The morning call., 1894-09-23

Opera house, although 1t is now in its fifth
month OF the most successful season that
theater has yet enjoyed. The Baldwin will be
the scene of Its splendOrs In this city.
AnrGng the attractions at the New California
ID me near future are RuSseIr . Gomealans Id
mann, the ihaumaturglst, Thomas keene and
Hanlon's "Superba."
Living Pictures will not follow "In Old Ken
lucky" at the California. The bluegrass play
is a little 100 long for them. hey Will be laid
over tn the next attraction comes.
hOPs Hall, Los Angeles, formerly occupied
by the Chamber OF Commerce, has been entirely
TemOjeled ana refjtted, and VIII be OPP. ned TO-
morrow evening. September "a. by Messrs.
Lehman GOttiob uOrmerly of tie Bush-street
In this city and ALI EllinghOuse formerly OF
the StOckwell, Powell street., as the "ImperiaP'
Music Hail. win line OF nov tiles.
Blanche Walsh has returned from Europe,
and will play Katie Kenyon this season in "The
Girl l Left Behind Me-
Minnie Hauk has been decorated by the Sui.
tan OF Turkey with The order OF the Crown oil
JohOre-tbe eleventh decoration received by the
singer from royalty.
Edward Il. Sothern placed this summer.
while br was In Europe, Latin cross over the
grave OF his father at Southampton, England.
1t is said TO be almost replica OF the one over
the grave of Adelaide Nelson in BromptOn.
Fourteen years ago b. f. Keilh was in charge
OF the lung-tesJiDg machine at BunnrlPs Mu-
scum in New York. To-day he holds and cou.
trOlS continuous performance theaterS IN New
York, Boston. Providence anQ elsewhere and Is
worth S1,200,000.
Henry Arthur Jones is now occupying, as
owner, the residence lately built for Alma Tade-
ma, the painter, in London.
The friends of Miss Marion MaIola, who Is
now confined In private madh0use near BoS-
ton. have given up all hopes mat she will ever
again recover her reason. She is almost I'm.
able 10 speak or express her wants.
Miss Julia Marlowe (nOw Mrs. Taber) once
told friend that she would be the most un-
happy girl In the world If she thought for a
moment that she would not one day get mar
ried and be contented, Just like girls who do
hafDIa the pnhlic the
arts.
Mrs. Langtry will play In America this sea-
son.
The scenes of William S. Gllbert's new opera
are laid in Denmark.
A Conev Island impresario advertises for
pianist who can open Oysters-that is, one who
can play "Shells OF Ocean" preferred.
Madeline Pollard, the Nemesis OF Colonel
Breckenridge. now that she has squelched the
great kentuckian, Will p obably make her FIRST
appearance at the Walnut-Street, Cincinnati.
Next! There are a great many Of her kind
wanted by managers for stage recruitment.
Nhen dull composer had played for him
new score branm gave Tor sOie comment,
What beautiful music paper you use! Pray,
where do you get it?''
A dramatst has already seized upon the
Japan-Chinese war as the subject for a spec
tacular melOdrama, the principal scene of
which Will be the sinking OF the warshp Chen
Yuen.
Nerange de Ia Nux, French composer, has
finished music drama taken from SODhOcleS,
entitled "AlciDlades. Miss Courtenay, young
american soprano. will I'LL the principal part.
One line In "0ld Kentucky never fails TO
bl ing down the house. Colonel SanduSky Doc
little" gets il OF in this way: ION. whisky,
whisky, what pity that one can get too much
OF SO good thing.
Among the novelties to be performed at the
great trlenuial festival at Birmingham, Eng
land, in October arr DR.. Hubert Pany's ora
toriO, liking SAUL" composed expressly for
the late M. GOrng Thomas
cantata. The Swan aud the Skylark," and
setting OF the ''Stabat Mater" by Mr.. q.
Heuschel.
The late Henry Petttt received in royalties
the last year of his life S22, 500. "A Life
Pleasure" produced nearly $4,000, and "a
WOman's Revenge" more than $4,000.