The evening world., 1893-12-27
|NNE:. N0RD|CA's ADVENTURE.
The Prima Donna Assists a Girl
Taken III in the Street.
Vow. and Gossip About People of
the Stage World.

AWE Nordica as the heroine. It's ab-
.o,utely true. and Nine. Nordica did not
,s, II to her agents to be used as a SUD
s,,tute for lost diamonds or such gags.
rre nrima donna took a little stroll down
r,fth avenue last Friday night. When
.he reached Thirty-second street she
crossed over the avenue, and found her
self confronted by u young pale girl.
.Ta,, me where the nearest telephone
oe,ce is" cried the girl, clutching Nor
d,,a,s arms. I'm III. and / can't get
home" The prima donna stared at the
young woman, whose increasing pallor
4 she could not help noticing. Before she
could answer the girl reeled n fell
fainting to the street. Nordica literally
| carried the young woman back to her
own apartments, close by, revived her.
\ land took her home in a carriage. There
! she remained with the young woman's
narents for hours, watching over the
invalid, whom she finallyleft reluctantly.
lon Christmas Day .Nordica received an
Apressed, and conveying the most fervent
Ittanks for her charity. She says that
il was the sweetest Christmas gift that
cane to dsn her; the S st9sy has a,a NO d dIs-
Hover a long-los sister. or unravel a
{startling mystery; but 1t is true and
mot unpretty.
vish papers OF the huge successes Of
arc downright funny. Wilson. Barrett.
H. h aP Remsn has Of mage Me an nm n=naqtalatieaa hat hns
dtaken the town by storm, and Irving's
production of Henry VIII" Che least
interesting feature of his repertoire) has
achieved the greatest triumph OF the
lfeason.
Stage anecdotes were being told in the
lobby Of the Grand opera-House last
Ia group in which was John Kernel, Who
comes here next week with The Hustler
In the party was a bad actor. who was
newspapers. why he said, they actu-
Of It, raw You have them there. put
been roasted 30 often.'"
An actor was telling yesterday Of an
odious Christmas car that was sent
Sunday to a star. who Is
greetings and pleasant wishes come these
lines:
wrinkle, wrinkle. little star,
None can guess how old you are"
Days company has the honor OF being
burlesqued in the sketch called Under
the Clock" by Brookfield and Seymour
Hicks, now running in London. It is a
trayesty, of everything that is going on,
ephemeral. Days company is parodied
with THE. Foresters." A man enters
in full mall armor, with the Union Jack
on his chest and the. Stars and Stripes
on his back. He says: I'm Richard
Coeur-de-Lion, you bet IN a broad
Western accent. and the audience howls
with laughter.
The Evening worlds story Of DAILY
difficulty with Sardou on account of tht
p,aywright's delivery to another manage
ordered for himself; and paid 5000 or
the Rialto. 1t is now said that the man
aver who got the similar IA piay was rb non a
Frohman, n that the play was writer
around none other than DAYS old lead,
ing man, John, Drew. No n tina
cameI's back. Charles Frohman was ir
Boston yesterday. but 1t is not likely
that diplomacy will allow him to tall
on the subject.
THE Shanowakin' is the pleasant ant
tripping title OF q play that Gen., Rob
erts, Of Nevada, has been presenting II
! genuine redskins, and "a cast Of Ameri
cans" Gen. Roberts Is evidently curry
ing favor with the gentlemen who in
Weigh against the invasion of English
actors.
A melodrama that has relied for sue
cess upon real fire engines, real horses
and real wagons Is going to close 1T
season Jan. 6, for the sweet but expires
sive reason that the treasurer yearns 70
real money in the box office in return 70
the company's services. Realism is car
ried to such a dreadful extent nowadays
The author Of "Charley's Aunt is no
satisfied with having his play run 70
hundreds of nights. He wants 1t to con
tinue during the remainder of his nat
ural life.
Coquelin Is hopelessly enamored Of Sar
dou's "Thermidor." n 1t Is for tina
reason thai 1t Is announced as the open
ing attraction of the Coquelin-HadinI
engagement at Abbey's Theatre mex
Monday. He declares that It is tn
greatest play In his repertoire. and show
Sardou at his best. When we saw l
with Miss Elsie de Wolfe In the leading
role we also heard that the play wa
Sardou at his best, and we immediatel,
yearned to see him at his worst in pref
erence.
.MRs. ,WINsLow's SOOTHING. SYRUP for chi
dren teething is the family benefactor. DC. '