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which brought him in $4,000 gross,
but less than $4,000 net, Corbett
has made a great deal OF money.
Out of it he paid of a $1,000 mort
gage on his fathers house in San
Francisco, bought a farm near Je-
romePark for $4,000 and purchased
a residence in Eighty-eighth street
for $4,000. He gave this house to
Mrs. Corbett as a birthday present.
So If he never fights Jackson, or
anybody else, Corbett will not be
badly off.
Emma Calve will return to Amer
lea season after this. She will
come here to head the Calve Grand
Opera company.
Robert Downing will tour Cali
fornia for the first time this eason
He has not acted there since he was
Mary Anderson's leading man in
1880.
Tim Murphy and his company,
under the management OF ). L.
King, are rehearsing this week at
Holyoke, Mass, Henry Guy Carl
toms new American comedy, Lem
Kettle.
Mrs. Berlan-Gibbs, who played
the leading role in "The Girl | Left
Behind Me" on tour last season,
under the management of Charles
Frohman, has been re-engaged for
1S94.'95 by that manager. Mrs.
Berlan-Gibs is a New York society
woman, but she has never made
use of that fact to advance her rep.
utation on the stage.
Marie Wainwright's principal re-
lance for the coming season is an
original four-act play by A. f. Lam
caster and Julian Magnus, entitled
"Daughters Of Eve.
The Marie Tavary Grand Opera
company will begin its season at
the Park Theatre, in Brooklyn, on
September 10. The organization
will comprise l27 people, and will
travel on a special train of eight
cars.
Ben Teal says there are more
witty and original lines in Fanny
Rice's new comedy farce, "Miss In
nocence Abroad" than in any
other new play from across the At
lantic.
The tour Of James O'Neill began
on September 3.
Old Glory, a naval melodrama
by Chas. t. Vincent, founded on
the recent episode with Chilli, will
be produced on Sept. 10. w. A.
Brady is managing it.
The Cotton King, the latest mel
odrama by Sutton Vane, author Of
The Span of Life, which was
staged originally at The Adelphi
in London, will begin its Ameri-
can tour under the management
of w. A. Brady on October s, at
Boston.
Harrison Grey Fiske, the propri-
etor of the Dramatic Mirror, re-
turned on Friday from his annual
trip to the Adirondacks. AS editor
Of the Mirror, dramatist, and trus-
tee of the Actors fund, MI. Fiske
exercises a potent and beneficial
influence on theatrical affairs.
The greatest success of the past
theatrical season in London, is
Henry Arthur Jones' the Masque-
raider. The best part in it is David
Remon, an astronomer.
Richard Mansfield has changed
his mind. Instead Of producing
Japhet in Search Of a Father on
the first night of his engagement
at the Herald Square theatre on
September II, he will stage Arms
and the Man. He has added Mrs.
Mckee Rankin and Amy Busby
to his support.
Charles A. Gardner has cancelled
his engagements at the Grand and
will only appear in a few OF the
larger cities in the south.
Another play writer has made
his appearance in the person Of
Col. Thomas w. Mullaly, who is
the co-author of a farce comedy
entitled The Inventor. The piece
will be given it's first production
about October Is. 1t is not known
whether Tommy will figure as the
star.