The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-20
MISS RUSSELL AND SOLOMON.
Marie Tempest Hints at a Possible
Reconciliation.
News and Gossip About Theatrical
Matters In General.

Yes, | saw Lillian Russell in Lon
don," said little Marie Tempest yester-
day as she sat in her rooms at the st.
James Hotel, and chattcd babblingly.
she came to see me, and ] was never
SO surprised in my life as when / saw
the change in her appearance. She
looked dreadfuliy ill., and could hardly
drag herself up the stairs. DO | think
she will succeed in London? l wouldn't
be II bit surprised il she made a big hit
| There's positively not singer in Lon
don. I'm really ashamed of the theatres
there. That's why I wanted to stay
twinkle OF her eyes. The day after
Russell called I met Perugini walking
~ the Lowther Arcade with Barton
McGuckin. SO Miss Russelps in Lon
DON | said to the fond little husband.
He looked at me searchingly and re-
marked. i believe she Is. Perugini was
very much surprised when his prede,
and shook hands with him.: There Is
evidently no malice about Teddy. It's
quite true that he wanted to be the
wondered IL he could get the position.
l offered him, as bland ly and ingenu-
ously as l could, an Introduction to
and"-here Miss Tempest sank her voice
to whlsper-"I shouldn't be bit sur
prised If they forgot old scores"
Miss Tempest, may possibly return to
toria. So she said and julius Steger.
tachios ,looped up ceilingward, confirmed
this. 1T all depends on Whitney" she
said. I'm here; Whitney's in Detroit:
fulfil ny part Of the contracts aob but
Where's his opera and his company?
Unless he has these he will have to pay
me M, the modest little sum Of 5000 for
And II it. hadn't been for me-" inter.
posed the glossy julius, Miss Tempest
wouldn't have come over at all. She was
donna MIR steger came from Vienna
and begged me to return. I'm thankful
now thai ] took his advice. and that we
ing for Miss Tempest's non-return"
ventured the comp!l.acent tenor Is r., ,r,u,.
donna "and I'd like to say that his
stories of cabling me daily are untrue.
| couldn't get any answers to my cables;
ma nc dd idea What he was TS,ng hv ana
| Ing World, 1 believe, that exclusively
announced in an interview with Marius
| that | was on the Augusta Victoria.
| OF us here"
We are" cried steger. land l do
wish somebody would tell the truth
Is not OWING a' to 81 Miss p Tempests innut
engaged nss A to E sf sf IN london for
next next season whether Miss Tem2est
engage me on the strength Of my New
York notices. he added. with a grim
smile.
Another American prima donna with
London In her eye. This time
sister living in London, and she was
most anxious for me to go over and ap-
pear there. ! was under contract to
tour would include terrible number Of
| one-night stands. l can't endure one
night stands, AMI what is more. won't.
SO Il l can arrange things to my salts
faction. to London Co..
Diana has swollen nose. and her
Ct caused Shsrs esete
rehearsing for the new living pictures.
Diana stood on the platform, majestic,
supple, obedient. There was carpenter
Something went wrong with him in his
elevated position. and In an unlucky mo-
ment he dropped to the stage. En- route
he grazed Dlana's aquiline nose. The
air was warm with her Indignation.
Shed have him arrested, she declared.
He did it on purpose. He was trying to
iniure her. He wanted m her to h LOOK noo.
carpenter went to Hammersten for adj
vice and Hammerstein professed to be
| very alarmed about the situation. THE
sis to marry her" And that's the stu
| alton to-day
Eleanor Calhoun is back in San Fran
| cisco and the Californians are gloating
over her as the first Californian girl to go
to France and play there in French; She
returned with delicious little French
charmed them. Then she appeared in
"As You Like 1t" at Lady Archibald
Campbell's garden party. and was made
back to Europe. and later (and this is
where all our rosy anticipations comes
| in) she will return to America and make
tour Of the country
Henry Arthur Jones's play. THE Bau..
| BILE Shop" In which John Drew Will
appear at the Empire Theatre has Just
OF IDLE Sit Cenrichter." Oscar Blumen-
thai was the adapter. There's an honor
| for Henry Arthur.
The prelude to the regular opening of
the dramatic season Is being played
| this week by the minor theatres. Next
week many playhouses Will have thrown
the plunge into a new season. The out
look is brighter than It was few
weeks ago. the season may, a1ter all,
turn out to be a success.
Ibsen is writing a new play, but New
Workers need not be frightened. 1t will
very potent affair-is as dead as a
door nall. 1t will. therefore, not be
overwhelmingly interesting to note that
| In writing his plays Ibsen draws the
skeletons of his characters. then puts
| on the flesh. and subsequently clothes
It," He never talks about his plays
while he is constructing. them
1t Is said that the reasons that
prompted r, l.. McLean's abandonment
| OF his starring tour were domestic diff
| ficulties and the fact that managers
wanted a very powerful actress to re-
place poor Marie Prescott. Mr.. Nc
Lean thought that his own name alone
should secure dates as good as any he
| had ever had. and was very much hurt.
Starring actors, after all, are in less
demand than starring actresses.