San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-15
THEATRICAL TIPS.

Langtry has sold her palace car,
the finest in America, to Hermann,
who has in turn sold his.
Thos. Keene is looking for a new
leading lady.
Security has been given for the
imported costumes for ''The Chief
TAIN" Francis Wilson's new opera,
and they were released by the
New York customs officials.
Minnie Maddern Fiske has pre-
scented James O'Neill a play en-
titled "The Dream of Matthew
Wayne" and he will produce it
this season.
Edward Vroom will produce
"For the Crown" new play, this
season.
The following is partial list of
tragedian Robert Downing's sup
port for next season: Edwin
Ferry, Charles M. Collins, L. r.
AmOry, Walter Burton, j. Henry
Kolker, Thomas Steep, Alex. Nc
Kenzie, Eugene Blair, Mrs. M. F.
Bates, Thos. A. Mckee, and G. d.
Farnum.
Mrs. Robert Downing (Eugenie
Blair) will show some of the hand
soonest gowns ever worn on the
stage, in the production of "Hel-
ena.n
The scenes are taken from near
Holy Sienna. The first scene will
show the "Palazzo Publico;" fol-
lowing that will be an Exterior
of the Cathedral" "the Cloisters of
st. Christopher, Na room in the
Saracini Palace, and the ''interior
of the Great Cathedral
1t deals with Guelphs and Ghib-
ilins, in the year 1869. The story
is most interesting, the situations
strong and the climaxes powerful.
Miss Drew Donaldson has been
added to Pauline Halls company.
The musical score for the comic
opera, "Wizard of the Nile" is
pronounced by music critics as an
improvement on the current ar
ticle.
Frederick Bancroft, the magi-
clan, is preparing to outshine even
himself in magniffcence this sea-
son.
A delegation of twenty-five Sibe-
rian eX-convicts recently arrived
in this country from Russia called
on Manager Sidney r. Ellis in
reference to arranging through
their interpreter, for an engage
ment with the Darkest Russia
company, to appear in the convict
and Nihilistic scenes. They guar
anteed to add true realism in de-
picting the scenes in which they
were lately actual participants.
The band of Royal Scotch bag.
pipers, who appear in Sidney r.
Ellis romantic drama, "Bonnie
Scotland, Twill be under the leader
ship of Prof. Robert Ireland, OF
Glasgow, Scotland. They appear
clad in the picturesque costumes
of Highland bag-pipers and dis
course the inspiring music of Scot
lands national airs and the pretty
love ballads that from time to
time in memorial have been sung
amid the crags and glens of Bon
ME Scotland to bright-eyed lassies
by their sweethearts. In one scene
characteristic Scotch dances will
be executed by clever terpsichorean
artists accompanied by the music
of the Scotch bag-pipes.
Mile Millet, a London actress,
who disappeared, taking with her
a large quantity of jewelry belong
ing to another actress, was arrest
ed with the stolen jewelry in her
possession when about to sail from
Liverpool in the Cunard liner
Etruria for New York. She had
booked her passage under the name
of Mrs. Stanley, and was most
fashionably attired.
Madame de Navarro, best known
as Mary Anderson, has selected the
title, ga Few Memories" for her
autobiography. She has been en-
gagged upon it more or less for some
years, and it will be a good-sized
volume. 1t is to contain portraits
of her from drawings by Mr.. G. F.
Watts and Mr.. G.. HI. Boughton,
and from photographs. The pub
fishers expect to have the book
ready in October.
Minnie Maddern Fiske's tour
will open in Pittsburg on Septem-
Der 80, and will include among
other cities Chicago, Brooklyn,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Philadel.
phia, Washington, Baltimore, New
Orleans and the chief places of the
south, Toledo, Detroit, Kansas
City, Omaha, Minneapolis, st.
Paul and Duluth.