The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-05
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
OR. syntax" Professional Matinee
an Enjoyable Anair--Eme
Chapuy Here to stay.

Tie "Dr. Syntax" matinee for the
perfesh' yesterday, was chatty and
a meaty affair. 1t wasn't one of those
common, pass-me-in, professional mat
nees at which Miss Totte Coughdrop,
fresh from her triumphs at Coldwater,
Mich, occupies the most conspicuous
box. Not a bit OF it. Mr.. Mckinney
announced that the entertainment was
given merely for the members of various
companies now in the city. The hang
ers-on were not admitted The hufy
souSrette, with tresses a la peroxide OF
hydrogen, was left lamenting-like an
up-to-date Lord Ullins daughter So
was the comedian with the ultramarlne
colored chin, who handed in his card,
with what Hopper would call ian APP
lomb that is simply maddenlng' Inc
highly respectable organizations OF the
city were all representedE,the FrahSiis9
"Girl / Lett Behind Me" and John
Drew companies. AS for the Gaiety
girls-they attracted almost as mucn at
positively tinkled with glee: They
clapped their little hands and etfervesced
with laughter. Their jubilee-bun Golf
fures Were In colossal evidence ana
made a hit with the audience. Ger
tainly DR. SyntnX" never went better;
Hopper worked most industrously, and
made a characteristic speech, in which,
ton Della Fox and Francis Wilson;
which was probably an oversight. lie
declared that he had never felt so nerV-
very, very pleased and honored-and all
that sort of thing. You know all me
tricks of the trade" he remarked. You
are aware that my nose is made of put
ty, and you quite understand how ] put
It on" The Gaiety Girls howled at this
sally, and the audience joined in their
laughter. Altogether, 1t was a very
jolly afternoon
Benjamin D. Stevens, Mr.. Hopper's
manager, who met with such an unfor-
tunate accident few days ago, hobbled
to the theatre on crutches, ana INDUCED
be all right again in week or two.
" The rest has done me good he de-
clared The doctor would not allow
me to move. and as I'm very nervous,
| feel all the better for my idleness'
Bubblesome little Efie Chapuy has
just returned from England, after
nine weeks holiday there. hadn't been
home" she said yesterday, since | hrst
came over here with Agnes Hunting,
don. l didn't intend to stop, but liked
the country and now I'm going to re-
main. Things are very dull in London.
but / declined it. I'm thoroughly Amer
icanzed, and I've been very happy. here
in the various companies in which l
have played. Miss Ch1puy was last
season with "A Trip to Chinatown"
of Arthur Larkim, the little EnElshman
who plays the leading role in one of
the "Charley's Aunt companies. Lar
kim was in Boston and was devoting
himself to the task Of seeing the town.
dime museum poster attracted his
attention; There was dwarf there
upon which he thought he. would like
scum thoroughly. When he saw the
dwarf, however. he grew. highly in
digmaint WIZ" he ,e exclaimed ,has to the
Nh Responded t the pro % a nn
abashed. that's his strong point. You
see he is the tallest dwarf we have ever
had"
Clinton Stuart evolved 1.-THE Price Of
Silence" which was to have been pre-
scented at Palmer's Theatre next week.
Mr.. Palmer Is paying the price by clos
ID. Price nor to Mr.. w. r. Price. They
are, not the least disposed to be Prices
of Silence. Ola! ha! wild jestD
Tortatada, the slnuous Spanish dancer
has left "Old Glory" in the Chill
scene Of which she did her Terpsichorean
prospect of incessant travelling in
little fly-by-night towns-poor young
| With her brothers and her sisters and
her cousins, she will appear at Proctor S
| next week.
swallows wings" says Shak espeare.
| That's probably why Miss Hope Booth
flew back from London with such rapid
| ity. AS yet she has not completed ar
engagements for her American starring
| tour but she is not letting the grass
grow beneath her feet
David Belasco expects that his play
holidays II is entirely finished MIR
Belasco viii probably 80 to San Fran,
very i'll there. Fred Belasco his brother
whose marital misfortunes have been SC
frequently ventilated, Is still in Califor.
MIA and 1t will not be David's fault If he
does not remain there.
Most actresses keep scrap-books in
which they retain all the pretty and
unpretty, things that are said about
them. Miss Olga Nethersole goes q
tresses. She has scrap-book in which
she has collected every line that has
been written about her for years, anG
has also kept samples of the dresses il
mentioned. She has failed to inscribt
the names of the shops at which the
garments were purchased-or the pric,
per yard.
At the Irving Place Theatre last nigh
Manager Conried presented anothe
novelty in the shape of four-act com
edy by Blumenthal and Kadelburg
called "MauerbluemChen." The pla,
was very well presented, but It doe
not merit much consideration: 1t Il
conventional. The main thread of tn
story deals with the adventures of ,
manufacturer of wall paper, who fall
in love with an elderly bookkeeper II
his employ. He has a nephew, and tn,
young man usurps his place in the af
feCtiOns of the elderly bookkeeper
"Mauerbluemchen' is not PARTICULAR,
witty, but the audience, being extremeli
good-natured, laughed at times. In TIL
cast were Max Hanseler, Max Blra, Ar
thur Eggeling, Nine. Habelmann-Tellel
Anna Braga, Adolf Link. Anna Franosc
and others.