The evening world., 1894-08-30
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Miss Irish Wants to Show Us
What She Can Do.
Rice Says He Can Hold Camille
D'Arville to Her Contract.

Mrs. Kendals ex-leading lady. Miss
Annie Irish-the Ellean OF THE Second
Mrs. Tanqueray"-who arrived here
Sunday, and Is now olacidly resting"
at the Hotel Aberdeen. will not Join the
Kendals this season. "Mr Kendall made
me an OFFER" she said yesterday. but l
did not care to accept It, and he would
not agree to my terms. My season with
them did not give me much OF chance
to show Americans what l can do. My
part in 'Tanqueray' was n perpetual re-
straint upon me. wonder II my au-
oiences imagined that 1t was natural for
me to be so tame, SO quiet and so awkward!
I did not like the part at all. And now l
have come to America to settle here
positively. Why7 Because 1t agrees
with me. In spite OF nv hard work last
season, I never enjoyed such perfect
health. In England was n martyr to
neuralgia: 1t left me here, and | am so
much better. Then l have n married
sister In this country, and many re.a-
tiyes, 50 l have decided to adopt II, my
play, THE New Woman. but / declined
1t. and had other. 'ffers, but America
shah do? doa't know yet. have
had several good offers, but | am anx-
ious to get part ir which Americans
y w!l aapPres;ia,s me; love we, rinero and
speaking leir lines. They are my ia
very IT'LL about on IT., the K.ndas plans She
season did not close until June.
e, r. Rice will say very little about
his difficulty with Miss Camille OAR
Vile, but he asserts that he has an air
chooses to hold her to it he can do So
The managerial lot Is not II happy one.
and Mr.. Rice has his share Of tribula-
tions. Miss Fanny johnson is also under
With X. N. Field for Prince Pro Te TEN"
William Barry ;.o son who was to have
somebody else. and when Miss saiIie
Randalrs name was called at rehearsal
Mr.. Rice was calmly informed that she
is not shedding tenrs at the loss OF MIR.
Barry and Miss Randall.
Miss Marie Burroughs II Is said, Is
having some difficulty getting proper
dates at some of the theatres through
number Of managers. asking them to
give Miss Burroughs the dates that he
would have filled had. he been here.
aey here replied And hn MY wens hSa has
sort' i Half e DOZEN Of tn them, l0' L
Is asserted, are anxious to have Miss
could crowd her season into that month.
This shows how difficult It Is to launch
new star-even a pretty and talented
one. go
This comes from the Shenandoah"
agent Miss Odette Tyler will ride one
Of the horses In the second act making
flying dismount from the saddle. She IL
q, skilled equestrian and looks more
charming than ever, they. say, as an
centauress." The question that naturally
ceived this fervld send-off II IT had not
been for that little AFFAIR Of hers with
Howard Gould?
The score OF Lite Christopher Co;
there some trouble ns aSont sestns ant
out. 1t is full Of London puns, however,
and 1t Will stand a good deal of rough
TREATMENT e atm G,., TneIe Is no knowing when
done The 'Iis2" revival is going strong,
and II may be found necessary to give
Little Christopher" to the out -of-town-
for it. '
Mr. Hammerstein doesn't like the col
ored posers he employs in his living pic
lure. ne lnTee traces. lney are so
uncertain. One night they appear. the
next they are not to be found. Mr. Ham
merstein on about half a dozen occa sions
haT had to send messenger to Twenty
seventh street at the last moment to get
colored models
Sowing the Wind" has been denied n
second engagement in the town of OK
ford. England The Nice-Chancellor de-
clihed to allow its representation. How
unfortunate that this breezy news comes
too late TO be Of any use to the play
here.
THE silver laurel wreath for Strauss
will be a magnificent thing" said Ru-
dolph Aronson yesterday, land 1t will
be exhibited for two weeks before send
II abroad. have q list of names yard
long. OF course. Strauss has no idea of
any such thing. and he will be much
surprised. He deserves the wreath
More of his music has been done In