The evening world., 1894-01-25

liked on the gallery. and does not bes,n
70 speak until the overture is over and
ihen, OF course, she has TO pause decent
~, Ill the hope of an encore.
Talking OF Ophclia-ard SHE Ia much
pieasantor to talk of than Harriet MS
II, n'uru pays him.-john Day. the Eng
tlsn poet once wrote n poem In honor OF
AIRS. Muitford, an actress who playCd
tle part when she was really insane, Sha
WAS confined III an asylum, heard that
cluded tho vigilance Of her guards. wpnt
10 the. theatre, hid behind the scenes
untl the mad scene was due, rushed on
.nc sthse before the actress to whom the
prIt was intrusted had time to prevent
chance for some New York sensation
alist with a good agent"
1t Is said that the Bcstonians, during
their engagement Mt the Broadway The
Smiths delightiul comic opera The
rumored, has been rewritten.
Little Miss Jane Stuart had an expe-
rience with q " masher' in Cincinnati
lately, very similar to that published I'm
connection with Miss Irish, of Mrs. kcn-
dars company. But pretty little Miss
stuart declined to convert 1t into cani-
anybody except her father, and now she
Is receiving much praise, because she
refrained from cheap advertising at a
time when the story would have brought
grist TO the box-ofice In the shape of
the curious, sensation-loving Westcrners.
Paderewski. the delight Of the matt
nee girl, has at last met with a cold
audience, and 1t was in Hampstead,
London; The experience must have been
n novel one to the %long-haired artist.
1T sat cold and. grim, and even dis
cussed n criticised the fuZzy-headed
genius openly. The audience mostly con-
sisted of the lady critics. Spinsters n
professional governcsses were there with
spectacles on nose and hands folded on
lap. They sat with their demure- looking
charges, like so many reproductions of
Lots wife after the salt catastrophe"
Henry Irving and his company return
to England March 10. They play n fare
well engagement at Abbey's Theatre. be-
ginning Feb. 20. The most fabulous
stories Of 1rving's American success are
still being forwarded to the English
papers.
1t Is said that q %well-known manage
IN this city has $4,000 worth Of plays
t7Dlol vi Soui &C III ihh' nv hthit wv
that sum on them as yet. He has in
vested n certain amount OF money. on
each play, SO that he has the privilege
of producing 1t should he deem 1t ad-
visable.
The famous Coquelin could give lessons
In unobtrusiveness to those members OF
the profession who think that the door of
every theatre should be open to them.
In Boston, during his engagement there,
he wanted to see a matinee performance
Manager Tyler, who stood at the door,
and who did not recognize him, and said
meekly, II know this Is a holiday and
that 1t Is therefore against the rules of
the house house. to pass sssr In the hsu profession = mem.
Der of the Coquelin company?' Mr..
Tyler passed him in, never dreaming
that 1t was Coquelin himself. When he
discovered his Identity a box was placed
at his service.
! csaue posers in 1.-THE Princess Nico-
tine" ate some indigestible food a few
nights ago. and on her arrival at the Ca
sino, tainted. A doctor was called In,
and while the, chorus ladies' were hover.
ing around, the physician ordered SOM
vived very speedily, and was sent horne
In a abb. 1t is one of the established
rules of the Casino that no wet goods
are allowed behind the scenes. Sickness
cuse for violation of these rules. Since
the Rutledge episode, however. stomach
trouble, necessltating the use of alec
holic refreshment, has now become ire
to enforce discipline, caused this sign I,
be afixed to the c%all-board Any led,
with stomach trouble Will be subjected
to a fine"