The evening world., 1895-08-16
DRAMATIC NEWS AND NOTES.
Palmer Accuses Mckee Rankin 0f
Pcrndy-GRiety Girls Praise
Australia,

as Laura Jean would say, of A. NJ. Pal
mer his satellites, agents. and asso-
ciates a day after day brings them fresh
evidence Of Mckee Rankin's alleged
Texan perfdy with regard to "Trilby."
Rankin. 1t will be remembered. was en-
Joined from doing the piece in Colorado,
but he is still going through Texas with
1t and doing nicely, thank you. I'VE
shall land him In JAIL" said Samuel +.
Rork. yesterday. and that before very
long. lie is doing a very dastardly
thing. and We are following him UP
closely. He does not announce that he
is doing 'Trilby' until the day he pre-
sents 1t, but the fact remains that he
has already produced 1t in several
towns" And this is not the only trou
BILE with respect to the Harper-Palmer-
Potter-Du aiaurier play. "Thr!lby."
which was produced at the Garrick by
special arrangement between Mr.. Pal
mer and Richard Mansfield, has been
sold or leas sed to the Brothers Slocum,
who are to take it on the road. Mr..
Rork talks of stopping this. "Mr. Pal
mer allowed Mansfield to do 1t In New
York" he said, but nothing was ar
ranged about its touring the country
under other management And stu
another wad of anguish. Somebody Is
going to do another burlesuue called
"Frilby," in which, 1t is announced, that
I Frederic De Belieylle will ge the Sven
gall That, aisu, Is TO be stopped. So.
take 1t all in all, NJ Palmer and his
agents and his associates and his satel-
| lites will have their hands fuli. Nego-
tiations are now being made with view
N ke.lipp 'TrllDE' at the Gdfuen all
Winter. Joseph Jefferson is due there
in October but II ne can be STAYED on
the staving will undoubtedly be done.
The audac!ous Gaiety girls of the com
pany that went to Australia are tell
ing fine and rollick, ,ng stories OF me
Joyous time they had at the Antlpodes.
| 1t appears tha; tho Mayor OF sydney
succumbei instantly to their united
| charms and invited them to a Cham-
payne luncheon at the Town Hall AS
this Mayor was a teetotaler, this cham,
| payne luncheon may become a polltlcal
| Issue. Furthermore. he furnisho1 music
| for them by means OF the magnlncen.
organ in that Town Hall, and as that
| organ was used mostly for rehg g:ou 8
| purposes, a political issue may result
| from that. So look out for a civil war
or something OF that sort.
Touch an actors vanity and you've
got him. A. NJ Palmer wanted Will
ton Lackaye for the coming season per-
haps more than Wilton Lackaye want
ed ip a. NJ Palmer So the deal was
eSsed fesrs ey LsaEaye NIX ra%sr p5Ssnf
means that Lackayes name VIII ap,,
pear on the programmes In blacker and
fatter type than that used for ms asso-
YOU? Oh, no! To be featured" is the
Joy, the dream-nay, the condensed milk
OF an actors life. Lackaye Will be the
envy of the Rialto. It's almost as good
far q
Frohman, for better or for worse; and
and sGineaA 4. me n. Farmer. Hne AIR" TRompson hsd
grievances. and he wrote ten;page h let
man That chubby little manager didnt
weep. He's too hardened for that. Be
sides, he knows actors as perhaps no
other man knows fhem so oot ne here sa,a old
man, III let you off for next season.
I'll release you from your contract to
me. / don't want to be disagreeable.
was tired OF plays-'.bits II
is In Just those sketchy parts that mer
make and maintain their regulations.
Paul NJ. Potter and his wife sail 70 10
England on by M for
Tree. The meeting between Potter AM
Tree should be interesting. as Mr.. Pot
ter has criticised the actor,manage
heals ali things, and ten days from nov
HE twain will probably be exchanging
condolences over an imitation American
cocktail at the Grand Hotel on IN
Strand.
Charles Dickson. who opens a
Hoyts Theatre, Monday night; IN noth IN
about al reoRs Ris "tind." or, in other words, tn
> author OF the play. who, is a Chicag
, lawyer. Dickson certainly works mar
to discover new talent, ana ne say :
' Is sent to him. Other Peoples Money;
IL 1t does not belle its synopsis. shoul
certainly hit the mark.
Nobody, to look at Joseph Hum
phreys, would imagine that he Is a hero
But he is. lie is the hero OF Dingman'
Ferry II was there ti that he h,s Tode ScSri, doT
d rushing to- a doom OF which he Vote
n nothing He landed at the bottom G
II the hill. a melancholy, bruised. but n. hs
roic heap, and was rescued from obliN
ion by Ralph Delmore. And yesterda
Mr.. Humphreys received from Mr. De
more a large parcel containing a s%omy. %
Pr sro OF of hs Hnsmans SSGasGn Fsrry 10
Here Is a chance for tribe actors WI
are leering at Australia. William Mu
grove, the well-known Australian maj
ager Is now en- route for this countr
> He is coming here to get as many pla,
10 as he can. and he intends to organize
It company OF English, American and Au
. tralian actors. He is due here at II
end OF August. Musgrove Will certain
have no difficulty in getting all the pc
pie he wants He could, in fact. orgal
lie ten companies, and still leave fe
!, on the Rialto. This is Mantelrs oppo
u tunity. 'Rah for Melbourne and Sydns
II and Adelaide!