The evening world., 1894-02-09
HEARD ALONG THE R|ALT0.
Playwright Darcy Puzzled Over
the Copyright Law.
Mrs. Kitty Blanchard Rankin Joins
Mrs. Drew's Company.

Charles I. Darcy, The author of "In
Old Kentucky" was standing In the
Academy of Music last night. He was
looking very detected. When asked to
explain the cause OF his apparent mental
fatigue, he said: II have been studying
up that marvellous tumble of words.
which nobody can understandable Ma
tional Copyright law.-I wanted to find
out whether u man could be held re-
sponsible for damages for plagiarizing
his own work. After 1 had written "In
Old Kentucky a great many of my
friends told me that the piece was
radically defective in several respects.
This so discouraged me that l wrote
another play upon the same subject,
and with the same important incidents,
but the treatment and detail were en-
tlrely different. Now, the success of
In Old kentucky leaves me with a good
play upon my handsome OF which /
spent many months of labor. / don't
dare to dispose of it, or Jacob Lift, who
to come down on me like a ton of bricks.
! guess that ! shall have to burn it. so
that 1t will be impossible for me to
i fiSikS 70 by te ths bye, win end nin it's o CAREER 2e at
the Academy OF Music March 10, and on
March II THE Girl I Left Behind Me"
will be presented there with a big cast
tween f.. G.. Gilmore and Charles Froh-
man has just been effected.
Mrs. Kitty Blanchard-R Rankin has
Joined Mrs. John Drew's company,
which has become, a very family affair.
Sidney Drew and her mommer are now
al together. Few actors can boast that
they go through the country, like gal
liant young Sidney, with a mother and
a mother-in-law as accompaniment.
Whether the other actors In the organi-
cation like this little family clique is not
known. Probably they don't.
THE Pawnbroker of the East Side is
the name Of the new play that will sue.
coed The Corner Grocery of Avenue A"
at the Germania Theatre. 1t Is from the
pen Of Ad9lf Phillips, and will deal, OF
ner Grocery" viii, it is said, be taken on
the road. Its success in New York has
been astonishing, and It has lifted the
Germania into popularity at a time when
1t had been almost given up as a bad job.
The dickey birds say that there was
simply an awful time behind the scenes
Of the new '1402" at the Garden Theatre
Monday night, The daisy queen had
corded silk, worth ever so many dollars
a yard, with fur trimming. But it was
one-sixteenth part of an inch too high
IN ! the neck, and the daisy queen" was In
on the floor and went Into a series OF
tantrums.. Two chorus girls, 1t is
syerred,, tainted at the sight, but from
low .chuckles Of delight were heard. The
daisy queen" declared she wouldn't
wear her cloak, n she didn't-until
the next night.
When Der Talisman''. is done in Lon
don In the Haymarket in English form
It will probably be called THE Kings
Old Clothes" The production at the
attention.
Roland Hennessy, the young composer
journalist. has just finished a new song
for julius P. Witmark. the young singer
of "a Trip to Chinatown 1t is said
to be full of the catchy se~ntimentality
that Mr.. Hennessy's other songs possess
and 1t has a waltz refrain.
changed considerably of late. He is no
longer the straight, hearty-looking man
whom New Workers remember, but looks
Ill., m; tSin and DID, Ghiengoans praise his
the view they had of it was not an emil
nently, satisfactory one and there were
several unfortunate bitches. One writer
says OF 1t: "Mr. Mackaye has shown the
world something new, startling and
beautiful in stage scenic effects. There
are pictures OF wonderful charm, ap-
preaching so closely to realism as 10
challenge nature herself" Instead of
lowering a curtain to max changes on
the stage. Mr.. Mackaye cuts off the Wis.,
ion by powerful electric lights placed
around the p~roscenium arch. This Is
said to be more effectual than any cur
tain would be.
John c. Rice is to appear in farce
comedy with Hoey next season, taking
the place of Evans, who, 1t seems, is to
retire. Rice is a very clever comedian
and an agile dancer. He is the husband
Associated with George Monroe.
The latest American dancer who has
now 20 appearing IN "MorocGo Bound at
with Miss Loie Fuller. A season or two
ss9 she danced here In Miss Helyett,"
was known plebeianly as Mamie.
The Coquelin-Hading company will ap-
night Coquelln has q benefit at Abbey's
Theatre. He will! be seen in La Joie
Ea!t Peur." which Dion Boucicau,t made
G GeO rherry;. some monologues and lie
aS SShn t p; Hopkins is very eenthu ad tic
seen in New York next week in A Trip
Theatre" he said yesterday. I'VE have
gwen the exclusive rights to Hoyt during