The evening world., 1894-10-05
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
DIR. syntax" Professional Matinee
an Enjoyable Anair--Efie
Chnpuy Here TO Stay.

"perfesh" yesterday, was chatty and
meaty affair. 1t wasn't one of those
common. pass-me-in, professional mat
inees, at which Miss Tottie Coughdrop,
fresh from her triumphs at Coldwater
Mich. occupies the most conspicuous
box Not a bit of 1t. Mr.. Mckinney
announced that the entertainment was
given merely for the members of various
companies now In the city. The hang
ers-on were not admitted. The fluffy
soubrette, with tresses a la peroxide OF
hydrogen, was left lamenting-like an
up-to-date Lord Ullin's daughter. So
was the comedian with the ultramarlne
| coiored chin, who handed in his card
with what Hopper would call " an ,i APP
lomb that Is simply maddening. me
highly respectable organizations of the
city were all representedmthe Francis
Wilson, Della Fox, shena1dofa ahn
Drew companies. As for the Gaiety
girls-they attracted almost as much at
tention as the performance. And they
ciapped their little hands, and effervesced
with laughter Their jubilee-bun Golf
fures were in colossal evidence, and
made hit With the aadi snGt ne Ger ter
Hopper worked most industriously,. and
made a characteristic speech in which,
however he forgot this time 1r,s t W, men
which was probably an oversight. lie
declared that he had never felt so nerv-
Gus in his life, but he was. Of course
that sort OF thing. You know all the
tricks of the trade" he remarked. You
are aware that my nose Is made OF put
1t on" The Gaiety Girls howled at this
sally, and the audience joined in their
laughter. Altogether, it was very
jolly afternoon.
Benjamin d. Stevens, Mr.. Hopper's
manager, who met with such an unfor-
tunate accident a few days ago, hobbled
to the theatre on GrutchGs. ana indui a1ii
be all right again In week or Two
" The, rest has done me good, he de, DE,
clared. The doctor would not allow
me to move, and as I'm very nervous,
| feel all the better for my idleness.
Bubblesome little Effie Chapuy has
just returned from England, after a
nine weeks holiday there. l hadn't been
came over here with Agnes. Hunting,
don. I didn't intend to stop. but liked
the country, and now I'm gong TO re-
George Edwardes made me an offer.
but i declined It, I'm thoroughly Amer
icanized, and I've been very happy mere
have played" Miss Chapuy was last
season with "a Trip to Chinatown"
Ramsey Morris tells an amusing story
of Arthur Larkim, the little Englishman
the Phys she Aan r9e nh one
= kim was in Boston and was devoting
himself TO the task of seeing the town.
A dime mnseum poster attracted his
upon which he thought he would like
to gaze. He went in and did the mu-
scum. thoroughly. When he saw the
dgnnn Whs he he afh to the
proprietor, hes taller than I am
All" responded the proprietor, un-
abashed, that's his strong point. You
see, he is the tallest dwarf we have ever
had"
t Clinton Stuart evolved "The Price OF
Silence" which was to have been pre-
, scented at Palmers Theatre next week
= Mr., Palmer is paying the price by clos
n ing the theatre. BY the bye: the titl s
!, are not the least disposed to be Price.
n of Silence. 'Ha! hal wild jestD
Tor5atada the sl9aous Spanish da nee,
scene Of which she did her Ter,psichoreal
prospect of ncessant travelling il
v thing-so she came back to New York
With her brothers and her sisters an,
d her cousins. she will appear at Proctor
+ next week.
y ". True hope IS swift and flies wit
= swallows wings" says Shakespeare
That's probably, why Miss Hope Boot
: flew back from London with such rapid
l. ity. AS yet she has not completed ar
engagements for her American starrin
, tour, but she Is not letting the gras
M grow beneath her feet.
DayJd naIaeoa axnaots chat hi,
F. Heart of Maryland" will be produce
l. at Palmer's Theatre after the Christina
/ holidays. i is entirely finished. Nj
" cisco again shortly. His mother is sti
very i'll there. Fred Belasco, his brothe
m whose marital misfortunes have been s
=, frequently ventilated, Is still in Calfol
"a MIA and 1t will not be David's fault If h
ID does not remain there.
r Most actresses keep scrap-books
he unpretty things that are said abou
" them. Miss Olga Nethersole goes
Id tresses She has a scrap book in whic
been written about her for years, an
has also kept samples Of the dresses
which she appeared in the various play
mentioned. She. has failed to inscrit
the names OF the shops at which tn
garments were purchased-or the pric
a per yard.
or At the Irving Place Theatre last nigi
nd Manager Conried presented anoth
mt novelty in the shape of four-act con
edy by Blumenthal and kadelbur
called "Mauerbluemchen." The pa
was very well presented. but IT do,
not merit much cons liberation 1t
cd conventional The main thread of Il
- story deals with the adventures of
manufacturer of wall paper who fal
In love with an elderly bookkeeper
his employ. He has nephew, and Il
young man usurps his place in the a
pie feCtions of the elderly bookkeepe
ley "Mauerbluemchen" is not particular
MA witty, but the audience, being extreme
good-natured laughed at times; In Il
cast we're Max Hanseler, Max Bra, A
thur Eggeling, Nine. Habelmann-Tellt
-, Anna Braga, Adolf Link. Anna Francs
cal and others.