Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-10
IN MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The wednesday Club and Its dra"'S'"i
Triumphs:

- - s,ngs the poet morhidly anxious W
,,,,,,-ess unon our minds a fact perfectly
-o,srt 10 the meanest comprehensiveness'
And since. together With the other disagree
ables of life, including taxes ihu'seS.ioI''
and the minor poets, We nave ieaineu
accept II philosophically as a law Oh exist
ence. perhaps it were unreasonable 10 ASH
that the "Wednesday Club alone shouid
.,a,d az a monument of immutability.
.r,ar all looked at from logical point
NJ view. there IL no good or sunlcieht red-
son why that institution should De exempt
from the fate OF friendship OF fortune OF
fashion. Behind II lies an honoraDie ro'i
NJ memorable triumphs. The club has won
us spurs and established an enviable repu'
,at,on- and a title to be regarded as facile
princeps among the musical Organizations
Of this city. The closeness ana dis'ihcuon
with which the members nave appa,entI
handed together are strongly mar ASu lea>
lures OF the cIub-features which In them
selves, 50 long as they last canhot iaIs
Ia eneender success. The watchwofd OIL
.bo soc,etv is progress, and their aVowed
oI,fact 10 create a higher musical stan
dard by cultivating the popular 'as'e-a
somewhat thankless task, whlch more
often than not degenerates INTO an uiuls-
nfied chase after dollars ana cents rus
"wednesday club must look 10 II in their
future productions il they would not nave
their glory counted as tale that Is toid'
7. is mot n little surprising that Rich
r,and boasts no permanent amateur dra-
matic club. The advantage accruing 70
Individual members and the general pub
lie are so palpable and numerous that
comment is well nigh supernuous. IL
was Wordsworth who, having Keen ap-
probation Of his own gifts, declined 10
admit that he could not have written
Hamlet" and It was Lamb who re-
marked In humorous comment on WARDS
worths assertion that he could have writ
ten Il If he had had the mind that IT was
clear that nothing was wanting but the
mind" Yes, the mind comprises the
aLthor's stock In trade but II does not
suffice for the actor. The occasional per
Torrance OF play by miscellaneous
collection OF amateurs, drawn together for
the nonce by the call OF charity, resolves
itself in a general way into tragedy
Of round pegs and square holes the pegs
being in the unfortunate predicament OF
having failed to recognize that they are
round. or possibly, I'm their ineXperlence,
laboring under the delusion that they are
composed OF gutta-percha, and can with
equal facility adapt themselves TO any
shape. And many strange effects result
therefrom. One who with experience Will
prove an apt comedian Is discovered
striving his utmost to cloak his "quips
and cranks and wanton wies" under the
gulse of black-hearted villainy. Another,
set apart by the finger of fate Itself for
the heavy load. is found masquerading as
an impassioned lover, "sighing like
furnace, with n woful ballad made to his
mstress's eyebrow" delicately-drawn
character which needs the dainty touch
ing-in of the finished artist falls to the
share OF yet another whose conception
Of art does not rise beyond the pot 81
paint and the good. broad brush with
which 10 plaster it on. And so on, adj In
fnitum. II is n condition OF things TO
great extent Unavoidable hobblede-
hoy phase. inseparable from the circum-
stance Where the members are for the
most part wholly inexperienced and UNI
acquainted with each others method they
are Of necessity walking In the dark,
and until they emerge into the twilight
Of comprehension-comp OF their
natural bent their peculiar limitations
he who escapes without an awkward
tumble may account himself singularly
blessed.
Frank Daniels and Bessie Samson were
married at Rye, y. Y, last week.
JAMES O'Neil has made Julia Arthur an
offer to join him co-star next fall.
Lillian Russell will not sue Peruginl
for n divorce The family soiled linen
ia TO be sent to n private laundry after
all.
The New York roof-garden shows are
not being patronized by the best people
this year. The audiences are said to be
decidedly off color.
THE Passing Show" Is packing the
New York Casino every night II is to
run until Saturday, September LIST. Della
Fox follows on September 81.
The Skating Rink" Company. with its
bouquet of dashing soubrettes and funny
comedians begins the fall and winter sea
son August 18th. Flora Finlayson is to De
the star Of her organization.
The District Attorney is the name Of
new play which a. NJ. Palmer will
produce next season. The great scene oc-
ours I'm the third act. 1t takes place in
the district attorneys office.
e. Il. jefferson, Klaw az Erlanger are
making extensive preparations for the
production OF '1i92." which will be sent
on the road next fall. The cast will in
clude score Of well-known people, and
a large chorus. One of the first cities
visited will be Richmond.
Madame Modjeska has closed her sea-
son in San Francisco. and retired 10 her
ranch, in Southern California Otis Skin
ner, who has been co-star with Modjeska
during the past season, Is In Chicago
deep in reseach after data concerning the
customs, manners. and etiquette OF the
times Of Charles II. He proposes 10 give
the benefit Of his labor TO Clyde Fitch's
His Grace, De Graumont," which he
will produce next season. He will also
present Victor Hugo's tragedy, "Tri-
bOulet"
The Village Postmaster Is the title
Of IA new play by Alice Ives and Jerome
II. Eddy, which will be produced at the
Fourteenth-Street Theatre, in New York,
next winter. Manager j. Wesley Rosen-
quest has purchased a large interest in
the play.
Herrman's is to remain a theatre after
all. Mr.. Demorest. who purchased the
place of Professor Herman. believes that
in spite OF the disadvantage arising from
the fact that a long flight OF stairs has
to be climbed to reach the auditorium
the public will patroniZe good attractions,
and he thinks he can get plenty OF them
for the house.
Augustin DAILY. in addition to his Lon
don and New York theatres, will have
three companies on the road part of
next season-that supporting Ada Rehan,
in her starring tour, THE Gaiety Girl"
and Olga NethersOle who is to present a
round OF her characters, and not simplv
Romeo and Juliet" as at first announced.
Maud Durbin, a last years discovery
of Modjeskas, Will play with Otis Skin
ner next season.
Manager E. e. Rice Is confident that
THE Globe Trotter," Louis De Lange's
new comedy which he Is giving an ex-
perimental fortnight in Philadelphia, Will
be one OF the greatest popular successes
OF the coming season.
The West-Point cadets have engaged all
the boxes and 200 orchestra-seats In the
Garden Theatre, New York. for next
Tuesday night. when they will go to see
'll92"
Beerbohne Trees repertory for his
American tour next season will include
Hamlet" THE Merry Wives OF Wind
sor,' and "a Bunch OF Violets."
Is This a CAVALIER
tSt. Louis Republlc)
III when DR.. Cave spoke OF southern
cavaliers he had In mind men like Colonel
+. q. Skinner, the South has had cavaliers
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