The evening world., 1894-07-13
HAD FAITH IN HIS OWN WORK |
Spe1ser Tells of His Trials in
Producing Princess Bonnie. "
Miners Views on the Coming Sea.
son-Stnge Gossip.

dlelphIds comic opera success. Prin-
cess Bonnie" was in New York yester-
day, taking a rest sponsor, whose first
work was Tn" Little Tycoon" is
stngularlv mud and una 'suming person.
not q hit shoupy. and quite unlike the
average theatrical blower. when |
had finished Princess H1nnlc.'' said
Mr. SpcuS"r. " tried nv hardest TO get
| II produced. took it to the Hostonans,
/ hat they would hav" nothing to do viii
! it under any consideration. / showed It
/ t. half dozen organizations, but every
! Where | met with tn" kyen"st disCnur-
agemcnt. | had faith in it-not because
1t was my W rrk. hut because it seemed
10 me from At dispt, ~ioratr point of
! view. that II was what tn" public
T wanted. Well | was determined that |
/ would not he sIuelched. | hal money.
ana | resolved To put it all into my opera.
/ II It man won't take risks on himself he
| can't reasonably expect other people to
| do 1t. My friends were furious. They
Thought must be crazy. TheE tried to
| prove 10 mo that man can never 10
two successful things, and that The
| Litt" tycoon had ended willard Spon-
! ser. Well. You know the result. | pro-
! ducrd Princess bonnie myself. | di-
re,t"d the orchestra. superintcnded the
| Iehearsdlg attended to the financial
| work. and did every thing except sing
the leading role. 1t ran for loj nights.
Ms only assistant was my energetic
friend Mr. TNlcr. who did "A good deal
Tor me. lIad listened to managers and
! friends. where would | have been to-
DAY"
Manager II, e, Miner is trying to look
| rosily At tn. coming season. ltli be
"A good one" he said. yesterday. " II the
people at Washington will either do one
| thing or tn" other. 1t IL all these I'M
c-rtdintirs that are huting us now. AT
the clos. Of the year ! expect that
things will be booming. and that the
| theatrical world Will be at ease once
more" MIR. Miner has no plans for the
Firth Avenue Theatre just yet. The
Mikado' is doing SO well at the present
time that although The chimes Of
! Normandy" has been rehearsed 1t will
not be presented for some time
The fact that Charles t'rohman has
engaged several English actors to I'LL
parts next season in his various produc-
tons does not commend itself to the
actors who are now collected about
| broadway. between rwenty-eghth and
Twenty-ninth streets, Ike a lot Of tlut-
tering flies around a huckleberry pie.
They are indignant, and they say very
rude things. Yet Mr.. Frohnan liz more
sinned against than SHINING. II Is not
generally known that several OF the
eight plays he has secured have been
obtained with encumbranCes. The Eng
lish actors have been made sine qua no.
conditions OF the American rights to the
plays.
"Davy Jones; new comic opera by
Fred Miller, the proud author of tina,
unappreciated gem Ship Alloy thai
glittered for hc;ton v alone and Mas
hit in the Hub. one of the critics ot
that fastidious city says that the comic
opera Is calculated to gain wide favor,
and then goes on to remark tina
neither plot, situations. lines nor musi,
demands serious consideration" f.vi
IDENTIFY II would be great go in New
York.
Grace Flhns says that she caugh
the voice and mannerisms of Ad;
T Rahan, which she now introduces int,
; The Passing SHOW" at the Casino
, while she was n member Of Daly's com
| pany. She says that one night, while IL
her dressing room. she was indulging il
n little private imitation OF Rehan, anc
That Willie Collier in his dressing room
was at the same time initiating DAILY
dis imitation was seen in The city
: Directory - The manager heard then
ana promptly summoned both Filkins
ana collier to his office He then asked
them to do their limitations for him
Thoroughly ahashcd. they went through
thelr per nor nance. MI. DAILY laughed
Said. recovering his severity Of manner
: but shan't fine you. Don't do II
again, though"
Aubrey Boucirault. the modest , Guns
, man. who hasn't done anything 10 81
himself talked about Tor at least (.
week has written comic opera II,
says that he showed Il To r. l.. Rio.
! who was nhem! Delighted with it. an,
may produce IL after Little christie
: phrr columbus" Mi Houcicaut, hS
the bye, is to reWrite that classic hefor.
II Is presented in this country.
: TN" fact that Lillian Russell mort
sas-i her house FOR $500 seems 10 CIV.
number Of people opportunities I,
business. 4" these cackl-rs it may b,
at once sand that Miss Russell Is verN
: 'omfortal IL, and perfectly able I,
weather the present financial condition,
thank Tor their kini inquiries. "if
choose, said shc prlnld donna 10 an Ia
innate Trend lu>t hrforr she b-can'
Mrs. trrugini. II could sop sinsini
altogether, and live for thu rest OF nay
NE IuSl As ana Twins nov Miss i;us
S,i - worth b- wern '""'.Goo ami 3.In@D
rh- lie Wolf Hopper ana D-lIl TO,
opera companies viii not clash at al
duilu,s the coming season. Their Ioutr'
nave been ldid NrIl Inr apai. II th-N
had PLAYED IN thr sHnr towns at lhr
sam" TIM th-ir might have hreh some
bitter rivalry, Tor Will" Hopper has hi'
own AT ,~rrut> Miss Eos likewise hh'
h,r- 40 angry feeling, however wll
uI,>.. amt thai - - II should h".
The Mash Of Gmlt' - tn~ afable
jtjl" of - new m'ludrama. with which
ihrsn United States ar" threatr ned II
j. the work OF Suttun \au,, no con
ro,lrd The Span OF Lille and OF Ar
rnur Shl,ley William calder is gong
to produce II IN This country. II was