The herald., 1893-01-29
Los ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 29 1888

was sent to the Pacific coast By tele-
gram.
Alexander Salvini will next. week pro-
duce q new play in Chicago.
w. L. Richmond, the comedian, is
lying dangerously i'll OF lung fever at
Walkerton, Ind.
Dame Fortune has again been good to
Manager w. A. Brady, The New South
being very great success.
Richard Neville will be the dramatic
editor of the Chronicle, new daily
journal to be published in Brooklyn,
edited by James +. Graham, and advo-
eating Greater New York, that is, the
amalgamation of the twin great cities OF
the union into one. Although printed
IN Brooklyn the paper is to cover all
the news in Gotham and be circulated
in both cities. The Chronicle will be
the only morning newspaper In Brook
lyn.
Veste, the child-wonder playing at
Proctor's theater, is certainly an infant
phenomenon. The Dickensonian sketch
in which she appears in conjunction with
that sterling actor, Mr.. w. A Mestayer,
stamps her at once as the greatest child.
artistic of the age Her work is that of
the finished emotional star, and her
limitations of the leading operate and
dramatic celebrities is simply marvel
ous. Mr.. Mestayer is negotiating for her
appee ance in series of sketches from
Dickens. The costumes are TO be mod
eled from Cruikshank's drawings, and
the lines are to be Dickens's only.
The rivalry between Minneapolis and
st. Paul was somewhat humorouely
illustrated during the recent engage
ment in these cities of Edwin Milton
Royle's play of Friends. Friends played
Minneapolis frat and broke the holiday
record. The next week the play ap-
peared in st. Paul, snd Manager Scott,
determined that bis city should not fall
behind his hated rival, watched the
nightly receipts with feverish interest.
St. Paul beat Minneapolis by just 25
cents, end it is suspected that Scott
gave up the winning quarter out OF his
own pocket, just for pure glory-rare
among managers.
Mr.. Keene, the trsgedian, is the pos
SCISSOR OF very interesting collection OF
curioe. One of the most interesting of
these is the medal of st. George and the
dragon which was worn by George
Frederick Cooke, the famous tragedian.
Then there is the Richelieu cross, heav-
lily jeweled, and Hamlet's sword, which
were worn by Edwin Forrest. A fourth
article is handsomely jeweled star
which the late Edmund Kean wore in
playing Richard III. A historical scim-
eter was presented to Mr.. Thomas w.
Keene by the Turkish minister in Wash
ington about eight years ago. Mr..
Keene wears it when he assumes the
character of Othello. There is also q
number of handsome elk badges set with
precious stones, which were presented
to Mr.. Keene by different lodges. The
cardinals ring, which Mr.. Keene wears
in Richelieu, has a history. 1t was
made for a cardinal and was in posses
sion of the mission priests of Southern
California before Mr.. Keene's friends
obtained possession of it and presented
it to him. 1t contains eight large dia-
monds. One of the richest articles in
the election is diamond necklace con-
tanning 13 fine stones. 1t was presented
to Mrs. Keene by 13 societies for whose
benefit Mr.. Keene had appeared at diff
ferent times. Mrs. Keene wears the
necklace as kind of charm or amulet,
but raely in view. The collection is one
of the most valuable in intrinsic worth,
and besides possesses great historical in
terest. There is also solid silver laurel
wreath from the Press club of Pittsburg,
and a similar wreath from citizens OF
Cincinnati, and many other costly arti-
cles.