The herald., 1893-08-06

Will spend 1900 to make him keep 1t,
or not act at all
w. M. Wilkinson, manager for young
Alexander. Salvini. has gone to Italy
and will bring Mr.. Salvini's father, the
illustrious Tommaso Salvini. back with
him to see the world q fair, and probably
for q short professional tour.
Miss Nellie Farfen, the burlesquer,
who made such failure in New York,
is devoted to pair of cansries called
Billy and Bob. When the Gaiety COM
pany visited the Antipodes, she took
them to Australia and back.
new word has been coined in the
English provinces, where Mr.. Pitt
Hardacre's pantomime Mother Goose
has been adapted into q species of bur-
lesque and entitled Madcap Mavia.
This is described as pantoesoue.
DR.. Hans Won Bulow has ne sdmira-
tion or even liberation for the prevailing
style OF light opera. He says the COM
posers may be divided into two classes
those who plagiarize from the hand
organs or those who write for them."
A Chicago correspondent writes: ~.
M. Hill is here. His brothers. clothing
firm of Willoughby, Hill &. Co., is in
dulging in 'tire sale, and ]. M. is su-
perintending the straw hat department
temporarily. He never looked better" :"
Muldoon's Picnic. that classic work
the performance OF which causes the
bones of the late William Shakespeare
to rattle with envy that he was not the
author thereof, has warmly furnished
forth the menu of English playhouses
lately. 5
A theatrical agent just from San Fran
cisco says that not alone is theatrical
business dull out there, but even the
honey bees feel the general depression.
He adds that there IL some talk of CROSS
ing the bees with lightning bugs in
order that they may be able to work
nights.
Ali Baba's 522d performance occurred
at the Chicago opera house on Monday
before q large audience, and Sinbad will
not be revived until August, when Rich
ard Barker, whom Manager Henderson
went to New York last week to engage,
will come on to stage the production.
1t is said that well-known theatrical
man in this city recently bought tor $75
at pawnbroker's sale q solid gold cigar
case weighing 10 pennyweights that was
presented to John Brougham while he
was playing an engagement at the San
Francisco theater In 1851.
Frank Carlislyle, Clarence Handy.
sides, Efie Germon and May Croxton
are, among those engaged by Miss
KathriDe Clemmons for her forthcoming
production OF A Lady Of Venice. Miss
Clemmons will tour all the principal
cities, beginning In Washington, Sep
tember 18th.
When Loie Fuller makes her Ameri.
can tour next season under the manage
ment OF Will Mcdonnell, the Chicago
humorist, and manager of the Exchange
Is no Robbery Theatrical Bureau, she
will be accompanied by Alice Shaw, the
whistler Sylvia Gray, the skirt dancer,
and Fred Storey.
The Man About Town, q farce by Will
r. Wilson, will be one OF the additions
to tho fareical field the coming season.
The company will be formed Of such
people az Miss Dorothy Daffron, Lottis
Hyde, Marie Louise Dey, win Mande-
vile and Tim Cronin. Mr.. w. Fl. Chis-
holm, the owner has engaged Cud Given
to look after the business interests.
An Indian princess will shortly be
seen on the London stage in the person
of the Princess Ahmadi. belonging to
the royal house of Delhi. Q1een Vic
toria some time since bestowed the title
OF Lady Ali on the mother OF the prin-
ceHs, together with pension OF $500 a
year. Madame Cellini has had this
young lady's voice under her control.
Raoul Koczalski, called ''the new Mo-
zart," is said to be the most wonderful
OF the child musicians. He is drawing
crowds at ST. James hall, London. He
is Pole, aged s, strong and sturdy, and
though he practices very little, plays
some of the most difficult pieces OF Bee
thoven, List, Chopin and Rubenstein,
and himself the composer of more than
so works, 15 of which have already been
published.
Elwyn A. Barron. the distinguished
dramatic writer OF the Inter-Gcean, paid
his respects to Clement Scott, ditto
ditto of the London Telegraph, in col
umn of scientific and able lambasting
last Sunday. Scott is what Barron
calls-a "cad tourist" Barron says
that Scott came to Chicago, f1attered
the people, sold fulsome articles to the
papers to pay his expenses, sat in thea
ter boxes and chewed gum, and then
went back to London and basted Chi
cago.
An accident insurance agent visited
the Chicago opera house the other day,
whore Ali Baba is doing so we'll that
Sinbad's revival has been postponed
again, and tried to sell q policy. He
failed and then he fell down those dark
stairs leading from Dave Henderson g
Office and broke his leg. He gets $25
per week while he is laid up, and now
every one in Ali Baba has policy.
Moreover, George Bowles says that the
chorus men are all practicing on those
stairs, thinking to better their incomes.
The variety chow at the N. Y. Madison
Square theater having departed, Joseph
Grismer and Phoebe Davies will on
August 14th begin an engagement ap.
pearing in The New South, which made
such great success all over the country
last season. 1t will be blessing fol-
the old habitues OF this pretty house to
again be able to see clean, wholesome
play on its stage, and no better artiste
have ever appeared there than are the
stars. Manager VIM. A. Brady has en-.
gagged very strong company for this ex.
cellent play.
Miss Kathrine Clemmons has secured
Mr.. George Wotherspoon. 8 manager in
whom she has every confidence, to di-
rect her starring tour the coming sea-
son. Miss Clommons will be seen ia all
of the principal cities, and Mr.. Wother-
spoon ia just the man to keep her to the
front, for he ia a boomer Of the best