The herald., 1895-12-29
AT THE THEATERs

maQlIoSteQ mere 6Dctaliy dtu dfnOuG tled-
ter goers generally over the coming en-
gagement at The Los Angeles theAter of
Robert Downing and his company in a rep
ertoire of legitimate plays. Mr.. Downing
will be seen next week in his favorite char
actsriz alton of Ingomar. This is part in
which he has achieved notable success,
his histrionic ability being aid ed by a mag
niflcent physique and great strength of
manner-qualitications necessary to an in
depreciation of the role. On Tuesday night
Mr.. Downing and his company will be
seen in julius Caesar. On Wednesday The
Gladiator will be the bill. On Thursday
night Mr.. Downing will present his latest
production, Helena. by Victorian Sardou,
author of Madame Sans Gene and Gis-
monda. The first English production of
Helena was made by this actor in WASH
ington some months ago, where it met
with instantaneous success. Helena is de-
scribed as play of the same rom intic Or
der as Gismonda, but it is stated that the
moral tone of the piece is of a much higher
standard than the companion play. Mr..
Downing's supporting company comprises
some Of the best-known legitimate artists
on the American stage, and is headed by
Blair.
It is not very likely that Cissv Fitzgerald
and Mabel Love, the Gaiety dancers, the
first of whom is with he Founding and
the second of whom is with His Excelency,
will ever make team of themselves. as
performers frequently do on the vaude-
Vile stage. Miss Love, in fact, expresses
herself as being lost in her endeavor to
;l1nd out very much about Cissy. and says
that Cissy was never heard of in England,
where Miss Love considers that she her.
self was great succ sss. Cissy' in turn;
, says that not only has she never heard
anything in particular about Miss Love in
England, but that she is scarcely aware
that Miss Love is in this country. "SulI,"
adds Cissy, ~ fancy that | do remember
that there was Mabel Love in London,
whose name got into the public prints be.
cause she attempted to jump into the
Thames. believe that Mr.. Steve Brode,
the American bridge jumper, is making
money on the stage In this country, SO why
not Miss Love?"
On a large billboard at Broadway and
rThirty-seventh street, New York, last
( week, Charles From nan had announce
ments of Cissy Fitzgerald and The
Founding at the G .rrick, John Drew at
: the Harlem opera house. Olga Nethersole
!. At the Empire, His ExcelIency at the
oroaQWays lne onOp Glri at falIler 8, IHe
Gay Parsians at Hoyt's and The Sporting
Duchess at the Academy. We are seven.
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"Teddy" PEPPER, MAY Bleimann's rep
reeentative at the Herald square iheater,
New York, asserts that the report that M $.
Leslie Carter does not swing from the bell
in the sensational scene of The Heart of
Maryland, but that an acrobat from
Kieth's vaudeville theater arrives just in
time to be a substitute for that perilous
performance, is utterly without founda-
ton. Mr.. PEPPER has taken the wri er be-
hind the scenes of the Herald square, so
that he could personally verify the state
ment.
Yvette Guilbert triumphed at Hammer
STEMS Olympia Mu lie hall, New YORK, on
December l6. Sne is worth the $4,000
weekly she receives. We have heard so
many concert hall singers sing stupid songs
with an attempt TO be brazen that it is
JOY to fluid one singing songs &C ually
wicked as though they are Sunday school
glees.
The Night Clerk has made one of the big
Qest financial successes of the season in
New York, and the original time of four
weeks at the Bijou has been extended to
eight weeks. An entire new act has been
added, and the cake walk by Peter Daily
and Jennie Yeamans is the talk of the
town.
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The most noteworthy metropolitan pro-
duction in the month of Janu ,ry will be
Mrs. Ponderbury's Past, in which stuart
Robson will appear at the Garrick theater,
opening January 6.
Fay Templeton's royalties on the sale of
her song Il Want Yer, Ma Honey" have
already exceeded, tits said. those received
hut to sf,f 10 a. In fTr ~
and "Sliding Down My Cellar Door,
AS We. no manager has secured barbara
Aub for starring tour Are We going back
ward?
Mrs. John A. Logan gave reception the
other day to Jessie Bartlett Davis, he Bos-
tonians' trump card. In reducing Mrs.
Davis. Mrs. Logan said: This is The lit
tie girl who used to sing in the choir of my
Chicago church in a little calico frock, be-
cause s1e had no other, and she is just as
sweet now as she was then"
Henry Clay Barnabee, w. II. Macdon-
aid and Frank L. Perley will go abroad
early in June to witness The production of
the new Strauss opera in Vienna. The
Bostonians hold he American rights for
this work aud will give it an early produc-
ton next season.
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In consequence of Olga Nehersole's
great success in Camille, she has post
poned her production of Romeo and Jul
let at the Empire theater in New York. On
Monday, December %, she will appear in
Carmen.
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II list of the most famous impersona-
tons were compiled, the Monte Cristo of
James O'Neill would take high place.
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Katherine Grey will retire shortly from
the cast of The Great Diamond Robbery.
The reason ia that she dislikes road travel
ing, and SIZE cons d-rs. with some reason,
confine her sphere to this city at least for
some time. She will in future take metro
politan jobbing engagements only