The evening world., 1894-01-25
NEWS OF THE STAGE WORLD.
Reputed Authorship Of Poor
Girls Raises a Storm,
Modjeslka Likes Her New Play, Which
She Will Present Next Week.

The Incorrect and unnecessary state
ment that the late Guy de Maupassant
was the author of Poor Girls the
play now running at the American Thea
ire. has been severely punished. Curl
orsly enough, most of the critics, disre-
earding the real excellence of the play,
its capital production and its adequate
Interpretation have dashed themselves
into fury at the untruthfulness that set
A. down to Guy de Maupassant. The
name of the eminent dead novelist has
injured the bo:-oftice receipts. Had the
author been announced as John Jones,
the play would have Jared much better,
as it richly deserved to do. A French
student, a scholar and a theatrical man.
has this to say TO 1.-THE Evening World"
about the play: "Whe 1 saw the an
nouncelnent of a play by Guy de a
passant called Poor Girls ! received a
shock. 1 have fiattered myself for a
long time that i had a certain knowl-
edge of French literature, and I knew
only n one-act drama by De Maupassant
discoveries, I feel better, and l can sleep
and eat again. l have found out where
/ saw the title Poor Girls inc where l
b have foI Ffad IN a t ssery p s1%i'f Be to M iaat wh,Gh
never had anything to do with this story.
There is a German novel, called 'Arme
Madschen,' by Paul Lindau. telling the
Theatre. The only differences are that
the shoemaker is IN Lindau's novel a
carpenter. and the factory Is not a shoe
are made, II / remember rightly. want
is dead, and cannot defend himself"
George Grossmlth. the English humor-
list, is booked to give his new entertain
ences in America, at Chickering Hall.
Boston, next Wednesday night. The
American entertainment has made a
great success in England. Grossmith
try.
According. to Nine. Modjeska's agent,
she is completely captivated by the play
New Workers at the Fifth Avenue The
atre next week. The adaptation from
the German was made by her eminent
nearly as eminent leading man. Otis
Skinner. BY the bye, Nine. Modjeska
Is saying go,od-by to the country In sec
ti sRsns she III has t,I plss Ssfb. her snd fay WIII Never sa1
return there. We, in the North, how
ever: need not dampen our pocket hand
kerchiefs just yet. Modjeska will proba-
her retirement until the season after,
So. for the present, life Is real, life is
earnest.
Manager Mart Hanley is negotiating
with Manager Hayman with a view to
Harrigan's appearance In California this
season. The deal is not yet concluded.
but 1t is more than likely that Harrigan
will so to the Pacific slope. His engage
hent In New York ends next month,
when his theatre will be occupied by
pany. 1.-The Leather Patch will proba.
bly, remain on the bill during the res,
Of the New York season. though there
Ing will be revived during the las
week to get it in shape for the road.
Henry Irving has been invited, te
speak at Cambridge. for the benefit o
the Harvard students, as he did IN 1885
II he accepts the kind invitation his ad
dress will be made there on March 10.
Here is a story that has interest. Z
der the City Lamps played an engage
ment at Niblo's Garden two or three
weeks ago. Its manager was a lit
tie afraid Of playing at this theatre. anc
dema1ded a Ig%Suarantee. The sn Ia msa
was promised $500 for the week. Imagine
what the chagrin of the manager wa
when he heard that Under the Cit!
Lamps" !. bad odo played to The the cosy Ss s It'll
cious, and laugh at folks when they tel
you that a theatre Is too far down
town"
In Mascagni's new opera, "Ratcliff,
the overture Is played with the stage II
full view of the audience, and ore of tn
characters comfortably seated in tn
centre. She sits there with her eye