Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-29

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 He was born in London, April 26 1915; as a boy he worked in different ware houses, and in his 21st year he began his stage career by playing "Othello' at benefit, with success, and from then on played all over England with such actors as Macready, Charles Kean, Lester Wal lack and Charlotte Cushman. With the latter he came to the United States in 1S49, and has stayed here ever since play ing In all of the leading theaters, and with nearly all the great actors and ac- tresses. It was reported some weeks ago that he was to enter the Forrest home for indigent actors. His numerous friends would not allow this and have arranged a monster benefit for him. Joseph Jeffer- son is the leader of the movement. It will take place at the Fifth Avenue thea ter. "The Rivals" will be presented, in- cluding Jefferson, Mrs. Drew. William H. Crane, Sol Smith Russell and Nat Good win. This benefit will net a neat sum of money to make the old actor comfortable in his declining days.
 At the Casino there is living picture dance"
 The man who wrote Trilby is soon to visit this country. It is presumed that he will bring "Taffy' with him.
 Miss Odette Tyler, the young woman y ing, has retired from the stage
 A Chicago woman is posing as Trilby Would you call that a feat? What is she using for footstool? The earth?
 Beerbohm Tree and E. S. Willard both want the English right to "Trilby." and are ambitious of appearing as Svengali.
 Roster & Bial have the prettiest set of 1sxr;,, ,,;a Faust" is illustrated in a series of eight pictures.
 Madison Square Garden has a profes- sional "log roller" Not a member of the legislature. but an expert in piloting a log through the water.
 Rejane receives $16OO for every per formance, besides her manager provides her with a maid and dress maker and pays all of her expenses.
 Among the very latest fads are two famous gymnasts, man and a woman, who perform marvellous acrobatic feats, costumed the while in regulation evening dress.
 British ladies play football presume to place this bit of intelligence in the Dramatic Notes, thinking it might pos sibly come in under the head of high tragedy
 
 "Falstaff" is being produced at the Metropolitan opera house in New York, and the musical history of the fat knight and his amours with the Merry Wives of Windsor is pronounced success.
 Mrs. Kendall has dropped Mrs. Tan queray' from her repertoire, and re- trained from speech making lately. She does not like America, but New York ex- poets her back next season with new manners and new pieces.
 The young woman who has been pos ing in ''sllin-tight suit of bronze paint" at the Casino may pose again, the court having decided that t~her regalia is just as proper, and perhaps a little prettier, than tights. Rudolph AranSon has been thanking his friends for their testimony.
 Dr. Faust enjoyed every pleasure the world, the flesh and the devil could give him, but he was not happy. Happiness lies within-not without. There is Persian legend that the physician of the Sultan once gave a peculiar prescrip- tion as a cure for the Sultan's malady of melancholy. He told him he must wear the shirt of perfectly happy man. The Sultan had the world searched for such a happy man, and finally he was found. But he had no shirt.
 Madame Hermann has invented a new dance. Then there is the ghost dance, the banshee dance, skirt dance, a horse back, and skirt dance in lions den. Iris said that the young woman who braVed the growing kings of the forest and Haunted her filmy skirts in their faces, fainted on leaving the cage, the nervous strain was so great but after re- peated performances the beasts and the dancer have grown accustomed to the anf-thp former seem tO enjoy if and the latter is free from fear. I have heard before this, some where, that uncaged lions, not exactly beasts, like dancing.