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

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81 do maintain that II Is pleasanter
10 think that when the curtain has
fallen. and the actor. or actress 10 at
home.' he or she leads. or Is capable of
leading, the same kin OF life the repre-
s%entation Of which has moved an au-
d!ence 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 n part like that OF Paula in THE
Second Mrs. 'ranqueray." She spoke
them in September. 1884, at the con-
rress Of the National Association. held
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
no v. for hey have a meaning that many
Americans whom she has been .chas-
s s,i'"s u sa ss0, the sssyiilem %,sn who "i foSnd
this r~ecord-none other than the emf
nr English ~ s%ournalisto VII signs Ms
regard to Mrs. Rendal's latest s1u imper SON"
alton. heaven forbid that she should
not ask her "a. because ! know she
same time I'm not SO sure that the i'm
personAtion does pot sometimes power
Iully infusnce the lr~fpersonator." That
m"sS es = so r dsi.n s q p shssTish MARIE Mrss
a vixen o. the once affable, smiling lady.
wh5. Il few months ago, old an inter-
viewer that she also draped her rooms
in Ix0ndOn with tho Amaricap "5o1
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irreverent city-affects to regard Mrs.
kendal,s indignation as an ad. for her
self and her play. m writer remarks:
and with a shre~d knowledge Of the
value Of advertisement, no matter how
obtained Mira kendall has taken up the
snSfiT,s soT iot R OF 'SuS sad herself y e sna is
we, IN New York, don't know what
lub-dub means. still, It sounds like
Mrs. Kendall talks
San Francisco Is beginning to boast
the stage. One chronicler mentions the
fact that e. 8. Willard has three of
tdh neT N, %bnTronghs, Mamie Grad
H iadss a to Maud kash H Masks"a and H Esn alSG wal al.
lace-Hopper,. as successful San Fran
c%iscans. 1t is well to know that cali
iornia Is pieased ABOUT something. Its
dIspleasure Is growing 50 hackneyed.
This is pathetic. Herman Perlet. the
composer of Theresa Vaughn's song,
Love. Sweet Love" and the wielder OF
the conductors baton in 1892" says that
the words Of the song are anonymous.
He found them in a torn copy OF an
illustrated London paper which some.
body had left in a street car. He could
mo get them out Of his head. INC the
Ing q night Jump through New England.
By the bye, IT is no generally known that
Perlet GANG to America as a solo pianist
Tn ,5 report OIt tt that az g ,r Few a.traetlon viii
the Fourteenth Street Theatre next
month. is vigorously denied. There is a
professional msslnse perfotmance Of that
day matin ees are professional. The New
York public does not seem to banker
for them.
why is IT," asks Business Manager
Hustled. at the Star Theatre. that there
Is onS,night In every week. all the year
round in which New York theatrical
It is a curious fact, and one that no
body can explain, tina such is the case.
Generally. II is Tuesday or Wednesday.
b put there H. always one night when the
in ali the theatres. The drop Is some
times q small one-$2O or $5O-but 1t is a
drop. Is II atmospheric or psychologist?
theatHcal week can be accounted for.
This deiies all explanations.
Joseph jefferson was in the city last
week looking very well. Two actors,
who watched the famous Jefferson. COM
mented the other day on the dingy over.
neglect that characterized him. MY
boy" paid a third. who was very gor-
seous, IN q well-ftting ,frockcoat. with a
as rich as Jefferson and as famous,
III do just the same. DO you think I'd
bother about q starchy chrysanthemum
We poor wretches. who have to hustle
for, epsagements, who do the dressing
and md. tie posing. Jefferson can do as he
Rogers. OF "Romany Rye" Fugitive"
n other melodramas, Is going to Eng
land ~, May 70 play some Of his popular
f tSis co ,herr; MI Rogers has been In
\; HE has 2 speciality in his Character
are generally the happy ones.
Ale1snder Comstock has abandoned
all his, speculat'ons and has been en-
gagged by the Messrs. Resented to look
nrte! olaf" at Niblo,s: How refresh
II wm be TO draw salary each week in.
stead Of being compelled to hustle TO
pay others" The rehcarsals Of "Olar'
are going rapidly forward. Miss Ellen
Burg has been added to the cast, which
includes Miss Seligman. T. II. Thalberg,
Gilmore Scott, Charles Il. Hanford, Geo
Fawcett and others.
The Ramsay Morris comedy company
that has just returned to the city after
a plucky struggle with the bad business
out Of town Will probably so out again
just before the holidays.
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