The evening world., 1893-09-25
GOSSIP AMONG STAGE FOLK.
Figures That Tell Great Things
of Irving's Season in Frisco.
Warde at Odds with New York
Tho Fire Engine as a Star.

II IL said hat Henry Irving, Henry
+. Abbey and Al Iayman will divide
between $500 W and $4,000 on the Irving
season at the Grand Opcra-Hpuse. San
Francisco. out Of this sum, OF course,
the cost OF transportation, salaries and
other expenses must be paid. but this
win leave n handsome profit for all
parties concerned. The prices of seats
II 'Frico were raised, but the San Fran
siscans did not begrudGe this. They
rebciled when the kendals raised the
prices. claiming ma Madge and her
husband had nO expenses except those
connected with IA small company.
Frederick Warde, according to Ratios
gossip. VIII never play again in New
the star, He Is said to be very dis
gustcd with the metropolis. TO n dead
head who asked him for seats the other
day Mr.. Warde said sourly, III you wan
10 see me you must pay to do SO. and II
you want to see me I'm New York YOU
must come to the star, for | shall never
return to the city" There is deep
pathos In this.
Carmencita, all decked out in feathers
ana silks. sat in the most conspicuous
position OF the most conspicuous box at
Eostcr& Bial's Concert Hall Saturday
night. She saw her fair rival. Torta-
Ja,la. and maBnanimously applaud"d her
efforts.
w r. Keogh: manager Of The Still!
Alarm, was talking. People sa w.
quoth he, that the chief actor in my
company-the tire-~engine-gets no .alary'
at all. But that ire-enSine costs money
to keep, nevertheless. | have IA man at
stands, drives the two horses hitched
to the fire engine from the railroad to
the theatre. In Middletown recently.
as he was about to hitch up, "A man
came along with "A pair IF bron"cH.
My driver took an interest In them,
began to tall! to their driver and finally
fre-engine to prove that lie could drive
them. He drove them well enough for
half a block. Then they pulled out.
MY My m ,b,nrs lost ,bs Gon dTn of them ma, and they
stop until they had caused damage
which in ~fire-engine repairs and law
suits eventually cost me more than
200"
The Black Crook" company went to
PittsburS carly yesterday morning. The
Nearly all the canery. used In the Acad-
SCENE seem W"s h fsSs": EFT behind si i''i parke
ness prevails at the Academy this week.
Woolson Morse. composer of Wang"
and "Paniandrum," has married the
pretty little girl who played the part
Of the messenger in Wang" Mr..
Morse says that, during the past, few
months he has been marrled a dozen
times, according to published para
graphs. Now that he is really a bride
groom nobody has said anything about
II.
Heinrich Conried is working very hard
to prepare the Irving Place Theatre for
It's opening next Saturday night. A Wis
itor who went to see him Saturday
found him on the, roof looking after the
electrical arrangements. Half an hour
later he was directing rehearsals Of the
German play that gave DAILY "A Test
Case" Mr.. Conried rehearses his peo-
pie eight hours a day.
Mazda Craigen and Frederick Paulding
now starring. began their tour as the
craigen-PauldinE Company. Now the
organization is called the PauldinG-Crai-
gen Company. TO those who under
stand the workings Of the stage his
change looks very suspicious. 1t sug-
gests storms, and seems to speak of cy-
clones.
Mrs. +. l.. Fernandez gives a short
talk to the members of the Profess
sional Women's League. at No. 90 West
Thirtieth street. this afternoon. This
should he very interesting. Mrs. Fer
nandcz can be very amusing. when she