The evening world., 1893-10-25
Talk AMONG PLAYER FOLK.
An English Journalist Points Out
Mrs. Kendal's Inconsistencies
One Night Each Week Box once
Receipts Take . Tumble. :

Receipts Take . Tumble.
II do maintain that It II ~pleasanteI
10 think that when the curtain has
fallen, n the actor or actress 10 "
home. he or she leads, or IL capable Of
leading. the same kind OF life the repre-.
s%entation Of which has moved an au
dience to tears" Read that very care.
fully. once. twice. three times, and then
guess who said II. You'll never be able
10 guess. Well. those very words were
uttered by Mrs. Kendall before she grew
bilious. and before she ever thought OF
playing a part like that Of Paula in 1.-THE
Second Mrs. Tanaueray." She spoke
them in September. 1884. at the con-
In birmingham, England. They are on
record, and the record has just been
brought to light by a gentleman who
deplores Mrs. Kendal's latest venture.
Mrs. Kendall must unsay those words
Americans, whom she has been .chaS-
this record-none other than the emit
a&s,iele sns scsnad aos!"'li: aof Te eous s.sn' With nis
regard to Mrs. Kendars latest hyperion.
alton, heaven forbid that she should
p pce s.R her he, siT I'm gnc. words; DO
wouldn't think OF such a thing. At the
same time. I'm not so sure that the i'm
p~ersonation does not sometimes power
must be it. Playing the shrewish Mrs.
TaIqueray so often a probably made
a vixen o. the once affable. smiling lady,
who. q few months ago. told an inter-
in London with the American nag.
In the mean time Chicago-that most
irreverent. c~ity-affects I o regard Mrs.
kendal,s indignation as an ad. for her
self and her play. One writer remarks:
and with q shrewd knowledge Of the
obtained. Mrs. Kendall has taken up the
eudgels for Pinero and herself, and is
we; IN New York, don't know what
nub-dub means. Still. It sounds ike
Mrs. Kendall talks. -
a Francisco is beginning to boast
about the number Of girls that adorns
tae. that =. 8. '1 WHARF has msn' aSree 'e os
them, Marie Burroughs. Mamie Grad
DOCK and Ruth Waterman. He also al
LEI 70 Maud Adams and Edna Wal
ciscans., 1t Is we'll to know that Call
fornia Is pleased about something. It's
displeasure Is growing % hackneyed.
This is pathetic. Herman Perlet. the
compose, Of Theresa vaughn's song,
the conductors baton in '1is9." a y that
the words Of the song are anonymous.
he them In a torn copy of an
hh1Istrated London paper which some:
not get them out Of his head. and the
melody came to him while he was maxi
Ing z night Jump through New England.
Psriet came to America as Z solo pia i,s
with Max Strakosch.
The report that e new attraction win
the Fourteenth Street Theatre next
professional mstines performanee Of that
play to-day. BY the bye, most Wednes-
day matinees are professional. The New
York public does not seem to banker
why is It," asks Business Manager
is one night In every week, all the rear
round, In which New York theatrical
It Is a curious fact, and nj that mo-
body can explain, that such Is the case.
Generally It is Tuesday or Wednesday.
S put there !. .. aiWsys one night when The
In all the theatres. The drop il some
times a small one-$20 or $6O-but 1t n a
drop. Is IT atmospheric or psychologist?
t nSe9 3rico, kn low. Most incidents in the
This defies all explanations.
Joseph Jefferson was in the city last
week looking very well. Two actors.
who watched the amous Jefferson, COM
m eoat Ia the Mor ether sr day on the dingy over;
neglect that Characterized him. "My
boy said a third, who was very eor-
geous In a well-itting .frockcoat, with a
hrysanthemum in its lapel. when I am
III DO Just the same. Do you think I'd
bother about a starchy chrysanthemum
In my coat II ! were Independent. II is
We poor wretches, who have to hustle
nnd the posing. Jefferson can do a. he
ROBE The well;knSwn character actor Harry
a MHfe other OF m .RISSmsny Rye "FIst!!y.'
LAM, ,o,s. in May 70 play scms q 81. p pop alsr
t fS there: Mr.; Rogers has been in
TINS country twelve years. and he likes
business nee mas ans = t sSpee asty in his eharacter
are generally the happy ones.
Alexander Comstock has abandoned
all his speculations and has beer en-
gaged by the Messrs. Rosenfeld to look
arter OLAF at Niblo's. How refresh-
ing" says the irrepressible Alexander.
IT will be to draw salary each week in.
S stead ;Sf being compelled to hustle to
are going rapidly forward. Miss Ellen
Burg has been added to the cast, which
includes Miss Seligman. T. H. Thaiberg.
Gilmore Scott. Charles b. Hanford, Geo
Fawcett and others.
The Ramsay Morris comedy company
that has just returned to the city sfter
a plucky struggle with the bad business
out Of town will probably 70 u arsin
Just before the holidays.
BRIDGE SPAN FALLS.
Ono Man Killed and Four Others