N Y. III trout 0' the ''"00 h0'e'' Saratoga
Prizefgbter Corbelt appears to have lost his
drawing powers in "Gentleman jack" at
Mr. Days plans regarding his New York
thealer are as yet unknown, but 1t Is certain
that he has ordrred his agent In the United
States to stop preparation for The MdSum
mer Nights Dream" and await further instruc.
tions by cable.
Tie Kendals Will return to this country in
September in the hope Of meeting with greater
success than they have enjoyed recently In
London.
Paderewsk's recitals in London are drawing
houses OF el00O each
The recent stories that Jean de Reszke had
lost his voice are pronounced untrue. The
London Sunday Times says he never sang bet
ter than at present.
A musical paper says Dr. Dyorak blackens
his face when he retires to compose American
music on negro themes.
While Berlin halls Nerdps "Falstaf' as
revelation in music" Vienna piOnOunces 1t
failure.
iss Selma E. Cohan, who studied under
Mrs. Charles Thorne formerly Mrs. james
Stark and VINO made a very successful debut
10 this city some years ago. proposes 10 resume
her connection with the stage. Her grade is
the legitimate.
Some dancers in the ballet "Versailles" in
"1he Tasman" tainted from heat and fatigue
lately in New York. They were required to
dance forty-nVe minutes WI hout pause, ana
the strain of two performances was too much
for them When they dropped from fatigue
the management concluded TO omit the matt
Lillian Russell is SAID 10 nave temporarily
failed in singing on account OF kIhg an over.
dose Of phenaceiln just before going on the
stage. There is Il stronger power ihdn drugs
at work with Miss Russefs vocal organs, aud
that Is time.
"Poor Jonathan has been produced in Lon
don, and in sriIe OF its having been again re-
hashed to suit a new locality II seems TO
have made hit. One critic says: "The lu-
dicious might perhaps prleve AT the spectacle OF
an artist OF the rank and vocal talents OF Miss
Jessie Bond implofing her humble lover not to
90 running after some other dOna, ana
maslin' her just because she's a tOr,' but that
there is an audience tor this sort OF thing was
amply proved by the applause with which
these sentiments were greeted and by the
critical appreciation with which the coSier
dicton and accent we're followed by stalls and
boxes even more than by the gallery"
IL Is reported that Julia Marowe has mar
ried Robert Tabor, her leading man. The pair
have gone to Europe 10 spend the honeymoon,
IL is said.
Sir Augustus Harris and Mr. Henry Pettit
will visit The Worlds Fair together after the
production OF the laters new play AT the Adel-
phi in London. Mr. Petttps next Drnty Lane
production Will be called An Honest woman"
The plot and treatment OF the theme have al
ready been decided upon. although the writing
Of The dialo que has not yet been begun.
Ii utenant Dan Godfrey. bandmaster for the
COluStIedHl hudrus. Wrote d Snue ioi dn lIiSn
regiment called Rouse Ye. Ulster" but the
British Government Will not allow 1t 10 be
played.
The Boston great organ, that cost 100000,
lies packed In wooden shaDty in the CO. mel OF
a cemetery and Music Hall itself, hat rever-
berated with It's thunders, Will probably be torn
down to make room for an elevated railroad
Boston is now agtated over the placing OF a
bigger and better hail.
During tn hot summer evenings Miss Ellen
Terry's dresser waits outside the wings" with
glass OF iced wafer into which the actress
dips The tips OF her fingers during the periodi.
cal exists
Edgar HaddOck, an enterprising Yorkshire
vlOlinisi, has given a concert In London OF
music wholly OF living English composers. The
Times pronounced the music not good.