The evening world., 1894-08-20
MISS RUSSELL AMO SOLOMON.
Marie Tempest Hints at a Possible
Reconciliation.
News and Gossip About Theatrical
Matters in General.

don," said little Marie Tempest yester-
day as she sat in her rooms at the st.
James Hotel, and chatted babblingly.
"She came to see me. and l was never
so surprised in my life as when / saw
the change in her appearance. She
looked dreadfully i'll. and could hardly
drag herself up the stairs. DO 1 think
she will succeed in London? 1 wouldn't
be a bit surprised II she made a big hit.
There's positively not singer In Lon
don. I'm really ashamed of the theatres
there. That's why l wanted to stay"
added Miss Tempest, with a Japanese
tWinkle OF her eyes he gay wya hf,er
In the Lowther Arcade with Barton
McGuckin. so Miss Russell's in Lon
DON said to the fond little husband.
marked, 1 believe she Is. Perugini was
very much surprised when his prede-
cessor. Mr.. Teddy Solomon. came up
and shook hands with him. There is
quite true that he wanted to be the
musical director of the Lillian Russell
company: He suggested it to me, and
l offered him. as blandly and ingenu-
ously as l could, an introduction to
Miss Russell He wasn't a BIT abashed.
to n whIsper-"I shouldn't be a bit sur
prlsed If they forgot old scores"
Miss Tempest may possibly return. to
England Thursday by the Augusta Vic
| toria. 50 she said, and julius Steger.
who sat there with his quaint little mus.
| tachios looped up ceilingward, confirmed
this 1T all depends on Whitney" she
said. I'm here: Whitney's in Detroit.
[ fulfil my part of the contract, but
poor Whitney-what has he done?
where's his opera and his company?
Unless he has these he will have to pay
%H the modest little sum OF 1900 for
And If it hadn't been for me-. inter
| posed the glossy Julius, Miss Tempest
wouldn't have come over at all. She was
| crazy to stay"
Quite true" asserted the ,Prms
a1d Begged me s'e te returm From
now that took his advice. and that we
have the best of Whitney"
"Whitney's been too anxious arrang;
| Ing for Miss Tempests non-return,"
| ventured the complacent tenor.
Indeed he was" assented the prima
| donna and I'd like to say that his
I couldn't get any answers to my cables;
| / had nc Idea what he was doing, and
couldn't find out. 1t was The Even
ing World, l believe, that exclusively
that ! was on the Augusta Victoria.
AIS veil that ends well. We are both
I'VE are" cried steger, land I do
wish somebody, would tell the truth
about me. and let people know that 1T
Is not owing to Miss Tempest's intiu-
snssss sa to Est IN ncnGon o
next season, whether Miss Tempest
goes over or not. And Edwardes didn't
engage me on the strength Of my New
smile
Another American prima donna with
toh1sh Miss in h hiiv yyoest in you ' see
said Miss Post yesterday. i've a
sister living IN London, and she hss was vas
here wns to ana 70
Whitney. but ! have found out that my
tour would include terrible number of
onensht stands fan endure one
80 4 l can arrange things to my salts
faction, to London 60.
Diana has a swollen nose. and her
winning OF caused considerable excite
ment at Roster q Balls, where she was
rehearsing for the new living pictures.
supple. obedient. There was a carpenter
hanging to the border above her head.
Something went wrong with him In his
elevated position. and In an unlucky mo
ment he dropped to the stage. En- route
he grazed Diana's aquiline nose. The
air was warm with her Indignation.
Shed have him arrested, she declared.
injure her. He wanted her to look a
fright. Et patati. EFT patata. The poor
| carpenter went to Hammerstein for ad-
vice. and Hammerste Elm p,rofessed to c,rb be
only thing you can do" he suggested,
rs to marry her" And that's the stu
alton to-day
Eleanor Calhoun is back in San Fran
cisco, and the Californians are gloating
over her as the first Californian girl to go
wtS fsR e
cadence about her voice, and that
charmed them. Then she appeared In
"As You Like 1t" at Lady Archibald
quite lot OF in London, She's going
back to Europe. and later land this is
where all our rosy anticipations comes
inn she will return to America and make
a tour of the country.
Henry Arthur Jones's play, THE Bau-
ss shop in whSs SSnn Dr SSs w
Of "Die Sit Cenrichter.'' Oscar Blumen-
thai was the adapter. There's an honor
for Henry Arthur.
The prelude to the regular opening of
the dramatic season Is being played
week many playhouses will have thrown
off their inactivity, and we shall take
the plunge into new season The out
look is brighter than 1t was a few
turn out to be a success.
lbsen is writing a new play. but New
Workers. need not be frightened 1t will
not be imported. The 1bsen fad-never
very potent AFFAIRS as dead as
door nall, 1t will, therefore, not be
overwhelmingly interesting to note that
In writing his plays Ibsen draws the
skeletons OF his characters, then puts
on the flesh. and subsequently clothes
It," He never talks about his plays
while he is constructing. them.
1t is said that the reasons that
prompted X. l.. McLean's abandonment
OF his starring tour were domestic diff
ficulties and the fact that managers
wanted a very powerful actress to re-
place poor Marie Prescott. Mr.. Nc
Lean thought that his own name alone
should secure dates as good az any he
had ever had, and was very much hurt.
Starring actors, after all, are in less
demand than starring actresses.