The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Brnnd-New idea for n Melodrnmn--
Helen Dnuvrny Will shelve
"Tbat sister of His"


Here's a brand.new idea for the melo-
drama -mongers. who are always look
ing for novel effects. and who have ex-
hausted the possibilities OF limited mail
trains, coal mines. yawning chasms.
shipwrecks and explosions. The new
idea is offered gratis, and It is culled
from French novel by Dubut de La
forest, Just issued. and entitled Les
Petltes Rastas." The hero is an Ameri-
can millionaire. eccentric. ostentatious
and recklessly extravagant. There IL
double distilled villain. OF the trlah
Hcep type, who works an immense
amount of mischief The millionaire
takes his huge yacht to France, and
entertains there on very lavish scale
For the DEDICATION of his guests he
brings from America an exact model OF
the much discussed killing machine
used by the famous pork-packing firms
OF Chicago. 1t Is in working order, and
the millionaire brings forward Il troupe
Of pigs. The animals pass over bridge
Of sighs," are forced into rings, Killed,
skinned. washed cut into pieces, and
then they finally appear in the shape, OF
sausages and other delicacies The
guests are delighted. The entertain
ment on the yacht Is a huge success.
/ After II Is over they dance and make
merry. Then-ah, hai-the villain skulks
1 IN. lie mas Dten uTlHhlHb. ne ~ llllpNl-
Gated. He, sees the pig-killing machine
proaches il; he examines it with maud
| lin curiosity. He is unsteady on his
feet lie falls in. and the fatal machine
/ treats him Just as though he were a
pig. Later on he is discovered in the
collar studs are handed to his distracted
widow. Wouldn't this make grand
/ fifth act?
| 81, h.,,.
season Saturday night. Will not, go out
again in THAT Sister of HIS" The play
has been generally condemned "a heavy
and talky, and Miss Dauvray could do
nothing with 1t. How is 1t that this
clever actress does not revive Bronson
Towards play. One of Our Girls"
years ago? Bronson Howard is now on
! the top wave OF popularity, and this
play is an exceedingly good one. Miss
| Dauvray carries 1t around in her trunk,
and does nothing with 1t.
1.-THE Pacific Mail" the play by Paul
M. Potter, which w. II. Crane is to
present at the Star Theatre next week,
Tom Taylors famous overland Route"
Crane viii have very good part-two
or three rolled into one; In fact, and
remember Lester Wallacks excellent
work as Tom Dexter.
Edward e. Rice. in a burst OF gener-
enrolled In the production of Little
Christopher Columbus" at the Garden.
Some OF the chorus damsels rejoice In
delciously far-fetched titles. A few of
them are Loie Riccarti dsn't that cum
ningO, Nina Ainscoe Estelle Botsford,
Genevieve Hill. Ena WEIGH, Neena De
Rue. Elena Martinez and Lulu Far
rance: IL was charming courtesy on
Mr.. Rice's part to print all the pretty
names.
II. CANDY. Francis Wilson's manager,
had thrilling experience Monday night:
i was very near the witching hour. and
office on the fifth floor of the Abbey
Theatre Building. The almost midnight
was, dreary, and Wilson was pondering;
weak and weary, when footsteps clanked
along the corridor and a stranger made
his appearance He entered the office
and shut the door. He wanted $3.50 to
get a friend out Of jail, and he confident
ly Informed Mr.. Wilson that he himself
had just left clinton Prison. He was
the inventor, he declared, of an elixir of
life. that not only prevented death from
natural causes, but caused the patient
to grow younger. He was anxious to
pleased that he did not ask for any mem
bers OF Francis Wilson's company to ex
pertinent upon. They are all such young
things. The inventor said that he longed
to give Lillian Russell some elixir, and
regretted that she was in London. He
had Just paid visit to George Gould
he said, but without success. Wilson,
after considerable effort managed to get
him out of the Office, and he will not
, pass his evenings there in future.
The Cotton King, =, manager has been
Known .as ''tafry." He has discovered
e have had their, first presentation in the
drink, "Mieeael str9gofr, The Sou,
dan" The ExIles," The Silver King, y,
Paradise" ana "'Shenandoah.' hut
= where would AL these plays have been
without a New York Endorsement?
: The Gaiety girls. and likewise the
jcct of Niagara Falls. The height of
their ambition is to get there. They
are longing for Buffalo engagement.
is fortunate New Blood people, is going
" which she did such excellent work
s9oS maG Grey ohsr peqne IN whef
she was well on
h. The Bostonans have decided to open
st their season at the Broadway Theatre
or next month Ill u new COMIC OptfH cdlleC
~ "Prince Ananias." music by Victor Her
bert. libretto by Francis Nelson ',lr
Az Mexico" &. T. Darcy and Oscar Wells
=, opera, will not be produced until later
" The authors of prince Ananias' have
ne another opera called LA Nivandiere,'
an that was originally intended for LillaI
We Russell. They are going to submit 4
e. to Sir Augustus Harris in London.
one of the London critics, speakinl
of "a Trip to Chinatown" remarks
at with Infinite pathos that Mr.. Hoy
on leaves of before he begins. Decidedly
m. the humor OF the two countries cal
IA never be brought into one channel.
~ Col. Homer b, Sprague is to give
IT. course of six lectures on Shakespeare,
under the auspices of the American
Society for the Extension Of tniversit
Teaching. in the Church OF the Reforma
ton Parish House Quincy street
~ Brooklyn. The first lecture, entitle
ses ''ShakeSpeare's Cradle and SchoC
as Satchel," will be delivered Saturday
SONG OF THE DAY.
Now and Then!