San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-10

at Saratoga without funds, and
contemplate giving benefit per-
Torrance.
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.
A Chicago paper says: One of
the sons of Wilson Barrett Is the
owner Of a newspaper that is pub
lished in Los Angeles, Cal, another
owns a newspaper in Yorkshire, Eng.
| The facts were disclosed by Mr..
Barrett, who said in his speech at
a supper party given him by some
newspaper men the other night.
81 assure you. gentlemen, as their
father" concluded Mr.. Barrett,
"that, expensive as has been my
devotion to the cause of the ideal
| dramatic art, it has been gilt
edged investment compared with
the cost of promoting the ideal in
journalism"
Mr.. Joseph Jefrerson's winter
| home in Louisiana is named
Orange Island. 1t embraces 5000
acres. mostly pasture land. There
is also small lake filled with bass,
green trout, gars and enough alli-
gators ty make it exciting for those
| who may wish to indulge in
| bath. Mr.. jefferson has an orange
grove of many thousand trees,
yielding a yearly harvest of this
fruit. The Louisiana orange there
is not inferior to the Florida pro-
duct.
George Lawrence, the we'll
known advance agent, died Janu-
airy q, at st. Vincent's hospital,
New York, of typhoid fever. Mr..
Lawrence was born in New York,
and was Us years of age. His
last engagement was with the
Greenwood Opera company. He
leaves a wife, who is professional
ly known as Hattie Neville.
The report that May Howard
will next season leave the vaude-
vile stage for farce comedy is
without foundation. Miss Howard
expects to go to England in May
to visit Dutch Daly's family, and
upon her return to this country
she will start out at the head Of
the May Howard company.
While playing with J. T. STAN
ley's Speciality company at Geneva,
Ind, recently, Joe q. Mack fell of
the Spanish rings on which he was
performing, and broke two ribs
and fractured his collar bone. His
injuries will lay him up for some
time. He is now at Nottingham,
Ind.
John w. KOlb, professionally
known as Billy Gray, was married
recently to BERTHE Conway, daugh-
ter Of George and Lizzie Conway,
CT the paul Kauver" company.
They will appear on the vaudeville
stage shortly.
William H. Neidlinger, the song
writer, Of Brooklyn, n. Y. secured
divorce from his wife Emile HI.
Neidlinger, on the grounds of de-
sertiOn, at Yankton S. d., on
February l.
Hal Clarendon, an actor, who
was in private life Clarendon
Smith, died January "a at the
Occidental Hotel, Indianapolis,
Ind, from Inflammation of the
bowels.
Tragedian Thomas W. Keene's |
residence on Staten Island, is the |
Old Rising Sun Inn, used during
the Revolutionary war as the head |
quarters of General Howe.
Geo. II. Slater has sold his new
comedy, "My Wife's Husband" to |
w. F. Dickson, who will put it on |
the road for a short season after
Easter Monday.
Stuart Robson closes a success
full engagement at New Orleans to-
night. "A Comedy of Errors" will
be seen at the Grand next Thurs |
day and Friday.
Lotto Archer, variety perform
er, who, in private life, was known |
as Charlotte Foster, died January
a, at New Orleans, La, aged 81 |
years.
John II. Symonds (John II. Sal
mOnd) has begun suit in the Su-
periOr Court OF New York for abso-
lutte divorce from his wife, LOttie
West.
"The White Slave" may not be |
put on the road next season under |
kennedy's management, as his
lease expires with the present sea-
son.
It's announced that Howard p.
TaylOr's new play "Irish Inspira-