The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Al Actor Getting Recruits for the
Protective Union.
"The Queen Of Brilliants" Said to
lie a Sort of Hodge-Podse.

An cucrgetic young actor Is doing good
,,rl for the Actors Protective Union.
Ne - hustling round and painting the
nrosv,sts of the Union in fervid colors
/, the hangers-on around the Sturtevant
and Brewer Houses. one meeting has
already been held al odd Fellows Hall.
.n ruurth street, and another is set
own for next Wednesday morning at
"a clock. The energetic young actor
T., Logging everybody to pay dollar
auu il "a. Jus; now his request seems
Ike tho very irony of caution-the shut
,juy uf the stable door after the horse
has departed for actors have nothing
T. protect. and wish that they had.
"If the Crlnn had been in existence be-
fore ,Lid an actor yesterday, "the
|Npres ,ut distress would not bc possible.
Nv intend 20 help actors when they get
Ilntrau1cd; 20 send them money to return
WI New York. and let them pay II back
~. ,hriY leisure We want TO band our
j.. :e. together against the irresponsible
eoolo who flock to the theatrical pro
essioa tor booty. We shall take good
Ininor matters, such as healthy dress
hg rooms and clearly theatres. The
arc; people, have a union and get
bn bss f9 sw raTelT a a Of Of
i"ents.' rhe subject of the Union is as
old As the hills. but all actors agree
that it SHOULD exist. still, great many
1oi them are afraid to join it-fearful OF
giving oifense to managers.
The Queen of Brlliants." Jakabow-
SKIS new opera, in which Miss pussell
is 10 -ar in Lol So., enjoyed short
Islesr in New York. in Mr.. a. N.
it. and didn't like it, and his opinion
is shared by a theatrical man just re-
turned from Vienna, where he saw il
admirable "Ermine, I" but is said to be
sort of hodSe-podge, such as out OIL
town critics would call Reminiscent ="
Miss Russell is Il, play the part of the
donna and earns for herself the title
OF the opera.
Marion Ellis, who 'sculps'' in soap at
back to Van Dyke, the Holland painter,
with a pointed beard. Her pepper and
mommer are both artists. Miss Ellis pre-
fcrs to work in marble, but finds-alas!-
better; soap manufacturing firm en-
ployed her to model Powers's Greek
slave, life size. and exhibited it all
over the country. This gave her the
the truth of the saying that while there s
life there's soap,
The autograph tiend deserves very lit
he mania possesses him he is an intol-
eabl nuisance. Still, the rCu col &c.
Tors in this city who fondly believe that
hey own the classic autograph Of LII
uine heartfelt pity. 1t is declared, on
very excellent authority, that the most
Or the signatures were the work Of Miss
RuTseirs blond secretary. Mr.; Edward
b; PEPPER. OF course, that takes all the
gilt on the gingerbread. still, Mr.
pelper's handwriting may be valuable
one day.
square Theatre, and more recently with
tlldorddo, met with painful accident d
few days ago. He was knocked down by
u cable ga while crossing Fourteenth
street, His leg was injured and his face
severely bruised. Yesterday he was able
to hobble about. Mr.. Duncan has jus,
severed his connection with Eldorado.
Alas! for the unfortunate purser of tn,
Paris. lie has three prime dome OF
board, and when bo comes to arrange TIM
inevitable concert for the Unsuitable Liv
srpool orpnans he will find that out t'
Whit of the joys that have aged Alb
hey, Aronson, Hammerstein and othe
ope! attic purveyors. Miss Russell will
Of course. be preferred, but Eleano
Mayo is there and SO Is Agnes Hunting
ton and they a,e both of them ladie
VINO are not TO be sneezed at. The onl!
hope for this poor purser Is that an.
tEo Of the three ladies are violently sea
sick and unable to warhe.
Sol Smith Russelrs charming it'll
leading lady, Minnie Radcliffe, will no
be with the comedian next season. Sh
thinks 1t bad policy, even in these des
perate times. for an ambitious youni
Woman to remain with one star for an!
length of time. And perhaps she
right. Then Sol Smith Russell had
painful experience with the metropolis
and won't play here again. Miss Rad
cliTe likes New York, and New Yorker
won't blame her
Jack Sanford, the theatrical man,
out Of the hospital. He successful
underwent a somewhat critical operation
and Is himself again.
And now 1t is announced that tn
music for w. S. Gilbert's new librettt
dealing with events at the beginnin
Of the century. will be composed by
Dr. Osmond Carr The question ma,
urally arises: Who is DIR. Osmond Carr
but IT cannot be answered with tumultu
GUS satisfaction. Gilbert wanted hi
new opera done at Days Theatre !
London, but Mr.. DAILY had other fish