Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-03-02

drst to dream Of Immortality, and as
long as we love we shall hope"
Arrangements have been completed
for the address which Henry Irving
Is to deliver to the students on his re-
turn to Boston in March The lecture
will be given under the auspices of
the New Harvard union in Sanders
theater on Thursday, March Is, and
every member of the university can,
upon application, secure a ticket of
admission gratis. Members of the
faculty will be given two reserved
seats upon demand, but aside from
these no seats will be reserved.
Bronson Towards play, Aristocracy,
which was given here a short time ago
was greatly condemned as not being
true to life. 1t meets with the same
criticism wherever it appears. SO
greatly has the press and the critics
scored it for this fault that Mr.. How
ard has CONT out in support of it. He
Says
Il believe every line in that play is
true, and 1 will defend it before any
man. l have lived much abroad. My
wife is an Englishwoman, and in defer
ence to her wishes l have a little
place in London where l spent
quite seven years during the last
twenty. l have had ample opportunity
for observation, and what is treated
in my play of "Aristocracy" l know
of. Furthermore, | know that those
characteristics of nobility are not mere
ly ephemeral, but radical
"The aristOcrlcy of Europe has out
lived it's power for good and it is in :,
decaying state With a few noble eX,
ceptions it is composed of weak-mind
ed careless and idle men or of effete
and WOrn-out reprobates lost to all
sense of justice and morality. Where
4 mere formality, which they call the
code of honor, exists, as on the CONT
nent, there is some regard paid to the
position of a husband as the protector
of his wife's honor, but even this is
not the case in the higher social circles
of England. We do not want to ge
even the edge of our civilization il
contact with the moral rottenneSS OF
this class. You have only to live il
England, or to read carefully the con
tinuouS reports of their social scandals
to see that | have kept far within the
bounds of truth The mere fact that
have not also illustrated i'm the same
play the virtue still left in the Euro
pean aristocracy is of no consequence
[ could not have treated strongly botl
sides in the limits of two hours and q
half
j. E. DodSon, who has been leading
comedian with the Kendall company
for five years, has signed a cOntrac;
with Daniel Frohman for two seasons
beginning next autumn.
Camille D'Arville, the opera singer, Is
Il favorite in Boston society, says The
New York Recorder, and some of the
leading people have taken her UP, as
she possesses a charming personality
and is a brilliant talker. She is fond of
amusement, and in London some years
ago she was walking in the suburbs,
when she encountered a Salvation
army gathering. In madcap spirit
she joined at the tail of the procession
and sang with all her heart and soul
some terrible song about salvation
Sidney Grundy's, Sowing the Wind,
which is still running at the Empire
theater, appears to be the only genuine
dramatic success in New York this
season. Charles Frohman's stock com
pany had The Gudgeons in rehearsal,
but the success of Sowing the Wind is
so positive that all arrangements for
any other production this spring have
been abandoned. Sydney Grundy's
play will be the principal one in the
repertory of the Charles Frohman stock
company during its spring and sum
mer tour.
Charles Frohman has effected an ar
rangement with Gilmore and Tompkins
to make a production of The Girl /
Left Behind Me at the Academy of
Music, New York. New scenery will
be painted for the stage at the Acad-
envy, GIid several companies of soldiers
and band of 100 Sioux Indians will
be used in the siege scene David
1elasco will re-arrange the several
scenes of the play for this scenic pro-
luction, which will be made next
month.
The dramatic censor of France is a
powerful as well as autocratic official.
4 feature of a recent performance at
he NOuveautes in Paris was a process
ion representing the postage stamps
# all nations. The procession only ap-
)eared unmolested once, however, as
he next day the censor excluded the
itamps of Germany, Russia, Italy and
england, sympathies and antipathies
,eing, in his opinion, subjects for
qual1y delicate treatment.
Barnet and Chadwick's comic opera, |
has been secured by Thomas
}. Seabrooke, who will play it in Bos-
ON in April.
Franklin Fyles, the dramatic critic
f the New York Sun and one of tht
uthors of The Girl Left Behind Me,
as just finished a play for Charles
'rohman which will be produced this
pring.