The herald., 1894-01-07


A New York letter says that Jeffreys
Lewis comes to San Francisco with
batch OF new plays as the stellar attrac-
tion at the Grand under Morosco's man
agement.
My Aunt Bridget. one of the comedy
successes of the season, as we'll as one
of the strongest musical organizations
on the road, comes to the California in
the near future.
The Ensign company makes the jump
direct from Washington, D. O., to this
city. Col. A. NJ. Miller, jr., will make
all the preliminary arrangements for tue
Pacific coast tour.
Courtenaye Thorpe, the altogether too
sweet young man who was once q mem
Der OF Rosina Vokes' company, has
changed his hair. He now appears on
the Rislto in New York with magenta
locks.
One of the longest railroad jumps made
by theatrical organization will be that
of The Ensign company, which comes
direct from Washington, D. o., to the
California theater, opening there on the
10Th inst.
Joseph Jefferson played last season in
Chicago to $4,000 in one week. and
during his recent engagement there he
played to $4,000 for the same number of
performances. That's what's the matter
with Chicago.
Charles H. Hoyt's new play, A Milk
White Flag, is novelty which might
appropriately have been named Fun at
q Funeral, as the funniest scene occurs
during the obsequies of soldier of the
National guard.
Under the City Lamps, the new melo-
drama by Leander Richardson, has
more scenery and mechanical effects
than three average plays of it's class. 1t
will come to this coast with all the ORR
ginal accessories az presented in the
east.
1t is related that during one of the
recent Providence performances of The
Eneign in a country town, con-
stable in the audience ran up the isle
with the intention OF arresting the viii
lain for trampling the American flag
under foot.
Lottie Collins will shortly be seen at
the California in new sketch entitled
A Naughty Substitute, specially written
for her. in which she will introduce her
latest London success, Marguerite, and
the Rainbow Dance, in addition to her
old success, Ta-ra-ra.
Fanny Rice as MARIA" in her new
comedy, Miss Innocence Abraod, will
impersonate character entirely differ
tofore. The play is an adaptation from
the French, and the comedy work is OF 3
lighter style than the drollery in A jolly
Surprise.
Handsome Theodore Babcock, who
has been killing time until after the
holidays by playing the General in
Stockwell's unappreciated New York
production in Maine and Georgia, has
been engaged by Gus Pitou for an i'm
portsnt part in his new play, A Man
Among Men.
Manager John Stetson's handsome
Globe theater In Boston was destroyed
by fire early Tuesday morning, and
nothing but the walls remain standing.
Hsnlon's Superba company, for the
second time within year, lost the en-
tire scenery. wardrobe and parapher-
MALTA OF the production, which is
booked for an early date at the Califor-
MIA.
Maxine Elliott, handsome Califor-
nienne who made hit with f. S. Viii
lard at the Baldwin two years ago, is
member of the Prodigal Daughter
company which closed recently at the
American in New York. Her sister,
May Elliott. also handsome young lady
who will adopt the stage as profes
sion after finishing her education at
the New York Normal college, is visit
ing her parents III East oakland.
Manager David Henderson will pre-
sent next season an elaborate production
OF Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp,
preparations for which have been under
way for months. The new extravaganza
will receive more gorgeous and costly
production than has been heretofore
attempted in America, and will present
many striking novelties. Owing to the
extortionate rates of transportation MIR.
Henderson will not visit this coast next
season.
Theo, the great French bouffe artistic,
does not exactly admire the American
style OF comic opera business, which she
imagines has altogether too much dane
ing and knock-about comedy work; but
she has determined to adopt the dane
ing part OF it the new operetta being
millteu loi HoI ny IldHQuSJIb. one 10
afraid, however, that throwing a man
downstairs or beating him with a stick
might not be considered funny in Paris.
although Molie.es earlier comedies con-
tanned just that sort OF business.
Daniel K. Bandmann. the much mar
ried tragedian of the Bitter Root valley,
did not seem to relish the comments of
The Missoulisn in his recent suit with
Louise Beaudet, and contributed the fol-
lowing lines to the Western Democrat,
Inscribed, I'm memoriam. To the editor
of The Rag, otherwise called the Maca-
roni Missoulian":
There was little dog
That barked at the moon
Because 1T shone so bright
1t barked and it barked
And it barked till 1T died
And the moons still shining bright
Billy Williams of the California thea
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