The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP,
olga Nethersole Thinks New York
Il. DrendfuIIy Noisy.

Is DrendfuIIy Noisy.
II can't get accustomed to the noise
Of New York" said Miss Olga Neither
sole, as she made her first appearance
on broadway yesterday. I'm stopping
at the Savoy Hotel. where they say 1t
is very quiet, but have already changed
my rooms twice. New York seems to be
a city of noises 1t is never quiet, even
at the dead of night. When I'm In
London. l always live as far away from
the city as / can get, for am very fond
Of soothing tranquility" Miss Neither
sole did not look as though she were
suffering from nerves. She has a
! serene and unClOuded brow that sug-
gests both Mrs. Kendall and Helen Dauv-
| ray, and she speaks slowly and de.
her appearance not In the least ac-
tress-y. She wore dark blue tailor
made dress, with white SILK front, ana
an impudcnt little white straw hat, with
II white veil. There was nothing about
her to suggest the tragedenne. I'm
just going to see Palmer's Theatre" she
said, and 1t Will be the first American
theatre | have entered. You know that
| willard wanted me to come to this
country with him some time ago, but /
felt at that time that ! was not ripe for
| America. | went to Australia to praC-
tise in a repertoire. Why? Oh. because
the system of long runs in London is
an obstacle In the way of acquiring ex-
perience In varied roles. | worked very
| hard in Australia, and when returned
to London | found that | had profited
by the tour. ] am dreadfully, dread
| fully nervous about my first appearance
here Before sailing, / played engage
ments in Manchester and Birmingham,
and In the latter city ] made my maiden
speech. They were enthusiastic, and so
| felt ought to say something" Miss
| Nethersole was accompanied by her
brother, a very pleasant young man. and
by Marcus Mayer her manager
Miss, Annie Irish, who was to have
played the part of the stepdaughter in
Miss Nethersoles production OF The
in that cast. She Is unfortunately too
stately and imposing and she would be
better than her step-mommer-a state
quite too awful. Miss Irish's last ap-
the Kenndals in THE Second Mrs, Tan
| queray."
Augustus Pitou is set down as CO.
author with George II; Jessop in The
1T1sa Artist m, at the Fourteenth Street
Jessop in "Mavourneen'-wh is
news news as T It was generally supposed that
| complice. Mr.. Pitou was also set forth
as one of the authors of Col Alfriend's
-" Across the Potomac" 1t now remains
man WIN do with :! Nine. Sans Sans Gene
Wnl It be announced as "by Augustus
Pitou and Victo.rien. sardou?'
There was funny scene at matinee
performance of Lem Kettle" at the
BlJou, last week; A lady in the audience
aapplauded Tim Murphy vociferously and
| irrltatingly, going so far as to call out
Bravo, Tim" She also sent him a hand
3 me basket of flowers behind the scenes.
M sasd, the heavy man Of the piece APP
Ire. She shouted out You're rank" and
disconnected him very badly The heavy
man hnally got so indignant that he de-
terruption was removed. An usher was
summoned, and the candid lady was es-
corted out OF the theatre, Mr.. Murphy,
when he learned that it was from her
was highly incGnsed at her removal. He
didn't care snap about the poor heavy
mans agony.
The Kendals have apparently made a
big hit In Chicago with Lady Clancar-
~" and one Chicago critic is loud in
ms praises Of the way in which Mrs.
Kendall practises the art of self-suppres-
sion; It's pity that Chicago likes
Lady Clancarty' so much, but still the
dict.
A gentleman named John Griffith takes
the trouble to send on a heap OF beau
tiful things that Chicago and Cincinnati
have said about him, as Mephisto in
ne eaosr IL appears that he keeps his
plane OF sobriety" (Which is very nice to
KNOW. that he Is tall. graceful and in
teiligent; and that he owns a resonant
voice. He Is, moreover, snuous, ductile
and magnetic, with dash of the subtle
and sardonic On the principle that 1t
is good to know everything. these facts
are worth recording
| Harry b. Smith, Reginald De Koven's
librettist, has published, for private cir
public, one Is a Volume OF lyrics and Ind
sonnets," containing many quaint con
seas co Sns Ga Twin Soak Tss SieeI
In which the immortal bard appears as
y "a prentice In Stratford player and
poet in London nS ,h.r Is distinctly worth
It should not reach the footlights. 1t en-
i titles Mr.. Smith to a position In the
- ranks of the shakesspearIanites.
= Messrs Richards and Garfield, who
were formerly members of Hoyts farce
comedy companies, started out with @
Is Last Saturday they ended their tour anc
returned to the metropolis. There are
rumors. of the closing Of one or two fal
70 more important companies. Business
n on the road is said to be bad.
- Minnie Palmer (alas! these foolish
= tears0 Is never coming back to America
She says so herself She loves Eng
IS land since an English Judge refused t.
try the PalmerRogers divorce suit
Miss Palmer has told an Interviews
that she will never forgive her Johnny
"Neverl" she declared. IT abominat,
him. He has slandered me outrageously
n and no good wife can forgive that. Al
:, though / earned the money in Sweet
" heart had to beg OF him whenever
4 wanted a couple Of pounds"
:, One OF Marian Manola's friends. VIII,
IT is pathetic to listen to her. While h
h was there she sang song called Gas
Thy Gold in the Furnace" of which sh
=, used to be very fond many years ago
Oh She is perpetually reviving some meiod!
connected with her earlier years. Johi
= Mason says he believes that her reason
. will ultimately be restored through he
voice.