The evening world., 1894-02-09
HEARD AlONG THE RIAlT0.'
Playwright Darcy Puzzled Over
the Copyright Law.
Mrs. Kitty Blnnchard- Rankin Joins
Mrs. Drcw's Company.

Charles T. Darcy. the author Of IN
Old kentucky" was standing In the
Academy Of Music last night. lie was
looking very detected. When asked to
explain the cause OF his apparent mental
fatigue, he said: II have been studying
up that marvellous tumble of words.
which nobody can Understandable Ma
tional Copyright law.-I wanted to find
out whether a man could be held re-
sporsible for damages for plagiarizing
his own work. After l Ia written "ln
Old kentucky a great a OF my
friends told me that the piece was
radically defective In several respects.
This so discouraged me that l wrote
another play upon the same subject,
and with the same important Incidents,
but the treatment and detail were en-
t.relv different. Now. the success Of
play upon my handsome on which !
spent many months OF labor. I don't
dare to dispose OF 1t, or Jacob Lift. who
owns In Old Kentucky would be sure
to come down on me like n ton OF bricks.
| guess that | shall have to burn II. so
that 1t will be impossible for me to
yield to temptation;, IN Old Ken,
ny llt wye, VIII tIl It's tdTftT III
March IL 1.-The Girl I Left Behind Me-
VIII he presented there with n big cast
n scenic realism. The contract be
man has just been effected.
Mrs. Kitty blanchard Rankin has
Joined Mrs. John Drew's
which has become a very family affair.
sidney Drew and his mommer and Mrs.
iInnN Ilrotuv n Vl has 49, asa 49,,
all together. Few actors can boast that
they go through the country. like gal
liant young Sidney, with a mother and
4 mother.in-law as accompaniment
zation like this little family clique Is not
known. Probably they don't.
THE P%awnbroltcr OF the East Side is
the name OF the new play that will sue
coed The Corner Grocery Of Avenue a"
pen of Adolf Phillips. and will deal, OF
course. with lowly local life. 1.-The Cor
ner Grocery will. It Is said. he taken on
been astonishing, and It has lifted the
Germania into popularity at a time when
II had been almost given up as a bad Job.
John 9. Rice Is to appear In farce
comedy with Hoey next season, taking
the place of Evans. who. 1t seems, ls to
~ - " ~
and an agile dancer. He IL the husband
of prett'' Sallie Cohen. and was formerly
associated with George Monroe.
The latest American dancer who has
pleased London Is Marie Cahill. who Is
now appearing in Morocco Bound" at
the Trafalgar. Miss Cahill went abroad
with Miss Loic Fuller. A season or two
ego she danced here In Miss Helyett."
n 1t was not so very long ago that she
was known plebeianly as Mamie.
The ,Coquelin-Hading company W. ap-
near In baltimore Monday night. To
night Coquelin has a benefit at Abbey's
Theatre. He viii be seen in l. Jote
Fait Peur.' which Dion Boucicault made
into Kerry" some monologues n lie
Gendre de Mons Poirier.'
John y. Hopkins is very enthusiastic
about the mirror dance" 1T will be
seen in New York g week In A Trip
to Chinatown at the Madison Square
THEATRE he said yesterday. I'VE. have
given the exclusive. rights 10 Hoyt during
the rur of that piece. Then we shall
show it Throughout the country. Loie
Fuller has made a great success with It
in Paris" Mr.. Hopkins is preparing to
take the T'rans-Oceanics to San Fran
cisco, and at the end OF that engagement
he will sail for Europe.