The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-26

Cheerful OF spirit. empress OF her home'
In nresonce tender. and In absence true;
one who, when travelling ines common
way.
Glads every heart and brishtens every
eye; $3.50
One in whose wake the beaten tracks
appear,
A little greener where her feet have trod.'
May Brookyn's finished and dainty ART
r. shown not only In her exquisite acths
in the dificnit role OF Mrs. Erlynne. IN
Lady Windermere's Fam" but also III
tthe beautiful gowns she has designed Ior
the part The prettiest IL used In Ac's
T. and H. II II a modernization OF the
Charles ]. style that artists deliSnt 10
paint. The gracefully trained petucoat -
OF pcach-colored satin, yelled In net rlchiy
embroidered in gold crystal and colored
nearls. Thig superbiy wrought decoration
covers the entire hem of the gown, ana is
carried I'D the skirt. The body. cut very
low and sauare, has sleeves and Charles
l. yalence collar Of the satin richly EN-
broIdered directly upon its own material,
and finished with a fringe OF gold ana
pearls The heavily embroidered Deit Is
fastened with handsome buckle OF prii-
liants. Miss Brooklyn Is remembered IN
Richmond for her splendid acting IN
JlHi, the ISnHldit,
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On Tuesday morning a special train
took the entire cast OF "a Temperance
Town" together with stage hands ana
scenery, from Boston TO Concord, NJ H.
for the purpose OF presenting the play III
matinee performance TO the members OF
the New Hampshire Legislature. During
last week the following invitation was
sent out: "House Of Representatives.
II 1902 --MV Dear
sir.-You are respectfully invited 10 at
tend a special matinee performance OF the
play "A Temperance Town. to be gwen
NJ Whites opera House on Tuesday,
March q, 1893. AS the company must re-
turn 10 Boston TO play the same evening"
II ia necessary TO make the hour or rals-
ING the curtain p. NJ. Admission 10 the
theatre will be only by invitation so
please present This card at the door
Very truly yours, Charles ii. Hoyt' Tbs
card admits two" The play was ire
mendous success, ana the company re-
turned to Boston in .ime TO appear 10 an
audience that filed every seat in the
Park Theatre.
prenarations for the Southern tour of
Mr.. Lawrence Haney. which Is to begin
at Norfolk, Va, April Sd, is PROGRESSING
finely under the direction or Manager
Frank Maeder THE Player" is being re-
hearsed daily by w. II. Lytteli, WINE
the prologue, an act from either Olhei-
To-" "Romeo and Juliet" "Hamiet" or
"Nr.cheth." is being rehearsed by the
young star himself. who was for years
the leading man OF Mr.. Edwin Booth.
Lawrence Barrett and Mad. ModJeska.
Through Mr.. /. II. Magonigai, Mr.. Edwin
Booths secretary, the great tragedian mas
sent Mr.. Hanley the following:
my Dear Hanley: You are deserving
of success. Only to thine own self be
true-and 1t shall follow thou canst not
then be false TO any man.
Clever Fanny Rice seems to be creating
quite a Juror throughout the entire South
with Offenbachs little operetta, The
Broom Seller" 1.-THE New Jolly Sur
nrise" and Nancy" Her success has
been almost unprecedented, notwithstand-
ing the fact that IL is the Lenten season.
She Ia playing TO crowded houses at ad-
vanced prices everywhere. The critics are
deyoting columns TO the most fiattering
praise of her work Indeed, II is most
doubtful If there has ever been such
unanimously favorable criticisms and
praise for any artist since the days or
"Neilson" as those In the newspapers OF
New orleans and Memphis.
The Ave hundred and fiftieth conseeu-
tive performance Of Hoyts "A Trip TO
Chinatown" at the New York Hoyts
Madison Square Theatre takes place Fri
day. April 18th, and for the eleventh
time during the successful run OF this
play at Mr.. Hoyt's New York home OF
comedy, Hoyt and Thomas Will present
souyenirs-this time a valuable bronze
statuette Of Welland Strong as played
by Mir. Harry Conor.
Mr.. Thomas w. Keenes two weeks
engagement In New York has been re-
markedly successful. The public has
tocked to see him. to listen to him and
have aplauded him TO the echo. Mr..
Edwin Booth could not have done better
as every seat in the Union Square Thea
tire was sold at every performance long
before the rise Of the curtain.
Verdi has written twenty-six operas
besides "Falstaff." Ismael Pasha, Vice
ROY of Egypt, gave him 100000 francs Tor
Aida" He has set his heart on build
ing In Milan a home for aged needy mu-
steal artists, and he has for this purpose
laid aside 100000 francs.
They say that the silver statue Is Miss
Ada Rehan's head, but that the other
part OF It is the figure Of a New YORK
lady well known in society.
The musicians at the Paris Opera struck
recently and declined TO play Die
Waikure" They alleged WEAKNESS as an
excuse. but it is assumed 'patriotic
aversion to German opera made them