The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-05
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
DIR. syntax' Professional Matinee
an Enjoyable Anair--Eme
Cbnpuy Here to Stay.


common. pass-me-in, professional mat
inees, at which Miss Tottie Coughdrop.
fresh from her triumphs at Coldwater,
box. Not bit OF 1t. Mr. Mckinney
announced that the entertainment was
given merely for the members OF various
companies now In the city. The hang
ers-on were not admitted. The fluffy
soubrette, with tresses a la peroxide of
hydrogen, was left lamenting-like an
up-to-date Lord Ullin's daughter. So
was the comedian with the ultramarine
colored chin, who handed in his card,
with what Hopper would call an APP
lomb that Is simply maddening." The
highly respectable organizations Of the
Wilson, Della Fox, q Shenandoah"
"Girl I Left Behind Me-" and John
Drew companies; As for the Gaiety
tention as the performance. And they
positively tnkfed with glee. They
clapped their little hands, and effervesced
T fss The c and
made a hit with the audience, Ger
tainly DR.. Syntax" never went better.
Hopper worked most industriously.. and
made a characteristic speech, in which,
ton Della Fox and Francis wilson
which was probably an oversight. He
GUS In his life, but he was, Of course;
very, very pleased and honored-and all
that sort of thing. " You know all the
tricks Of the trade ne r i 80 You
ty, and you quite understand how l put
II on" The Gaiety Girls howled at this
sally. and the audience Joined in their
laughter. Altogether, 1t was very
jolly afternoon.
Benjamin d. Stevens, Mr.. Hoppers
manager, who met with such an unfor-
tunate accident few days ago, hobbled
in the general jollity. Mr.. Stevens will
be all right again in a week or two.
rest has d done me o g90d he ds
me to move, and as I'm very nervous,
l feel all the better for my idleness,"
Bubblesome little Ene Chapuy has
just returned from, England, after
home" she said yesterday, since first
came over here with Agnes Hunting
don. l didn't intend to stop. but liked
the country Ttiy and now I'm an, going to re-
George Edwardes made me an .offcr,
but l declined 1t. I'm thoroughly Amer
icanized, and I've been very happy, here
have played" Miss Chapuy was last
season with "A Trip to Chinatown"
Ramsey Morris tells an amusing story
of Arthur Larkim, the little Englishman
he 0 Ghsreys A ens co a9e one LAR
kim was in Boston and was devoting
himself to the task of seeing the town.
dime m TSaln poster attracted dtta mi, his
upon which he thought he would like
to gaze; He went in and did the mu-
scum thoroughly. When he, saw the
dgnant WE" he e srsw adfh to the the
proprietor, hes taller than l am"
All" responded the proprietor, un-
see, he is the tallest dwarf we have ever
had"
Clinton Stuart evolved 1.-THE Price of
sented at Palmer's Theatre next week.
ing the theatre. By the Bye, the title
Of 1 Prse play t refers eher to Mt na e.
are not the least disposed to be Prices
of Silence Ha! ha! wild jestD
has left odd Glory" IN the, Chill
turn" She was dsmayed by the
prospect Of incessant travelling In
little fy-by might towns-poor young
With her brothers and her sisters and
her cousins, she will appear at Proctors
next week.
True hope IS swift and flies with
That's probably why Miss Hope Booth
flew back from London with such rapid
ity. AS yet she has not completed ar
tour, but she is not letting the grass
grow beneath her feet.
David Belasco expects that his play.
Heart of Maryland" will be produced
holidays. II is entirely finished. Mr..
Belasco will probably go to San Fran
cisco again shortly, His mother is still
whose marital misfortunes have been SO
frequently ventilated, Is still in Callfor-
mia and It will not be Davids fault il he
does not remain there.
Most actresses keep scrap-books In
which they retain all the pretty and
unpretty things that are said about
them. Miss Olga Nethersole goes a
tresses. She has a scrap-book in which
she has collected every line that has
been written about her for years, and
ma has also kept samples Of the dresses in
mentioned. She has failed to inscribe
the names of the shops at which the
garments were purchased-or the price
per yard.
At the Irving Place Theatre last night
Manager Conried presented another
novelty in the shape of "A four-act com
| edy by Blumenthal and Kadelburg,
| called "Mauerbluemchen." The play
was very well presented, but II does
not merit much consideration. 1t is
| conventional. The main thread of the
story deals with the adventures of a
manufacturer of wall paper, who falls
in love with an elderly bookkeeper in
his employ. He has a nephew, and the
young man usurps his place in the ar
fections OF the elderly bookkeeper.
witty, but the audience, being extremely
good-natured. laughed at times. In the
cast were Max Hanseler, Max Bra, Ar
| thur Eggeling, Nine. Habelmann-Teller,
Anna Braga, Adolf Link, Anna Franosch
| and others