The evening world., 1894-08-23
HOODOOEO BY COxEY's ARMY.
Carleton Tells of His Western
Theatrical Experience.
Andromeda as Bone of Conten-
tion-Stase Gossip.

when he intends to revive one or the
earliest comic operas known, THE Beg
gars' Opera" by Gay, a product Of last
century Mr.. Carleton had some funny
experiences at the close of the season
Just deceased. He was hoodooed by
Coxeys army, which haunted him wher-
ever he went broke up his business
and made things generally warm. 1T
was Joke in the East" said Mr.. Garlic
ton ruefully, yesterday. I'm the West
1t was a very serious affair. The women
wouldn't go to the theatres. and were
afraid to be seen on the streets. In
Butte City, Mon, my trouble began.
| The CoXeyites were there and receipts
| fell terribly. / left the town in disgust
and went to Helena, only to fnd, as
soon as / got there, that the Coxeyites
were being led into the city under mill,
effort to be rid OF them. My idea was to
| cancel all my dates between Helena and
Pueblo and jump at once to the Colo,
cash to take my company to Pueblo.
breathcd more freely as entered the
town, satisfied that / had given the slip
to the hated pests. Alas! no! ] reached
| Pueblo only to learn that 600 Coxeyites
had just arrived from Cripple Creek, and
there was just as badly off as ever. l
made ut once for Fort Leavenworth,
|
YER Things went nicely at Fort Leaven-
worth. | had a letter of Introduction
| from Gen. Nelson Miles to Col Towns
end. He made things very pleasant for
marked blandly: I say. Carleton. how
would you like to see some CoxeyltesI
There are some just now IN town. Then
| gave Il up as bad job
Oscar Hammerstein and Mr.. Bial differ
on the subject Of Andromeda as a living
picture last Monday night. The beauti-
full creature, chained to rock' was
her dishevelled locks in all directions and
somewhat spoiled The illusion. Mr.. Bal
was quite annoyed. Mr.. Hammerstein
zephyrs added to the zest of the pic
ture, and he declined to have the locks
! stiffened. so that they wouldn't blow
He as insisted ha to the man nan a aasb other
which Mr.. Bal also doesn't like. Bal
| is stickler for the traditional picture
inert and fixed. Mr.. Hammerstein, how.
e ON The sSI piet u s." said Mr.. Bal and
though ! think that Andromeda's locks
should be stationary, l must admit that
| the audience laughs when the Wlnd ploWs
| through them"
Lady Henry Somerset, by the bye.
RsS ,tls h0i little use of her name on The
P .sdy jsome Me5! 'S she is evdently
can pictures. A living picture on
the other side has replied to o,, msr iaay.
inartistic pink lights writes this
pGtsrs beg to
| 1t is the memorable decree of our man
ager AS to the humiliation OF which
Lady Henry Somerset speaks, let me
| tl,,t
venture to assert with confidence that
we are as modest as ladies' who &c TO
| court with bosom exposed IN proad Gay
| light to the gaze of hundreds
! Herr Kilanyi smiles compassionately
| ard taps his forehead significantly when
| Lady Henry Somerset's TRADES against
living pictures are translated to him. He
W n in n He hss several
Garden, among them Nymphs q, and q
s snS The s%an These very lilies
gest undressed facts that would make
Lady Henry Somerset SILVER.
Miss Helen Dauvray's company Is now
ei HstiS comedy 1nd "That Sister Of His" for
ton will Include Annie Ward TIFFANY,
lam 'S courtieIgh. T. NJ. Hunter. Graham
Henderson. +. j. DAILY and Charles Den
thorne.
There will Re no city Directory"
this season, after all. Manager John
H.. Russell is going TO flash upon the
public new funIma ,s to ,, be called LED
please remember the buD 1t will tell a
story. Manager Russell admits that: He
plot. None of the old " City Directory
people will be engaged. There will be
new faces.
One Of the ladies engaged to appear in
I'm Old Kentucky" failed to attend a
rehearsal the other day. She wrote to
the manager that she was entertaining
for the afternoon. Certainly" respond,
ed the manager. land you can keep on
entertaining your friends for the rest OF
Carmencita does not believe In living
pictures She says that the argument
setting forth that the living picture does
not differ from painting Is absurd. Nc
color more than Spain, but any man
. ager who would dare to introduce living
pictures in Madrid would be Missed oui
OF the theatre. Carmencita also con,
dennis split dancing. She says that the
Terpsichorean art, legitimately prac-
tised, is the most glorious, thing or
, tdTtn, anu tHt nOSt III pIOOl
: of its healthtulness. she points TO her
own increase in avoirdupois.
The tndefatigable agent" OF Miss
Lillian Lewis must buy his paper by
the ton. He's always writing. and some.
times he's rather funny. Here is his
, latest: I'm the asp scene of Cleopatra
, Miss Lewis will use live snake. Fol
this purpose she has had two milk
snakes trained. and is in daily practice
, with the Shiny reptiles. The people
want realism, and the actress says theJ
shall have IT," II she only let's the
snakes get at her agent and keep him
! quiet for time!
. !
A play publisher in London says in ar
; interview that the most popular play
ever written Is BOX and Cox" 81
bought II long ago" he declares. with
ninetyfour other pieces OF Madison
Mortons Even now II is played, some
times, as often as five times day. II
will be out OF copyright In 1898, and II
has already earned in fees somethinl
over flO,00O'-which Is colossal for 4
one-act play.
FOND OF CHAMPAGNE.