The evening world., 1894-08-24
TABLEAUX IN "IOLANTHE."
San Francisco Has Living Pic
lures in Gilbert's Opera.
More Trouble for Belasco-S Stage
News and Notes.

Alas! for w. S. Gilbert. the famous
liberettist. who allows no man TO tam
per with the works OF his brains. and
who lives in the firm conviction that he
is the Shakespeare of the nineteenth cen
fury. Alas! for him. He Is six thousand
miles from San Francisco, and he can
do nothing He has no agent In Amer
lea, and he must grin and bear 1t. His
cup Of misery will be full when he hears
that at the Tivoli Theatre, In San Fran
CISCO n series OF living pictures are be-
ing introduced into his pet opera, "lolan-
the"-the little pastoral that tells of the
love OF Strephon AMI Phyllis. Twelve
living tableaux, copied from famous paint
ings by celebrated artists" constitute
the first series used. Poor Gilbert! 1t
has been his aim to abolish tights from
all his productions. He loathes ballets
and all the gew-gaws of spectacular the
atricallsm, and, worse than all, II Is
these pictures that get all the attention,
for "lolanthe' is Just politely mentioned
as having u good cast. With this San
FRANCISCO Dissertation ana me thI.h ~
Of Japanese dancing girls in The MI
kado.' the lot of the English libtettist
can scarcely be considered happy one,
| The fact that utopia" was a frost In
America Will not make things more
agreeable for him.
David Belasco reached the city from
Maryland yesterday only to learn that
his mother Is dying In san A. fr ran sna
leaves at once. Poor Belasco was In
great distress. II am going to get Fred
1se him T Ss sa mf M red mqst sSys
wife has up to the present refused to let
her husband leave Blackwelrs Island.
where he Ii imprisoned for non-payment
Of alimony. This time she can scarcely
| 1.-THE Evening Worlds" exposure OF
| the usurious practise Of dramatic
agent made something of p, sensation, ION
chatting at the ill-trel,ment for a long
4 time, but they were afraid to take any
steps to stop the annoyance, One mild
| youth went to the agents office yester-
day and asked II he could borrow any
money. The exclamation uttered by the
can't borrow a cent from me-" he said
| when his Indignation mad cnlmed down.
| 81 try to accommodate actors. and they
retallate by giving me away to the
papers"
Tony Farrell. who belongs to the ranks
Of what are known as Irish comedians,
has been ae9Rting strange taet Gweh IL
there ~ n murder near church. and the
soIemnity of the proceeding liz supposed
to be heightened by music furnished by
the choir MIR. Farrell advertised for
Catholic church-chor singers and didn't
get a single answer He declares that he
Is going to do this IN every town that he
visits Churchchoir singers in Chicago
happen to be very well paid.
The Kendals are going to forget Cali
fornia's treatment Of their company, onc
they will visit San Francisco this season
They have given that city o wide bertf
must be Sy-Eones, aud he Kendais ar,
, noble enough to bear no malice. Blythe
bye, they are expected here from Eng
? land very shortly.
Helnreich Conried processes to hav,
been very much surprised when he hearC
of the silver wreath that Rudolph Aron
son IL to present to Johann Strauss OF
the hftieth anniversary OF that com
poser's accession to conductorship. "I
seemed odd to me" said Mr.. Conrled
Il have represented Strauss in America
for fifteen years, 1 have bee, been his reeog
ton. Yet not a word was said to me
about the wreath and all the informa
ton l have on the subject has beer
CLEANED from the newspapers"
81 should like an engagement very
much" said u fluffy haired sou
brette yesterday, to n dramatic agent.
What sort OF an engagement wal
"oh, anything" she replied. sweeuy
II don't mind prIze-ighter's com
against notorious women. Place mt
II think shall be able to oblige you,
said the agent, unsmlingly.
I'VE have found no actors unwilling t
join Madeleine Pollard" said one OF tn,
gentlemen who is to have charge OF tina
young womans company, yesterday
The only people who seem to object Il
!, the organization are the actors whom
We haven't asked, and whom we don
people. That is certain"
Edmund Gerson. the transoceani
general theatrical and musical agent,
, has secured Marie Lloyd. Marie Vanon
and the serpentine dancing dogs. Thes,
attractions will all shortly appear at tn,
Imperial Music Hall.
on the programmes of "shena ndoah,
to he played at the Academy OF Musi'
next week. that much advertised youni
i woman Odette Tyler. will reap the re
ward of her efforts by a special line al
Miss Odette Tyler. OF the Empire The
{ atre stock company, appears by specia
. arrangements; That Is what actressei
line means nothing Every member .
the cast. from Frank Gilmore TO Allie,
: Haslam. appears by special arrange
ments," and the special arrangements
are made with Charles Frohman, and t
the. actor they mean bread and butter
i aid cake.
,, Richheld Mansfield, who opens tn
> Herald Square Theatre with "Japhet Il
Search OF Father" has engaged Mar
Shaw, Henry Jewett. Mns Mckee Ran
kim and Harry Pitt for his company
He has also secured the services OF tn