The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-04
THE LONDON STAGE.
Lady Henry Somerset Denounces
The Living Pictures.
Florence s.. John Replaces May
Yohe at the Lyric.
Hope Booth Fails to Get n Theatre
Irving's Surprising Present.


copyrighted 1894 by tho Associated rress)
LONDON, Aug. 4--Royalty Is 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
Reiane in Nine. 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 of
Miss Booth and MIR. Hare were unable
to agree as 10 the terms OF the lease
and so f. 3. Willard will take the house
for short season and produce Hat
toms 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 n letter to
the newspapers declaring that In the liv-
ing pictures at that establishment pet
ticoats, bodices land all" are frankly
dispensed with for the first time in
, Christian country, and yet all are bid
den to assist at this exhibition OF un-
| Clothed women" Lady Henry adds:
chandise of the beauty OF their bodies
! is the gravest insult and dishonor put
upon women in our time. I appeal to
the English public as accomplices In 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
lumbus" at the Lyric Theatre Geraldine
Timer has also joined the cast.
Trebelli Is to undertake n series or
concerts In the United States next
Spring, singing In Cincinnati, Springfield
Indianapolis and Columbus at the musi-
cal festivals to be held in those cities.
American tours have also been ar
ranged for Ben Davies. Lloyd, Watkin
Mills, Paderewski, De Pachmann. f5aZe
Cesare Thompson. Kocza.ski and Holl-
man.
In addition, Nine. Nevada Is arranging
n tour and vii. sing in Wagner's cary
opera, 1.-The Fairies"
SO many Of the theatres are no"
closed that theatrical gossip OF the past
week has been rather OF what Is tc
be than OF what Is. with the exception
of 1.-The Professors Love Story" at the
Comedy, which has still a week Longer
to run, burlesque. farce and meiodram'
will have 1t all to themselves during thu
dog days.
It Is a pity that Miss Booth was no
able to obtain a lease OF the GarricR
as a powerful cast had been engaged 70
her American play, Little Miss Cute.
a including Bob Harwood Albert Sims
e Allan Aynesworth. Mrs. Herbert War
e ing, Fannie Ward and Alexis slighton.
Little Miss Cute was to be pre-
: ceded by a new farce. by Fred Horner
entitled ION Toast" Miss Booth will
probably be more successful In the Fail
'The Gentleman Whip" now beinI
played in front OF Thy New Boy" II
the Vaudeville, will be replaced mex
Thursday by Loyal" one-act pla!
by II. Johnson. the editor of Fun.
Loyal treats of an episode in the If
of Charles H., and the heroine, n KIM
of modern Imogene. will be played b,
Esme Beringer, who acts so amusingi'
as the servant girl in "The New Boy
II circumstances prove propitious
Fanny Brough. who is at once cleve
actress and first rate business wo
man, will shortly undertake the man
, agement OF a London theatre. n he
managerial scheme falls through sh
will probably go to America and Aus
tralia next year
Olga Brandon has formed a compan
for the purpose Of taking Sardou's IL
Tosca" on tour from the middle O
A September. Miss Brandon will visI
the towns at which Sarah bernhard
recently appeared in the same charac
n ter.
=, Henry Irving has received man
anonymous presents during his long ter
ancy of the Lyceum. but none surprise
!. him more than a gift lately sent hir
from the village Of Haslemere, in Sui