The evening world., 1894-10-05
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Or. syntnx" Professional Matinee
an Enjoyable Annir--Eme
Chapuy Here TO stay.

thnpuy Here to stay.
Tie "Dr. Syntax" matinee for the
"perfesh" yesterday, was a chatty and
meaty affair. 1t wasn't one of those
common. pass-me-in, professional mat
inees. at which Miss Tottie Coughdrop,
fresh from her triumphs at Coldwater,
Mich. occupies the most conspicuous
box. Not a bit OF 1t. MIR. Mckinney
announced that the entertainment was
given merely for the members of various
companies now in the city. The hang
ers-on were not admitted The fluffy
soubrette, with tresses a la peroxide of
hydrogen, was left lamenting-like an
p-to-date Lord Ullins daughter. So
was the comedian with the ultramarine
Coored chin, who handed in his card,
with what Hopper, would call an ap-
lomb that Is simply maddening The
highly respectable organizations OF the
city were all representative Francis
" Girl I Lett Behind Me-" and John
girls-they attracted almost as much at
positively tinkied with gee: They
clapped their little hands. and effervesced
fures were in colossal evidence. and
made hit with the audience. Ger
tanly " DR.. Syntax" never went better.
Hopper worked most industriously. and
ton Della Fox and Francis Wilson;
which was probably an oversight. He
declared that he had never felt so nerv-
Gus in his life, but he was, of course:
very, very pleased and honored-and all
that sort OF thing. - You know all the
tricks of the trade" he remarked. You
are aware that my nose Is made OF put
ty. and you quite understand how | put
1t on" The Gaiety Girls howled at this
sally, and the audience Joined in their
laughter Altogether, 1t was a very
Benjamin d. Stevens. Mr.. Hoppers
manager. who met with such an unfor.
tunate accident few days ago, hobbled
in the general jollity. Mr.. Stevens will
be all right again in a week or two.
The rest has done me GOOD, ne de-
clared. The doctor would not allow
feel all the better for my idleness."
Bubblesome little Effie Chapuy has
just returned from England. after
nine weeks holiday there. hadn't been
home" she said Yesterday asine In, tirst
don. l didn't intend to stop, but liked
the country, and now I'm going to re-
main. Things are very, dull in London
but declined 1t. I'm thoroughly Amer
icanized, and I've been very happy here
In the various companies in which !
season with "A Trip to Chinatown"
of Arthur Larkim, the little Englishman
who plays the leading role in one of
the "Charley's Aunt" companies. Lar
mi n IA ia pf
A dime museum poster attracted his
attention. There was a dwarf there
upon which he thought he, would like
scum thoroughly. When he saw the
dsnant %Why;'' he he Exclaimed H to the
Responded t the pr 1haR nn
abashed, that's his strong point. You
see he is the tallest dwarf we have ever
Clinton Stuart evolved 1.-The Price of
Silence" which was to have been pre-
scented at Palmer's Theatre next week.
Mr.. Palmer is paying the price by clos
Of this play refers neither to Mr.. E.
ID. Price nor to Mr.. w. T. Price. They
are not the least disposed to be Prices
of Silence. Ha! ha! wild jestD
Tortatada, the sinuous Spanish dancer
scene Ss e Of which she DID ae e
turn" She was dismayed by the
prospect Of i1cessant travelling In
thing-so she came back to New York
With her brothers and her sisters and
her cousins, she will appear at Proctor's
next week.
swallows wings; says shakespeare.
That's probably why Miss Hope Booth
flew back from London with such rapid
ity. As yet she has not completed ar
tour. but she is not letting the grass
grow beneath her feet.
David Belasco expects that his play,
Heart of MARYLAND" will be produced
holidays. II is entirely finished. Mr..
Relasco will probably, go to San Fran
cisco again shortly. His mother is still
whose marital misfortunes have been SO
frequently ventilated, is still in Califor-
MIA, and II will not be David's fault II he
does not remain there.
Most actresses keep scrap books in
which they retain all the pretty and
| unpretty things that are said about
them. Miss Olga Nethersole goes a
step further than these ordinary &C
tresses. She has a scrap book in which
she has collected every line that has
been written about her for years, and
has also kept samples of the dresses in
which she appeared in the various plays
mentioned. She has failed to inscribe
| the names of the shops at which the
garments were purchased-or the price
per yard.
At the Irving Place Theatre last nigh
Manager Conriei presented another
novelty in the shape of four-act com
edy by Blumenthal and Kadelburg
called 'Mauerbluemchen." The PLAY
was very well presented, but 1t doe!
not merit much consideration. 1t II
conventional. The main thread OF tn,
story deals with the adventures OF
manufacturer of wall paper. who fall!
in love with an elderly bookkeeper II
his employ. He has nephew, and TIL,
young man usurps his place in the at
fections of the elderly bookkeeper
"Mauerbluemchen" is not particular,
witty, but the audience, being extremel!
good-natured, laughed at times. In tn,
cast we're Max Hanseler, Max Bra, Ar
thur Eggel!ng. Nine. Hibelmann-Teller
Anna Braga, Adolf Link. Anna Franosc
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