The herald., 1894-08-05

He is wiser than his mother, who is
the most perfect Mrs. Malaprop ever
seen. Mrs. Drew drew when the old
comedies were the vogue, but in these
days OF the living picture, the pugilistic
and the "Charity Ball" style of drama,
the poor old lady finds herself shelved.
She played here about a year ago, giving
The School for Scandal, and had only
corporal guards of audiences, and when
she got to Chicago had to appeal to
Actor John L. Sullivan for funds to take
her company home.
Mr.. Drew has seen the inevitable, and
without sacrificing any of his art. has
acceded to the demands of the hour
and gives the public what it wants-
Henry Guy Carleton, or French adapta.
tions, with all the Frenchiness carefully
expurgated.
Mics Maud Adams, in whose blue
veins flows, it is said, the blue blood of
John Adams and other Adamses down
to the late president of the Union Pa.
cifc, ia the leading actress OF the COM
pany. She is the personifcation Of
dsintiness and grace, and 10 withal
gifted with power.
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Still they come. The whole Midway
will be here soon. Fereds and her
abdomen twisting Turkish damsels is
followed by Belle Baya and her harem
houris, together with the dusky Dsho-
meyans, and next Saturday Colonel
Boone will open his arena at Wall and
Fourth streets. The colonel will bring,
among his attractions, the ferocious lion,
Parnell, the man.killer.
1t ia whispered by some OF the trained
little birds in the show that the much
talked OF wrestling match between Par
nell and q grizzly bear will come off
soon at Tia Juana, where there is no s.
P. @. A., and where the slcalde is not
likely to object to a catch-as-catch-can
match.
Il is q matter of rumor among those
who know the gifted young woman, that
Miss Bernioe Holmes, whose fine voice,
attractive traits and well-developed per-
son were the features of the recent pro-
duction of The Queens LSce Hsndker-
chief, is soon to forsake single blessed
ness. 1t is to be hoped the report is in.
correct, for it is certain that she would
achieve q most desireble success if she
would stick to her profession.
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Held by the Enemy was turned loose
between the second and third acts last
night, when the professionals refused to
continue the performance without dis
play of coin, and the members OF Com
pany F failed to make the display.
A fair sized audience had gathered at
the Grand when the curtain went up on
the first scene, and there was nothing in
the performance OF this act to indicate
that there was any trouble, but between
the first and second acts came q long
and ominous wait.
The second act WAS curtailed come
and in the acting there was visible an
undercurrent of something foreign TO the
play. 1t all came out after the next
long wait. The audience had supposed
that the half hour between acts was
utilized for scene.shifting purposes, but
not 30. The actors were quaIreling.
At least that is what the audience un-
derstood when member of Company
appeared before the curtain and said:
"IADIEs AND GENrLEMEN:-I-tha is
-ahem! er-ladies and gentlemen, you
fought
~ "Should say you will have to 60 home
now. The diegraceful-tha is we men,
bsrs of company, / call it disgraceful-
because the actors won't act. Ladies
and gentlemen-er-good night"
And the much emDarr seed young
man backed off the stage amidst storm
of cheers, and even the curtain caught
at one end and refused to come down.
1t was ascertained later that the pro-
fessional actors who were assisting the
members Of Company with the enter
tainment had refused to continue with
out pey and "a no nav was fOrthcom.