The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-04
the LONDON STAGE.
Lady Henry Somerset Denounoes
The Living Pictures
Florence s.. John Replaces May
fohe Al the Lyric.
Hope Booth Fails to Get a Theatre
Irvins's Surprising Present.
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Copyrighted 1894 by the Associated Press)
LONDON, Aug. 4.--.Royalty IL decided
ly increasing Its devotion to the thea
tire. Last Saturday was the Duchess Of
York's first appearance In public since
her recovery, and she went to see
Rejane in mime. Sans-Gene." ON Mon
day the Duke and Duchess OF York and
the Prince and Princess Of Wales were
present at Covent Garden,
Miss Hope Booths negotiations for
the lease OF the Garrick Theatre are off.
Miss Booth and Mr.. Hare were unable
to agree as 20 the terms of the lease,
and 80 u. 4. Willard will take the house
for q short season and produce Hat
tons John Needham's Double"
Lady Henry Somerset. who, by the
way, leaves southampton for New York
by the steamship Paris to-day, visited
the Palace Theatre recently, Since then
Lady Henry has written a letter to
the newspapers declaring that In the Nv
ing pictures at that establishment pet
tlcoats, bodices and alr' are frankly
dispensed with for the first time in
Christian country, and yet all are bid
den to assist at this exhibition OF I'M
clothed women" Lady Henry adds
This letting women make public mer-
chandise Of the beauty OF their bodies
is the gravest insult and dishonor put
upon women In our time. l appeal to
the English public as accomplicessn the
ruin and degradation OF these girls.
and demand to know why the County
Council does not interfere"
Whether the letter will have any
effect, beyond being a splendid advertise
ment for the Palace Theatre Is more
than doubtful.
| Florence St. John has taken May
Yohe's place In Little Christopher Co
lunibus" at the Lyric Theatre. Geraldine
Timer has also joined the cast.
Trebelli Is to undertake a series OF
concerts In the United States next
Spring, singing in Cincinnati, Springfield.
indianapolis and Columbus at the must
cal festivals to be held In those cities.
American tours have also been ar
ranged for Ben Davies, Lloyd, Watkin
| Mills, Paderewski. De Pachmann. fsaze,
Cesare Thompson. K9czalski and II Ill
man.
In addition, Nine. Nevada Is arranging
tour and will, sing in Wasner's cary
opera, 1.-THE Fairies"
| 30 many of the theatres are now
| closed that theatrical gossip of the past
week has been rather of what Is to
be than OF what is. With the exception
OF 1.-THE Professors Love Story" at the
Comedy, which has still week longer
to run. burlesQue, farce and melodrama
will have 1t all to themselves during the
dog-days.
1t is a pity that Miss Booth was not
able to obtain q lease of the Garrick
as a powerful cast had been engaged fol
her American play. Little Miss Cute
including Bob HARDWOOD. Albert Sims
Allan Aynesworth, Mrs. Herbert War
ing, Fannie Ward and Alexis Slighton.
Little Miss Cute" was to be pre-
coded by a new farce. by Fred Horner
entitled ION Toast" Miss Booth will
probably be more successful In the Fall
THE Gentleman Whip" now being
played In front OF THE New Boy" a;
the Vaudeville, will be replaced next
Thursday by Loyal" one-act play
by II. johnson. the editor of Fun.
10y cr treats OF an episode In the life
of Charles H., and the heroine, kind
OF modern Imogene. will be played by
Esme Beringer, who acts so amustngly
as the servant girl in The New BOY,
II circumstances prove propitious
Fanny Brough, who is at once clever
actress and a first rate business wo-
man, will shortly undertake the man.
agement OF q London theatre. II her
managerial scheme falls through she
will probably 20 to America and Aus
tralia next year.
Olga Brandon has formed company
for the purpose of taking Sardou's LA
Tosca" OH tour from the middle OF
September. Miss Brandon will visit
the towns at which Sarah Bernhardt
recently appeared in the same charac-
ter.
Henry Irving has received many
anonymous presents during his long ten
ancy Of the Lyceum, but none surprised
him more than Il gift lately sent him
from the village Of Haslemere, in Sur