The evening world., 1894-08-16
MISS FIlk|Ns's BIC sNEEzE.
Twas q Horrible Affront to the
Distinguished Paul Arthur.
An "Outrsxo" that Convulsed "The
Passing show" People.

A little sneeze did it a tiny, viva
cious. unrehearsed and feminine sneeze.
What IL did was to cause ill-feeling and
unpleasantness at the Casino. 1t was
during the last act of THE Passing
Show" Saturday night. Paul Arthur, u
gentleman who starred earlier In the
season. and Is consequently not to be
trified with, don 'tchernow. occupied the
stage with one or two others. Mr..
Arthur plays a very important part,
and he had plenty more to do before
the evening was over. At the wings
stood Miss Grace F'ilkins, waiting for
her cue, and listening intcntly to Mr..
Arthur. All OF a sudden, in an uulucky
moment, Miss Filklns felt an inclination
to sneeze. She searched for her hand
kerchief ana couldn't ind It, She
sneezed loudly-so loudly, indeed, that
the audience heard II. The audience
Uttered; audiences are so inconsiderate.
Instantly Mr.. Arthur, like Laura
Jeans heroes, drew himself up to his
full height, glared at the audience as
though to say you idiotsl" and left
the stage. He went to his dressing room,
removed his stage clothes. and left the
theatre. Those left on the stage had u
most uncomfortable half hour. They
had to fake" speeches. and to do all
In their power to cover Mr.. Arthur
absence. They managed to get through
the act, but 1t was hot easy work
AFTER the performance Stage Manager
Standish called the principals together,
anu asked what IT all meant, lie de-
CARED that he would hne MIR, Arthur 81,
which occasioned some Indignation, tor
~ was the general opinion that MIR.
Al had offered a gratutous insult
TO the audience, and deserved some
severer punishment. The actor declared
mat the sneeze was "A horrible aifront.
We never been 80 insuited before" he
: a1nsciafed: 1t was outrageous" Miss
filkins has not apologized. The propa-
blilty Is that she Will sneeze again when
she feels like IT. Mr.. Arthur seems to
nave forgotten hts little experience
with Loie Fuller ut the Garden Theatre.
The, The agent" who pictured Miss Marie
nHrronghs opening her Bible to find out
what rate had In store for her this sea-
son IL stu hard at work. He is n
i mSst ,acGsoImpiished gentleman, with an
true he rhtn IN public Srsdulity It is
cling from Boston to New York. and
discovering that the number OF her
Mas 81 XhSh she has
ored porter from a peaceful slumber,
and with tears In her eyes. she con.
des Jesse her plight to him. Equal to all
he survevs changed the number of her
berth to that Of the berth opposite "
on, good, soft youth! Oh, hard push ed
AGENT ss IL How t,D y, Is T. that Miss Burroughs
mas enjoyed several good seasons.
Caicedo, the wire king" has been Sc
cured by the Boston Howard Athenaeum
star Specially Company for next season,
Eunice Vance. the Eddy family, Kali
Rosa, an eguilibrist; the Crescendo
br9thers-or freres, as they prefer to he
ctssledEsmith and Campbell, and Pitrot.
Il don't believe that living picture.
n are simply an experimental craze" sai(
oscar Hammerstein yesterday ''N,
opinion Is that they are going I, STAY
for several years. IT IL as much trouble
producing a series OF artistic living pic.
have no Idea Of the immense amount OF
| detail work involved and the expense OF
the a,,h WHOLE thing Do have any difficulty
reason. is that pay such high salaries
that they are afraid OF losing the job.
l employ artists models only. The other
day l advertised for big woman &c pose
as Diana. You should have seen the
array OF enormous women In the lobby.
Some Of them were 80 fat and ugly that
they were Impossible, The people them
sSi'V9 ttt uSiibnieu ut the present
mania. 1t is boon to them"
The theatrical small fry who are al
ways posing as SO fearfully hard-worked,
and talking. OF the dreadful nervous
strain to which continued dramatic eff
fort subjects them. might take a hint
or two from Sarah Bernhardt. Sarah
is not as young as she used to be, but
Is positively indefatigable. After her
arduous London season and her matinee
tour through England and Scotland she
went back to France. But she couldn' /
even enjoy the repose OF the journey.
She travelled by way OF Folkestone and
Boulogne. and when she reached the
lat .er town she stopped OFF, gave per-
formance OF ''Phedre" and continued her
route to Paris. Sarah Is one OF the won
ders OF the century.
Aubrey Boucicault takes Charles Dick
sons place in Madeleine; or The Magic
KISS" In Boston, Mr.. Dickson being
obliged to prepare for his starring tour.
Harry Eskin, the manager of this com
pany, was In the city yesterday. He
says that the success Of MADELEINE
leads to the belief that interest in genu-
inc comic opera. without horseplay. Is
not dead.
Donnelly & Girard's farce. The Rain
makers" will step into the BiJou Thea.
tire this season. Miss Isabelle Urquhart
and the Harcourt sisters have been Sc
cured. Miss Urquhart will play the part
OF the widow. The "Rainmaker" people