The evening world., 1893-11-24
NEWS OF THE STAGE WORLD.
Matinee by Pupils of the School
of Acting.
Schaffer Family TO Give . Private
Entertainm ent.

The institution known as the Fifth
Avenue Theatre School of Acting
gave another matinee yesterday at
the Fifth Avenue Theatre under
the direction of the very emf
nent Charles Leonard Fletcher. The
actors who owe these schools of acting
a grudge for competing with their own
efforts must ave felt satisfied. The
performance was far from edifying. 1t
opened with u one-act dramatization of
George II. Sims's poem, called Christ
mas Day at the Workhouse,' and this
gave Mr.. Fletcher an opportunity to
give an imitation of a Bowery actor.
He unprecedented the insane pauper, with
stringy gray beard II whisker effects.
1t was a tragic m when flinging a
real plate on the floor, he broke it into
and stormed n ranted. There was, in
fact, IA cry n a shout and a deuce of a
rout. and nobody seemed to know what
twas about" Then followed a new
Tyrone Power, called The Texan 1t
suggested somewhat mir. Potter of
Texas but 1t was badly done by a
east GI made up OF amateurs and actors.
and who went to London to meet her
at the first house he visited-London is
such a jolly little village, you know
who played the part himself. did fairly;
well with it. Miss Edith Crane gave a
weak imitation of Ada Rehan. and Miss
May Ogilyie played the part Of a lady of
Erlynn. John c. Dixon and Miss Marion
Lester, who is not the lady of that name
In Sol smith ,Russelrs company, a fact
at which the lady in Sol Smith Russell's
company. a capable actress, will not feel
sorry.
The stage.struck damsel Is a quaint
e%ffusion that was received yesterday by
Tom Ebert, of the firm OF Roberts &
Ebert. It was dated from Buffalo, and
Was written Idt ! on rlled paper bearing a
II thought / viii take pleasure :in
write-inG YOU a few lines, to let you
know, that ! hav3 learned from a young
gentleman friend Of mine that you are
the manager OF the Theator in New
York. The. gentleman is Mr.. Henry
Sourman who advised me to write to you
mind TO be an actress eyer, since was
be IS OF, the Il day of Feb. coming, !
also told him that l could have got
atrical Co. here in the city. But ! would
sooner get in a nice English Co. II
could am willing to pay for 1t. For
WAY '0i anyt RfTs Z m mrsf p on ! say So II So !
4 saS1tf a"s"' fris end Miss Hss' ' frances S0e 9,
ftherntf.
The carriages with foam-flecked steeds
which wildly raced back and forth be-
tween Palmer's Theatre and Carnegie
Music Hall last night contained a flaXen-
haired fraulein in a tattercd gown, a
d~issolute tramp IN rags, and an Irish
policeman.respectively personated by
Theresa Vaughn, Walter Jones and
They FASTENED away between turns Ia
appear ut the benefit for the Catholic
Orphan Asylums, and some breakneck
speeding la to be lone to get them
back for their proper places in the bur
lesque.
Actors believe in hoOdoos, and the
attaches OF theatres are In most cases
superstitious. The actors and Jockeys OF
THE Prodigal Daughter" company really
believe that the thoroughbred horse, bed
fellow. which is beaten every night in
the steeplechase, is a Jonah. When the
accident In which fou jockeys were In
iured occurred, the boy who was hurt
worst was the one who rode Belfellow.
When the mat on which the horses run
slipped some weeks ago, the only animal
which fell was Bedfellow, Saturday ar
ternoon, after the matinee, one OF the
racers on his way to the stable. ran
away H. the street n was cut quite
badly. 1t was, OF course, Bcdfellow. The
same evening, the unfortunate nag
stepped upon a wire supplying the cleo
tric light to an interior scene, and re-
ceived n shock. II was Bedfellow. No
wonder that the horse is looked upon as
q hoodoo,