The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-05
THIS COMEDIAN CAN PITCH.
Royal Treasurer" Favor's Curves
Do Up a Harlem Team.
reformed Gambler for the stage
Other Gossip Theatrical.

EDWARD Favor, the royal treasurer Of
'lfs2. has friend, Mr.. STUFF" McGil-
HraS, who was f9rmerly II stage carpen.
ter. Both are virulent baseball cranks.
McGilvray belongs to the Northsides. of
Harlem-an honor not easily understood
by people living below One Hundred and
IWelty-fifth street. As a result Of a lit
tie controversy between these two enthu-
elasts a remarkable game of baseball
was played Monday. Favor selected a
nine from the "l492" athletes to compete
with the Northsides. The small boy of
Harlem assembled in great force to see
de Nortsides eat UP de teatre blokes."
1t was a fierce and deadly encounter. In
vain Mr.. Buck" Mccarthy put in his
most complicated and insinuating curves.
Favor pitched right through the nine
OF his despised burlesquers. Sixteen to
fifteen stood the final score. The Har-
lemites were heartbroken: The victors
men OF the Casino. July 10. in aid Of
The Evening Worlds" fund for sick
babies.
Nearly all the work on the living pic
lures at Proctor's Theatre was done BY
Miss Susie Kerwn. Her efforts ranged
lr1 IN buying pink tights to standing on
les The artist. however, must not be
forgotten He worked at his paint frame
on one occasion for forty-eight hours.
The sweet little ad. that displays the
going, to-star Carrie Turner His Mack,
frankly yearning for me child, me lost
child. is very much admired by the
Rialtoites. 1t comes at an ,opportune
time, when managers are booking dates
and putting the final touches to their ar
cannot ran to be advantageous to the
lady 1t Is more artistic than the loss OF
diamonds or the now hackneyed divorce
court.
tga hf So sa psePe w Srf v1 hsvn1
hired two alleged ex-burglars, and Sc
cured attention in that way. which
would have been almost impossible by
Srs to 'S @am nav Ms.
worths melodrama. "On the MISSISSIPPI
pi:" by advertising a reformed gambler.
dealer. They do not seem to realize
the fact that playgoers want actors.
Solid dramatic power Is the surest draw
ing card. but, OF course, 1t costs money
to get it.
The matinees yesterday at the Garden
and Fifth Avenue Theatres were ghast-
stand Why they were given. The Fourth
of July Is always a worthless day for
the theatres. and when the sun blazes
nOtly, ana out OF door dItTdCtlOnS arc
numerous, even a Sarah Bernhard
couldn't fill a playhouse.
John r. Rogers is at 1t again. but he
is In England-thsnk goodness! He 10
aggrieved because nobody on the other
side Is paying him fees for playing my
Sweetheart" the excuse offered being
that because the play was first produced
In America there is no legal protection
for II in Great Britain. "And such Is
law he exclaims-one can almost hear
him exclaiming it Journalists and man
ayers who thougrtlessly assist people to
make money by such means would not
be pleased to have their own property
SO dealt with"
During the six weeks that Eleonora
Duse was in England she. never went
into society at ALL She lived like
hermtess. although she had shoals Of
invitations But one or two irreverent
chroniclers abroad declared that this ex-
clusivenes itself was Just a trifle con-
spicuous. They recalled the Pharisee
who thanked God that he was not a.