The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20
ACE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
n Actor Getting Recruits for the
Protective Union.
|Tbe Queen Of Brilliants Said to
he a S lrt Of Hodge.Podge.

spneTEeIlC soullS dStoi 10 uolhB SoOu
FORK for the Actors Protective Union.
lie is hustling round and painting the
,rosppcts of the Union In fervid colors
10 the hangers-on around the Sturtevant
and Brewer Houses. One meeting has
already been held at Odd Fellows Hall,
in Fourth street. and another Is set
down f5r next Wednesday morning at
II o'clock. The energetic young actor
il begging everybody to pay a dollar
and icin. Just now his request seems
like the very irony Of caution-the shut
ting OF the stable door after the horse
has departed--for actors have nothing
IA protect. and wish that they had.
kIf the urion had been in existence be-
pre," said an actor yesterday, 1.-The
Iresent distress would not be possible.
e intend to help actors when they get
vranded to send them money to return
II New York, and let them pay 1t back
ltheir LEISURE we want to band our
Rple who flock to the theatrical pro-
Nsion for booty. We shall take good
Re Of ourselves, and shall even attack
4 f-rooms and cIeanly theatres. The
kBng spiendidy: You rarely hear OF a
rety man heins swindled out Of Is
.nts." The subject of the Union Is as
Old as the hills: but all actors agree
hat it should exist. Stilf, great many
d them are afraid to join it-fearful Of
diving offense to managers.
The queen of Brilllants," Jakabow.
kis new opera. in which Miss Russell
to appear IN LONDON enjoyed short
Palmer's office, ;, Mr.. Palmer looked Into
Is shared by a theatrical man just re.
turned from Vienna. where he saw IL
presented presented lis. Il is not not IKE the composers
sd mir as but + said to be
town critics would call REMINISCENT"
Miss Russell Is to play the part of the
fisher maiden, who becomes a prima
donna and earns for herself the title
Marion Ellis, who "sculps" in soap at
Proctor s. traces her artistic ancestry
back to Van Dyke. the Holland painter.
mommer are both artists. Miss ELS pre-
fers TO work In marble, but iinds-alas!-
that the more plastic laundry soap pays
ployed her to model Powersss e eel
lave, life size, and exhibited II ali
yer the country. This gave her the
ne ,r for stage os s work Nov Nov she realizes
PIE there's soap. -
The autograph fend deserves very lit.
|te sympathy, as general rule. for when
erlbl nuisance. Still. the v.r.oui coiiec-
tors in this city who fondly believe that
they own the classic autograph of Lii
liam Russell are worthy objects of gen.
Very excellent authority, that the most
|of the signatures were the work of Miss
Russelrs blond secretary, Mr.. Edward
|gilt on the gingerbread. St!li, MIR.
PEPPERS handwriting may be valuable
one day.
Robert TT Duncan. formerly Of the Union
square Fheatre, and more recently with
Eldorado, met with a painful accident q
few days ago. He was knocked down by
s,r csble Ia Ca. Wv while crossing Fourteenth
severely bruised. Yesterday he was able
to hobble about. Mr.. Duncan has Just
severed his connection with Eldorado.
Alas! for the unfortunate purser Of the
board. and when be comes to arrange the
Inevitable concert for the insa liable Liv-
srpool orpnans he will find that out to
his cost. This poor purser will just have
Vhin OF the joys that have aged ABB
hey, Aronson. Hammerstein and other
operatiC purveyors. Miss Russell will,
Of course, be preferred. but Eleanor
ton. and they a.e both Of them ladies'
who are not to be sneezed at The only
hope for this poor purser is that any
two OF the three ladies are violently sea-
sick and unable TO MARBLE.
Sol Smith Russells charming little
leading lady, Minnie Radcliffe, will not
be with the comedian next season She
thinks 1t bad policy, even In these des-
perate times. for an ambitious young
woman to remain with one star for any
length of time. And perhaps she Is
right. Then Sol Smith Russell had
painful experience with the metropolis.
and won't play here again. Miss Rad
cllre, likes New York, and New Workers
won't blame her.
Jack Sanford, the theatrical man, is
out of the hospital. He successfully
underwent a somewhat critical operation,
and Is himself again.
And now 1t is announced that the
music for w. s. Gilbert's new libretto,
dealing with events at the beginning
o. the century. will be composed by a
urally arises: Who Is DR.. Osmond Carr?
but II cannot be answered with tumultu-
Gus satisfaction. Gilbert. wanted his
new opera done at Days Theatre in
London, but Mr.. DAILY had other fish to