The morning call., 1893-03-26
Personal and Other Jottings.

At DR.. Stebbins' First Unitarian Church
this morning Mr.. Eugene Cowles of the
Bostonians will sing The Palms." by
Faure
Madame AntOinetta Link. prima donna
dramatica RssOluta, who arrived on the
last mall steamship from Sydney. \. S. W,
will leave for the East in a few days, find
ing here no opportunity to appear before
the public,
The Beasey children will give their fare
well concert at Metropolitan Temple on
Monday, April s. previous to departing for
a tour around the world. 1t is intended as
a benefit performances for the children.
Sale of seats next Friday at Sherman &
Clay's music-stOre
Mr.. Mel Burgess and his company ar
rived in this city yesterday direct from New
York and will at once begin active prepara-
tions for his appearance and his production
of The County Fair" at Stock wells Thea
ter April 5
The Stewart 'Connell opera, bluff King
Hal" has been leased for two years to the
manager Of the Walnut-street Theater, who
proposes to assemble company Of operate
artists and play 1t through the United
States and Canada. IL will be called the
"Caif0rnia Opera Company"
Charles Meyers WigwRm Theater VIII
for this week offer the attraction of racy
opera, FRA DiavOlo," produced ander the
direction of the Nalerga brothers; also Re-
bagliattis famous Spanish sextet; Dolores
the chOreographic poem. and others
Ii Dame RumOr lies not. congratulations
will shortly be due to Mr.. Clement Scott
the well-known London dramatic critic,
on his approaching marriage. which, ac-
eoYding to current gossip in London, will
be OF a very romantic nature, the lady hav-
ing left England to Jon her future lord and
master in San Francisco, where the mar
riage is, it is said, to take place. One
would think Scott too sedate, on account of
years. for this bit OF fijghty romance.
The death of Luke SchOolcraft, the old
minstrel, at Cincinnati. on Sunday night
March u, while fulfilling a professional
engagement, recalls familiar figure in the
burDt-cnrk circle OF a generation ago. Like
many of his fellows, he was forced by the
decadence Of negro minStrelsy 10 seek other
channels, selecting as far as possible negro
characters in farce-comedies. Death found
him member of the company playing "a
Society Fad"
William Muldoon. the wrestler, who
backed racing play. "The Outsider" has
lost heavily and Withdrawn from it.
Dir. Hamilton Griffin, remembered in the
United States as the eccentric steDfather Of
Mary Anderson, Is ending his days at her
home In England.
Mrs. William j. Florence and the young
Englshman, Howard Ceveney, whom she
recently married, are coming Westward
with THE Mighty Dollar" in hopes of a
good business in exchanging 1t for the actual
coin. The youthful bridegroom plays the
Hon. Bardwell Slote, the deiunct Florence's
favnrite part.
The report that Thomas w. Keene has
broken down physically and mentally is alb
snTdiy untrue, says Eddy's Squib. The
tragedian has not been in better form In
twenty years, and is acting with all his old
time force. His performance Of "Richelieu"
at the Union-square Theater on Monday
night, March IS, was witnessed by
crowded and enthusiastic audience that
called him to the footlights again and again.
Al the end of the third act there were five
curtain calls Tom" Keene sick, mentally
or physically-nOt muchl
Idalene Cotton. daughter Of Ben Cotton.
the old time minstrel, and who learned
what she krOws Of the profession at the de-
funct Alcazar IN this city, is engaged 20 act
with w. II. Crane in Brother John" Ben
has got his gal" the pride of his life,
placed at last
Annie Pixley Is recovering from a
sprnined ankle and will go on with her tour
The Ogawalias," an opera about to be
performed by the BOstonians in this city,
has for story the eyangeliZatiOD of n Sioux
trihe, and now musical piece entitled
Navajo" ready for trial in Chicago, has
an Indian girl for its heroine. The wards
Of the Government are making themselves
subjects for theatrical managers il for no
other purpose.
The actor and MANAGER came to blows.
And the manager having 10 heart
Rsn the actor down both right aud left
And the next night took his part
Duniop's Stage News, speaking of a we'll
known managers return East from this
city, says Manager Joseph J. Levy. for
merly OF the Booth Barrett COMPANY and
later OF other leading enterprises is in New
York again. after a brief season in San
Francisco, during which he managed TO get
a little too much OF "the glorious climate"
Julia MarlOwe has presented the city OF
Philadelphia with a fountain that plays
gracefully.
w. S. Cleveland's minsttels have been
on tour for sixteen months without vacation
and have performed In every State and
Territory oil the United States, also filling