The evening world., 1893-12-01
HILL AND DUFF SEPARATE.
And the Opera Company Will
Leave Herrmann's Theatre.
No Quarrel, Simply an Agreement
Other Stage News.

Manager ]. NJ. Hill decided yesterday
10 withdraw the Duff Opera Company
from Herrmann's Theatre after to-mor-
row night. They say that Messrs. Hill
and Duff agree to differ on various
points, and the salary question had u
good deal to do with the new move.
Mr. Duff's ideas-orlack of ideas-clash
with Mr.. Hills energy and methC is
Duff surrounds himself with "A soll OF
Chinese wall. Hill believes in managerial
candor and a pictorial display of litho-
graphs. Il won't discuss Mr.. Duff" said
Mr.. Hill yesterday. Hes peculiar
man. We have really had no quarrel.
1t is impossible to quarrel with Mr..
Duff. He never says anything l de
cided just half an hour ago"-it was 3
p M.-"to withdraw the opera. l have
arganized a vaudeville show, or am
going to do so, and shall simply call 1t
y. NJ. Hills entertainment / did that
once before at the Standard for a week
and made good deal of money. There
were several things that Mr.. Duff didn't
do that to my mind he should have
done. He has been drawing his share of
the profits, but-well, l won't talk about
1t. I'm not bit VeXed." And he was
not He was sitting in the Standard
Theatre, and the matinee roars of laugh
ter at "Charey's Aunt" would have
cheered the gloomiest chart.
nv the bye, young Mr.. Ecaves, Manager
Duff's assistant, had good joke upon
his patron yesterday. There is a very
amusing poster outside of Herrmanns
The poster says: philemon and Baucis'
cess. Miss Eleanore Mayo-well, see her.
Managers Hin and Duff happy" Mr.
seeing nothing. His hands We're plunged
in his pockets, a frown. thick and for
bidding, vas on his face. He looked the
personiiication of woe. Mr.. E Fave, ap,
poster?' he asked. Duff started. mo
he replied, 81 am not" BECAUSE" con-
tinued Mr.. Eaves, ''lt you were l thought
that you might like to change the eX-
preston of your face. You don't look
happy.'
The Thanksgiving matinees and even
ing performances were, with one or two
exceptions. splendid: The ticket, specu-
lators must have driven good many
people away from the football match;
Theatrical entertainment was cheaper and
i was magnihcenty patronizcd. The
Broadway had mob afternoon, and
evening; so did Palmer's so. did the
AGadGwy of Mp s Ghar ana the Aunt Em
pire did great business. At the Casino
and at Abbey's Theatre there were no
matinees.
Men must be affected by their environ
ment. Now, at Palmers Theatre, where
gags and puns make the atmosphere
absolutely tainted with humor. Here's a
loathsome joke that was perpetrated
yesterday: How / would like to go up
to the Me!r9poab tonight and see
Not necessary to go that far" replied
his frivolous assistant, flippantly, II saw
tramp going around the corner with a
rusty-can-a little while ago" The as
sistant was not snubbed. because he was
in the atmosphere of 1872"
Miss Bessie Cleveland did not appear
as the dashing Captain in "Erminic"
yesterday. Her mother had Just died,
and Miss Cleveland was unable to play
Her place was filled by Miss Thorne. her
understudy.
Very luminous are Imre Kirairy :
books of America" the spectacle that
is to be presented at the Metropolitan
Opera-H House, next Tuesday. The books
are dedicated ito my son, Charles lmre
kiralfy, in token of appreciation of the
priceless, assistance rendered to me by
him in the historical researches and the
construction of this patriotic work.
The metropolitan Opera House people
VIII be kept very busy with America"
and the Italian opera. Both attractions
are somewhat weighty.
Some Of the people in the cast of
9TH" Prodigal Daughter" are prophe-
swing all sorts of accidents when the
horScy melOdrama goes on the road and
IN" gingerbread stages of the out-of-
town theatres are called upon to sup
port the weight of a lot of racing
horses. y man will go ahead to see
That the stages are hraCed up, but al
n" same it looks as though there would
be a disaster or two.
Daniel Frohman and Oscar Hammer
stem must be on very good terms
with each other. Mr.. Frohman singles
out Mr.. Hammerstcin's Harlem Opera
House rs the theatre for the I.yccum
attractions. The house was originally
AZ" the Lyceum stock Company played
here for the first time in any New
'rk theatre other than the Lyceum
NCNt, week 'Amcricans Abroad"
n ur, j. y, Polk, Maud Harrison, Hope
Booth and owen Fdwcett
1t is said that there is perfect GRAZ
among London leading ladies' to conn
IRorke as already told in The Evcnns
Ing the Wind" here, with Miss R0rk
N the leading role. Miss Marion TER!
also wants to come, and one or tw,
S SsheT rs, Are are eaHnly anxious. Good Eng
acceptable stars in this. country.
new pianist was heard at the AIadi