The evening world., 1894-05-10
THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP.
Bret Harte's Famous Characters
Grouped in One Act.
Thomas Canary Tamcs n Prima
Donna-Theatrical Gossip

Interest in Bret Harte's stories Is
revived by the announcement that THE
Luck OF Roaring Camp" Is to be put
on the stage. Dion BouCiCault started
out to build n four-act play on the Roar
Ing Camp yarn, but he died after fin
ishing the first act. This rClique OF the
old dramatist has been secured 10y
Charles Fiohman. who viii produce IT
at the Empire Theatre Monday night
with the new threc-act comedy "Gud-
g%eons.' Boucicault Introduces INTO the
famous camp characters from other
Fret Harte stories. Jack Oakhurst, the
gambler, and Tenncssee's partner fig
ure in the incidents. There is only
one woman. Stumpy's wife. and May
Robson will do justice to that. The
stage story begins with the miners dis
cussing the possibilities Of fortune In the
new gold field. The body of "A woman is
found and with 1t a child. This child Is
THE Luck" In burying the woman
gold Is struck at the bottom OF her
grave. The Roaring Camp r%ejoices, and
the child Is adopted by the community
on the spot, and 30 per cent. of the gold
product Of the place is voted to her;
Stumpy and his wife. who has followed
him from Salt Lake, reckless of the law
OF the camp, that any woman who en-
N'io ~ ~ w . u llFi Inv ''iAt
edy ingredients.
one OF the sights OF broadway early
In the morning is pink and white Lillian
coupe, with linen Innings and prancing
bays. Tn other morning about ii
o'clock she was coming from her shoe
makers, In Delmonic)'s neighborhood.
She was alone. She wore some sort of a
Paris frock. with stripes Of lace running
round her corsagc and sleeves, II a
rick-rack kind Of a hat. with nodding
req roses on the crHWn; S She was pref
hair suggesting a rose In a wneat field.
The way Nine. Lillian holds her own
after nearly twenty years of grease
paint and greenroom skirmishes IS
something that neither her enemies nor
friends can understand. She has taken
care OF herself, to be sure, but so have
hundreds of other women In the profes-
sion who are haggard and scrawny at
thirty and rights at forty.
Sowing the Wind" which will end
it's long run at the Empire Theatre
Saturday night, with It's success still
at the highest notch has in iive months
Charles Frohman and paid sydney
Grundy, its English author, nearly
10000 In royalties. Under the old-time
terms made with foreign authors, $40 for
a night performance and s. for a matt
nee, MIR. Grundy's sex against sex"
play would have yielded him less than
81 300 In royalties in the same time. A
successful playmakcr gets rich quickly
in these days.
Adele Richie. who Is constantly re-
Numbering that until recently she was
the stellar head of II comic opera or
ganization, every member of which vas
subscrvient to her wishes. had a more
than ordinarily unpleasant clash at
day with Mr.. Paul Arthur. and she
started to leave the theatre. on her
way out she saw Proprietor Thomas
Canary and stopped to talk with him.
In less than six minutes he had her
laughing msrrily, n accompan'ea by
he said to his partner. Mr.. Lederar:
You do not know how to handle young
girls. Why don't you take lessons. This
creatures you ever saw. Now. just
take her out and buy her n nice big
plate OF Ice cream n a nice piece of
cake and everything, viii be all right"
may yet earn n reputation as the great
and only prima donna paciicator.
In "Tabasco" Thomas Q. Seabrooke
sings a new topical o N Greet the Old
Man with a Smile" 1t Is said to be a
Son The comedian renders 1t with n
panoramic. hand organ niment
SeabrookcS role In 'IhbaSco' Is an
Irish lief with n French dialect.
"On the Mississippi Is the name OF n
new play. by william Haworth, which
Will have an elaborate scent produc-
tion by Thomas II. Davis. 1t VIII pre-
sent certain picturesque features OF
southern and river life.
At Roster & Balls tonight the sew
ernl times first series OF
original living pictures, designed by
oscar Hamm"rstein. will be shown for
the first time. The subjects will in.
clude groups of living %tua comic
pictures. patriotic scenes and r%eprOduc,
lions Of some of the works of the great
masters.
Victor Herbert. the popular director q
Giimore's Twenty-second Regiment Band
has composed "A new march called "Ei
dorado. 1885," which will be heard for tn,
first time at the opening OF Eldorad,
next Sunday afternoon. The s~oloists oi
that occasion will be Conrad Behrsns
the well known hasso. and Nine. Louisi
TerZi. the famous South American so
prano. who has achieved great success
In this country, having been identific,
with Seidis concert tours for the pas
two seasons.
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