Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-30

nor nor profit 10 any one, why should they
continue to cumber the ground. apsotDlns
capital and energy that might De nun
dred times better employed.
lyon Yonson" viii be the attraction ~
the Mozart Academy Of Music on TUESDAY
evening next This play has attracted
widespread attention because OF .ne
striking originality OF the CHIEF cnaracter'
an Americanixed Swede-e quaint imper-
turbable. phlegmatic, yet many Ie"ow-
s,orv tells OF the career Of typical
swedish emigrant In the lumber camps
of the Northwest and serves az . sood
vehicle for the comedy work OK heese'
who is a clever comedian. with very
mellow Swedish American dialect. he 10
said 10 be the originator OF this branch
of the drama, and he certainly mas IN
yaded an unworked field with lucrative
possibilities.
On Thursday and Friday. with a natl
noe on the latter day, Frank Wills, sup
ported by his brother and strong COM
pany, will appear at the Academy IN
their latest success, entitled "A Liberty
Bell" The play Is bright and clever
variety comedy" which. among other
things, serves for the Introduction OF
several interesting specialties. The per-
Sormance will be supplemented by an
elaborate series of living pictures. pro.
duced with all the necessary mechanical
and electrical effects. The combination
has received highly laudatory notice from
the press wherever 1t has appeared this
season.
w. r. Price, author OF that valuable
work. THE Technique Of the Drama"
has Just completed a biography OF Char
lotte Cushman.
70 J. Henley will probably return to
Palmers' company this season.
1t is now reported that Marion Manoia-
Mason Is hopelessly insane. She recog-
nlzes none OF her old friends, Is unable
to speak or express her wants In any
way. and the only idea Of the past which
she seems TO retain II that she has
daughter for whose safety she Is In con-
slant fear.
Sardou's annual income from royalties
on his plays amounts to $4,000.
Henry Irving and Sir Arthur Sullivan
occupied boxes on the occasion OF Lillian
Russelrs debut at the London Lyceum.
vernona Jarbeau has Joined the Pass
ing Show to play the part created by
Grace Fillekins.
May Irwin will be starred next season
by Rich & Harris.
jeanette ST. Henry. long with De Wolf
Hopper. has been engaged by Pauline
Hall.
Walter Kennedy, the strong man. who
begins starring tour October 1st in the
tragedy OF Sampson" Is 80 strong that
4, % ~ M
houses this winter.
Frederick Wsrde has purchased a new
play by William Greer Harrison, called
''Runny-mede." 1t deals with episodes
of Robin Hood and Marion Lea. He ex-
poets TO produce the piece this season.
Miss Olive Gates who plays one OF the
leading parts In Across the Potomac
this season. was formerly newspaper
writer IN the West. She has a standing
offer from a New York syndicate 20 fur
nish a weekly letter, and may retire from
the stage in a few months TO devote her
time TO literary work, for which she
is well equipped.
Loie Fuller has cabled TO her American
representative in New York that she will
not retire from the stage next season,
as has been rumored, but will come to
this country in the fall. She has In
StTutttl MIN W nave tiihr hN'h ict hNA
in the principle cities for next season.
VIII A. Mcconnell has concluded ad-
yantageous arrangements, by which he
will continue as manager Of the American
Theatrical Exchange for an indefinite
period When II was announced last
week that he intended TO leave. he re-
ceived offers by the score, and one or
them was for him to become business
manager Of leading New York daily
paper.
william A. Brady. manager OF Corbett,
Bobby Gaylor. Joseph Grismer. and
Phoebe Davis and the melo-dramatlc pro-
ductions, THE Cotton King" and "Old
Glory" is the latest theatrical man that
wants to have a theatre Of his own in
New York. He says IL he can't find one
ready made he will have 1t put up to
order.
Thomas o. Seabrook Is touring the
eastern circuit. alternating William
Furst's The Isle OF Champagne" and
K. A. Barnet's "Tabasco." On October
22d he will begin a ten-weeks' trip through
the South, taking both productions
George w. Lederer and William NJ.
Dunievy are to be partners in a forth
coming production of a play written by
Edmund T.. Price. 1t is entitled I'm the
Tenderloin." The purpose is to bring
upon the stage the scenes from the va
rious noted resorts that make a back
ground for the night side OF life in the
Tenderloin District OF New York. Old
haunts OF vice, such as Tom Goulds,
Billy McGlory's, and The" Aliens. Will
be scenically reproduced. Gould. Nc
Glory, Allen, George Apo. the green
goods man, and old Harry Hill will be in
the company. II is said that one of the
recently-deposed police captains will also
strut before the footlights in the piece.
The tour is to begin, according to pres
ent arrangements, in Philadelphia in
about a month.