The morning call., 1894-04-22
Sullivan Wants Too Great a
Share of the Spells.
SHE DOES THE FIRE DANCE.
A Bright Young American Girl Who
Has Set the English People
Wild.

diIoduy III prospect. WITH the Impossible
Mrs. Hessingham" and her woes at the
Garrlck. with the many crudites of San
ODeratic Alliance" at the Criterion and
with the poor humor of "Tba Best Man."
and "Jaunty Jane Shore" at Toole's and the
Strand respectively the theatrical season
cannot be said TO have opened under very
favorable auspices. All hopes are now Gen.
tered in "The Masqueraders," by Henry
Arthur Jones, which will be produced at
The st. James Theater on April 90. The
rehearsals of the new play are, however,
not going as smooth as might be desired
There has been no little friction among
some of the leading members of the cast,
and the influence of Pinero, which was
turned to much good in THE Second Mrs.
Tanquary.' has been greatly missed by
the company.
Arrangements are being made for the
produc ion in the United States of an
American version of Clement Scotts
English Heroes Toiling Day by Day."
which has scored a great success at AL
nambra. The new version is to be called
the Presidents Golden SEar." and in the
chorus the American public is urged to
ask Congress to grant golden star as a
civilians The incidents which Mr. Scott
has chosen for description in his spirited
verses are the same as in the English YER
sion.
A most influential committee, under the
championship of Mr.. George Edwards,
has been formed in connection with the
matinee which is TO be given at the Gaiety
on the 23d inst. to celebrate the twenty
fiji h anniversary Of Herr Meyer Lutz's
musical dictatorship of the theater. The
list includes Messrs. g. r. Simms. May
Thomas, Clement Scott. John Hollng-
head, Arthur Roberts. Horace Lennard
and the Hon. George Fizwiliams.
A unique event in the history of Mana
ger Augustn Days theatrical career-the
run of 100 nights of Twelfth Night at
Days Theater here, celebrated Oh Thurs
day LASTS receiving due aite tion from
the London press. Special attention is
directed 10 the fact that Miss Ada Reha an
has not failed to appear a single night
during the run. The occasion was marked
by tie distribution of memento in the
shape of a slken illustrated programme.
Miss Rehan never played better. The
bookings are enormous tor the single
weeks rendering Of ''As You Like II"
The latest novelty at the music halls is
called fire Dance" and is performed
nightly at the Alhambra by Miss Mabel
Stuart. the young American actress who
first introduced the serpenline dance at
the Folies Bergeres. Paris. in 1892. The
new dance Is as weird as it is effective.
The dancer appears 10 be literally on fire,
or what is still more remarkable. her
whole body seems 20 be transparent. these
effects of course being fixed by electricity.
Miss Stuart has had very varied career.
She was born at Gettysburg, Pa, the
daughter OF DR.. T. Z. Tato. who served
through the civil war as army surgeon in
the Northern forces. She made several
tours throughout the States, playing in
such light comedy companies as the Sails
bury Troubadours and The Evans & Hoey
Company. On the termination of these
engagements Miss Stuart lived for eigh-
teen months on ranch in California,
where she proved herself an expert horse
woman. firing at length OF the mon0tony
of the life she crossed the Atlantic and
after brilliant engagement at the FoIies
Bergeres made a prolonged tour of the
French provinces. Since then she has
visited the chief capitals Of Europe, max
ing stay OF not less than five months In
Madrid and other Spanish towns.
After long period of slack business the
Palace Theater has suddenly bounded into
popularity, due to the ceaseless efforts of
the MANAGEMENT to provide frst-rate en-
tertainment. On the 23d inst. Miss Cissie
Lotus, the young lady who went direct
from the convent, where she was edu-
Gated, to the variety stage. will enter upon
an engagement at this hall, her contract
with Mr.. Godwards having expired. She
will give limitations of the leading bur-
lesuue actors and actresses in London,
type of performance in which she excels.
On Thursday last, Primrose day, Charles
Morton. manager of the Palace Theater,
celebrated the event by an addition to his
new series of tabeaux wants In the shape
of reproduction of the Beaconsfield statue
at Westminster, covered with its masses
of primrose wreaths and other decorations
of the day. The statue drewa great house.
William Alderman has just published in
the city a new play entitled tine
Cross of Sorrow" and has deposited
copy of 1t with the Librarian of Congress
at Washington. in order that 1t may be
fully copyrighted in the United States.
The copies of 1.-The Cross of Sorrow" are
Engllsh-printed copies. and they have
been so deposited at Washington in order
that test may be made as to whether the
copyright can be legally enforced. as
there is provision in the copyright law
which provides that copies of plays sent
to Washington for copyright must be
printed in the United States.
The chief attraction at the Tivoli con-
tinues to be Mile. Jane May in her charm
ing sketch, Monsieur ct Madame PETROL"
which is followed by remarkably clever
burlesaue of Sara Bernhardt in various
characters. Since her last appearance in
London, in "L'Enfant Prologue" Mle
May has been playing at the Ambigu
and varieties in Paris.
Mr.. Gilbert has written letter in which
he says his disputes with Sir Arthur Sui
Ivan are due to the latter's Insisting as
condition to writing new opera that the
control of all the London rights in their
fourteen previous collaborated operas be
given to D'Oyley Carte.
Napotiatinns which have beAn IN foot