The evening world., 1894-07-16
WARM WEATHER FOR OPERAS.
New St. James Hall Opened Under
Calorio Conditions,
News and Gossip About the Stage
and Its People.

The lady who dream-hemt she dwell
hslt In mar-r-bie halls in mid July
might have ut least infused "A few blocks
OF Ice into her dream for the sake OF n
tired and perspirinG public. 1, would
have been the least she could do. airline.
however, was as selfish at st. James
Hall-otherwise Herrmann's Theatre
as she always is. She sang in the good,
old conventional manner. and expected
New Workers to rush and hear her
with a Saturday haif-holiday, Manhat-
tan Beach and Sousa's Band staring
them In the face. Go to, Arline-go to!
Don thy bathing suit and let the sad
sea waves do all the warbling. ST.
james Hall had been reprinted. and II
was rcopencd under the management OF
Alexander Comstock, young man
whom everybody would like to see sue
coed. 1t was IA midsummer engage
ment, supplementary and preliminary
to the regular Fall and Winter season.,
and 1t was the Rosenbach Opera Com
pany which sang 1.-The Bohemian Girl"
a number OF people had been induced
to attend this opening performance, and
there were lightly clad women. gen
tlemen in their best negllge forgery. and
u few young people. New fans had
been placed In the house, and, of course,
1t wasn't Arline's fault that the RAIN
didn't seem to make the air much
cooler. rhey encored airline when she
dream hemt she dwel-heit In mar-r-ble
halls, and the poor thing had to dream
a little more She was Miss Amelia
Harrison on the programme, and she
us did ali the other members Of thu
cast. Some of the men appeared
PrEp"r'on Nth wa the tS see"T Thn es
Alfred seaton, Count Arnhsim Charles ,,,,,
Lang, f'lorestine; S. II. Dudley, Devils
hoof, Mr.. wit ian admirable name i tSr
a cue YARN Miss o'I Alson nudR and Lizzie
Annandale. Queen of the Gypsles: I2,
night and Th%rsaSy md saturIay after
dST ana I'd Friday. Faust viii be the at
traction, and SATURDAY night sf WI WI a De d Of
"Tiaviata.
Ham%srssS,9 dropped sand IN to ,s sss
he was stiii ut a loss what TO write FOR
the two pounds that are sun lacking IN
his opera He 1hG ,asa or 'h ,Wo N Whine
the whizsing OF the electric fans might
suggest an accompaniment.
Claude Marius has been visiting Cecil
Clay, the late Rosina Nokes's husband
in London Beerbohm Tree. II appears,
has begged Mr.. Clay to accompany ,nsor him 10
the shape OF one who knows the Ameri-
can ropes. Mr.. Clay, however, has ASIDE, de,
clined the offer Not for flo ;"r h TTuis 10
full Of souvenirs OF poor Rosina Nokes:
Clay may go to Australia. where most
81 be pre- pTe! s'SSsa By Ias"s:r Williamson
, "People with absolutely no claims to
distinction as specially perioTttnisrs noIN
r Manager ]. Y. Gottschalk. Of the Mad
ison Square Roof Garden, yesterday.
: pie think that il is the easiest thing in
: the world to satisfy a roof-garden an,
dience, but need hardly say It Is $
: young woman called upon me and De.
clnred that she could make great hit
q in what she called ribbon dance.
!, told her to come to rehearsal, and prom
! ised to see the dance. She came The
only thing she did was to hang ntteen
ordinary jig. Another young woman
yesterday wanted to do "a dance In short
knickerbockers. with limbs that were
: more Gaunt and uncanny than my own.
The management of a roof garden has
its tragic side.
> Miss Lillian Russell doesn't believe
that she IAN possibly be prevented from
: singing in London, and says so. She is
going to sail wednesday; at least that
2 Is her present intention. And once
again, let II be distinctly understood, in
spite OF the positive assertion to the
contrary by the kn9w,alls ssn 1sat h no
r tween Miss Russell and Messrs. Abbey,
I schoeffel & Grau. The prima, donna
may possibly revive THE Grand Ouch
ess" in the Ens'ish. metropolis
story of Ireland and America, en-
titled our Irish Homestead" by Frank
i Dumont. author Of 1.-THE Rain Makers"
1t will go out under the management of
t c. l.. Coulter, and with T. l.; Diggens
y az business manageT;; one Of ITS noy,
- parade with fac-simile OF the sixty
g ninth Regiment in full uniform.
r doors that separate Roster & Bal S
Il from the street Saturday night, and a
t couple of score Of people outside enjoyed
free h sS. . Tssss q S'S Se hosse son Sp
Site and were able to see the stage ad.
e mirably. They had splendid view OF
4 rai'edo, king OF the wire, and OF several
= are evidently, goi 'g to be philanthropic
J. these warm nights.
!, Edward f. Kiddsr IS very busy man,
and will have at least 'hres of his tailor
made plays on the road next season:
And y my plays are tailor,mlde, said
Mr.. Kidder. with laugh. They tit at
any rate. and they are produced, which
Is fact worth rem emb. ring" Mr.,
I K,dder will probably have a war melo-
n drama before the public ere long.
The roof gardens Jared badly Satur'
s day night. The rain came one hour TOD
e soon. and-like that big spider that sal
down beside her-it frightened the people
away. 1t IL funny to see roof garden
audience scatter when the sky begins
to weep. With the first spots people
jump IN from their seats as though a
dynamite bomb had fallen in their midst
and rush in all available directions Al
70 the Madison Square Roof Garden, part
! Of which is under cover, the orchestra
r took To the stage. and interpreted sew
eral numbers during the rain.