The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-24

vival Saturday night at the Garrick of
Money" The Characterization in the
first mentioned clever comedy is offset
by the unconvincing nature of the
theme-the reuniting of young couple
who, on account of the jealousy of the
wife, have been divorced.
Slgnora Duse's performance of "La Lo-
candlera before the Queen at Windsor
last Friday night was delightful affair.
The queen was most gracious and con-
versed with La Duse in Italian after the
play. La Duse has refused to play the
part of Paula in "The Second Mrs,
Ianqueray," because, she says, she cam
not understand such character and is
therefore unable to render it with con-
v1ctlon. which seems odd in view of the
place that Marguerite Gauthier holds
In hef repertoire.
MI. Augustin DAILY and his company
a!e holiday making. Miss Rehan and
MI. Daly are in Spain; Lewis and Mrs.
Gilbert are at Briuon.
Ierriss will leave Irving in the autumn
ana play the leading part in new meio-
o gran, at the Adelphi. supported by Miss
Milward.
Mary (Anderson) de Navarro has been
writing her memoirs The book begins
with the earliest recollections of her
childhood, and ends with frank state
ment of the distaste which, before she
left the stage, she began to feel for the
practice of the dramatic parts. 1t is said
That these "reminiscences are to be pub
llshed by the Harpers Mrs. de Navarro's
present delight is singing. 1t is reported
that she has developed splendid con-
tralto voice, which is undergoing careful
training. She cares nothing whatever
for the theatre nowadays-has, indeed,
seen but one dramatic performance in
four years.
= 1rS,n Ne IL
are singing at the Cincinnati Musical
Festival this week.
The various managers, as they return
to New York after their campaigns on
the road, are being interviewed by the
papers. Their talks to the press all
wind up in this fashion: cit has been a
dull season, but dull as it has been it
foots up handsome profit for me-for
which am duly grateful" &c. This
all sounds very well, but another such
season, and these" handsome profitsn will
send many of these same managers to
the poorhouse.
Malvina Cavallazza, the widow of
Charles Mapleson, who will be remem-
heed as the charming leader of the dance
in the old opera days of Albanl. Cary
and Nelson, is about to open a school
of pantomime and dramatic acting in
London No one now alive is better
equipped to teach these essential branch
es of the dramatic art to theatrical as
pirants.
Sir Arthur Sullivan, chatting to an
interviewer in Chums told how his father
made him, as boy, learn every instru-
ment in the military band except the
hautboy and bassoon. "To this T at
tribute all my powers of orchestration.
/ know every instrument as an old
friend. His ambition to be choirboy
was first stirred by the master of a
private school, in the village near Sand
hurst College, who talked of Westmins-
ter Abbey and the Chapel Royal till the
boys brain was turned. Indeed his
father sent him to boarding school at
Bayswater to put an end to this influ-
ence. But it was of no avail. While a
choir boy Sir Arthur experienced "the
greatest emotion l have ever known or
shall know now" This was in listen
ing to Jenny Lind's singing in oratorlo.
I was quite paralyzed by the beauty of
it. l had never, and have never heard
anything SO lovely. I have heard bet
ter voices, but never such exquisite sing
ing. got back in this evening and sat
half the night on the stairs. / was in
such state of nervous prostration I
could not go to bed" Sir Arthur's gen
eral advice to boys is to do everything
as well as possible.