The evening world., 1895-01-25
DRAMATIC NEWS AND NOTES
An 1ntruder's EIperience behind
the sc-nrs--PaTmer To Produce
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| VIC" VI lHc HNlHB pdineu tHtTt-
from. lie left his friends-three also
very ornate young men-and calmly
opening the door that led to the stage
went behind the scenes. lie was OF
course stopped very peremptorily, but
taking from his pocket a card bearing
| the name of Walter Palmer, Of the ex-
ccutive forces of the theatre. he vouch-
safed the information that he had
Mr. Palmer's permission to watch the
working of the pictures. He watched
! Tor some time unmolested. But, alas!
Tor this ornate y9nns ,,.,, man: He grey
spirits requested an Introduction to a
portly damssl clad in a sweet smile and
scarf Then the, stage manager. be-
| came suspicious and sent to Mr.. Palmer
| TO know the meaning Of 1t. Mr.. Palmer
fastened to the spot, and explained mat
terss very rapidly. and with such excel
hustled away with more celebrity than
grace II appears that he had ordered
hs r box by 3g and hsn ss
handed him the box. THANK you.
Mr, Edmunds." said the Young; man;
Palmer, and forthwith he handed his
card to the ornate being. That was
all. II was very simple. Probably the
| idea OF visit to the regions behind the
curtain was sudden inspiration. 1t
was an unfortunate one.
Manager A. N. Palmer vii, in spite Of
play. Hearts of Maryland" and the
sGsnepy for IT is already ben,s. painted d.
DONE M nfsr "G tha rhe Sase S Of Of
rebellious .Belasco is as vivid as ever.
but II looks very much as though we
shall see "The Heart Of Maryland this
season.
Cissie I.oftus's imitation Of Yvette
Guilbert has brought up once more the
America. No manager Is courageous
enough to bring. her over at the fabu-
lous price she asks; for there would be
Said Edmond Gerson last night: I'VE
shall probably get Guilbert when she Is
old and withered and no longer draw
as ass much % the III sepe: rage as ever We f' receved S
few lines from her the other day-I can
show you the letter. She wrote hastily.
and this is the way she began: 81 cant
burgh."
Here's something seasonably corrupt.
IT appears that the music hall artists
OF London are subjected to most In
genious and ingenious system OF black
and and = cooliy' informed % HRpth that t. unless they
put up" for applause they will be
hissed nightly while fulfilling their
engagements. One well-known feminine
performer, Ii is said. was attacked at
midnight on her way home and forced
to part with large sum of money by
Two scamps. who declared that they
success. In New York. while the
claQue Is rapidly becoming an insti-
tution-for first night applause has long
been an absolute nuisance that de,
smoothly.
popular with the members OF her, com.
pany. At first 1t will be remembered,
they complained of her antocratic be-
havior. and one or two or them pro,
changed. Miss Nethersole has become
recognized as an artist. and they all
like, her. She treated her comrany to
christmas dinner, and the Nethersole
| organization has resolved itself into a
merry family party:
An actor on broadway, who locke
as though he had no resting-place for
| the sole OF his foot. was asked where
| he lived now. oh" he said I'm stop
| ping at boarding house. Me mother
now keeps a seminary for young ladies
| in Brooklyn. and she won't let me live
at home" Yet he looked anything but
gay Lothario.
There's variety performer at Proc
tors Theatre this week, James Col
Inns by name. who. twenty. years ago,
|
| managers IN the country. He was the
| Tony Pastor OF Cincinnati. lie used to
do a turn with soubrette called Mar
tina Wrenn in those days, and was very
poular. He lost all his money, and now
he has commenced again at the
point where he originally started With
favor Of the public. Collins used to be
a member OF LYDIA Thompson's COM
pany. She was very fond of him be-
cause, as she expressed 1t, he was al
| NaNS the gentleman On one orca sion
Mr.. Collins appeared when his utter
ances We're trihe thick, and Miss
Thompson was exceedingly angry. She
felt 1t her duty to ma ke an example OF
him. and was about to discharge him
when she happened to ask. What we're
G%s n. 1rpkds rspea sioSmy Sns? %ne TS sn'n GSl
so Always $ the the gentleman GENTLEMAN. l9ia Hnd sSe sSe
kept him.
At four consecutive performances in
the Metropolitan Opera House-iast Sat
9rday aternoon Saturday night, sun
was completely sold out. which is "A very
rSmarkabie showing. People pirate
difference Of the theatre-going public
and the gloomy tendency of the times
Rubbish. Give the people what they
want and they will buy II, and they vii,
hnter and pone for the following day.
The kissing of Henry James in I.ondor
appears to have made IA veritable sensa
ton. Jerome X. Jerome says "A CORE
Spondent present in the st, James,
gallery on Saturday night assures III,
that II was the very same man wht
| called Author" who hiSsed Mr.. Henr,
James when he appeared. To call on
man merely to insult him would he sucl
, a, dirty trick that ! cannot imagine m!
B! old first night friends indulging in it
{ Another writer asserts that the dis
+ | cordant notes that so injured Mr. Alex
ander's feelings were directed at MI
James. and would have been dlrecte
| Just as strongly n the most popular o
our own playwriGhts. who had similarl
offended, and had nothing to do wit
a the stranger within our gates""
d CHIN tl.RI--ANCIENr AND MODER,
| | love to read nf the daNs of old