The evening world., 1893-12-04
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Variety Artists Returning for the
Christmas P%antomimes.
rev Play FOL Crnns-Other Stage
News,

GOOD many OF the English variet,
artists now in this country are rushinl
back to Albion to take part in tn.
Christmas pantomimes. which offer ia
and profitable engagements of from tive
10 three months n are In great re
ouest. Miss Harriet Vernon, of thu
stately form and the tidy voice, said fare
well to Roster & Balls Concert Hal
Saturday night. She sang a most ia
thetic little good-by song. and IL there
we're no tears among the audience II
was surely not Miss Nernon's fault
The majestic Harriet was not the
Overwhelming success here that had
been anticipated. Still, she managed to
acquire a certain popularity, and her
"Ting-a-ling-a-ling'' song was received
each night with much favor. Her salary,
however, was a trife steer, for any re.
Miss Vernon received $500 per Week. Ne
wonder that she sang a mournfuI fare
well. such a salary in London. for this
will have the effect OF adding to the
craze now prevalent among English
variety people for dear America and the
sweet Americans. The clever little
INVVNc t"o VI "HOIl nave peer
singing at the Imperial Music Hall and
one at Roster & Balls, return to Eu.
rope this week. Miss Ada Reeve is To
appear in one of the Birmingham panto.
mines.
1t Is funny to see the Italian opera
people invading the offices Of Messrs.
Abbey. Schoeffel & Grau and ciamor.
ing for letters from mommers and pop
Pers, n sisters and cousins and aunts.
They are all invariably certain that
these m%issives have arrived, and IL the
myrmidons of Messrs. Abbey, schoefel
4 cray 40 not happen to have seen
thick and peculiar. The desks are lit
tered with strange little envelopes, ad-
dressed so uniquely that the wonder is
are busy times in the neighborhood of
Ihirty-ninth street and Broadway-busy,
and decidedly cosmopolitan.
e. D. Price, business manager OF ..14e2. :,
has charge OF the benefit that Is to be
gwen next Sunday night at Palmer's
Theatre to Marvin r.. Clarke. the blind
journalist. one-fourth of the receipts.
The artists will include Lillian Russell,
Helen Dauvray. Digby Bell. Nelson
Wheatcroft. Flora Finlayson, j. B. Rad
f fams; H hssso., "S Minnie T schultz b, Tha Msrtx
Kennedy. Eunice Vance, Tony Pastor and
others.
People still inquire at the b~ox-ofrce Of
performances are all in italian; They
Plays in English. 1t is astonishing to
asked at box-ofices. One is tempted to
believe that those who PROFOUND them
must have been living In the backwoods,
lack Of civilization; HeweXer, although
times difficult to understand him. For
elgners never seem able to throw off their
tinual communication with the best and
purest English. Salvini has been here
many years; Sc has Modjeska: SO has
q sm lingering sins" rsss:d f Sa' the dnsy m "'t sssto ~ si'H
Miss Martha Morton is writing a new
p riii p fSr w''l nsEt SEASON. Il: S5an Mis-. wh Mor,n ee
has bound everybody over to secrecy.
and will herself say nothing about the
work. In the mean time Crane %contin-
John" and when he returns to New
York next month it will be with tina.
play.
New Blood" Augustus Thomas's
play, that will be presented at the Gar
den dem1 Theatre e Jan 1Mn. 2 b BY .i 4; Nj P srnoEs
TFs 4 to %an Ms faI E"G 'e' Th d as' an nd
Palmer, it will be remembered, had a
disagreement at the time of the pro-
duction Of "Mr. Carter Of Cartersville."
and the playwright refused to submit any
more of his work to that manager. IN
der these circumstances i is interesting
to learn that New Blood will be given
at the Garden.
Miss Queenie Nassar has thirty-three
of her portraits at a certain dramatic
agency. That Is not bad. but Miss Vas
sar Is outshone by George Leslie, h
has %thirty-ive photographs at the same
place.
A new farce-comedy called Rush
City is announced in a somewhat
Shihs1 pfob %aSn srccs snd in al aisg %asnSsn peers
pie rather than in interesting them.
Here is What is said of Rush City"
The town is SO lively. that even its
dead people wouldn't be still there. 1t
walking around the streets. The only
means Of putting them out Of the way is
to cremate them. Sometimes a corps
lead the police a long chase. It's no un-
common thing to see a body running
along the street, pursued by its rela-
dves and the undertaken. who are
City dead man would be considered
full Of vitality inc animal spirits any
where else. You ought to pay a visit to
Nush City, &C.
Commissioner Holahan's pretty little
daughter. Jane Stuart, is still with the
company that is headed by Felix Morris,
formerly OF Rosina Nokes's company.
According to an indiana critic, Miss
stuart casts Mr.. Morris rather uncere-
moniously into the background, and
darts to the front as the unchallenged
star What a singularly rude and UNI
comfortable thing to do!
There is to be another theatrical perl
1dical in the field. n 1t will be called
Leander Richardson's Illustrated ORA
matte Weekly. The principal part of the
writing will be done by Mr.. Richardson,
VINO has been associated for so many
years with theatrical Journalism. and
whose caustic pen Is well known.
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