The evening world., 1893-10-19
Talk AMONG PLAYER FOLK.
Business in the Country Bad ald
" Companies Returning.
Irftey Campbe!l's Sons Want "The
White Slave"

Companies that went out a few weeks
10 bathed in the rosy sunshine of
Iope (Which is putting 1t very sweetly)
Ire coming ba:k to New York SO rapid
" that 1t looks as though the Rialto
h,uld o be impossible. Business out
town is reported to be execrable. and
Us that have made handsome profits
ler years are scarcely able to pay
lir way from town to town. At the
les Of the dramatic agents one hears
ing but of companies returning, and
names include some attractions that
: out with hardly a misglvlns. OF
fse, this does not refer to standard
factions that play In the big cities.
Gems to be the small towns that are
Ipresent disinclined for theatrical re-
tation. OF course. it is all set down
bad business, but managers are very
tIch discouraged. They are looking
ward to a change in November. The
(,sing of the Roslna Vokes company
5 caused the widest sort of dis.nay.
Snis, however. is positively due to the
,ss Of Miss Vokes. When she was
New York, before starting for the
st. she was in very poor health. She
worked very hard and very con-
lously. Upon her shoulders the whole
den Of the company rests.
le som Of the late BARLEY Campbell
anxious to obtain possession of their
'er's famous play, THE White
=" that has been for years directed
larry Kennedy 1t has always been
successful. and the sons think that
should reap the benefit of its sue
They have been making a ,vigor-
fight, and 1t is probable that they
win it. They intend sending out
play next season under their per-
al management.
H. B: Irving. Henry Irving's eldest
lime ago. and then retired, is going to
return to the boards. He, viii appear
y the aggressive Mr., .Buchanan'g YER
non Of Sheridan" which is to be done
!. play called sowing the Wind" BY
Sidney Grundy, is at present running.
An ingenious young woman now sing
ng at Tony Pastors, who signs herself
respectfully; Phyllis Allen. ,phe-
engagement at Mr.. Pastors The.tre
paragraphers insisted on having
an English artist; Such is not. the
ny country, ] was born on Staten
!sland. and do not want my name af-
to an English, title. Kindly men
,6I1v. this fact, and ! viii be- greatly
contralto, ne ed. not worry.
Nobody cares a snap whether she is Eng
ish. American. Chinese. German, Dutch
r. Hobokenian; Let, her do hcr little
Urn properly. and the public will
John c. Rice and Sallic Cohen. who
IRE now. at Proctor's had a terrible
lie Win a company presenting Il play
,alieS The Wicked City" which. went
! fat person named j.. c. Stewart. Ac-
:ordlng to Mr.. Rice, the company suf-
cred so severely from lack OF FUNDS that
or two OF the people had TO borrow
money to buy postage stamps. OF course
ways are-and MIR Rice felt deeply
yrfeved, inasmuch as the manager of the
'ieGe; who also owns The Fat Mems
md to be the possessor of a splendid
house.
a stout chorus girl at Niblo's ap-
Ebert. the other day ana asked him
Which city he preferred among the
cores that he had visited. The mite
his eye. Paris" he said. .'be-
the women there are 50 beautiful"
DO
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'' Is to be
lone in German very shortly, but Pinero
,as made a stipulation that the German
iersion shall be a literal translation, and
lot an adaptation, Fortunately Mrs.
Kendall does not speak German. SO she
Will not be seen in the piece in Berlin.
such an insult as | have suffered this
said a pretty little actress yester-
lay. -"I have had long experience on the
Itage. but I was unprepared for this. a
iramatic agent SEM me to see Miss
Agnes Herndon, whose company was o
illed. I didn't particularly want to go.
or knew that Miss Herndon doesn't
,are for very young people, or with n
for good looking ones. She likes
Ter actresses to be old and ugly. But
vent. for ! wanted something to do.
She looked me over supercilously. and
my name Is pretty well known.
he remarked haughtily. 'Ah, you've APP