The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20
STAGE NEWS AMO GOss|P.
An Actor Getting Recruits for the
. Protective Union.
"ihe Queen ~ Brilliants Said To
Br n Sor, Of Hodge. Podge.

An energetic !oung actor is doing good
Sor; for the Actors PROTECTIVE. Union
lie !. hustling round AMI painting the
prospects OF the Union in fervid colors
to the hsngers-On around the Sturtevant
ana Grower liousrs. one meeting has
already been held at ODD Fellows Hall.
In Fourth street and another IL set
uown f)r next W-ina ;day morning at
II O'Clock, 1he energetic young motor
Is begging everybody TO pay II dollar
ana tcln. Just now his request seems
Ike the very irony % Ciution.-the shut
ting of the stable door after the horse
has departed--for actors have nothing
- protect, and wish that they hau.
IL the Irion had been in existence he.
fore. said an netu" Yesterday. the
present distress wOulG not be possible.
w. intanI TO help actors whel they get
stranded; 10 eeii them money TO return
I" New iS,k; ana let them pay 1t baeH
selves together against the Irresponsible
! people VINO rork 10 the theatrical pro-
f.ssion for booty. "" shall tax. good
minor matters. sNcn ~ healthy dr.ss-
ing.roonIs ana ci"anly thlatres. The
ysrletv re"pl. have zion aud get
varlet% inun beins swsndled out Of Is
! cents tn. subject Of the ln.un IL as
old as III" hills. bat all actors agre.
mat 1T should exist. SIN, e great many
OF hem are afraid 20 Join fearful nI
giving offens- To m,r"s.rs.
"'rhe Queen OF Brillauts." Jukabow-
skis new opera. Ia which Miss Russell
is 10 appear IN Lolhon enjoyed short
pnlmcr's ,otiimc. AIR. Paine" looked int,
II, and didn't Ike II. rrd hi, opinion
rs shared by thratricIl man lust re.
preHen,cd is mot like the t nS Lew =
udmiratl. "Ermmia." but /, said 10 be
sort OF hodG --podge. such az out.or-
town critics souid call Reminiscent -"
Miss Russell is to play the part OF the
fisher maiden. who become. II prima
donna and earns for herself the title
| or the opera.
Marion Els, who "sculps" IN soap at
Proctor'a, traces her artistic ancestry
back to Van Dyke, the Holland painter.
Win, With pointed beard r, Her popgsr and
fers to worl; in marble, but inds-alas.-
| that the more plastic laundry soap pays
better; A soap manufacturing firln EN-
ployed her to model fowers's Greek
over the country. This gave her the
cue for stage work. Now she realizes
the truth of the saying that while there :
HE there's SOAP
The Autograph mend deserves very lit
tie sympathy. ~ a general rule for when
he ,nuni;, possesses him he IL an mtol-
er&tl nuiSanct. sun. the r.u col &C.
tors In this city who fundis believe that
Trey own he tluss!c Autograph OF LII
Ian Russell are worthy objects Of gem
ulne heartfelt pity. 1t Il declared. on
very excellent authority. that the most
of the signatures were the work OF Miss
Itusselrs blond secretary. Mr.. Edward
u; ieiptr or course, that takes all the
Gilt OF the slnHerbr-.i sim. MIR.
Feiper's h.niwrting may he valuable
one day.
Robert duncan. formerly OF the Union
Square Theatre. and more recently with
f!idorado. met with - painful accident !
few days ago. He was knocked down by
n cable "a. while crossing Fourteenth
street Ills leg Was ,nj'a ID and his fac,
severely bruised. Yesterday he VAS abb,
10 hobble about Mr.. Duncan has JUS
severed his connection with Eidorado.
| -
Alas! for the un fortunate purs-r OF IN
Paris He has three prime doiuie OF
board. ana when ~ comes to arrange tn.
inevitable concert FOR the tnsatiab Liv
eipool Orphans ne with lind that out /,
his cost This poor pniser will just have
hey. Aropsen, Hammerstein and Other
operatic purv-yors. Miss Russell will
OF course. lie preferred. but Eleanor
Mayo is there and SO Is Agnes Hunting
ton, and they a'e both OF them laiie,
who are not 10 be sneezed at. The only
hope for tn Is poor purser Is that any
two OF the three ladies are violently sea.
sick and unable to Marble.
Sol Smith Russ-ll's charming little
leading lady, Minnie Radcliffe. will not
be win the comedian next season. She
thinks II bad policy, even In these des-
woman to remain with one star for any
length OF tins And perhaps she i
right. Then Sol smith Russell had =
painful experience with the metropolis
and won't inlay mere again. Miss Rad
cltrfe likes New York, and New Workers
won't blame her,
Jack sanford, the theatrical man. is
out of the hosrita. He successfully
underwent a somewhat critical operation
and is himself again.
music FOR W. S. Gilbert's new Iibretto
dealing with events at the beginninH
Of the century; viii be composed by a
urally arises: Who is Dr., 6sR,ond Carr,
but 1t cannot be answered with tumultu-
Gus satisfaction. Gilbert wanted hi.
London. but Mr.. DAILY had other fish to
fry. So the Gilbert-Carr EFFORT Will be
tried at the Prince OF Wales's Theatre,
Black are the clouds that hover over The
coming season. At well-known firm
OF photographers yesterday 1t was said
that there was absolutely nothing done.
AS a rule. photographers are exceedingly
busy getting out paper at this time
OF year. Managers give in their orders
early. and the llthographers deliver
their goods in August The orders on
hand at present are so small that they
could be executed in week.
| Sousa's programmes at Manhattan
Beach this afternoon and evening will
be unusually interesting. They Will in
clude selections from the works OF Sir
! Arthur Sullivan, Suppe, Balfe. Pade-
| rewski Weber and Bach. Sousa will play
two OF his own marches and a melange
| entitled I'm Parlor and Street"