The evening world., 1894-10-03
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP,
olga NetberroIe Thinks New York
Ia DrendfuIIy Noisy.

II can't get accustomed to the noise
Of New York" said Miss Olga Neither
sole, as she made her first appearance
on broadway yesterday. I'm stopping
at the Savoy Hotel, where they say 1t
is very quiet, but have already changed
my rooms twice. New York seems to be
a city of noises. II is never quiet, even
at the dead Of night When I'm In
London, | always live as far away from
the city as can get. for / am very fond
of soothing tranquility" Miss Neither
sole did not look rs though she were
suffering from nerves. She has Il
serene and unclouded brow that sug-
gests both Mrs Kendall and Helen Dluv-
ray. and she speaks slowly and de-
liberately. Her face is-interesting, and
tress-y She wore dark blue tailor
made dress. with white silk front, and
an impudent little white straw hat with
a white veil There was nothing about
just going to see palmer's Theatre" she
said, land 1t will be the first American
Theatre | have entered. You know that
Willard wanted me to come to this
felt at that time that | was not ripe for
America. | went to Australia to praC-
tise In repertoire. Why? oh, because
the system OF long runs in London is
an obstacle in the way OF acquiring ex-
perience in varied roles l worked very
hard in Australia. and when l returned
to London | found that had profted
by the tour. ! am dreadfully, dread
fully nervous about my first appearance
here. Before sailing. / played engage
ments In Manchester and Birmingham.
speech; They were enthusiastic, and so
felt ought to say something" Miss
Nethersole was accompanied by her
brother, very pleasant young man. and
by Marcus Mayer, her manager
Miss Annie Irish. who was to have
played the part of the stepdaughter in
Miss Nethersole,s production Of The
In that cast; She ts unfortunately too
stately and imposing, and she would be
better than her step.mommer-a state
quite too awful. Miss Irish's last APP
pearance, as a etepdaughter was with
the kendals in " The Second Mrs. Tan
queray."
Augustus Pitou is set down as CO.
author with George II. Jessop In THE
III Artist at the Fourteenth Street
nounces him as Collaboration with Mr..
Jessop in Mavourneen''-=which is
news, as It was generally supposed that
Horace Townsend was Mr.. .Jessop's &C
as one OF the authors OF Col. Alfriend's
" Across the Potomac" 1t now remains
TO be seen what this enterprislng gentle,
VIII 1t be announced as :" by Augustus
Pitou and Victorien. sardou?"
There was a funny scene at-a matinee
performance Of Lem. Kettle" at the
BiJou. last week: A lady In the audience
applauded Tim Murphy vociferously and
iiriTritatingly, going SO far as to cal i out
s9me basket Of flowers behind the s'enes
When the heavy man of the piece ap-
peared he seemed torcall FORTH the ladys
ire She shouted out You're rank" and
man finally got so indignant that he de-
clined to continue unless the feminine In
corruption was removed, An usher was
soTfnd med ana d, the candid LADY vas es-
when he learned that 1t was from her
that he received the basket OF flowers
was highly incensed at her removal. He
didn't care a snap about the poor heavy
mans agony. ,
The Kendals have apparently made a
pYs mt ana N o GaiesssH with Lady GSnSaE
his praises Of the way in which Mrs.
sion; It's pity that Chicago likes
unexpected happens at times. and New
| York may agree with the Western YER
| dict.
| A gentleman named John Griffith takes
the trouble to send on a heap OF beau
tiful things that Chicago and Cincinnati
have said about him as Mephisto in
| Faust" 1t appears that he Keeps his
performance on a judiciously determined
plane of sobriety" (Which Is very nice to
know. that he is tall. graceful and in
teillgent, and that he owns a resonant
voice. He ls moreover, sinuous, ductile
and magnetic with q dash of the subtle
| and sardonic. On the principle that II
Is good to know, everything. these facts
are worth recording
Harry B. Smith, Reginald De Koven's
librettist has published, for private cir.
euiation. two dainty. little books, which
public, One Is a volume Of Lyrics and
sonnets," containing many quaint con
co and % The otnel
In which the immortal bard appears a.
"a prentice in Stratford. a player anC
poet In London. 1t Is distinctly wortf
should not reach the footllghts., II en-
titles Mr.. Smith to position In tn,
ranks of the shakesspearianites.
Messrs. Richards and Garfield, VIII,
were formerly members of -Hoyts farce
comedy companies. started out with
play OF their own short time ago
o e An enasd he Theqe
rumors, OF the closing OF one or two IA
more important companies. Business
! on the road ID SAID TO be bad.
Minnie Palmer (alas! these foolisl
tears0 Is never coming back to America
She says so herself She loves Eng
5 land since an English Judge refused L
try the Palmer Rogers divorce suit
Miss Palmer has told an Intervene
that she will never forgive her Johnny
"Never! she declared. IT abominat
him. He has slandered me outrageously
, and no good wife can Forgive that. Al
though / earned the money in Sweet
heart. had to beg OF him whenever
One of Marian Manola's friends. VIII
went to see her the other day. says tina
IT is pathetic to listen to her. While h
h was there she sang song called Gas
Thy Gold in the Furnace" OF which sh
!, used to be very fond many years age
She Is perpetually reviving some melod
connected with her earlier years. Joh
Mason says he believes that her reaso
will ultimately be restored through he