The evening world., 1894-10-05
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
pr. syntnx" Professional Matinee
nm Enjoyable Anair--Eme
Chnpuy Here TO Stay.

TIE "Dr. syntax" matinee for the
perfesh" yesterday, was a chatty ana
meaty affair. 1t wasn't one OF those
common, pass-me-in, professional mat
inees, at which Miss Tottie Coughdrop,
fresh from her triumphs at Coldwater,
Mich, occupies the most conspicuous
box. Not a bit of 1t. Mr.. Mckinney
announced that the entertainment was
given merely for the members of various
companies now in the city. The hang
ers-on were not admitted. The huny
soubrette, with tresses la peroxide OF
hydrogen, was left lamenting-like an
up-to-date Lord Ullins daughter. So
was the comedian with the ultramarlne
colored chin, who handed in his caro-
with what Hopper, would call an ,S apa
lomb that is simply maddening.' Inc
highly respectable organizations or me
city were all representative Frames
wilson, Della Fox, shenan nan IN
Drew companies. AS for the Gaiety
girls-they attracted almost as much at
tenton as the performance. And they
positively tinkled with : zee; d Ihey
with laughter. Their iubilee-bun COLI
made a hit with the audience. Ger
Hopper worked most industriously,, and
made a Characteristic speech, in which,
however, he forgot this time to TO- linen men.
ton Della Fox and Francis wilson
which was probably an oversight. lie
declared that he had never felt so nerV-
Gus In his life, but he was, Of course;
very. very pleased and honored-and al
tricks OF the trade" he remarked. You
are aware that my nose is made of put
ty, and you quite understand how | put
1t on" The Gaiety Girls how, howled at ms bnis
laughter. Altogether, 1t was a very
jolly afternoon.
Benjamin D. Stevens, Mr.. Hopper's
tunate accident a few days ago, hobbled
to the theatre on crutches, ana lndulgen
in the general jollty. Mr.. Stevens VIII
be all right aga In in week or Two.
clared. The doctor would not allow
me to move, and as I'm very nervous,
| feel all the better for my idleness''
Bubblesome little Fife. Chapuy has
just returned from England, after a
nine weeks holiday there. / hadn't been
home" she said yesterday, since first
came over here with Agnes Hunting
don. l didn't intend to stop. but liked
main. Things are very dull in London
George Edwardes made me an offer,
but / declined 1t. I'm thoroughly Amer
icanized, and I've been very happy here
in the various companies in which |
have played" Miss Chapuy was last
season with "a Trip to Chinatown"
Ramsey Morris tells an amusing story
of Arthur Larkim, the little Englishman
who plays the Leading role d in one Of
kim was in Boston and was devoting
himself to the task Of seeing the town.
dime museum poster attracted his
to gaze. He went in and did the mu-
scum. thoroughly. When he saw the
d dM4 he he eResm highly tS the n
proprietor, hes taller than l am"
"Ah." responded the proprietor, un-
abashed that's his strong point You
see, he is the tallest dwarf we have ever
had"
Clinton Stuart evolved 1.-THE Price of
Silence" which was to have been pre-
sented at Palmers Theatre next week.
ing the theatre. BY the, bye, the title
of this play refers neither to Mr.. L.
d. Price nor to Mr. W. T. Price. They
of Silence. Ha! ha! wild jestD
has et od he Gofy Spanish the GS
scene Of which she did her Terpsichorean
turn" She was dismayed by the
little fiy-by-night towns-poor young
thing-so she came back to New York.
With her brothers and her sisters and
her cousins, she will appear at Proctor
next week.
True hope, IS swift and flies with
swallows wings" says Shakespeare.
That's probably why Miss Hope Booth
ity. AS yet she has not completed ar
rangements for her American starring
tour, but she is not letting the grass
grow beneath her feet.
Heart of Maryland" will be produced
at Palmers Theatre after the Christmas
holidays. It is entirely finished. Mr..
asee %sa VIM H IS m to sn Fran
very i'll there. Fred Belasco, his brother
whose marital misfortunes have been SO
frequently ventilated. Is still in Calfor-
does not remain there.
Most actresses keep scrap-books in
which they retain, all the pretty and
u!npretty, things that are said about
step further than these ordinary ac-
tresses, She has a scrap-book in which
she has collected every line that has
been written about her for years, and
which she appeared in the various plays
mentioned. She has failed to inscribe
the names of the shops at which the
garments were purchased-or the price
per yard.
At the Irving Place Theatre last night
Manager Conried presented another
novelty In the shape of four-act com
edy by Blumenthal and Kadelburg
called "Mauerbluemchen." The play
was very well presented, but 1t doe.
not merit much consideration. 1t |.
conventional The main thread of tn,
story deals with the adventures of
manufacturer of wall paper, who fall.
in love with an elderly bookkeeper II
his employ. He has a nephew, and tn,
young man usurps his place in the af
feCtions of the elderly bookkeeper
"Mauerbluemchen" is not particularly
witty, but the audience, being extremely
good-natured, laughed at times In thu
cast were Max Hanseler, Max Bra, Ar
thur Eggeling. Nine. Habelmann-Teller
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