The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Helen DnuNrny VIII Shclyc
THAT sister of His
Mere,s a hrand.new lden for the mad

THAT sister of His"
Here's "A brand-ncw idea for the melo-
! drama mongcrs, who are always look
Ing for novel effects, and who have ex-
hnustvI the possibilities Of limited mail
trains, conl mines, yawning chasms,
shipwrccks and explosions. The now
idea IS offered gratis, and 1t is culled
from "A French novel by Dubut de La
forest, just issued, and entitled Les
prtitos Rastas." The hero II an Amcri-
can millionaire, eccentric, oatentatlous
and rccklcssly cXtravagant. There Is n
| dpublc-dIstilled villain. of the Uriah
Hccp type, who works an immense
amount of mischief. The millionaire
takes his huge yacht to France, and
cntcrtains there on a very lavish scale.
For the dedication OF his guests he
brings from America an exact model Of
/ the much-dscusscd pig-killing machine
used by the famous pork-paching firms
. Of chicago 1t is in working order, and
[ the million aire brings forward II troupe
/ of pigs. TEc animals pass over bridge
I of siGhs,' are forced into rings, Killed,
. skinned, washed, cut into pieces, ana
then they finally appear in the shape. of
sausagcs and other deliCacies. The
guests are delighted. The entertain
mcnt ON the yacht Is a huge success
| After u rs over they dance and make
| merry SThcn-ah hai-the villain skulks
in. He has been drinking. lie is intoNi-
/ Gated. He sees the pig -killinS machine
AS through Il glass, darby. He APP
proachcs It; he examines it with maud
lin curiosity He IL unsteady on his
| feet. lie fails in, and the fatal machine
| treats him Just as though lie were
! pig. Later on he Is discovered in the
shape OF sausages, ana his watch and
collar studs are hahied TO ms dlstracted
widow. wouldn't this make grand
NTH act?
Miss Helen Dauvray, who closes her
season SATURDAY. night, VII not go out
| has been generally condemned as heavy
and talky, and Miss Dauvray could do
nothing with #. How is il that this
! clever actress does not revive Bronson
Towards play. zone of our Girls,
which she produced so successfully some
years ago? Bronson Howard is nov. on
the top wave Of popularity, and this
| play is an exceedingly good one. MISS
| Dauvray carries 1t around in her trunk,
and does nothing with it.
The Pacific Mail" the play by Paul
present at the Star Theatre next week,
! Is said to be a new version of the late
Tom Taylor,s famous overland Route.
or three rolled into one in fact, and
there is no reason why the old favorite
should not be popular, llayGoers stu
|
work as Tom Dexter.
Edward Il. Rice, in "A burst of gener-
| Osity prints the names of all the SuperS
enrolled in the production of Little
| christopher Columbus" at the Garden.
some Of the chorus damscIs rejoice in
d"liCiOuslY far-tctChed titles. a few of
them are loie Riccaru Nsn't that cum
| nlngD Nina AinSCOe. EStCllc BOtSfOrl,
| Goneyieye Hin, Ena We.ch, Neena De
/ Rue, Elena Martinez and Lulu Far
! rance. II was charming courtesy on
| MIR. kice's part to print all the pretty
names.
G. y. Wilson, the representative of A.
! n. Candy, Francis Wilson's manager,
had a thrilling experience Monday night:
! II was very near the witChing hour, and
! Mr.. Wilson sat alone in Mr.. Candy
| office on the fifth floor Of the Abbey
Theatre Building. The almost midnight
was dreury, ana Wilson was pondering,
/ weak and weary, when footsteps ClankCd
| along the corridor and a stranger made
his appearance. lie entered tho office
and shut the door. lie wanted $50 t.
get IA friend out of jail, and he confident
" Informed Mr., Wilson that he himself
the inventor he declared, Of an elixir of
life that not only prevented death from
natural causes but Caus d the patient
TO grow younger. He was anxious to
| pleased that he did not ask for any mem
beers of Francis Wilson's company to eN-
! pertinent upon. lntN are all Sutn young
things, The inventor said that he longed
to give Lillian Russell some elixir, and
regretted that she was in London. lie
had jHft pad yisit to George G2nld
after considerable effort, managed to get
him out of the office. and he will not
pass Ills evenings there in future.
The Cotton Kings, manager has been
! giving Boston a little OF that article
| known as "tany." lie has discovered
that nearly all successful melodramas
have had their first prTTsontntion in the
'prini,."., Michael ,s!rGogosr,."' The Sou;
M4n@s ASroSs the Ss"| " a b Run of Of
Paradise" and "Shenandoah." But
without a New York Endorsement?
The Gaiety girls, and likewise 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,
to return to shore Acres" the play in
which she did such excellent work.
Like a good many other people In the
''perfesh," Miss Grey did not know when
she was well off.
The Bostoniaus have decided TO open
their season at the Broadway Theatre
next month in "A new comic opera called
prince Anauias," music by Victor Her
bert, lihrctto 10y Francis Nelson. I'm
Mexico" G. u. Darcy and Oscar Weils
, opera, will not be produced until later,
The authors of prince Ananias" have
another opera called LA Niyanlicre,"
l that was originally intended for Lillian
Russell. They are going to submit 1t
to Sir Augustus Harris in London.
one of the London critics, speaking
of "A Trip to Chinatown" remarks
with infinite pathus that Mir Hoyt
! leaves off before he begins. Decidedly,
the humor of the two countries can
4 never be brought into one channel
Col Homer Il. Spraglua is To give a
course of siN lectures ON shakespeare, "
under the auspices Of the American
Society for the Extension Of University
Teaching, in the Church Of the Rcforma-
ton Parish House, quincy street,
' BROOKLYN Tn" first lecture. entitled
IS "Shukuspoarc's Cradle and school
& Satchcl,' viii be delivered Saturday.