The evening world., 1894-04-26
INHt INSPECT WARDROBEs.
Foreign Singers Subject to a
New Conoert-Hall Rule.
ssCinderella" Has Been Improved
Other Stage News.

= Anew law has been passed at Roster
a Biafs Concert Hall. 1t provides that
every. foreign artist shall display to the
management tho dresses that she in
-.<.s~ wearing before she shows them to
the public. Mile. Adrienne LaT>e. the
lateAt arrival at this house, caused the
establishment considerable alarm. She
made her debut in n little Mother Hub
bard gown, that was very decoliette and
was held In place by two frail little
shoulder-straps. I'VE had terrible
time" ssid Mr.. Cline yesterday, when
we saw her We we've on pins and
needles. We thought every moment
that the dress would drop and disap-
pear. We were simply in agony.
catastrophe seemed imminent. and the
reputation Of our stage was at stake.
She got Off the stage all right, and she
has never worn that dress again-and, /
may add, never will. We inspected her
nifcent. The trouble with foreign
artists ia that they labor under the de-
fusion that they must give Americans
something odd. both in costumes and
songs-something that they have never
worn or sung at home. That Is great
at Tony Pastors Theatre, some time
ago, and almost broke Mr.. Pastors
heart. The artist wore a dress that
the patrons of Pastors could not be ex-
might happen any time, and the new
regulation at Koster & Rials is an emf
nently wise one. The first appearance
( arst-nighters is very rarely reversed in
this country.
Tho steamers that sail from this port
will take aTay Ms most 81 1ss
and Mime. Nordica will remain to fulfil
concert engagements here. Alan Dale
win sail for England Saturday on the
Etruria, to be absent from America for
. . few weeks.
The cinderella" pantomime has been
Ths ionS ana AND euem tedious Camera DsH episode
has been eliminated. and the first act
has been cut into two. Tuesday night
the pantonime was out at l.30-an ini-
protement Of half an hour. 1t will be
gradually pruned until II is over at
II o'clock. In London 1t began every
night at T.30 and lasted until midnight,
ana. tnere were matinees every day
Nine. Janauschak is. after all, playing
With Kate Claxton in The Two
haayeyer appeared In this country other
! wise than as sta:. Nine Janauschek
was splendidly received and was recalled
time after time. II Is said that Miss
date without Janauschek. Her presence
nice Old ''Two Orphans who are more m
persistent and irrepresslble than even
Mra h, NJ. Post. of THE White
Squadron" company. sends II very hu-
travels. 1t deals with Miss Kate Morti-
mer. who is described-for the benefit
81 the Iowa people-as "hmericas
youngest. greatest and repres en,ative
arttst,sy She is quoted as being the
''Anherican Bernharit" and publishes
2 lefter purporting to have heen written
BY Henry c. Miner, who. it is alleged,
se1aas was tn. ox-ohice When Miss
Motpnier ever appeared at one OF Mr.,
Miners houses no fe'low ,knoWeth. She
also asserts that she took The New York
trimmed with lace, costing Sl25 n yard;
another has a twelve-yard train of gold
tuilion. cos. Ing 20 q yard. Oh. why
9 cannot we see Miss Mortimer? Come to
Bernhardt :s abrent, Duse is away-and
Bonnie Kate Mortimer
Marius has decided to Join Marie
Tempest next season. and he is going 10
Toronto to confer with her this week.
f1e WIS IN earnest conversation Win
Mr. Whitney at the sturteyant House
yesterday. Miss Tempest will go around
the world. Marius is very bright anG
chatty. He seems to have taken a font
foreweli of England.
Edmund Collier and his partner
Thomas, Garrick. were in, the city yes
terday. busily arranging their next sea
sons plans. The play, as already men
crossroads Of Life" MIR. Garrick de
for popularity. The play is fun of sen
sationai effects, of which the publi
has been all the rage this season, an,
stay for some time. We have speu
Y various New York theatres durinj
Miss Elita Proctor Otis will not be /
The The east s,, Of .r,. The Crust Of Society"
psyss a in the piece NEXT n pSson %SeF with nRe
seph Haworth. it is said tnat Miss OF
eontemplates playing in Hamlet. :, Sh
of ophela 0ysy wSo sduG snnGoy swas GHeab club
end whose avoird upois would prever
Asf untimely death BY drowning.
The dicky birds say that Mrs. Yeamar
Will not be member OF Iarrigan's con
pany next season. She does not accom-
pany him to Calif9rnia; He will nt
1t 10 said, and Mrs. Yeamans presumlb!
does not like the road-ln which poin'
she resembles good many actresse
and likewise actors
Miss Fortescue. the lovely Tilted on
whom Daniel Frohman brought to tn
country. Is going TO produce "Hypatia
She has written to the ArchaeSloglc
Society OF Athens for the hymn ot Apo
10. which was sung in that city aft
an interval of ZOO years. II Miss Fo
teseue wants any chorus ladies' tn
date she need not go TO Athens. 81
can find them in New York. Kiral
knows their addresses.
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