The record-union., 1893-03-09

set New York talking about her. Miss
Brooklyn is one of the most accomplished
actresses on the stage.
1t is now definitely settled that the Ger
man infantry and cavalry bands which
are coming to this country to play at the
Chicago Worlds Fair will stop over in
New York to give a series of concerts at
Madison Square Garden.
Edwin Milton Royle's play Friends"
has received more praise than any play
on the road this season, and so has the
gifted authors wife, Miss Selena tetter.
and his friend Lucius Henderson. The
play is great money winner.
Rosenfeld's new play for J. X. Emmet
is nearly completed. 1t is called Fritz
in the West" Mr. Emmet's season in
the West continues great, and he is called
by the newspapers of that section the
best German dialect comedian" just as
he was in New York.
Frank w. Sanger is not going to Cuba,
as reported. He will, however, leave
New York on Thursday for vacation of
several weeks. He will go to Gibraltar.
and will travel through Africa and Spain,
visiting Seville and Granada. He Will
start for home on board the Fuerst Bis
marck on March 24th.
Elbridge T. Gerry has at last brought
the profession to a realizing sense OF its
Quly, SO lar dS cQlluT6u Vi lu0 SldS6 al Z
concerned. By his own act and word he
has aroused a spirit OF Indignation that
will not down until the Legislature has
restricted Mr.. Gerry's absurd powers
with reasonable limits.
Ramsay Morris Company in Joseph" {"
made a tremendous hit in Milwaukee
last week, and was universally COM
mended by the critics as the strongest
organization, in the strongest comedy,
! f.E ,Ef hnl
The company will be at Hooley's Thea
ter, Chicago, for the next two weeks, and
| then goes to the New York Union Square
Theater for its first New York appear
ance.
She was fair divinity in gauze which
began late and ended early, and as the
youth gazed rapturously on her lavishly
displayed charms she murmured,
Lovely dress, isn't it? Cost $50" No,
really? Why, that's at the rate of $50 d
yardv' was the boyish reioinder. And q
cold wave came between them and the
frost followed and all is--Whoa! Lei
US return to the Drammer in its higher
flights.
One of the sensations promised for mex
season is a huge phonograph ingeniously
constructed to represent man, which
Will automatically make its entrances ano
exits playing long part and introducing
a number of musical gems in rich tenor
voice. This highly interesting departure
is credited to q. w. Miller, Jr., the
active advance representative of ''YoI
| Yonson," who is writing a comedy fol
the introduction of his 'Made-to-o ordel
actor"
Abbey will have three companies open
ing in Chicago October 2d-opera at thu
Auditorium, Irving and Terry at th'
Columb bia, and Coquelin, Aine and Mile
Hading at Hooley's. All his eggs will bt
in one basket, so to speak, and as theatri
cal managers have, so far in the history
of expositions, been ruined in attempting
to buck against Worlds Fairs, a theatri
cal Waterloo may be awaiting him at the
tail end OF the big Michigan lake.
+. L. Davenport, the clever young
actor, has again been praised this week
in New York for his admirable work il
1.-The Crust of Society,"" He is the son o
the late L. l.. Davenport and brother o
Fanny Davenport, so after all he il
born in the purple and his great sue
cess is not so wonderful, as he belongs Il
the oldest and best theatrical family
speaking the English language. Father
mother, grandfather and mother were al
at the very top of the ladder OF fame.
The euphoniously named Hen Theatel
Club is the latest thing in New York so
ciety. ALI the members are matrons
and they have caused quite stir on en-
tering their boxes at the theaters. There
is a delightful little dinner without meI
before the play at the house of one o.
other of the members, and all are hand
somely attired when they attend per
formance. Last week the club ATTENDED
a performance of Hoyts "A Trip t.
Chinatown"