The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-05
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
"Dr. syntnx' ProfessiOnaI Matinee
nm Enjoyable Anair--Eme
Chapuy Here to stay.

EntOyubIe
Chapuy Here to stay.
Tie "Dr. Syntax" matinee for the
perfesh" yesterday, was a chatty and
a meaty affair. 1t wasn't one OF those
common, pass-ma-in, professional mat
inces. at which Miss Tottie Coughdrop,
fresh from her triumphs at Coldwater,
Mich, occupies the most conspicuous
box Not bit of 1t. Mr.. Mckinney
announced that the entertainment was
given merely for the members of various
companies now in the city. The hang
ers-on were not admitted. The funy |
soubrctte. with tresses la peroxide OF
hydrogen, was left lamenting-like an
up-to-date Lord Ullins daughter. SO
was the comedian with the ultramarine
colorei chin, who handed in his card
lomb that is simply maddening." The |
highly respectable organizati tons OF the
city were all represented rIahciss
"G 4HI' I Left Behind Me-" and John
Drew companies. AS for the Gaiety
girls-they attracted almost as much lat, at.
tentiGn as the performance ,h ,ea Ana T Thhey
clapped their little hands and enervescesd
with laughter. Their jubilee-bun Golf,
fures were in colossal evidence, ana
/ IL
tainly DR.. syntax" never went better;
Hopper worked most industriously,, and
made characteristic speech, in which.
ton Della Fox and Francis Wilson;
which was probably an oversight. He
declared that he had never felt SO nerv-
Gus in his life, but he was, of course.
very, very pleased and honored-and al
that sort OF thing. " You know all the
tricks of the trade" he remarked. You
are aware that my nose is made OF put
nd ia |
it on" The Gaiety Girls howled at this
sally, and the audience Joined In their
laughter Altogether it was very
jolly afternoon.
benjamin d. Stevens, Mr.. Hopper's
manager. who met with such an unfor.
tunate accident n few days ago, hobbled
| to the theatre on crutches, ana induigeed
! in the general jollity. Mr.. Stevens VIII
be ali right again In week or two.
The. rest has done me good. he de-
| clared. =" The doctor would not allow
/ feel all the better for my idleness."
Bubblesome little Enie Chapuy has
! Just returned from England, after a
nine weeks holiday there. l hadn't been beef,
/ home" she said yesterday, since FIRST
came over here with Agnes. Hunting,
don. I didn't intend to stop, but liked
the country, and now I'm gong TO re-
George Edwardes made me an cffsr,
but | declined it. I'm thoroughly Amer
icanized. and I've been very happy here
have played" Miss Chapuy was last
season with "A Trip to Chinatown"
Ramsey Morris tells an amusing story
of Arthur Larkim, the little Engl!shman
who plays the leading role in one of
the "Charley's Aunt companies. Lar
kim was in Boston and was devoting
himself to the task of seeing the town
dime mTs bnr poster a dwarf tba his
upon which he thought he would like
to gaze He went in 1n and did the m fSo
dignant. Why" he Exclaimed to the
proprietor, hes taller than 1 am
"Ah," responded the proprietor. un-
abashed, that's his strong point You
see, he is the tallest dwarf we have ever
had"
t Clinton Stuart evolved 1.-The. Price of
Silence" which was to have been pre-
, sented at Palmer's Theatre next week.
, Mr.. Palmer is paying the price by clos
ing the theatre. BY the, bye, the title
d. Price nor to MIR, w T. Price. They
, of Silence. Ha! ha! wild jestD
Tortatada, the slnuous. Spanish dancer
turn" She was dismayed by the
prospect of incessant travelling II
' thng-so she came back to New York
With her brothers and her sisters anC
a her cousins she will appear at Proctor's
next week.
: swallows. wings" says Shakespeare
That's probably why Miss Hope Boot
= flew back from London with such rapid
&C NDf uha IN NJ nj LOT I'D ~
engagements fol, her American starring
tour but she Is not letting the grass
II grow beneath her feet.
= Heart of Maryland" will be produced
+ at Palmer's Theatre after the Christina
+ holidays. Il ~ entirely finisnei, N Nh
y cisco again shortly. His mother is stll
very i'll there. Fred Belasco, his brother
n whose marital misfortunes have been s
, frequently ventilated, Is still in Califor
a MIA, and it will not be Davids fault If h
u does not remain there.
r Most actresses keep scrap-books 1,
1t which they retain "a all the pretty an
them. Miss Olga Nethersole goes
+, step further than these ordinary &C
le she has collected every line that ha
been written about her for years, an
has also kept samples of the dresses i
which she appeared in the various play
mentioned. She has failed to inscrib
the names of the shops at which tn
garments were purchased-or the pric
per yard.
or At the Irving Place Theatre last nigh
I'd Manager Conrled presented anoth,
mt novelty In the shape of a four-act con
edy by Blumenthal and Kadelbur,
called "Mauerbluemchen." The pla
was very well presented, but 1t doe
not merit much consideration. 1t
Cd conventional. The main thread OF tn
- story deals with the adventures of
manufacturer of wall paper, who fal
in love with an elderly bookkeeper
his employ. He has a nephew. and II
young man usurps his place in the a
lie fections OF the elderly bookkeepe
ely 'Mauerbluemchen" is not PARTICULAR
LA witty, but the audience, being extreme
good-natured. laughed at times. In II
cast we're Max Hanseler, Max Bra, A
thur Eggeling, Nine. Habelmann-Tele
-, Anna Braga, Adolf Link, Anna FranosC
al and others.
lat COMING EVENTS.
In Mask and calico ball OF the wooiblne Club