The evening world., 1893-10-02
TALK AMONG PLAYER FOLK.
A Voluminous Trained Nurse in
Search of an Easier Job.
lin Old kentucky' the Next At
traction Ut thu Academy.

ASpiihItS Tor stage honOtS come from
all classes, but Il woman who applied on
Saturday at Mrs. F~ernandez's agency
certainly introduced u new calling to tn"
drama. Sh" was exceedingly NUlumi-
nous. and she had probably spent iifty-
five Summers on this cphcincral sphere.
This unusual looking applicant AN
nounCcd th;t sh" was "A ain nurse.
and had followed that profession for
many years. "But ! have grown tired
of it," she said with a fabby sigh. "Th"
work Is very arduOus, the hours ar"
very long and it Is all exceedingly mo-
notonous." Mrs. Fernandez. who looked
like a skittish nth" Spubrctte 10y the side
Of this colossal nurse. smiled. what
are your Qualifications she asked ami
ably. We'll" was tn" reply. II know |
am not beautiful, but | can swear to the
possession of three very valuable quail
ties. They are patience, perseverance
and intelligence Mrs. Fernandez sighed.
She probably knew that these character
istics Were very nice to own, well,
tn" but was II large one and the nam" Of
the trained nurse was moi entered on
her list.
The next attraction at the Academy
of Music will, it is said, lie I'm Old Ken
lucky the horsey melodrama that Is
said to contain slices of nearly every
other melodramn cxtant woven into a
harmonious whole. \ production IL to
be made That means that there will
be scenery Especially built and SO on
and so forth. Gilmor. ia still very sore
at having had to close his house. lie IL
still rclicent about the matter, but the
rumor IL that his fraternal affection FOR
the tirm of Abbey. Schocff"l 4 Grau has
grovn cold.
Poor old Denman Thompson is very
much under the weather. y. short time
AK, while he was acting, he suffered
from II C%nriunclc on the lip. TIL. doctor
told him that with this encunbrance
he must stop acting. To avoid this. he
IL appeared again, and is now causing
him much anguish. There was some
talk Of Thompson and The old Home
stead" appearing again at the academy;
the wisdom ~ the decision seems appar-
ent-that New York had been given Il
very large dose OF Uncle Joshua Whit
comb.
clara l.ipman and Louis Mann begin
their starring tour tonight in Mrs, Yer
denai's, play. Faint Heart" tn" name
Laughing Girl" Mrs. Nerdenal did not
like the hange but she bowed to the
superior judgment OF the business man
itger.
contracts Is popularity supposed 10 he
uscl only In tn" managers favor. When
the poor actor takes advantage of 1t,
the managers are furious. This has just
been installccd IN II very peculiar way.
Missy Fanny davenport has engaged d
number " people for her season, which
like other people-have to Nv" through
the summer. i.anllaiirs have AN indeli-
cate way of asking for the settlement of
bills. Collars and cuffs must be- sent to
connected with life. one or two of ~
~Dav"nport's people accepted other Ca
sagsments until Miss Davenport was
ready to receive them. one of these
actors has been pla Wing in In old Ken
lucky" III other day he awaited hint
s,lf Of the two-weeks-notice clause IN
his contract. and told tn" management
that he intended leaving to go To Miss
Davenport. There Was "A great to-do. and
the affair is not yet settled. Thomas H..
Davis. the mnnng"r Of I'm Old kcntuc-
Ky" went to Icn Stern. Miss Daven-
ports mnnagrr. and requested him to
FIRE the offending actor. Mr., Davis
actors III general, and insisted that it
was Mr.. Stcrn's duty to yet rid OF a
man who had engaged himself for the
season under false pretenses. Stern re-
fused to dn this. He saw the absurdity
Of the whole affair, and declined to inter-
reIe.
"rhat Woman Next Door is the name
~ the new play that Scott Alarbl" has
written for Miss Annie Ward TIFFANY.
II Is 20 be presented this season hv the
very energetic Miss Tiffany.
The Military Tournament people will
probably returnto England after the COM
ing week. which ends their New York
engagement. Tn" SHOW opened very
well, hut business fell, and nobody knows
why, for tn" entertainment Is an excel
lent one. Henry j. Leslie, the protector
OF the enterprise, will not be sorry when
he has finished with it. He says that he
has rarely met a set of men with whom
1t was more difficult to get along than
those military people, There was some
Boston, but this idea has been ahan-
doncd.
Director Heinrich conried has his pic.
turr ON the new programmes OF the lrV-
ing Place Theatre. This reminds one OF
MIR. A. NJ. Palmcr's little vanity that liz
has just discarded. Although this sounds
cruel. it Is nevertheless a fact. that the
public doesn't care q snap about thu
theatres. They are more Interested il
pictures of the actors and actresses. Thu
l irving Place Theatre threw open It's
doors for the season saturday night, Tht
house WIS packed to the very walls, an(
Mr.. conried must be congratulated upor
tn" very excellent company he has gain,
4 cred together. The play was Gross
! Stadt-I.ust.' by oscar lsmmenthal and
Gustav kadclburr, From this play bal,
made "A Test Case The comedy wa
splendidly acted by Adolf link. Anna
Bragg, Julius Strassmann and others.