The evening world., 1894-07-23
HAD TO UTILIZE THE GARDEN.
Rain Interfered with the Madison
Square Roof Concert.
Mrs. Cutting May Not star Next
Season Other Stage News.

The long promised, hut not absolutely
expected. raindrops saturday night did
rot interfere very materially with the
enjoyment of the audience which went to
the Madison Square Roof Garden The
people we"" promptly invited TO desce nd
to the ampit theatre, where they saw the
,nu - variety show. with Austen's sccuu-
graph of Chicago and the Worlds Fair
thrown in as a sort Of ballast, as it
were. The management did not accom-
pish this without trouble. Bessie Bone
hill will never sing unless she has cal
cium sprayed upon her face. She needs
1t to emphasize the entensity of her eX-
prcsslvc ability, and SO does Charles II.
Lawlor. He also has to be swathed in
calcium. So the calcium machine had to
be taken down to the anphitheatre
AID deposited in the middle of that vast
arena. 1t didn't look pretty at all, but 1t
did Its duty. The big stage made the
performers look like midgets. Little
Bonnie Thornton who was very much
afraid of the echo, but who managed
famously, looked like Lillputian, willie
Lottle ellison, attired In IA fla ming scar
let dress. looked like tiny dab of red.
The amphitheatre idea. however, was n
good one. 1t was better than turning
good money away, and II will be adopted
every time that the night Is unduly
rainy.
While the ordinary every day stage
lady goes to the different drhn.atic eA,
charges on fcot-and IL even thankful
just now that she has shoes to go in
Mrs. Robert l.. Cutting GrIves around
in Il pretty little hansom she was
spotted on Broadway yesterday, clad in
dainty pink, with dramatic agents wait
Ing at the door OF her cab, from which
she was laying down the law in fine
style Her energy Is due to the fact that
she may not star next season, ana mat
consequently she wants some work to
do.
The great and only Corbett is simply
sweeping everything before him In Ire
land. He Is even to play for the bene-
fit of Il church-that of the Rev. James
Corbett, the pugilists namesake and rel
alive. That performance Will be given
at Ballirrobe, and the Rev. Corbett VIII
get every penny Of the proceeds. Then
Limerick and Cork. 1t is said that he
feels quite at home In the land OF his
| forefa Tiers, a statement that Is pathetic
| enough to produce tears.
while I'm on the other side" said
well-known and rather pompous actor
yesterday ut the Gilsey House, 'Id Ike
very much to make arrangements with
rather busy man, but
But" retorted his friend, III you
cable him that you are coming he'll meet
the boat at Havre or Liverpool. as the
case may be- He's most obliging fell
low, and so fond of Americans, who give
him so much work. You can tell him
what you want. and he'll send the
scenario as soon as he's thought 1t out.
And the pompous actor took 1t In dead
earnest.
Charles Frohman has not only rifed
london OF everything worth having, Du'
he has secured u mortgage on futurity
He already owns the American rlShts
of works that have not yet beer
written. He has left very little Tor any
body else.
owen Westford, Miss Lillian Russell
Messrs. Abbey JSchoenel 4 Grau fo'
the primh donna,s London season. M's'
Russell is delighted, for she Is very
fond of this brother-in-law, and has
tried many times to engage him for hri
company. Something, however, always
prevented this.
and other highly interesting plays, Is
Just now prosaicslly engaged in runnius
y restaurant ~ connsstton WIN tuna,
Bnl,s Wild West shoW a, h tsn M,
given up the stage. but he does TIM
catering Just to pass the Summer away
as probably as possible. II is a pity
that other sSsors eannTt f%!I% ms tGc
business manager of james, A. llernf,'
"Shore Acres" company, IL also dis
porting himself untheatricaily., lie Is
the purser of the steamer Belle HSrton
| - RatterN South
Beach.
Zola's "rheresc." Interpreted by Mrs
Potter and Kyrle Bellew, has not set
San Francisco on fire, although the Cal,
ifornians expected to he shocked ana
scandalized. They thought There's So
tame. and were quite veNed about II
Mrs. Potter's plans are, not definitely
settled. She may go back to London.
Miss Agnes Herndon will not be man
aged by her little eN-husband, Fessel
this season. While they Were divorced
he had no objection to plotting hei
through the country; now, however
that She is another's he declines Il
have anything to do with the company
which seems rather inconsistent, doesn'
II? Miss lierndon Will again present
that iervid Sarah Jane drama. entitled
LA Belle Marie"
in: "Dore Davidson and Miss Ramit
Austen have just returned from Sar
Francisco" Chow terribly We have
missed you. Doreb After being detained
three weeks on account OF the railroad
strike. they were Obliged to return via
British Columbia. over the Canadian
Pacific Railway. being twelve days oil
their Journey, U.uckil> they were no,
forgottenD Their repertoire for next
season-you pays your money, an,
YOU takes your choice includes "A
Ila ~ na,lnp,nuy' l.y