The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Drnnd-N.w Idea for n UeIodramn--
Helen Dnuyrny VIII Shelve
That sister of His"

ing Tor novel cUeCtS, ana VINO nave en-
hausted the possibilities Of limited mall
trains, coal mines. yawning chasms.
shpwrecks and explosions. The new
idea rs offered gratis, and 1t Is culled
from French novel by Dubut de La
forest just issued, and entitled Les
Petites Rastas" The hero Ii an Amerl-
can millionaire, eccentric. ostentatious
and recklessly extravagant. There Is n
double distilled villain, OF the Criah
Hcep type, who works an immense
amount Of mischief. The millionaire
takes his huge yacht to France, and
entertaina there on a very lavish scale.
For the DELEGATION OF his guests he
brings from America an exact model of
the much-discussed pig-killing machine
used by the famous pork-packing firms
of Chicago. Ii Is In working order and
the million aire brings forward troupe
Of pgs The an in.nn, pass over yn RTia aS
skinned washed, cut into piecai, and
then they finally appear In the shape, OF
snusnges and other dellcacles. The
ment on the yacht Is a huge success.
After 1t is over they dance and make
merry. Thcn-ah, ha the villain skulks
In. He has been drinking. He Is intoxi-
Gated He sees the pig-killing machine
as through "A glass, darkly. He APP
proaches 1t: he examines 1t with maud
lin CURIOSITY lie Is IN, unsteady on ms
treats him Just as though he were "A
pig Later on he Is discovered in the
shape of samsages. ana his watch ana
. widow. Wouldn't this make grand
NTH act?
Miss Helen Dauvray, who closes her
season Saturday night, will not go out
N
has been generally condemned as heavy
and talky, and Miss Dauvray could do
nothing with # How Is It. that TINS
Towards play. "One of our Girls
which she produced so successfully some
years ago? Bronson Howard is now on
play is an exceedingly good one. Miss
bauvray carries 1t around In her trunk,
and does nothing with 1t.
The Pacific MAIL the play by Paul
NJ Potter. which w; II. crane Is 70
Is said to be new version OF the late
Tom Taylor,s famous overland Route
Crane will have a very good part-tw9
or three rolled into one, In fact and
there is no reason why the old favoritee
should not be popular. Playgoers still
remember Lester Wallack's excellent
work as Tom Dexter.
osity, prints the names of all the supers
enrolled in the production of Little
Christopher Columbus" at the Garden.
Ss of the ehotIs ej9ss
them are Loie Riccarti dsn't that cum
ning?, Nina Ainscoe, Estelle Botsford
Genevieve Hill. Ena WEIGH, Neena De
| Rue, Elena Martinez and Lulu Far
! rance. II was charming courtesy on
Mr.. Rice's part to print all the pretty
names.
|
C. p. Wilson, the representative of A.
had "A thrilling experience Monday night
was very near the witchin1g hour. and
office. on the nth floor of the Abbey
dreay 1a"df Wilson ' Was %Snfa
weak and weary, when, footsteps clanked
along the corridor and a stranger made
his, appearance He entered the office
and shut the door. He wanted $3.50 to
get friend out Of jail. and he confident,
had Just left clinton Prison. He was
the inventor, he declared, oi an elixir. of
life. that not only prevented death from
to grow younger. He was anxious to
boom his elixir but Mr.. Wilson was
pleased that he did not ask for any mem
bers of Francis Wilson'S company to ex-
pertinent upon. They are all such young
things. The inventor said that he longed
to give Lillian Russell some elixir. and
| regretted tnHt Sne was III lDnuOn. lie
had just paid a visit to George. Gould,
he said, but without success. Wilson,
after considerable effort, managed to get
him out of the office. and he will not
pass his evenings there In future.
THE Cotton Kings" manager has been
giving Boston little of that article
known as "taffy." He has discovered
that nearly all successful melodramas
have had their first Presentation in the
! Hub . He cites "Harbor Light g. "
Drink, :" "Micnaei strogofr." The Sou.
dan" The Exlles," The silver King,
Lnc an"S The TroNs sha aus seS The ho 81
Paradise" and "'Shenandoah." BVt
where would all these plays have beer
without New York Endorsement?
The Gaiety girls, and Ii liewlse the
jcct OF Niagara Falls The height OF
their ambition is to get there. They
are longing for Buffalo engagement
Miss Katherine Grey, one of the un
: fortunate New Blood people, is going
to return to shore Acres" the play II
which she did such excellent work
Like good many other people In tht
"perfesh," Miss Grey did not know wher
she was well on
The Bostoninns have decided ID oper
their season at the Broadway Theatre
next month In new comic opera called
prince Ananias," music by Victor Her
bert. libretto by Francis Nelson. "Ir
, Mexico" c. T. Darcy and Oscar Well,
opera. will not be .produced until later
, The authors OF Prince Ananias" hav,
another opera called La, Niyandiere,'
4 that was originally intended for Lilliar
E Russell. They are going to submit 4
to Sir Augustus Harris in London.
one of the London critics. speakinl
of "A Trip to Chinatown" remarks
t with Infinite pathos that Mr.. Hoy
n leaves OFF before he begins. Decidedly
. the humor of the two countries ocaI
A never be brought into one channel.
col Homer B. Sprague Is to give
course OF six lectures on shakespeare,
under the auspices of the American
Society for the Extension OF UnVersit!
Teaching in the Church OF the RI 0 ma
ton Parish House, quincy street
V .Rrooklyn. The first lecture, entitle
q "ShakcSpearr'S Cradle and Schoo
, SatChel." viii be delivered Saturday.
4 SONG OF ThE DAY.
Vow and Then!
wa 20 out Of door Of h,ngcrs-on a score
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