The evening world., 1894-03-22
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP
Olive Smiths Orange Tea" at
the Star Theatre.
McNally, the Farce Comedy Writer,
Comes to Town.

The Orange tea given by little Olive
Smith at the Star Theatre yesterday
afternoon was not a bowling success.
The precoc!ous little imps OF New York
do not look upon a bonbon and piece
OF cake as the acme OF bliss, and Man
ager Dexter. OF Boston. was left to re
fleet upon the difference between the
children OF the metropolis and those OF
the Hub The Bostonlans went wild over
the "orange tea" when It was given
there. They swarmed upon the stage
they wallowed in the tea, and they
revel,ed in the cake. After the per-
formance yesterday afternoon Joseph
Haworth announced in clean, prim tones
that when the stage was Cleared the
children present would be tead. So the
audience waited, and in due course the
curtain rose upon a long table neatly
set and lighted by two orange colored
lamps. Thirty or forty children clam
bered upon the stage The orchestra
played. and the meal was begun. Joseph
Haworth kissed some of the children
and 1t was oh! so sweet The simpering
Miss Evesson kissed few more, and
Il was oh, so much sweeter. Manager
Burnham kissed none at all. and the chill
dren didn't seem to mind in the least.
II is but fair to say that they seemed
TO prefer the tea to the kisses. AS for
little Olive Smith. the hostess, she was
very much at home. nice free lunch
for the gentlemen and a muffin struggle
after all, J. NJ. Hills idea OF the New
Jersey building lots beats all the schemes.
John J. McNally.. the rce;comedy
man1taetursn' m atiant T T. @ N New York He came
how much of his Country sport Pete
DALEY, and May Irwin had left. Mr.. Nc
Nally has contracts for three more farce
next season. He has already given nine
Of these to the public. I'm not thin
:.k skinned" In said Mr.. McNally Yesterday.
work calls forth. Nobody knows better
than l do that a farce comedy is not
work OF art. write them because they
are in, demand. The only criticism
reference to one OF my most rampant
ffarSe,GIomedies. f zee. con This is evidently Mr..
absurd. How do I write farce comedies?
] get funny idea and work 1t out
roughly. 1t is pulled to pieces later for
the admission Of specialties"
James Thornton. now at Herrmann's,
other Yesterday. That will be news to
knew that he ever had one"
Robert Buchanan's latest play, THE
the ase has afFr2S Sypndss sEe9 hero S
was able to draw the heroine from her
own apartment up to a turret room, but
he was unable to draw audiences into
Two girls in the lobby Of Abbey's Thea
tre,y tre Yesterday were very disggsted when
French fa fraeedan was song to presens ehe
dies By sophocies. "sopkocies" cried
one Of them. who ever heard OF him !?
no good. except Sardou. l suppose We'll
be getting adaptations of them all next
The little people of the stage are going
70 give a reception to their elders at
Tony Pastors Theatre. Easter Sunday
nFe oIa Thsns me viii Ths be cb End
well, Edna Springer, Perdita West,
SGhnnie dnra Mskeevsr Wal1er heon Violet
Lillian Rainsford. Juliet de ,Gregnan.
Ninie DAILY. and Mamie and Florine
Hengler.
1892 at the darden Theatre last night
by the Kilanyi Troupe proved to be ex-
tremely interesting and somewhat start
ling. They were arranged in huge gold
frame. and were seen upon a darkened
stage. The artists posed in groups rep
resenting well-known paintings; the
changes were made with great rapidity,
and there were some very handsome eff
fects. One or two of them were perha ps
n trifle too realistic, especially that
showing "ApLrodite." There were eigh-
teen pictures in all.
Mile. Ada Mureal. who is now at
Proctor's Theatre, has at one jump from
supporting a star like Maude Banks in
Joan Dare" developed into a profess
slonal strong woman" Mile. Muresl is
really does weigh 1888 Her height is 5
feet IL inches; her bust measure. 42
inches; biceps, l3 l-2 inches; thigh, 26,
and waist, "a She lifts 800 pounds dead
tonishins deveiopment SRhs these is NOT Nothing h
finely educated In a convent In Paris
and her husband. now dead. was a
a. yassy .ss Is IS syaseix sy soy f. s4 f. Thsg n
Miss Maud Harris, the comely little
woman at Herrmann's Theatre, used to
appear In legitimate farce. Now she
manages" herself and books herself
others. And the cry is stlll they. come.
Miss Russell. Miss Tempest and Miss
D'Arville have not as yet succumbed.
Miss Kathrine Clemmons-be still. ye