The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-26
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Francis Wilson Apprised by Wire
of the Arrival Of Verses,
Mia. Booth Draws Hot Shot from
London Critics.

,nnortant letter. At noon the promised
uissiye came to hand. 1t was from {
man who was not at all bashful abou
signing his name in full. II believe,
he wrote, that Eugene Sandow, with
his lovely bride, will attend your per
torrance tonight. 1nclosed you vii
find lines which sung to the air Of
paddy wouldn't Buy Me Bow WOW,
might prove funny, and worth tying
The lines inclosed were very sweet, but
lust trihe more than suggestive, and
IL Wilson had sung them, he might have
got himself into trouble. The least OBJ
iectionable Of the .verses-for it is moth.
Ing more than dalntlly llllterate-TaH
as follows:
Nv heart set up such a clatter-
oh, girls, isn't he sweet
When he turns "A somersault backward
And lands right on his feet?
Manager Candy kept the song from
Wilson, possibly afraid that its pathetic
tripping measure might prove too at
tractive to the comedian to be resisted.
Miss Hope Booth, who would have
failed with Little Miss Cute" as sig
nally in New York as she, did In London.
will hurt a good many Americans now
abroad by her absurd pretensionS.
Rarely have criticisms been so fiery as
those called forth by her work. One
writer remarks: She has a bold man
t tWo Of S' them. "a shr rY Voice and evil
IDENTIFY no dramatic experience. Under
the circumstances, word of praise is
Is It effrontery?-in coming on" Miss
Booth wore diamond buckles to her
carriers, and of this incident the same
chronicier says: LESS sparkle on the
garter, and more In the delivery of the
dialogue, would have been preferable"
The naughty little French songstress,
Eugene Fougere, has toned down. con-
siderably. She's lydy-a perfectly re-
has brought her husband to America
with her. Her, songs are not nearly as
audacious as they were season, ago at
performance at Roster & Biars she
leaves the establishment and strolls with
her lord down Broadway. They look at
the shop windows and conduct them
selves like two unassuming little oour-
geois.
Maud Hobson, Juliette Neville. Harry
~ Gd eaFe R aRS ali been
under the weather, They have been
suffering from a bad attack Of change
OF climate. They found, to their con- cor
they croaked. Their voices were as
harsh as that of the raven that quoth
"Nevermore." A doctor was sent for,
they have now recovered from their
vocal indisposition. But they felt very
uneasy about themselves.
Miss Susie Kerwin, formerly OF comic
opera renown, and now engaged in
putting on living pictures at Proctor's,
somewhat trying duties. She doesn't
mind much when a dressing-room door
pops open and a serio-comic imperiously
bids her to "Come here and hook me
up" but she rose in revolt yesterday
when a continuous German lady gym
mast threw her brndle Of clothes,
with the urban request: Wash them
very careful, and d, be o sure you have
them back again Wednesday,.
nous burlesque artist, Nellie Farren, is
playing q part in "A Gaiety Girl at
Days Theatre, London And the other
night the talented mommer sat in box,
hidden behind the curtains. and watched
her promising son.
e. C. Stephenson, one Of the authors
of The Passport" in which Miss Sadie
.rtinot is to star this season may pos .Sa
production. Stephenson. rarely. works
alone. He is also one of the, authors of
The Fatal Card" the new ; AdelPhi sue sue
laborateur. Somebody asked Stephenson
how lie divided up his work with Cham
bers. OH was the reply; Il write the
vowels and Chambers the consonants."
Gustave Kerker remains at the Gar
den Theatre as musical director of
Little Christopher Columbus" When
1892" goes to Boston, In the middle of
W. H Batcheldor. who has directed
David Henderson's extravaganzas for
the last seven years.
The London theatrical papers have now
ri "a "a
In their praises of Lillian Russells voice
and methods as were the more critical
morning papers. The Stage declares
that Miss Russell is entitled to posi-
ton in the very front ranks of the vocal
artists of the opera bouffe stage: An
other journal tore up the Queen of Bril-
moved along like a stately ship, Miss
Annie Meyers Will find herself in great
demand when she returns TO this coun-
try. She had been gradually disappear
last year or two. Miss Meyers was dis
covered" by Ben Stevens, of the De
Wolf Hopper company, o Then she ho was
Henry Irving, by-the,bye, was present
at the opening performance of THE
Queen of Brilliants."
Deshler welch will issue next month
the late Steele Mackaye's book, Father
Ambrose; the Revelations of May 3,
'6S." 1t is said to be very brilliant and
audaCious," and steele MacRaye, IL Is
asserted, warned his friends that the
book was not for weak minds, or for
prigs or prudes.'
Edward Wertzel author of the more
or less hapless Tide of Life" is veXed
AT this query that appeared in these
columns: us 1t coincidence, that the
leap on to moving train which is seen
In the new Adelphi melodrama, The
Fatal Card" is also used in The Tide
of Life" at Niblos? Says Mr.. Wertzel:
play is concerned, 1t is coincidence.
The Tide of Life was first produced
last March. and the train effect is or
iginal with me. 1t was described in a
copy of the play that l showed to
George p. Goodale, of the Detroit Free
Press, over year ago."
The colossal giant in "Humpty Dump
W at the Fifth Avenue, walked about
among the audience last night, and
showed Enthusiastically that he was real
his promenade attracted considerable at
tention, and he certainly made hit.
ME LUD."