The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-18
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Empire Theatre to Open with
THE Masqueraders."
"1492" People Getting Tired Of
Their Vacation. g.

1t is pretty we'll settled that the EN-
pire Theatre will open its season with
" The Masaueraders." Henry Arthur
Joness play that was produced In Lon
don for the first time April %. The
drama. according to news Just received,
will end It's London career--for the pres
ent season at any rate-with July. and
Jones's enemies are declaring that the
hot weather found out the weak spot Of
80 The Masaueraders'' very quickly. It
was the gambling scene of the third act
that carried this play through three
months. and this episode will not stand
the test Of common sense. Still, Charles
Frohman has secured the Ameri-
can rights. and 1t Is understood that
preparations are already being made for
the New York production. There are
twenty-five people in the unusually long
cast, but the hero, heroine and villain
carry the burden of the piece on their
are what are known as thinking parts.
The play Is in four acts. which are re-
spectiyely placed In the Stag Hotel and
drsWins,room. where an entire aoi Is
given up to Oscar Wilde epigrams; =
private sitt!ng-room at the Hotel Prince
Mont Garibelll. Maritime Alps. near
Nice. In the first act all the men appear
In hunt ball dress suits. And Kelley
won't be in the cast to wear one! -.
| 1t is not yet decided where the Lilipu-;
tlans will present, their Humpty Dunn
Up to pate Tss d ahS Msnss esr
Miner are not yet settled. Ii. is possible
that the little people will play at the
Fifth Avenue + the RosenfeIds win in
are Summarizing at Greenwood Lake.
There will be no new additions to their
| ranks next season.
learn that little Dorothy Webb, the
Ave ear-old blonde divinity of 1882"
is tumbling about merrily in the English
School sch and giving up the stage, FOR
good" Her mother. an English singer,
Imported by D'oyly Carte, has gone
the D .1is2" people are aighing for . re-
sumption of the Garden season next
month. Walter Jones. the hardest work
most Of them. Theresa Vaughn has
gained nearly a pound In the the, past Iort.
have to get larger. pair Of corseta
A thres.lns ad; in The .,r,s W 70 ID"
stage door Of Proctor's on Monday.
They want to be living pictures in the
to be for fUgtasat
spt Teck II so entravasance, and his de-
sCription of the coming series Is some
what Acknowledgements.
is the sweetiy pretty title Of a new
Soo Ss sS Mss ests vetosia
is coster song, Of course. Anything
that Is particularly outre, Is a lSyr.
called you 0' sre toSS s ana y you are
, intellectual enough to appreciate coster-
dom.
Miss Mamie Craddock. the deniure
youns woman who was once member 81
: A. NJ. Palmer's, company and Is nov
m m,a d delish, M'S With LondSn that she
would like to stay there for a good many
years. Thi' is a very cruel thing for
Mamie to wsh espSeeally az New rSen
she used to lose her diamonds and Jewels
: about once a week at the Madison Square
ThsaFe Mist sun, ra ti%s hfa nsst a UPON
: hearts may. perhaps, eicatrize slowly
Corbett, tn, eminent actor-pugilist, ID
having a new play written around nun
to follow Gentleman Jack' when tnst
beautiful dramatic product OF the m,ne
corbctt. however. says that he is very
. fond OF ''Gentlen'an Jack" He told a., an
; English interviewer that u put n.
! capabilities before the public In 4 Wy
that was neither aggressive nor objec-
at ibsen There T. hoTeys5; no 70 tr pre,
sent ;. The Pillars OF society" and pull
down the pillar. in the third act.
, The si,lv season Is positively raging IN
3 Boston. Miss Pauline Hall. whose PRO.
auction Of La Belle Helene" in that
e city has been most vigorously SLATED. =
nevertheless peI,m,t permit On 70 ~. subSet OF
im nS.,c ar The he human race" she says,
D lis now in what may be called the suesI
candy period OF It's u.s. eH,s as chidsen invari-
ably have a passion for confectionery SO
: are we now. worshppers OF melodyJits
prototype. Indeed the greek %ofn Mis.
Hail studying Greek In her father. Herr
). Schmldtgills apothecary's shop IN Cin'
e cnnati'
: When Little Ruby returns from Europe
9 she is to be rendered big benent oy !
number of admrnISs ad,ss Before SaS ~ tst
a I prnc e''e OF wales. There'il be horrible
sptSemio OF precocious juvenile phe
n r nomena when that l'ttle. lady gets back
e A. O. Duncan, the ventriloauist. IA.
composed an almost tear;,drawins ditty
that he calls mGrSXer duncan rs s,nxs 4 i
e himself Here's the refrain. and II al
$ most makes you forget that Tennysor
:, | IL dead: $1,000
n Grover c.. tell to me,
II the Tariff bill will pass. Grover C.;
| WhiIs YOU dine on canvas backs
'. Let YOUR silent tongue relax, -,
e Win We have an income tax, Grover C
e 1t isn't often that ventriloquis
{ bursts into poesy.
At ST. James Hall last night: Dark
ness there and nothing more. The shor
= season of English grand opera came &
a close, and thereby hangs the usua
S sort OF tale.
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