The evening world., 1894-09-26
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Francis Wilson Apprised by Wire
of the Arrival of Verses.
,u.. booth Draws Hot Shot from
London Critics.

,,,orc,s Wilson received telegram
yesterday announcing the advent OF an
,,,nortant letter. At noon the promised
if-I,,o came to hand. 1t was from a
,yho was not at all bashful about
.'.,irg his name in full. II believe
BE se wrote. that Eugene sandow, with
his lovely bride, will attend your per
.,rmance tonight. Inclosed you viii
a,,a lines which sung to the air OF
n,oddv wouldn't Buy Me Bow-wow'
,rht nroye funny, and worth trying
Tho lines inclosed were very sweet, but
inst a trifie more than suggestive, and
- wilson had sung them, he might have
,,+ himself into trouble. The least OBJ
soc,ionable of the verses-for it Is moth
leg more than daintily illiterate-ran
as follows:
Nv heart set up such clatter-
oh, girls, isn't he sweet
And lands right on his feet?
Manager Candy Kept ,b the Il, song pssthe 1
tripping measure might prove too at
tractive to the comedian to be resisted
Miss Hope Booth, who would have
Jailed with Little Miss Cute as sig
nally in New York as she did In LONDON.
viii hurt a good many Americans now
abroad T1I by her absurd pretensions
rarely have criticisms been so fiery as
those called forth by her work. one
writer remarks: She has a bold man
two of them), "a shrill voice and cyl
IDENTIFY no dramatic experience. Under
the circumstances, a word OF praise Is
Is it effrontery?-in coming on. Miss
booth wore diamond buckles to her
garters, and of this incident the same
chronicler says: Less sparkle on the
dialogue, would have been preferable"
The naughty little French songstr ssf
Eugene Fougere, has toned down con
slderably. She's a lydy-a perfectly re-
spectacle lydy." She's married and she
has brought her husband to America
With her. Her songs are not nearly as
auda cious as they were a season ago at
the Imperial Music Hall. And after the
performance at Roster IA 1 S,aIs w Sfe
her lord down Broadway. They look at
the shop windows and conduct them
selves like two unassuming little bour-
Igeois.
Maud Hobson, Juliette Neville, Harry
R RSitN Of IA daiety Girl" have all been
under the weather, They have been
II
OF climate. They found. to their con
t thew c lro Their voices were as
harsh that q f doetoa was Sent for
and he sprayed all their Threats, so that
they have now recovered from their
vocal indisposition. But they felt very
uneasy about themselves.
Miss Susie Kerwin, formerly of comic
opera renown, and now engaged IN
putting on living pictures at Proctors,
is getting gradually accustomed TO her
somewhat, trying duties Ies., she eo doesn't isn't
pops open and a serio-comic imperiously
bids her to Come here and hook me
up" but she rose IN revolt yesterday
with the urban request: Wash them
very careful, and be sure you have
them back again wednesday,
Farren soutar. a son Of the once IA
nous burlesque artist, Nellie Farren, is
playing a part in "A Gaiety Girl, at
Daly's Theatre. London. And the other
night the talented mommer sat In a box,
hidden behind the curtains, and watched
her promising son.
B. C. Stephenson, one OF the, authors
of The Passport" in which Miss Sadie
Martinez is to star this season, may pos
sibly come TO this country to see the
"The Fatal Card" the new Adelphi sue
oscillation Chambers being his col
,sborateur. Somebody asked Stephenson
bers. "Ohr' was the reply; II write the
vowels and Chambers the consonants."
Gustave Kerker remains at the Gar
den Theatre as, musical director of
Little Christopher Columbus" When
October, the baton will be welded by
w II. Bachelor, who has directed
David Henderson's extravaganzas for
The London theatrical papers have now
reached the city, and they are as warm
In their praises OF Lillian Russelrs voice
and methods as were the more critical
that Miss Russell is entitled to a posi-
ton In the very front ranks of the vocal
artists of the opera bouffe stage; An
other Journal tore up the Queen Of Bril-;
moved along like a stately ship. Miss
Annie Meyers will find herself in great
demand when she returns to this coun-
try. She had been gradually disappear
last year or two. Miss Meyers was dis
covered" by Ben Stevens, of the De
Moif Hopper COMPANY; o Then she so was
Henry Irving, blythe bye, was present
at the opening performance of THE
Queen of Brilliants."
Deshler WEIGH will issue next month
the late Steele Mackaye's book, Father
Ambrose; the Revelations of May 3,
IS" 1t is said to be very brilliant and
sudacious," and Steele Maekaye. it is
book was not for weak minds, or for
prlgs or prudes."
Edward Wertzel, author of the more
or less hapless Tide of Life" is vexed
at this query that appeared In these
columns: rs 1t coincidence that the
leap on to "a moving train which is seen
n The new, Adelphi meiodrama, The
Fatal Card" is also used in The Tide
81 Life" at Niblo's? Says Mr.: Wertzel
Let me inform you that as far as my
pIay Is concerned. II is a coincidence.
The Tide, of Life was first. produced
,,sst March. and the train effect is or
lslnal with me. 1t was described in a
copy of the play that l showed to
Fress, over a year ago."