The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-12-01
HILL AND DUFF SEPARATE.
And the Opera Company Will
Leave Herrmann's Theatre.
No Quarrel, simply an Agreement
Other Stage News.

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20 withdraw the Duff Opera Company
from Herrmann's Theatre after to-mor-
row night. They say that Messrs. Hill
and Duff agree to differ on various
points, and the salary question had Il
good deal to do with the new move.
Mr.. Duff's ideas-orlack of ideas-clash
with MIR. HIS energy and methods.
Duff surrounds himself with a sort of
Chimes. wall. Hill believes in managerial
candor and n pictorial display of litho-
graphs. II won't discuss Mr.. Duff, said
MIR. Hill yesterday. Hes peculiar
man. We have really had no quarrel.
1t is impossible to quarrel with Mr..
Duff. He never says anything. l de-
cided just half an hour ago"-it was 3
i. M.-"to withdraw the opera. | have
organized a vaudeville show, or am
going to do SO, and shall simply call 1t
j. NJ. Hills entertainment l did that
once before at the Standard for a week,
and made good deal of money. There
were several things that Mr. Duff didn't
do that to my mind he should have
done. He has been drawing his share OF
the profits, but-well, l won't talk about
It. I'm not bit veXed." And he was
not. He was sitting in the Standard
Theatre, and the matinee roars of laugh
ter at "Charley,s Aunt" would have
cheered the gloomiest chart.
BY the byc,young Mr.. Eeaves, Manager
Duff's assistant. had a good joke upon
his patron yesterday. There is a very
amusing poster outside of Hermann 5
Theatre. and Mr.. Hill was the author.
The poster says: "'Philemon and Baucis'
Il success. King Rene.s Daughter sue
cess. Miss Eleanore Mayo-well, see her.
Managers Hin and DUFF happy" Mr..
seeing nothing. His hands were plunged
in his pockets, a frcwn. thick and for
bidding, WIS on his face. lie cooked the
pers2nifheattiYo lion Of Woe Mr. .ol Eayss sp
poster?'" he asked. Duff started NO"
he replied. ~ am not" BE ause;" con.
tinued Mr. Eayes., 1T you were, | thought
preston OF your face. You don't look
iuppJ'.
Ing performances were. with one or two
exceptions, splendid. The ticket specu-
latOrs must have driven a good many
people away from the football match.
Theatrical entertainment was cheaper and
i was maRniiccntly patronized. The
Br2aiqway had d mob ar erno9 on ana ma
Asademh;y OF Music. "C6srley's Aunt
literally turned en away" and the En-
pIre did a great business. At the Casino
ana at Abbey's Theatre there were nc
matinees
Men must be affected by their environ
ment Now, at Palmer's Theatre. where
gags" and puns make the atmosphere
Opaque. the employees of the house are
absolutely tainted with humor Here's u
ioaths9me joke that Vas perpctrated
TO the Metropolitan tonight and see
"Rustcana ~" sighed the Treasurer.
Not necessary TO go that far" replied
his frivolous assistant, tlippantly, 81 saw
tramp going around the corner with a
rusty-can-a little while ago" The as
sistant was not snubbed because he was
in the atmosphere of "l492."
Miss Bessie Cleveland did not appear
as the dashinS Captain in "Ernin!e"
yesterday Her mother had just died,
and Miss Cleveland was unable to play.
Her place was filed by Miss Thorne. her
understudy.
Very luminous are Imre K.ralfy's
books of America" the spectacle that
Il to be presented at the Metropolitan
Opera House, next Tuesday. The books
kiral ~, In token of appreciation of the
priceless assistance rendered to me by
him in the historical researches and the
construction OF this patriotic work.
The Metropolitan Opera House people
Will be kept Very busy with America
and the Italian opera. Both attractions
hie soiiiSN Hal NtlBHlS'
Some of the people in the cast of
1.-THE Prodigal Daughter are prophe-
sying all sorts Of accidents when the
horsey meodrama goes on the road and
the gingerbread stages OF the out-of-
town theatres are called upon to sup
port the weight Of a lot of racing
horses. man will go ahead to see
that the stages are braced up, but all
the same It looks as though there would
be a disaster or two.
Daniel Frohnan and Oscar Hammer
stein must be on "ery good terms
with each other Mr.. Frohman singles
out Mr.. Hammersteins Harlem Opera.
House as the theatre for the Lvceum
attractions. The house was originally
ago the Lyceum Stock Company played
there for the first time in any New
York theatre other than the Lyceum,
Will be presented by the travelling Iy-
ceum company. including j. fl. Gil
mour, J. 3. Polk, Maud Harrison. Hope
Footh and owen Fawe..'t'
1t is said that there is a perfect crazt
among London leading ladies' to com,
korke. as already told in The Evennl
World was burning to present SOW
Ing the Wind here, with Miss RUrk,
In the leading role. Miss Marion TER,
also wants To come, and one or tw,
others are equally anxious. Good Eng
lish leading ladies', however. rarely max
acceptable stars in this country.
new pianist was heard at the Mad!