The morning call., 1893-02-19
personaI and Other Jotfin0s

Fred w. Bert has engaged as manager OF
the Greene Grismer New South"
The concert by the College Glee Club Of
the University of California, under the
auspices OF the Calvary Club. will take
place at Odd Fellows Hall Friday even
ing, February q, with matinee TO follow
on the 18th. There are three first tenors,
two second, three first bassOs, four second
baSsOs and two yiolinists in the club. Vic
tor Carroll is director. Among the numbers
on the programme will be found Good Old
Berkeley" "Once Upon a Tyne" rhine
Wine," The Devil and the Pussy Cat"
"Ovum Fractum," "Schneider's Band" etc.
Miss MarthaWren. a popular soubrette. is
in this city. and will shortly appear at one
Of our principal theaters. just now she IS
resting 10 recruit her health.
Miss Isabelle Urquhart was married in
London early IN February to Guy Standing,
an actor, nephew Of William L. Carleton and
son of Herbert Standing.
Dunlop's Stage News says that If half
a-d0Zen transforming companies had half
the money Leoa0ra Duse, the Italian act
ress, is losing for her managers, they would
be rich.
Divide Musin is seriously III In Chicago.
The aged Mrs. John Drew has joined the
Julia Marlowe company. You cannot keep
them away from the foOtlights.
lingo Tyrrell has gone to Montreal to man
age the Empire Theater
Langtry seems 10 be IN bad luck. Her
new yacht was caught in storm between
Cowes aud Marseilles the other day and put
IN at the latter port N distress.
'Lady W indermere's Fan" Oscar Wilde's
play, has struck directly into a good degree
of appreciation at Palmer's, where, accord
ing to the New York Sun, its caustic wit is
not entirely uDacc0mpanied by pathetic
feeling and theatric Interest.
Henry c. De Mile had two plays under
way when death stopped his pen. One was
a comedy of Southern society, aud the other
was piece meant for the use of John e.
Drew, both written to the order of Charles
FTohman.
Bronson Howard has gone to the Sand
wich Islands. and will Journey thence
leisurely 10 Alaska. Mr.. Howard, saws the
Sun, Is slow worker. and quite affluent
enough TO indulge in his own methods. He
has settled on atheme for his next drama.
and will begin to write It on his tour, but he
has no idea when IL will be done. and he
may be two years at II, as he was with
"Aristocracy."
Joseph jefferson will lecture on the
drama at Carnegie Hall, on March 1, for the
benefit of the Kindergarten Association,
society which maintains schools for young
children among the tenement-house popula-
ton Of New York.
The latest bit of realism is in 1.-THE Da-
mona Breaker at the windsor, New York.
The hero is thrown headlong into the chute
OF a rock-erusher. and does not emerge In
bits as the play wright contriyes to make
the audience half expect.
There is something substantial about
Uncle TOMS Cabin" as played at NiblOs,
New York. Gifts of various articles are
made TO the audience such as watches. UNI
brelias, silverware, travelling bags, tons OF
coal and barrels of flour.
Scarcely Gny members Of the theatrical
profession attended the funeral of Fanny
Kemble. and so far as is recorded only two
remembered her sufficiently to send flowers
Mrs. Bancroft and Miss F0rtescue.
LGttie Collins Is next season to head W hat
will probably be the best variety organiza-
ton ever seen In this country.
Grace Hawthorne, w. w. Kelly's protege,
at present ia London, is more heard Of In the