The evening world., 1894-08-17
SIR Gus AFTER THE ACADEMY?
Declares the Theatre Closely Re-
sembles That Of Drury Lane.
Julia Arthur Was to Twinkle from
Stellar Eminence.

one or two theatrical wiseacres pro-
Tess TO believe that there Is n GOOD deal
more In Sir Augustus Harriss appar-
emily unprecedented visit to this coun.
try than has been made public, and
all sorts of schemes are limited at. The
fact that he did not return with Mr..
Abbey. az ho intended doing, is re
garded as very significant, for since
Mr.. Abbey's departure Sir Gus has
been working alone, and the American
manager-so say the wlscacres-might
be just u wee bit frightened IL he knew
all Sir Augustus's plans. The titled
theatrical purveyor has visited the
Academy of Music and inspected the
stage, which he declared more closely
resombled that of Drury Lane than that
of any other In the city. He has also
been at other theatres, and made men
tai notes. He spent yesterday in Boston
win t.lgene !oInpNn In any scheme
upon which he may embark here, 1t Ia
quite certain that Sir Augustus will
not be associated with Mr. Abbey. 1t
is SAID that he has ideas of his own,
and plenty of capital with which to
carry them out. lie has also expressed
the Americans were more apprecIative
OF grand opera than the Europeans.
There Will undoubtedly be results from
this little offhanded visit of the English
lmpresario, and they will probably be
interesting
Katherine Clemmons is in Europe, but
her costumes are here-those that
Her ex-manager is trying to dispose
Of them. and announces ENORMOUSLY
that that, they can be USED for Romeo and
Venice" Maebeih" and R Mefshan int ct
The costumes win be more interesting
without Miss Ciemmonss than with her.
The tragic yet luminous eye of Miss
Of twinkling from stellar eminence.
IN hrb tine yesn n,s IA Of the Rialto. Miss
the well-known .futist, has written a
play for her called LA Sosie," with
which she is very much pleased. Sig.
settled. Miss. Arthur, so far, has had
few opportunities except In society"
plays FOR which she is not suited,
steal comedy by Paulton, which Miss
parting from comic opera and its
abuses, 1t will be pleasant change,
for the indications are that comic opera
companies con VIII be very plentiful, and 1t
fittest
Della Fox wants to open her season
Broadway. She Is anxious to get in a
week ahead of him. Owing to the pre-
dicament in which the non-eompletion
IT is doubtful whether she will be
able to present it as early as she hoped
TO do so. In the mean time Hopper is
Hopper will have very pretty role,
but the vocal caiisthenics will be In
trusted to Miss Bertha waltzinger.
William Gillette. who won fame and
fortune with Held by the Enemy" is
October. Gillette dropped out OF the
production of NINETY Days After Date"
but It is his intention to drop in again
and stay in.
A large lady entered one of the dra-
the fact that she wanted an engage
that there's nothing for me TO do but
ps star ps ssei It's money SHssSf FIN s nGe
bHsiness"' asked the agent, oh" re-
Shsant arss lazy N be the mgst
cite factory for the last five years but
they are discharging their hands, so I'm
driven out, Perhaps there will be room
leine Pollards company.
Chicago has accepted THE Amazons'
rude remarks about the appearance In
knickerbockers OF Georgia Cayvan,
katharine Florence ana Bessie Tyree:
Florence as slender and Miss Tyree as
trim. The audiences, however, laugh.
and the ultra-analytical gentlemen of
the Windy City are disarmed.
Miss Olga Nethersole Is going to bring
brother to this country with her.
and business manager. Miss Nethersole
| will return to London in the Spring,
and play there under the management
Augustin DAILY. Her season in this coun,
try is to open Oct. 2
"a Trip to the city, is the name OF
| a new specially farce to be produced by
pany, OF which Neil Burgess is Presi-
dent. 1t will rejoice In miles of
scenery" which Is better than the now
| hackneyed carload. and its main "spec-
ialty,' features will consist OF pleas
ure launch sailing party on New York
| Bay, and IA bicycle race around Union
Square.
A. y. Duncan, the ventrlloquist, has
published a number Of new songs of
the sweetly sentimental order. Some of
| them are 1.-THE Butterfly and the Rose +"
After the Curtain Falls" Cheer up,
Sad Heart The Secret of the
| Waves" when the Twilight Shadows
| Fall" Baby is Waiting to kiss Me
Good Night" when the Clouds APP
pear" The Motto Above the Door"
| and TWAS in "a Dream" In this long
list there Is no mention of poor mother,
| or the loved ones at home. Can this
slight be intentional?