The herald., 1893-09-17

while Jean Ciara walters plays her
mother. both receiving great praise for
natural acting.
Della Fox has returned to the cast OF
Panjandrum, and the reign OF Edna Wal
lace ct the Broadway 10 over. II was
hardly to be expected of Mrs. Hopper
that che should be as great favorite as
Della Fox, who has had much experi-
ence as an operatic soubrette.
Ailsa Craig, the daughter of Ellen
Terry, played her first responsible part
in the Irving engagement as the Gypsy
woman in Olivia. The clever young
lady evidently inherits her gifted moth
er's talent and 10 commencing her
career under the most brilliant auspices.
The New York Casino will remain
closed until the 25th inst, when The
Rainmaker OF Syria will be presented
with Katharine Germaine, Mark Smith
and Harry Davenport in the cast. A
real shower Of rain and genuine rain
bow are mechanical effects in the new
opera.
The superior intelligence OF San Fran
cisco audiences "a now proverbial. A
specimen of appreciation OF art and
science was exhibited at the Baldwin
during the Urania spectacle on Tuesday
night, when q snoring accompaniment
to Mr.. Serviss' lecture was distinctly
audible.
Mrs. John Drew believes that actors
and actresses are born, not made, and,
judging from her own talented family,
the old lady is right. She does not be-
lieve that beauty Is essential to success,
and ia emphatic in her advice to young
ladies not to give up good home to go
upon the stage.
4. E. Ross is on top again, with prac-
tical control Of leading theaters in New
| York and Boston. His burlesque. 1892.
is on for the whole season at Pslmer's
in New York. and his latest production,
the fantastic comic opera, Venus, at the
Park theater, Boston, SCENE likely to
run there until spring.
Sylvia Gerrish, the handsome actress
who lately returned from Europe, is
dangerously i'll in New York and It ie
feared she will not recover. Miss Ger.
riah is an Oakland girl named Lillian
Rolline, who fret made her operate ap-
pearance with Emily Melville in this
city about twelve years ago.
Windy offers OF guarantee of $780,
900 to Loie Fuller for short season do
not do that disappointed young lady
any good, neither are they OF particular
value to Manager Brady, who, unless
business improves greatly in the east,
will have his hands full to make both
ends meet with The New South, Corbett
and Bobby Gaylor on his hands.
Frank Daniels season opened at the
Academy of Music in Buffalo August
28th to an audience that tested the ca
pacity OF the house. The company pre-
senting the spectacular Little Puck is
larger than Mr.. Daniels has ever en-
gagged before and will present several
new faces at the California, where the
popular farce-comedy is an early book.
There is imminent danger that the
craze for vaudeville entertainment and
the new concert-haM fad in New York
may work mischief ahdsdisaster to some
of the reenJaK thestefs. In fact, it is
stated by more Shan ONE New York
paper that EsomeA OF theAdown- town
theatres will at once be transformed into
music-halls in imitation of Roster and
Bale, owing to lack OF patronage in the
dramatic line.
The Women Professional, league has
the true feminine idea of healing a
wound. and since its peculiar exhibition
of charity to Victory Bateman, has had
$500 worth OF dresses made for that
young lady's use in Rose Coghlan' a
company this season. This is very sweet
OF the sanity sisters; but there ia a
string to their benevolence. They re-
quire Rose Coghlan to guarantee that
the amount shall be repaid to the
league.
Bessie Bonehill's tour in Playmates
opened in the most promising manner
at Lexington, Ky, on the 1st inst, and
the clever English vaudeville artist
made genuine hit in farce com edy.
| Miss Bonehill plays masculine char
acter, Jeck Wellington, young clerk,
In which che has many opportunities to
illustrate her social ability in that line
OF business. Her various specialties
and costume changes won immediate
recognition, and the comedy itself was
pronounced eucceHB,
The suspicion that Neil Burgess was
humbugging the press and securing free
advertising for himself by announcing
that he had left the stage was express
ed at the time. and it now appears that
the cunning comedian really had no
idea of retiring, but simply saw a
chance'to use the space in Nthe news
oapers devoted to his farewell to the
etage for the purpose of getting free
advertisement. As was predicted.
.clever Mr.. Burgess is out with an an
nouncement that his season opens next
Monday.
The opening OF the new Roster &
Bial'H in New York last week was a die
tinct success and the house WAS patron
lied by swell audience. While the
Spanish dance OF Seforita Totayada and
troupe of soubadours was going on,
flushed with joy at the euccess OF the
opening, the management was opening
wine in the office, the boys we're opening
wine in the cork room, when the but
tons on the knee breeches OF one OF the
pretty female troubadours gave way and
there was an unexpected opening that
made the hit Of the evening and received
q special notice from the Herald.
The Women'a Professional Moral
Dress makers league is in peculiar
predicament. II Victory Bateman re-
iuBes to take the dresses the sweet els
terhood, which diepenses virtue on ice
and gowns at regular prices, made for
her; rif Rose Coghlan, who he's Huf-
fered change OF heart eince she re-
fused to eat at the same table with Rob-
ert Mantell and Charlotte BelIrens,
should reluee toguarantes the money for
the pretty, moral gowns that were to
hide fair Victory's tnrpitude, the II am
holier than thon" siHterhocd will have
to dig up one among their number who