The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
snrdou Dcnounces PinywritinR
Narns--"GaIety Girl" to Tour
Through the states.

at work upon plays for them, must be
IA little more careful In future. They
have been held up to rldicule often
enough in these columns, but apparent
ly under the impression that any men
| ton at all was better than o mention
they have kept right on, taking the
name OF Sardou In vain, and-like
Prospero's brother-making such a sin
ner of their memory as to credit their
own lie. The most recent offender was
the young Salvini, who returned noisily
from Europe with the proud announce
ment that Sardou was going to ut him
| with a play. and was even going to
collaborate with the STRIPPING Hester.
VINO wrote lamar for SalVini. The
stars manager Wilkinson, corroborated
the statements, and as there happened
to be three thousand miles OF billowy
wet between Salvini and Sardou, the
latter couldn't deny the soft impeach-
ment. Then Rose Coghlan-gushing, af-
fable Rose-also has Sardou under con
tractEand dozen stars of smaller
ment. Henceforth--as before limited
they must be careful. Miss Elizabeth
Marbury. who represents in New York
the leading dramatlst of the world. for
warded to Sardou the stories of these
misguided people. Yesterday she re-
ceived letter from the famous play
IlRnt, "nltn was, as sne Cnlleu IL, n
corker." Sardou was very angry. He
begged Miss Marbury to deny the asser
lions that had been made. He declared
that he was doing no work for America,
except for Miss Fanny Davenport ana
Mr. Frohman. and that the various re-
ports of contracts made with him were
absolutely untrue. This will put an end
to these silly Sardou fakes that have
gradually grown to be as absurd as the
loss of diamonds, and other advertising
lodges resorted to by desperate the
atriCal folks.
new "Gaiety Girl company that Is to
be organized in London for this country
are as follows: The company now at
States until March, when II will be for
warded to Australia. The new organiza-
| tlon Will open in America in Philadel-
engagement at DAYS Theatre and run
through the entire Summer. Besides
presenting "A Gaiety Girl" the new or
ganization Will also be seen in In
| In London last year
That Twelfth Night club matinee at
the Empire Theatre yesterday was GER
tainly, one of the jolliest affairs on
record. To see ali the actresses in
the lobby bouncing upon the incomers,
selling programmes and distributing
lovely little punches of ivy, was in itself
out footlghts as with them, circum-
stance that Is perhaps due to the fact
that they are not yet sere and yellow;
The programme was splendid one, and
chronicled on the programme. Miss
Eleanor Mayo Skipped in from Philadei-
Cowles trotted in from Hartford. John
Drew made the opening address. and it
Is fortunate that he doesn't often have
Dodson did "rhe Charge OF the Light
Brigade" In assorted styles; Reuben Fox,
Maude Banks and William Harcourt APP
peared in Aud Ropin Gray" w. II.
as Mr.. Golightly in Lend Me Five Shil-
lings very admirable he was Mr..
Mansfield contributed monologue
rer. Chauncey Olcott and Jessie Bartlett
Davis were also heard Receipts. Si.967.
4 funny little incident VA. Was noticed at
tbs "a. entertainments The Evening
affair that led to the strained relations
between De Wolf Hopper and Richard
Mansfield Just as HHoGperr came on the
day Mansfield got up and left his box,
declining to gaze upon the elongated
cor comedian Ian, or course 1t was very sad
He was. funnier than everyone Of the
hits OF the afternoon.
II don't want people to think that I'm
trying to be funny on the subject of
death" said Charles II. Hoyt yester-
my intentions. ! admit that the funeral
episode in "A MIX White Flag stands
out rather conspicuously, but my inten-
hypocrisy that surround mourning cere-
monies, ] don't want TO be irreverent,
and l hope I'm not"
BY the bye, Comstock's Minstrels have
Milk White Flag" The parody is to be
called "A Coal Black Flag" and will
probably be put on week from next
Monday.
Well, the first news OF Londons re-
ception of "A Trip to Chinatown" has
arrived. The piece Is said to be written
I'm vein of enthusiastically American
racket, song and dance are of more con-
slderation than character dialogue or
plot, The Trip to Ghinat9wmm",, in
Covent Garden. which is heard of, but
not seen. The songs and dances are
praised. but the intervals between them
are said TO be too long.
Lillian Russell sails for this, country
a week from tomorrow, with her COM
pany, and her costumes and her scenery,
and her comic opera. e. J. ,Abud will
accompany her to stage =" The Queen
of Briliants" at Abbey's Theatre.
Mrs. Matilda Alice Victoria Courtenay
has settled her difficulties with Roster
n Bial who had begun suit against
her for 81 900 for breach of contract. She
will appear at that concert hall Mon
day night. Mrs. Matilda Alice Victoria
Courtenay has budget of bright.
breezy songs. fresh from London. Mrs.
Matilda Alice Victoria Courtenay is bet
ter known to vaudeville lovers as Marie
Lloyd.
Sudermann's "Heimath" was present
ed at the Irving Place Theatre last
night, with Fri. Freisinger as Magdu.
This actress Is an extremely handsome
woman, and will be an acquisition of
Conried's forces. At the other German
theatre. the Germania, Adolf Philips
latest effort, 1.-The New York Weaver
and His Family" was seen for the first
time. This is another comedy dealing
with German American life on the east
side. The audience appeared TO be en-
tertained. although THE New York
Weaver" will scarcely he as popular as
THE Corner Grocery of Avenue A"
The Anonymous Club revel that took
place Yesterday at the Casino was
very interesting AFFAIR. The house was
beautifully decorated with palms.