The evening world., 1894-02-23
NEWS OF THE STAGE WORLD,
George Grossmith Gives an
Amusing Entertainment.
FOL. w. r. Fife, OF Tacoma, . New
shakespearian Star.

coorpe Grossmith's daintily irresistible
,uror was fervently laughed at last
n,,bt at the Mendelssohn Glee III Hall,
.,h,cb held a very nice audience. Gros-
smith had an entirely new programme,
evidently constructed upon a keener
tnovledge of American requirements
than that of last year, and 1t was an ex-
tremely enjoyable one. Not for a mo-
ment did the entertainment drag. Gros-
smith has the happy knack of leaving
off lust when the audience would like
him to continue for a little while longer.
His recital lasts. for Just one hour and a
half. 1t Is very short, but the audience
leaves the hall in. excessive good humor
without having yawned, or fidgetted. or
looked at watches. Mr.. Grossmith has
probably thought 1t all out. Better be
accused OF not giving enough than of
,avIshlng too much. The programme
was dlvided into three parts, called re-
spectively. 1.-THE Art of Entertaining
How | Discovered America and "Hu-
morous limitations" ii was, of course.
the second section that attracted the
have grown somewhat callous to cfiti-
cism. a little good-tempered raillery never
fails. and Grossmith made a distinct
hit, although. as he declared afterwards,
talked Of American girls, the difference
between English walters and familiar
colored walters. railway stations. musical
affairs and the American drama. He
semblance to "Shore Acres" and poked
a good deal of fun at it. He thought
that American actors always walked
actors. walked with their heads
the floor could never ,se peSe an Sn
Tins Of an English actor but his throat.
ner was most l%udicrous.. The audience
roared at the Idea f6f the young man
who in order to- cheer. the guests up
brother. who had been dead for three
years. Altogether, 1t was a most enjoya-
BILE evening from start to finish.
There is to! be a new star on the
Shakespearian horizon-yet another APP
p p+iear'rt h for aHa a. a and "othello" hon
and he halls from Tacoma. He is Col
W. F. Fife. and he has been prominent
IN the amateur circles of Washington
body quite out 81 the ordinary ar Is and mans Is
destined to make more than A ripple
In the just now rather placid surface
OF the dramatic waters. He Is to come
1e''' NiS"Sc company, anu CldIlOT LOT
a metropolitan verdict.
Oscar Hammerstein stood in the lobby
Of Roster & Balls Concert Hall the
other night. A friend of his went in
and tried to buy tickets. The house was
vexed. ~
Business is great said Mr.. Ham
tose,baT,' n rubbing asnMr. his 3 hands gleef1lly
low, that the house is too small"
Him." murmured the friend. THAT'S
all right. Wait till you've finished your
i heT t6 Uper ths Ham, Hammse s ,na and you'll
Il which Mr.. Hammerstein stopped
rubbing his hands gleefully together.
Herr Hirsch, al eccentric Swedish
is now playing the leading
MODERN English. play has ever had the
t hunoF OF Presentation in Sweden; and
I'm The w Midd htenay Arthur Jones's drama
: The Kendals made their first appear
the way they were advertised is really
A SOFT Of Barnum's circus
series Of notes preceded their appear
ance. Mr.. Kendall, the New Orleans peo-
pie were told. was a direct descendant
OF the Earl of Natulum, an item of
knowledge that has hitherto been spared
New York. Mrs. Kendall. they. were in
formed, was directly responsible for the
success OF Little Lord Fauntleroy' in
London. Also, in the first act OF "A
Scrap Of Paper she wears magnificent
diamonds, In the last act rubies,. and in
The Ironmaster' emeralds. Katherine
Clemmons and the Baroness Blanc
couldn't beat this.
Eighty per cent. of the plays submitted
to Miss Rose Coghlan are, she claims,
the work of ambitious women. She reads
them carefully, likes them. a~nd-doesn't
accept them. Nex season she Is to have
a great play that made a sensation in
b b"nq bsar and ts1,, Paris hson The so ingenious e Rose
her name. The 20" in Coghlan must be
short as in ''on,'' and the ,''h.'l must
be silent. Don't forget that, for good
ness sake. -
spectacular productions armop is now
out OF date. They don't use 1t any more
in Lopdon or in Paris. Why? Because
Il doesn't show the figure. makes every
body look the saIne shape and is unneces-
sarlly, ponderous, Soft silver cloth Is
now the Props caper.
De BesselI, the clever modeller in clay.
who makes striking resemblances OF
well-known people at almost a moments
Iheatre tomorrow night. He came to
ms country a season ago under the
management of J. ID. Hopkins, and first
appeared at the Casino Roof Garden.
pe Bessell Is a man with an interesting
history and a graduate In. medical