The evening world., 1894-07-05
THIS COMEDIAN CAN PITCH.
Royal Treasurer" Favor's Curves
Do Up Harlem Team.
Reformed Gambler for the Stage
Other Gossip Theatrical.

Edward Favor. the royal treasurer Of
''lls2. has II friend. Mr.. STUFF" Mc,;il-
NraA. who was formerly a stage ,arpcn-
Ter. Eoth are Nirulrnt baseball cranEs.
McGiNray belongs TO tile Northsides. OF
taricm-an honor not easily uudcrst Jui
ny peup.e living below one Hundred and
T"tnty-hfth street. AS a result OF lit
tie controversy between these two cnthu-
siasts remarkable game Of baseball
was played Monday. Favor selected II
nine from the "li92" athletes to compete
with the Northsiles. The srall boy az
Harlem assembled in great force to See
de Nortsidcs eat IN de tcatrc bokes."
1t was a fierce and deadly encounter. In
vain Mr.. Buck" Mccarthy put in h's
most complicated ana insinuuting curves.
Favor pitched right through the min,
innings. assis ted by tho great team work
Of his despiscd buresgrors sixteen 10
lemites were heartbroken. The vlctTrs
are TO contest with the Passing SHOW
men, of The Casino, July TO- in aid Of
TN" Evening Worlds fund for sick
babies.
Nearly all the work on the living pic
lures at froctor's Theatre was done by
Miss Susie Ksrwin. Her efforts ranged
from buying pink tights to standing on
IA thirty-foot ladder and lacking draper
| les. The artist, however. must not be
forgotten. He worked at his paint frame
on one occasion for forty eight hours.
| The sweet little al. that displays the
golng-to-star Carrie Turner His-Mack,
frankly, yearning for me CHILD; me lost
Rialtoites. 1t comes AT an orportunc
| time. when managers are booking dates
and putting the final touches TO their ar
ranSe.penis for next season, and II
cannot fail to be advantageous to the
lady. 1t Is more artistic han the loss OF
diamonds or the now hackncycd divorce
| court
The "stowaway" people are very IA
tigulng. Not satisfied with having
hired two alleged eN-bursiars, ana Sc
cured attention in that way. which
endcavorlng to WORK William 'ia-
worth's melodrama, on the MissisSip-
pi." by advertising IA reformed gambler
| who Is positively to appear as faro
dealer. They do not seem to realize
the fact that playgoers want actors
ing card, but, Of course, IT costs money
| to get 1t.
The matinees yesterday at the Garden
| and Fifth Avenue Theatres were ghast-
ly affairs, and 1t is difficult to under
stand why they were given; The Fourth
OF July is always a worthless day for
the theatres, and when the sun blazes
holly, and out of door attractions are
| numerous, even p Sarah Bernhardt
couldn't fill a playhouse.
|
John r, Rogers Is at It again. but he
Is in England--thank goodness! He. Is
aggrieved because nobody on the other
side is paying him fees for playing MY
| Sweetheart" the excuse offered being
that because the play was first produced
| in America there Is no legal protection
| for IL in Great Britain. And such Is
law he exclains.,one can almost hear
him eXclaiming IL Journalists ana man
make money by such means would not
he pleased to. have their own property
go dealt with"
During the six weeks that Eleonora
Duse was in England she never went
into society at all. She lived like u
hermitess, although she had shoals OF
Invitations. But one or two trreverent
chroniclers abroad declared that this ex-
clus!venes itself was Just trifie CON
spicuous. They recalled the Pharsee
who thanked Cod that he was not as
other men were.