The evening world., 1894-06-22
DEEP GLOOM ON THE R|ALTO.
Actors Lack Engagements Owing
to Theatrical Stagnation.
Charles Coghlan Has Been an Ex-
pensive Luxury.

A good many theatrical people went
to the Suburban yesterday, but there
were a good many more who didn't
The Rialto was very well populated,
for the season has been a bad one, and
the sporty actor has no money to ven
ture on horse races. One well-known
leading man was exceedingly angry be-
cause he saw his ex-manager 20 COM
fortably to Sheepshead. Hes going on
my money" said the actor Indignantly.
He owed me two weeks salary, and
he let me pay my fare back from the
West All l hope is that he backs the
wrong horse" 1t was mostly the mana
gers who patronized the races. The
Rialto seemed fuller. II possible. of
seedy actors and bedraggled soubrettes,
parading UP and down and discussing
the probabilities in groups at the street
corners. Engagements are very hard
to get Just now. Managers are holding
back before binding themselves by con-
tract, and 1t looks very much as though
things would remain In their present
ard Mansfield and his dapper little man
agcr. John Slocum. rolled up Broadway
In a victoria. looking very opulent. The
a6soTs aSs e leosed at him It was
OF summer inertia and disappointment.
Mansfield looked as though he knew
that he supplied that touch.
John T.. Sullivan says that Charles
Company something like ,25. 900 during
the past season. and the estimate has
been s.rna very cnnot snarsfully made The failure
OF nearly anG Miss sntssa eosSan Sss 1Sss
very much cut UP about 1t. Her plans
Tor next season are not as yet mature.
fesnt. She has one one. or M two new plays but she
be comedy that must flrst be present
Diplomacy" is still to the good-an ex-
cellent prop to lean upon.
One or two antique soubrettes on
Broadway yesterday declared that they
| would willingly emulate Pauline Mark
hams example end break a leg II they
could be quite sure Of finding Jury
| ages. Miss Markham's good luck was a
great topic on the Rialto. One wag de-
clared that she should now appear on
Said"
Commissioner Hess cannot quite
iathom ,,i the I1ysteries OF theatrical life
a tramp in 'The Passing Show" It Is
not not role Il, that calls for the burning Of
Seymour" complained the Commits
sioner to some friends, "he says he is
going to rehearsal, and whenever l see
the show. he's worse"
Some of THE New South" actors ap-
| pear to have had rather a melancholy
time OF It during the season just closed
They had to pay their own way back from
Salt Lake City. and they didn't IKE II.
of week, and this proved to be un-
profitable. However. the past season
was a singulariy bad one. and half a
loaf is always better than no bread.
The tongues Of the gossiping Iialto-
Of Herbert Relcey, Effie Shannon and
Mommer Shannon. There seems to be
Caroline Hill Kelcey will be, at South
ampton to meet her fat hubby and his
gentle friends: Why should the Rialto
care, any way?
The sympathy Of the Rialto is with
Fred Belasco, now at Blackwelrs Island
for non-payment Of alimony. very
, was TO the effect that the theatrical
man was assigned to the ghastly task OF
washing dead bodies for burial. Many
actors are highly indignant. and are
discussing ways and means Of anchor
ating his condition. They have even
talked Of getting up benefit.
| NJ. b. Curtis ends his season at the
! Standard Theatre tomorrow night. and
begins work again in August. His
friends tell him that "Sam'l of Posen"
Is good for Mt least two years to come,
but Mr., Curtis Is still ambitious. He
says he wants to do something new,
but finds II hard work to get anything
to suit his peculiar line. "Saml OF
Posen" has certainly had q long and
/ arduous career.
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