The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-11
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Success of Melba's Concert--ColIier
Wants 10 Leave Farce Comedy
dramatic Pirates Busy.

certs she has promised New Workers at
the Metropolitan Opera House last
night She was greeted by a large au-
dience. one OF those aggravating assem-
blages that encore everything and ev-
erybody Unfortunately. 1t was, in
fact greedy audience. that wanted as
much for its money as 1t could possibly
obtain by undue demonstration. 1t used
to be that vociferous applause was
looked upon as a graceful and enviable
compliment by the artist. Now 1t is
very different. II the artist still thinks
about 1t at all, she probably says to
herself: They are after another song.
give one, Nine. Melba, however, de
served all the applause she got She
was In splendid voice, and her liquid,
i Hnn tones were delightful 70 the ear d
gro most brilliantly. emphasizing every
thread on the labyrinthine lace work of
the song. A new Ave. Maria" by
Media. but her voice is not so wonderful
when she does not use 1t In roulades.
For an ENCORE she warbled The Old
Folks "a at Home very sweetly and tn, the
probably use this as Patti used Home,
Sweet Home" Nine. Scalchi surpassed
herself; Her rich. .contralto tones
Sno"tu HOl tHt ltdSt S4Bll VI Ntdi anu
hit as did Nine, Melba Scalchfs pic
turesquely suitable dress was worth wort
teenth Century Lady" M, Plancon was
not as effective as usual. He made very
little of the Anvil song from " Phile-
GT Hn Ma Gr se St sang Fau
and artisticaiiy a berceuse by Augusta
Holmes, and Tu me deraIs,''' by Cha
minade. The second part Of the pro-
u Faust" with Nine. Melba as Mar
guerite, Plancon as .Mephistopheles,
Mauguiere as Faust, and Scalchi as Sic
enjoyable affair, and an undoubted sue
cess.
Willie Collier, the. jovial young actor.
atre, and who finally became so au..
daclous that he finally gave limitations of
the manager himself. has been trying to
forcake farce,eomedy' He , Is presenting ig
which he does work of the Sol Smith
Russell order, and his friends don't like
1t. They want Willie to keep to the
style Of tfat maze ih n h
Will not allow actors to get away from
themselves? And how anxious the act. RS
are to make the attempt. Look at Nat
Goodwin, Sol Smith Russell. Timothy
Murphy and John Drew In the last in
stance only has the actor been able to do
as he liked.
The "Chariey's Aunt" mani cement are
having a very unpleasant time with the
pirates. There seems to be "A strong de-
Sire to crib this play that has been so
much talked about. The pirates rely
upon foreign languages for secrecy and
darkness; Nobody attempts to steal teal
erlbbed and acted by German and Scan
dinavian actors in Chicago; an attempt
was made TO produce IT In German in
Philadelphia, and another In Salt Lake
City. There surely never was a play
that called forth so many deep, dark,
audacious schemers.
An enterprising Rhode Island pub
Usher has offered to furnish 1,b tine
Philip H. sheridan,,s life for q
CENTS apiece. The publisher suggested
that they. would be so valuable as SOU
age theatrical seuvenier fiend would
sooner have a five-cent plaque or a
ten-cent ash receiver than all the
literature published. The souvenir fiend
ity.
THE Cotton King" Just produced in
Boston, was very tactfully doomed by
Messrs. Brady and Corbett. While
pretty cream-laid invitations from the
English metropolis to the residents of
the Back Bay, asking them to be pres
ent when The Cotton King" was
OF Intangible veneer to the production,
dontchernow. Before the piece was
produced the name of Corbett was
don, hf ike sm 0e2 TSe rs
performance appears to have been a
gala affair. Miss Bijou Fernandez, who
seems to have made a very good i'm
before going on the stage: HMay YOU
hit Boston as hard as Corbett hit Sui.
Ivan"
That win be a splendid programme al
the Twelfth Night Club. 1t is Ions
enough to last through the evening III
to the WEIGHING hour. How thoughtlesS
OF John Prey to Interrupt the pro
James A. Herne, of Shore Acres" re-
nown, Is a proud pepper He has a new
boy of the style SO conventionally known
az bouncing" Congratulations are dis
tinetly in order.
dian with long history, who will make
ms debut in America Monday night IL
Little Christopher Columbus" Mr.
Walton is not beautiful to gaze upon
but he has that which managers are
always looking for known as "a comedy
face" Mr.. Walton made his first appear
ance on the stage when he was two
months old. and he has been acting evel
since. He has been In forty differen
pantomimes in England, and he is sale
to be the man who led George r. Sim.
to fame ana fortune by making tina
writer's early plays popular. Waltor
Edward E. Rice when that ubiauitou,
gentleman was in Australia.
The treasurer OF the Star Theatre ha
one Joke, and to him 1t is furiousiy funny
There ~ quite 4 draught in the box office
and hen man or woman places a bill
In tie opening of the window, the al
WATTS 1t inside. "Oh. OH" exclaims tn
person, there goes my money" al
right" replies the treasurer, 'you'v,
blown II In the right way" and then h.
chuckles all over.
Both OF the German theatres Will b.
Lucie Freisinger will make her first ap
pearance in America as Magda, in Suder
mann's play "Heimath," and at the Ger
mania Theatre, Philips latest skit, en-
titled The German Brewer and Hi
Family" viii be produced for the frs
| time.
COMING EVENTS.