The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-11
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Success of MeIbn's Coacert--CoIIier
Wants 20 Leave Farce Comedy
dramatic PIrnfes nunr.

the Metropolitan Opera-House last
night She was greeted by a large au-
dience, one of those aggravating assem-
blages that encore everything and ev-
erybody Unfortunately. 1t was, in
fact, a greedy audience. that wanted as
much for Its money as 1t could possibly
obtain by undue demonstration. 1t used
to be that vociferous applause was
looked upon as a graceful and enviable
compliment by the artist. Now 1t is
very different. If the artist still thinks
about 1t at all, she probably says to
herself: They are after another song.
suppose my manager expects me to
served all the applause she. got. She
was In splendid Voice, and her liquid,
limpid tones were delightful to the ear.
gro" most rilliantiy, emphasizing every
the song. 4 new -" Ave Maria" by
Cooper. was also interpreted by Nine:
when she does not use 1t in roulades:
For an encore she warbed " The. Old
Folks at Home very sweetly. and the
song charmed the audience. Meiba will
probably use this as Patti used Home.
Sweet Home" Nine. Scalchi surpassed
herself; Her rich. contralto tones
tear and she made quite as much Of a
hit as did Nine. Melba. Scalchi's pic
turesquely suitable dress was worth
at one soqd haXe Sne
teenth Century Lady" NJ. Plancon was
not as effective as usual. He made very
little of the Anvil song from " Phile.
G 'i'U n. Ma III uT sang quietly
and artistically a berceuse by Augusta
Holmes, and " Tu me derais." by Cha
gramme was devoted to the. third act OF
Faust" with Nine. Melba as Mar
guerite, Plancon as ,Mephistopheles,
be AtosetRer this Concert eH was a. most
enjoyable AFFAIR. and an undoubted sue
cess.
Willie Collier. the jovial young actor.
who used to be CALL at Days The
atre. and who finally became SO au.
da cious that he finally gave limitations OF
a new play called * Back Number" in
which he does work Of the Sol Smith
Russell order, and his friends don't IKE
style of entertainment that made him
successful. Isn't 1t funny that the public
will not allow actors to get away from
are to make the attempt. Look at Nat
Goodwin, Sol Smith Russell. Timothy
Murphy and John Drew. In the last In
stance only has the actor been able to do
as he liked.
The "Charley's Aunt mani cement are
having a very unpleasant time with the
pirates. There seems to be a strong de-
sire to crib this play that has been so
much d Talked 6Su Tf er seereey r nn
"Ctarley's Aunt in English. It, was
eribbed and acted by German and Scan.
was made to produce IT In German In
Philadelphia, and another in Salt Lake
City. There surely never was q play
that called forth so many deep, dark,
audacious schemers
An enterprislng Rhode Island pub
Usher has offered to furnish the
" shenandoah " managers with any
number of s2S volumes siss OF tor Gen ,;
cents apiece. The publisher suggested
that they would be 20 valuable as SOU
venlrs. He did not know that the aver,
sooner have fve-cent plaque, or, a
ten-cent ash receiver than all the
literature published. The souvenir fiend
is a strange, uncanny brand of human
ity
Boston. was very tactfully doomed by
Messrs. Brady and Corbett. While
pretty cream-laid invitations from the
English metropolis to the residents OF
the Back Bay. asking them to be pres
ent when The Cotton King was
Of Intangible veneer to the production
dontchernow. Before the piece was
produced the name of Corbett was
don the ike sm hs
performance appears to have been q
gala AFFAIR; Miss Bijou Fernandez, wht
seems to have made a very good i'm
before going on the stage: MAY yol
hit Boston as hard as Corbett hit Sui
Ivan"
That will be splendid programme a
the Empire Theatre this afternoon TO
the Twelfth Night Club. 1t Is lone
enough to last through the evening vi
to the witching hour. How thoughtles
gramme at s.l5 with The Bauble Shop
James A. Herne, of Shore Acres" re
nown. is proud pepper He has new
boy, OF the style SO conventionally know
as bouncing" Congratulations are dis
George Walton Is the name of come
dian with long history, who will max
his debut in America Monday night 4
W L,fTe /, sh rat Columbus MI
but he has that which managers ar
always looking for, known as "a coined
| race MIR. walton made his first appear
ance on the stage when he was tw
months old, and he has been acting eve
since. He has been in forty differen
pantomimes in England, and he is sal
to be the man who led George r. Sim
to fame ana fortune by making tina
writer's early plays popular. Walto
has appeared under the management c
Edward E. Rice when that ubiquitou
gentleman was in Australia.
|
The treasurer OF the Star Theatre ha
one joke, and to him 1t is furiously funn!
There is quite a draught in the box-ofiic,
and '-hen man or woman places a bi
in tme opening OF the window, the a.
watts 1t inside. "Oh, oh!' excaims tn
person, there goes my money" "A
right" replies the treasurer, you'y
blown 1t in the right way" and then h
chuckles all over.
Both OF the German theatres will
very busy tonight. At the Irving Plac
L.ucle Fresnger will make her first al
penrance in America as Magda, in Sudel
mann's play "Heimath," and at the Ge
mania Theatre, Philips latest skit. eI
t titled The German Brewer and II
9 Family Will be produced for the fri
time
COMING EVENTS.
Rev. DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst and Rev D
5 John l.. Campbell will speak in the LexlngtS