The evening world., 1894-05-10
The LUCK OF ROARING CAMP.
Bret Harte's Famous Characters
Grouped in One Act
Thomas Canary Tames n Prima
Donna-Thcntrical Gossip.


revived by the announcement that THE
Luck OF Roaring Camp" is to be put
on the stage. Dion Boucicault started
out to build n four-act play on the Roar
ing Camp yarn. but he died after fn-
ishing the frst act. This relique OF the
old dramatIst has been secured by
Charles f'iohman. who will produce II
at the Empire Theatre Monday night
with the new thrce-act comedy "Gud-
geons." Boucicaut Introduces into the
famous camp characters from other
Bret Inrte stories. Jack Oakhurst. the
gambler, and Tennessees partner fig
ure in the Incidents There is only
one woman, Stumpy's wife. and May
Robson will do justice to that. The
stage story begins with the miners dis
cussing the possibilities OF fortune In the
new gold field. The body of a woman Is
found and with II child. This child Is
The Luck" In burying the woman
gold is struck at the bottom of her
grave; The Roaring Camp rejoices, and
on the spot, and 30 per cent. OF the gold
product OF the place Is voted to her:
Stumpy and hls wife, who has followed
him from Salt Lake. reckless OF the law
! of the camp. that any woman who en-
! ters II must be killed, furnish the com
| edy ingredients.
one OF the sights OF Broadway early
! In the morning Is pink and white LII Ian
Russell-Perugini shopping In a navy blue
| coupe. with linen Innings and prancing
bays, The other morning about IL
matters. in Delmonic5's neighborhood.
! She was alone. She wore some sort of
Paris frock. with stripes Of lace running
rck-rack kind OF hat. with noddlng
led roses on the crown. She was ,pret-
tier than ever, her bright color and fair
hair suggesting rose In a wneat field:
after nearly twenty years Of grease
paint and greenroom skrmishes is
something that neither her enemies nor
friends can understand She has taken
care OF herself, to be sure. but so have
hundreds OF other women In the profess
sion who are hnggard and scrawny at
thirty and frights at forty.
Sowing the Wind" which will end
It's long run at the Empire Theatre
Saturday night, with its success still
at the highest notch has in five months
male profit OF $4,000 for Mananger .a
Grundy. It's English author, nearly
$20GO in royalties. Under the old-tme
terms made with foreign authors, $40 for
"A night performance and s. for matt.
play would have yielded him less than
81 800 in royalties In the same time. A
| successful pliymaker gets riCll quickly
in these days
Adele Ritchie, who is constantly re.
membering that until recently she was
the stellar head of comic opera or
Ganization. every member OF which was
subscrvient to her wishes. had more
than ordinarily unpleasant clash at
The Passing show rehearsal yester-
day with Mr.. Paul Arthur, ana she
started to leave the theatre. ON her
IrpnFiptpr ThOmn \
Canary and stopped to talk with him.
In less than SIX minutes he had her
laughing merrily; and accompanied by
he said to his partner, MIR. Lederer
You do not know how TO handle yomne
girls. Why don't you take lessons. This
creatures you ever saw. Now. jus,
take her out and buy her n nice big
plate OF Ice cream and n nice piece OF
Miss Ritchie was delighted. Mr.; Canary
may yet Earn a reputation as the grea,
and only prima donna pncificator.
In "Tabasco" Thomas Q. Seahrooke
Man with Smile" 1t Is said to be a
worthy successor to "'rhe Prodgal
Son" The comedian renders IT with n
genoramlc hand-orEsan "A, accompaniment
Irish chef with French dialect.
"On the Mississippi" Is the name OF n
i. new play. by william IIaworth, which
will have an elaborate scenic produc
/, tton by Thomas ii. Davis 1t will pre-
!, sent certain picturesque features OF
Southern and river life.
,
e At Roster & Balls tonight the sew
eral times announced first series o.
; original living pictures. designed b,
! Oscar Hammerstein. will be shown fo
l the first time The subjects will in
e clude groups OF living statuary, comi,
pictures patriotic scenes and reproduc
r tions Of some OF the works of the grea
masters.
: Victor Herbert. the popular director q
n iilmore's sTwenty-second Regiment BanC
= has composed new march called "El
g dorado. 1894" which will be heard for tn
. first time at the opening OF Eldorad
r next Sunday afternoon I he solo!sts o
v that occasion will be Conrad Behren:
3 the well known basso. and Nine Louis
= Terri, the famous South American Sc
I prano. who has achieved great success
= In this country. having been idcntifle
- with Seidis concert tours for the pas
= two seasons,