The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-02
THE SEATTLE PosTTEIILGENcER SEPTEMBER

On the ether hAnd. Patti appeared q an
ordinary miscellaneous concert 81 A4ueEs
ball she drew an auaience Of s,vsA
A Spanish musician has devised sys-
TEN Oh musical noEzsion by which the
sharp and the aas sysism "a done sssy
sith-
Frederic Bond. one OF the elsveress and
most agreeable actors thai ever LETT ~.
Days company. proposes to star hex
year.
John sleeuer Clarke will probably re-
tarn 70 America. bat not 70 act He owns
tie Walnut street tAe2teE and VII nan
age -
". VI. Dunievy. OF Brooklyn. viii man.
age NJ. b. Curtis. whose SAINT o. Fossn
has renewed its popularity, and Nellie Nc
Henry.
Divorced actors are 50 numerous IN New
York that shey are alluded 10 as the
'.Ahmony Club" Bob HiIlard Is late
addition.
David BeIasco has gone down to the
terrapin and canvasbaek state 20 get local
color fer his new play, III he heart Of
Maryland.
TIE warden Of the church at siratford-
on-Ayon. where Shakespeare's body IS en-
toTnbed, has got himself into trouble oy
selling the doors for old lumber
Robert Downing is not only q great
actor, but he IS q mascot. and the theater
fortunate enough 20 engage his splendid
company Is assured Of big business
scharley's Aunt" which will receive its
frst uresentatiou in San Francisco Fl the
Baldwin theater Monday. September s.
begins with an object lesson IN love writ
ing
Edgar and Henry Davenport, sons OF
the lAte 4. L. Davenport and brothers OF
L E.1fs vii
next season IN the plays made successiul
by their father.
christopher Jr.," comedy in four acts
BY Madeline Lucette will be presented by
John Drew and his American company Tor
the FIRST half OF the last week of his pres
ent engagement at the BALDWIN.
W. 5. Gilbert, after a tiresome search for
a musician of a sufficiently appreclatiye
spirit has at length Entrusted the music
of his ne opera 20 Senior Albeniz, Span
ish composer, whose Magic Opal Is
somewhat known.
A Boston theater, rs hot weather ad-
vertisement. served ice cream TO It's
matinee patrons, and of the 45o spoons
passed out with the cream on given day
but sixteen we're returned. OF course they
were supposed 10 be souvenirs.
John Mason's new piece for next season
has a novel idea. When il opens he Is loo
years old. The magic gift Of four kisses.
each of which will take twenty-five years
from his life, is given him. lie receives
three Of them and becomes young man,
and falls IN love. but If he kisses his sweet
heart 1t means death TO him.
Ii Is rumored in theatrical circles that
Henry Z. Abbey and Sir Augustus Harris,
who are soon 10 arrive in this country. are
planning q big operate deal, which con-
templates the management oil one great
opera company in such a way that Its time.
will be divided between the leading cities
OF Eng land and the United States.
Maggie Mitcheli's husband, Charles AE-
bott, is to return to the stage next season
and play Miles Mckenna in "Rosedale. "
Abbott was for some years Miss Mitchell's
leading man previous 10 their marriage,
and then having become too stout to play
juvenile business he took 10 management,
tirst acting in that capacity for his wife,
and after her retirement making part
nership with Ben Teal, who had been
Dion Boucicault's last partner.
Henri Marteau, the eminent young
French vioiinist, is now resting in Den
mark. In October he begins tour through
Norway. Sweden and Russia, and returns
TO this country in January, playing at ten
large cities in the South. ten concerts in
Mexico and fifteen IN California, return
ing to London, England. in May for the
fhiAharmohic concert, Hhlch VIII De the
last appearance until after his military
service. Marteau will begin regular tour
of the United States in the fail of 1885,
One of the strongest attractions of the
dramatic season which will shortly be seen
in this city is the company of Manager j.
z. Howe, which will be headed by the we'll
known artists, Lawrence Hanley and
George 0sbourne. The principal play in
which they will appear Is from the pen OF
the famous dramatist, III. Grattan Don
nelly, and is entitled IAN American Girl"
1t Is said to eclipse the many successes he
has written. and the powerful combination
of well-known actors who will appear in
il will, no doubt, be one Of the features of