The morning call., 1893-11-05
Personal and Other lettings.

Clarence Z. Holt as DArtagnan. the Kings
guardsman, will draw his sword Bobby" for
the last time at the Stockwell tonight.
The Misses Albu, from London, who appear
In MIR. Wilkes ballad concert on Thursday
afternoon next, have found a warm welcome
among the leading members of Jewish society
In this city.
j. j. HacKett son of the great American
Falstatf, Is now the leading man OF Arthur
Rehan's company. playing in Canada and the
British provinces.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall have produced at the
Star Theater, New York. a four-act nihilistic
play. 1.-The Silver She'll" written by Harry
Dam, formerly OF San Francisco. 1t had a
measure OF success when produced In London
by the ktndals.
The lions at the Wigwam are a boon to sight
seers. The place Is crowded every night 10
witness this illustration OF promised millen-
mum, where "tbe lion lies down with he lamb"
and Colonel Daniel E. Boone leads them.
The American Extravaganza company david
Henderson's) will be here shortly with a revi-
val of the operate extravaganza "Snbad or
the Maid of Balsora." IL Will open at the Grand
Opera-house.
One of Fanny Rice's productions during her
engagement at the Stockwell Will be her new
play. "Miss Innocence Abroad"
The grave of William j. Florence, the actor,
at Greenwood, Brooklyn, Is in a state OF
neglect. II is now over year since any one
has attended IL. His widow, who ImarrIed an
English playwright is now living in England.
MIR. Florence left her his whole estate. How
soon we are forgotten when we are gone.'
Mrs. Pacheco's comedy, "lncog." rechris-
tened TON. Dick and Harry" was produced
October % by Charles Hawtrey at the Irafal
gar-square Theater, London.
George c. Milne, a blue coat school boy, and
VINO once filed a pulpit IN Chicago. Is playing
Napoleon In "a Royal Divorce" London. So
far as figure goes Milne suits the character. Tie
Is duck-legged. 80 was Napoleon lie Grand. as
well as Napoleon lie Petit.
Mrs. James Brown Potter has arrived In Cal.
cutta.
try and posed at the Bijou Market street, as a
nude study in THE Clemenceau Case" is pro
duclnR new plays at the Opera Comlque, Lou
don.
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall have withdrawn "The
Second Mrs TanQueray" from the Star, New
York. Neither the public nor the press would
accept The immaculate actress In The macuate
Mrs. Tanqueray No. 2.
Ward and James lost $4,000 during their
four weeks stay in New York. They hope to
make II up on the road.
! Dan Frohman denies that the clever actor.
! ". j. lie Moyne, intended to leave the Lyceum
Company as reported His contract has yet
eleven years to run. 1t may be SAID, therefore,
that Frohman has leased Le hoyne for HE.
| StockwelPs "Maine aud Georgia" succeeds
''The Corncracker," now playing at the -Four
teentb-street Theater, New York.
Grieg. who has been aptly called the "Nor-
| Wegian Chopin" has beeu so unwell this sum-
mer al Bergen that he WAS unable to 60 to Eng
! land TO receive the degree OF doctor OF music
offered him by Cambridge University. tie is
| now much better. He has written for the Cen
! tury an article on Schumann.
Saint-Saens Is the latest composer 10 try his
| hand at resurrectng the spirit OF Greek trag
edy. He has Written musical numbers fol
! "Antigone," which Is to be given at the Come
die FraDcaise. According TO the Paris Figaro
! Saint-Sae has remarked that his music Is tC
be "surtout litteraire."
Eugenio Checchi, the Italian critic, one o
| MascagnPs most ardent champions, reports
! that the young composer has completed opera
] the name of which Is a secret, which Is sec
| ond "Cavalleria" Ii is 10 be introduced nex
| February. From other sources it Is learned
that Mascagni has decided to revise ana per
| haps rewri his opera Of "Ratclff- :"
| George F. Marion, the good comedian who
won his spurs in this city. has reloined Hoyt
| and will play Jonah SuperstitOn's Victim, IL
"a Brass Monkey."
| The New York Morning Journal, alluding Il
| the paragraph about 5000 actors being out O.
| employment In that city, says II his be tht
| fact, 2500 Of the actors mentioned are chroni
! cally idle. Good people are as hard TO gel a.
! ever; good comedians are scarcer than ever
| and good leading ladies are very rare. Tb,
! good OF any kind find ready employment on tht
| stage at salaries far surprising anything eve
known In theatrical history before.
| Barley CampbelPs sons want TO get thei
| fathers play, "The White Slave" into thei