The evening world., 1894-03-16
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
maud, the Lightning Calculator,
Is, Indeed, a Prodigy.
Garfield and Richards to Star Next
Season.

"All you have got to do is to tell him |
the day of the month and the year of |
your birth and he'll tell you how much
money you owe" remarked Manager |
Oscar Hammerstcin, facctiously, at Kos |
ter e. Bial's yesterday afternoon. There
was IL private performance before sew
eral prominent physicians and members
of the press, given by jacques 1naudi,
described as a man with two brains.
Mr.. Hammersteins righteousness at first
seemed to be merely the airy persiflage
for which he Is justly renowned, but be-
fore Inaudi had finished his words
seemed none too hilariously jocular. The
prodigy" proved to be a prodigy, in
deed. He is a wonder. His lightning
calculations simply astounded those
present, who tried their hardest at first
to ascribe them to trickery. 1naudfs
manager asked the audience to name any
three figures, which he proceeded to
chalk on a biackboa until there was n
line of twenty-four figures. Beneath
this twenty-four more audience-Given
Inaudi, who had his back turned to them
Then, without the least hesitation, he
subtracted one line from the other men
stantly. HIS next feat was to work out
| five sums mentally at the same time.
| They were set by the audience. There
". was subtraction, addition, multiplication
| Before. the blackboard manpulator had
worked them out himself Inaudi had
them all done and the answers were cor
| rect In every instance. The calculator
was able at a moments notice to name
| the day of the week Of any given date.
only once did he make a slip. gentle.
to know upon what day he was born.
maud promptly replied Friday" ".Oh,
no." sii said the gentleman. II was born
sisted the polite little Frenehman. You
ought to know protested the gen
in. and the gentleman was forced to be-
lieve that he was himself mistaken. DIR.
Spitzka had IA long conversation with
maud. but no trlckery was discovered.
| Whether this performance will interest
| vaudeville seeking folks remains, of
| course, to be seen.
George Richards and Eugene Garfield.
the two comedians now with Hoyt's skit,
"A Temperance Town." are going to star
title "The Circus Clown" 1t isn't
farce-comedy-oh dear. no-nothing SO
you please. The author is Fred ]. Bea-
man. esq, and don't, for goodness sake,
forget the esq.
Mrs. James Brown Potter and the
beautiful Kyrle Bellew open their next
American season in San Francisco, July
2, and from that point they will prob
ably work their way East. Their ambi-
Mrs. Potter seems to be doing very little
just now towards elevating the stage
she is undoubtedly making a living by
1t. That Is something, nowadays. y
The Della Fox Opera Company is the
ORG IN hnt tC No
being booked for next season with Della
Fox at its head. This little lady has
at last arrived at the much desired
big. letters all over the land and she
will have the centre of the stage when
ever she wants it, and she will be able
Harry in the company. and-well, nine
stars out OF ten are satisfied with these
privileges.
Der Herrgottsschnitzer Won Ammer-
! gau" was presented for the first time
this season. The story is simple mar
and effectively told. The scenes are laid
in Bavarian village, and the heroine
is Il coquettish young woman, who has
, her own mind. One OF the suitors is, OF
t course, a villain: the other-equally. OF
r coursemis hero of the most approved
type. The heroine, who is the adopted
+ that her real father Is an old fellow who
/, works at odd jobs in the village. Thi.
is. of course, very. terrible, but 1t doe!
7 not intefere with the plays denouement
which is happy marriage and genera
bliss The acting was very good, Indeed
The company at the Irving Place "heatr'
Is splendidly disciplined organization.
: Pinero's comedy 1.-THE Amazons,
q now at the Lyceum Theatre. is tn
theme of much discussion in the out-of
. . Pinero isn't In 1t at all. He Is neglected
;. for Georgia Cayvan and her brown vel
O. vet knickerbockers. 1t would be crue
to even ven, hint that that the great success o
such trivial circumstance as a LEADING
e lady wearing male attire.
Miss Olga Brandon, the 'Tady wit
the midnight eyes" who returned t
this. her native heath. last Summer a
one of Loie Fuller's unfortunate celebrl
at the Garden Theatre. She Is in Lon
don again and is playing the part o
the ill-used wife Of the leading villial
in the revival Of THE World" at tn
Princess Theatre.
.s matte Arts gave very interesting en-
"a last las night. Scenes from .''rhe ' Cor Cor
e ttrast," the first American play, and poi
IS tainly know no fear A new play b
lie Frank c. Drake. called Roseberr
h shrub Sec" was capitally acted: ,Th
IL directed by Miss May Robson, who hold
:, that character work can be taught. Mis-
~ Ina Hammer. as an old man, did RI
,S .s markably well. and Emily ]. wakemal