The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-09
TEDDY APPLIED FOR THE JOB.
Lilliau's Second Husband Wanted
to Be Her Musical Director.
The Press Agent In Manhattan
Beach Weather Reports.

'cre's richness. Guess who applied
Ia Henry h. Abbey. while In London.
FOR an engagement In Lillian Russell $
company at the LySedm Theatre? Pc
! rLgini? No, but you are Very near it
just hush md removed. The applicant
Was none other than Teddy Solomon.
Miss Russells second husband. and the
father of her little girl. MIR. Abbey re-
Ceived n telegram from Solomon. asking
for an appointment. one was made.
and pert little Teddy appeared in per-
son. He wasn't a bit abashcd, Il Is
said. What he wanted-ahem!--was the
position of musical in
the company to be organized by Mr..
! Ahbey-ahem!-for the Lyceum Theatre.
headed by Miss Lillian Russell-ahem!
That Is all Mr.. Solomon seemed to
! think his request a most natural one,
and he was quite v,xed when his ser
vices were not snapped at. \ musical
director has been engaged, and Mr.. Sol
onon will have to content himself with
work on the revival of his opera Lord
B,ateman. at the, savoy: 1t was when
Russell made her drst appearance in
London. after skipping a contract, just
: as she has done IN the present case,
and she has sung in several OF his
leaders chair Perugini. by the bye,
will not be in London for the opening Of
the Lyceum. He Is expected back very
shortly. They say that he is singing in
some obscure place in the English, me-
Hubert Wilke. who for so long sup
ported Marie Tempest has been en-,
, They have had an awful time getting
tenor. Eugene Oudin couldn't be in.
duced to sing, as he Is said to be af-
flIcted with aspirations in the direction
THE Passing show may return to the
! Casino between the time that Della Fox
finishes her engagement at that house
seems to be a sort of ''1ls2" and "Trip /;
f.; Chinatown" 1t is going on the road
eerson s de- Is Angels ns fAR % probsbiy join
Little Christopher Columbus"
Gus Thomass play. New Blood" Is
getting little advertising W Chicago
on enG ssnea. Mrs. s TSoGas' ho%ever
not a very dangerous person He is
purely theatrical, and-like Henry Ar
thur Jones in England-his object is tc
be dramatic, firstly, secondly and third
ly.
Frank Daniels will not star next sea
son. He will sink his comic little ind
viduality in the comic opera known a:
princess Bonnie" In this opera there
is no star, and nobody is even flea
tured." Still. a nice fat salary L. bet
ter any day than the gloomy satisfac
ton of seeing ones name in big letters
on the playbills. Or. II II isn't better
it's more nourishing. at any rate.
When the new branch weather burea,
Is established at Mania ttan Beach mex
I week Farmer Dunns assistant will b'
able to send out Bulletins such as these
THE area of high pressure remains sta
tlonary among the press agents Heav!
thunder is counterfeited by the roaring
of Hagenbeck's trainer-eating lions
Blinding flashes OF lightning and heav!
metcoric showers may be looked for THU
Nening In the direction OF Pains pyro
technical amphitheatre. The tempera
ture will rise considerably when Sousa'
Band plays the Liberty Bell March
a test wave of sulphuretted pro
where stout gentleman from Sau
gertles has Just discovered tina
his cotton bathing suit has rippe'
up the back from waistband to cola
button. There Is an area of low hnan
cial depression among the Coney lslan'
| soubrettes."