The evening world., 1894-08-20
MISS RUSSELL AND SOLOMON.
Marie Tempest Hints at a Possible
Reconciliation.
News and Gossip About Theatrical
Matters in General.

DON" said little Marie Tempest yester-
day as she sat in her rooms at>the st.
James Hotel and chatted babblingly.
She came to see me, and / was never
so surprised in my life as when 1 saw
the change in her appearance. She
looked dreadfully Ill, and could hardly
drag herself up the stairs. DO I think
she will succeed in London? 1 wouldn't
be bit surprised II she made big hit.
There's positively not singer. in Lon
don. I'm really ashamed of the theatres
there. That's why 1 wanted to stay"
added Miss Tempest, with a Japanese
twlnkle OF her eyes The day After
IN the Lowther Arcade with Barton
McGuckin. so Miss Russell's in Lon
DON. ! said to the fond little husband.
marked, I believe she is Perugini was
very much surprised when his prede-
cessor, Mr.. Teddy solomon. came up
and shook hands with him. There Is
musical director Of the Lillian Russell
company; He suggested 1t to me, and
wondered II he could get the position.
ously as / could, an introduction to
and"-here Miss Tempest sank her voice
to whisP per- ,ar sh9uid5t be PIT sur
p'''S' - shey ioiSot oiu 1Soieo'
Miss Tempest may possibly return to
England Thursday by the Augusta Vic
toria. SO she said, and Julius steger,
tachios Topped up ceilingward. confirmed
this. 1T all depends on whitney" she
said. I'm here; Whitney's In Detroit:
poor whitney-what has he done?
Where's his opera and his company?
Unless he has these he will have to pay
me the modest little sum of 5000 for
And If 1t hadn't been for me-. inter
posed the glossy julius, Miss Tempest
wouldn't have come over at all. She was
crazy to stay"
quite true" asserted the prima
donna "Mr Steger came from Vienna
and begged me to return. I'm thankful
now that took his advice; and that we
have the best of whitney"
"Whitney's been too anxious arrang-
ing for Miss Tempest's non-return,"
ventured the complacent tenor.
,,ar Indeed he Vas, ,,. assented the primh,a ma
stories of cabling me daily are untrue.
| couldn't get any answers to my cables.
had nc idea what he, was doing, and
GoudRt find out . It was The Even
announced in an interview with Marius
that l was on the Augusta Victoria.
Airs we'll that ends well. We are both
I'VE are" cried steser;, and ! do
about me, and let people know that 1t
Is not owing to Miss Tempests infiu-
engaged to Edwardes In London for
next season, whether Miss Tempest
goes over or not. And Edwardes didn't
engage me on the strength Of my New
York notices. he added, with a grim
smile
Another American prima- donna with
t onis" Miss n h lily f POST This ' ses
said Miss Post yesterday. 1--WE
sister living In London, and she was
most anxious for me to go over and APP
pear there. l was under contract to
Whitney, but have found out that my
tour would include terrible number OF
one-night stands. | can't endure one
night stands, AMI. what is more. i won't.
faction. to London l CO..
Diana has a swollen nose, and her
winning OF caused considerable excite
ment at Roster & Bials, where she was
rehearsing for the new living pictures.
Diana stood on the platform, majestic.
hanging to the border above her head.
Something went wrong with him In his
elevated position. and In an unlucky mo-
ment he dropped to the stage. En- route
air was warm with her Indignation.
She'd have him arrested, she declared.
He did it on purpose. He was trying to
lniure her. He wanted her to look
fright. Et patati. Eft patata. The poor
carpenter went to Hammerstein for adj
vice and Hammerstein professed to be
very alarmed about the situation. The
only thing you can do" he suggested,
rs to marry her And that's the Stu
alton to-day
Eleanor Calhoun Is back in San Fran
CISCO and the Californians are gloating
"a "a q
to France and play there in French: She
returned with delicious little French
cadence" about her voice, and that
"As You Like 1t" at Lady Archibald
Campbell's garden party, and was made
quite a lot of In London. She's going
back to Europe, and later !and this is
in she will return to America and make
a tour Of the country.
BILE Shop" in which John Drew viii
appear at the Empire Theatre, has just
been played In Berlin under the title
Of Die Sit Cenrichter." Oscar Blumen-
thai was the adapter. There's an honor
for Henry Arthur.
The prelude to the regular opening of
the dramatic season is being played
this week by the minor theatres. Next
week many playhouses will have thrown
off their inactivity, and We shall take
the plunge into new season. The out
look is brighter than 1t was a few
weeks ago. The season may, after all.
turn out to be a success
Ibsen Is writing a new play, but New
Workers need not be frightened. 1t will
not be imported. The lbsen fad-never
very potent affair-is as dead as
door nall. II will. therefore. not be
overwhelmingly interesting to note that
in writing his plays Ibsen N'draws the
skeletons of his characters, then puts
on the flesh, and subsequently clothes
It," He never talks about his plays
while he is constructing them
II is said that the reasons that
prompted X. l.. McLean's abandonment
Of his starring tour were domestic diff
fcuities and the fact that managers
wanted very powerful actress to re-
place poor Marie Prescott. Mr. Nc
Lean thought that his own name alone
should secure dates as good as any he
had ever had. and was very much hurt.
Starring actors, after all. are in less
demand than starring actresses.
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