The evening world., 1894-10-18
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Urnpd-yev Idea for n NeIodrnma--
Helen DauvrRy Will shelve
"rhnt sister of His

| Here's a brand-ncw Idea for the melo-
! drama mongers, who are always look
Ing for novel effects, and who have ex-
hausted the possibilities of limited mail
trains, coal mines. yawning chasms,
shipwrecks and explosions. The new
idea Is offered gratis, and 1t Is culled
from French novel by Dubut de La
forest. Just Issued, and entitled Les
Petites Rastas." The hero Is an Amerl-
can millionaire, eccentric, ostentatious
/ and rcckessly extravagant. There Is a
| double-distilled villain, of the triah
Heep type, who works an immense
amount Of mischief The millionaire
takes his huge yacht to France, ana
entertains there on very lavish scale.
For the dedication OF his guests he
brings from America an exact model or
the much discussed pigklling machine
used by the famous pork packing firms
of Chicago 1t is in working order, ana
the million aire brings forward troupe
OF pigs. The AM mails pass over bridge
OF signs" are forced into rings. Killed.
skinned, washed, cut into piecH ana
then they finally appear IN the shape; OF
sausages and other delicacles. The
guests are delighted. The entertain
/ ment on the yacht Is a huge success.
After 1t Is over they dance and make
merry Then-ah a!-the villain skulks
| In. He has been urlnklnB. lie IL
Gated. He. sees the pig Killing machine
as through glass, darkly. He APP
proaches It; he examines IT with maud
i'm is He n rs nns fatay m Gm hs
| treats him Just az though he were a
pig Later on he Is discovered In the
shape of sausages, and his watch ana
widow. wouldn't this make grand
/ NTH act?
Miss Helen Dauvray. who closes her
season Saturday night will not go out
again in THAT Sister Of His" The play
| has been generally condemned as heavy
and talky, and Miss Dauvray could do
nothing with i, How Is IT. that rror THIS
| Towards play, zone of our Girls,
which she produced so successfully some
years ago? Bronson Howard Is now on
play is an exceedingly good one. MISS
| bauvray carries 1t around In her trunk,
| and does nothing with 1t.
THE Pacific Mail" the play by Paul
NJ. Potter, which w. H. Crane Is to
present at the Star Theatre next week,
Is said to be new version OF the late
Tom Taylor,s famous overland Route,
Crane will have a very good part-tw9
or three rolled into one; in fact and
there is no reason why the old favorite
should not be popular; Playgoers stu
remember Lester Wallack's excellent
| WoTh as loti beh'el'
osity, prints the names of all the supers
enrolled in the production of Little
Christopher Columbus at the Garden.
Some Of the chorus damsels rejoice in
deliciously far-tetched titles. a few Of
them are Loie Riccarti dsn't that cum
ningO, Nina Ainscoe, Estelle Botsford,
Genevieye Hill; Ena We.ch, Neena =, De
| Rue. Elena Martinez and Lulu Far
rance. 1t was charming courtesy on
Mr. Riee's part to print all the pretty
names.
C. P Wilson, the representative OF A.
II. Candy, Francis Wilson's manager,
had a thrilling experience Monday night.
was very near the witchiny hour, and
office on the fifth floor OF the Abbey
Theatre Building, The almost midnight
wa dreary. and Wilson was ponderins;
Sons the Corridor nna made
his appearance. He entered the office
and shut the door. He wanted $50 to
Sad Ga1 Of q "4 ,Sa he he
had JUS; left Clinton Prison. He was
the inventor he declared of an elixir OF
life. that not only prevented death from
boom his elixir. hut Mr., Wilson was
pleased that he did not ask for any mem
bers of Francis Wilson's company to ex-
pertinent upon. They are all such young
things. The inventor said that he longed
to give Lillian Russell some elixir, and
had just paid visit to George Gould,
he said, but without success Wilson,
after considerable effort, managed to get
him out of the office. and he will not
pass his evenings there in future.
The Cotton Kings" manager has been
giving Boston little of that art Gle
Known as ".amy." He has discovered
that nearly all successful melodramaae
have had their first presentation In the
p tyr ns MlSas si suaFo 1TS' The he Sou
dan The Exiles" " s silver King,
Paradise" and "shenandoah." But
where would al these plays have beer
without a New York Endorsement?
The Gaiety girls, and likewise the
Gaiety boys, are all crazy on the sub
iect OF Niagara Falls The height OF
their ambition is to get there. They
are longing for Buffalo engagement
Miss Katherine Grey, one of the un
s to return to shore Acres" the play il
which she did such excellent work
Like good many other people In tn,
she was well on,
The Bostonlans have decided to opeI
/ their season at the Broadway Theatr,
next month in IA new comic opera calleC
prince Ananias," music by Victor Her
bert, libretto by Francis Nelson III
y Mexico" G, T. Darcy and Oscar Well;
), opera, will not be produced until later
H. authors of prince Ananias" haV,
another opera called La Nivandiere,
n that was originally intended for Lillian
e Russell. They are going to submit /
+ to Sir Augustus Harris in London.
One OF the London critics, speaking
OF "A Trip to Chinatown" remark
It with infinite pathos that Mr.. Hoy
n leaves off before he begins. Decidedly
l. the humor of the two countries cal
A never be brought into one channel.
Col Homer b. Sprague Is to give
= course of six lectures on Shakespeare,
under the auspices OF the American
Society for the Extension OF Universit
Teaching, in the Church of the Reforma
ton Parish House, Quincy street
Brooklyn The first lecture, entitle
Is shakespeare Cradle and Schoo
4, Satchel," Will be delivered Saturday.