Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-25

the only long lease in the Gilsey build
| ing, and that it is held in contempla-
ton TO tear down the present structure
and put UP an immense business block.
The professor will probably get his
price
Miss Lyla kavanaugh has been es-
pecially engaged by Mr.. Di1ey to play
the part of the Goddess in Adonis Miss
kavanaugh has played the Little
Mountain Maid for season on the
road while Adonis was in the height of
prosperity several years ago. Since
then she has studied music with the
best European and American masters,
and has devoted herself to singing il.
concerts and muSicaleS in private fami-
lies. She is a girl of great beauty of
face and figure. dark-eyed and tall, of
the best Southern type. Her voice is
Il high soprano of the most agreeable
quality, melodious and well schooled.
Francis Wilson has engaged Miss
Jennie Weathersby to play the part of
the princess, OF which she was the orig
inal, in his revival OF Elninie Oct .
An act not down on the programme
was presented to the audience of the
| Montreal academy, where Joseph Ha-
worth and Emily Rigi are playing ali
engagement. At the end of the second
act Miss Rigi left the stage abruptly.
Then she walked to the foOtlightS and
made speech. HawOrth was dunn
j founded, and as soon as he recovered
| from his surprise made a speech also.
saying he always treated Miss Rigl as
a lady should be treated. Professional
jealousy is supposed to be the cause of
/ the unusual occurrence.
Stanislaus STANCE has been commits
stoned to write a new play for Jack
! Mason and Marion Manola.
There are few stars anywhere max
! ing more money than Champion James
J. Corbett, Colonel Brady's chief at
! traction Fortune favOrs the brave, it
seems, in our time as of old. Mr. Cor
| bett has improved wonderfully in his
art, and it is doubtful if, after he wal
! lops Mr.. Mitchell, he can again be in
duced to leave the sock and buSl<in for
! the gloves and twenty-fOur foot ring.
| Corbett is going to play Othello, it is
whispered He's stuck on the lines:
Blood! blood! Iago, blOodr' 1t is said
| they will make tour of the world
after the Mitchell contest. They intend
giving an exhibition in every country
! on the face Of the earth,
Fanny Rice starts this week for
Europe, where she will rest during the
summer and perhaps pick UP a new
play.
Colonel Ingersoll is one of the regular
playgOers in New York and takes a
keen interest in every new production.
When The Ensign was first produced
| in Brooklyn he came over to see it,
after having his attention called to the
fact that it was an American authors
invasion of a new and untried field. At
the end of the performance he said, in
his terse and pointed way, "This is
strong, wholesome, human, natural
play"
The rumor recently sent broadcast
that a daughter of Sockless Jerry Simp-
son had adopted the operate stage as
profession is false The Miss Cheri
dah f. Simpson who has been meeting
with such unusual success in leading
Opera company was, up to few
months ago, one of the leading society
misses of Milwaukee, and is a native of
that city.
Pauline Markham fell through a
Louisville, Ky, sidewalk and broke one
of her beautiful legs, so famous half a
generation ago She has brought suit
against the city.
have had it on the road for years, and
will put it out again. Why shouldn't
they? 1t has a strong hold on the
public and is one of the few melodra
mas that is a sure money winner
Glen Marlborough has written play
entitled, Delmonico's at Six, in which
Marie Jansen is to star next season.
Robert A. Barnet, author of 1892,
has Just finished a comic opera called
Prince Pro TEN. 1t is to be produced
at Brooklyn Sept. f.
Marcus A Mayer will sail for Europe
on June 3. to remain until September.
He has completed all arrangements for
Patti, who sails for this country late
in October or early in November.
Bronson Howard has gone to the is
land of Juan Bijou Fernandez, in the
Pacific, to be gone five years, during the
entire time of which he will construct
a play for Willard and William Newell,
1.-The only twin stars" in this world.
Mr.. Howard will call his play The
Siamese Twins.
Thomas w. Keene will visit Japan,
whittier he starts from San Francisco
June "a. He returns to New York Aug. |
Is to prepare for his next tour, which |
begins Sept. 4.
Margaret Warrington, the author Of
E. II. Sothern's new play that is soon |
to be produced, was born in England, /