The evening world., 1894-08-27
TOMBSTONE BENNETT TO WEO1
She Met Her Fate in Paris and
Will Retire frcm the Stage.
Biai Is offered n Shark-Stage Nevs
and Gossip.

II am going to tell you something"
said Miss tombstone Bennett yesterday |
as she sat In the parlor OF the Victoria
Hotel. looking very nice aud cool In n
lean white frock. and don't be sur
prised. really think that this will be
my last season on the stage, for"-Aiss
Bennett looked at the pattern OF the
carpet and drew trisrglcs with the toe
Of her French shoe--"r am going 10 be
married At any rate, ] aro hancee, and
my Intended is not A theatrical man. ]
met him in Paris He As French, and
well. I'm tired of the stage any way
My ambition Is to travel-not with n
| theatrical company he with an
accent ON the "he') ia willing. | won't
tell You his name because II isn't neces-
| sary just yet. | have come to the con-
clusion that It's no use acting unless
YOU can become great Ike Bernhard or
Dusc. How can |. in comedy roles, ever
| hope to do more than l have done? |
| don't deny that ] nave had success, but
It's no; iar-reaching enough to please
| me.
Are you not pleased with your role
"Oh, yes" replied Miss Bennett with
some uncertainty. 81 Hike II, and the
play is nice. I'm just going out now
t. see If ! can't get somebody else TO
entered gymnasium in Parts. but they
had no idea what Indian clubs were.
You can. give the professor more
YOU was told SO l came back to
New York, and have got to 30 in gym
nastics with n vengeance or | shall not
be ahs t? PLAY part What ala 40
all the time. ! spent three days In Lon
don. but didn't go to any theatres. he
cause was with crowd OF people who
America before 1t was necessary. be-
cause some friends Of mine were return
ing.
| sixteen times, and doesn't mind II a bit.
But she Is not strong minded and up.
feminine as people who see her photo
graphs bel i,,,,c She is In fact very
the story Of the encounter Of Miss
Beach, Roster & Balls living picture.
with a shark, while bathing. as told In
W 10 Mr. R ss The very writer, s%os HRS
dated his missive from Hell Rock Cot,
tage, in, Ninety-seeond street, wrote;
Dear Sir: have the shovel-nosed
Gate last Tuesday. II yon want him for
exhibition, you can have him by sending
for him tomorrow, Saturday" Mr.. Bial
|
be a bad idea he said. ito get the
shark, and frame him in a living pic
ture with Miss Beach. think 1t would
make a hit"
L.oie Fuller is going on serpentine
tour around the world-before the doris,
that are now doing her dance. can get
dances. and she is certainly most in
genious young woman. In one Of these
dances. a large round hole Is cut In the
meath the stage colored lights are
thrown upward. The dancer seems to
be all afiame. and the erect. It Is; said.
Is odd. In another dance, roses fall
upon her. until she is completely sub
merged beneath them. while she exc
brother. an electrician. Is with her
abroad. and she is making from $500 to
$500 night.
The agent who has been lending
money to actors at usurious rates OF in
terest received letter from theatrical
man the other day. The writer pro,
asked the agent II he could possibly
make him a loan on load Of hay.
The living picture craze has even in
vaded the Summer resorts At Cape
May they have been given by the Grau
opera company, at the end OF the pier
with the ocean "a a background. There
is positively no escape from them. There
is some consolation In the reflection that
their value may possibly have dimin-
ished before the beginning of the season
OF Italian opera at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
Nine. Tavary and the Seidl Society are
very much at loggerheads. The prima-
donna's agent promised that she should
sing at the Seid Society's festival, and
she was announced to appear there. She
had. however, presumably. without the
agents knowledge. signed a contract
with Manager Pratt to star. She knew
been made for her. and didn't sing. The
Society was indignant. and considers
that 1t has been sighted.
There was a packed house at the Gar
ht took
new lease OF life. All its old glory was
there. and there was plenty OF additional
she employ m Hc Of xa agent int
troduced in the Madison Square scene.
and the burly policeman. who had per-
mitted a variety performance In the
open thoroughfare was pictured indig-
nantly refusing TO allow the agent to
place his advertising beard on lamp:
tSs audienee wSs evidently With thsm
Walter Jones, Theress Vaughn. and the
Living Pictures We, were: as Seau,eoas ,o g.
would hold its own once more.
william 7. Carleton says that 1.-THE
Beggar's Opera" which he Is going to
present this season. was first produced
J at the Drury Lane Theatre, London,
Jan. 20, l72s, with Mr. Walker as Mac
heath. and Miss Fepton, who after
wards married the Duke OF Bolton, as
Polly Peachum. The. success OF the
opera was so great that II was said to
have made Gay Uhe author) rich. and
Rich uhe manager) gay.
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