The Indianapolis journal., 1895-10-06
LONDON is WIDE OPEN
UNCONDITIONAL LICENSE GRANTED
THE EMPIRE THEATER.
Mrs. OrmistOn Chant This Time Does
Not Raise Her Voice Against IT.
Foreign Stage Gossip.

Copyright. 1895. by the Associated Press.)
ment the action, on Wednesday last, of the
licensing committee of the County Council
in granting an unconditioned licerse to the
Empire Theater was the most interesting
feature of the week. There was a large
crowd Of interested spectators at the meet
ing, but Mrs. Ormiston Chant, who made
so much trouble for the Empire last year in
opposing the granting of its license, and
who was then successful in having it's
privileges very much curtailed, failed to put
in an appearance, and there was practically
no opposition TO granting the full license
asked for. George Edwards, manager of
the Empire. testified that the restrictions
which the committee of the County Council
placed upon his establishment last year, af-
fecting chiefly the drinking auditorium
and the free circulation in all parts of the
house OF the dem-mondaines, had in
volved a loss of 100000 in the profits dur
ing the past year, and that the dividend
declared this year was only 40 per cent,
as against 20 per cent. in previous years.
The victory of the Empire Theater, it
is now claimed, shows how completely Lon
don has repudiated the so-called Puritan
policy which prevailed last year. The En-
pire has not only regained the right to open
the famous promenade and to sell drinks in
the auditorium. but the applications for
full licenses from aIlii the other London
music halls were agreed TO without condi-
tions. Several Of the metropolitan news
papers Naturally commented upon the fact
that, Mrs. ormiston Chant has not even
found the cause worthy of postponing her
lecturing tour in America"
The Pail Mall Gazette referring to the
a
having become a person of some name, She
has left her weaker sisters and younger
6rothers brother for for. whom n "a she e. pleaded SO elo-
lea in order to transmute her name into
dollars
The Pail Mall Gazettes comments are
hardly fair. She was "a person of some
name long before her crusade against the
Empire Theater. being one. of the repre-
sentatives OF womanhood who went to the
worlds fair at Chicago to take part in the
special exercises held there by women, and
she was one of the delegates to the Wom-
ans Congress held in Washington, in 1893.
This is understood to be Mrs. Chants
fourth visit to America, and not the first,
as the Pail Mall Gazette seems to suppose.
day sree fo S;f wn1 ndn and5lcpates Ton
by" has opers1 the hDX office of the Hay
market Theater for the sale of seats for
that play, five weeks in advance of the
Seymour Hicks and Ellalaine Terris, who
sail for America this week. made their
Theater last Monday evening. Miss Deci-
ma Moore has replaced Miss Terris in the
cast of THE Shop Girl
Sir Arthur Sullivan, not content with
working at the new opera for the Savoy
and the forthcoming ballet for the Alham-
bra, Will soon start to write the score of
the opera OLIVIA" a metrical version of
Harris and Harold RouIton. This will only
be another rendering of ''The Vicar of
Eugene d'Albert the famous French
pianist, who has not appeared in London
for many years, Will give number of con-
certs in London and the provinces during
the winter.
Charles Coghlans Mercutio in the Lon
don production of Romeo and Juliet" is
the strongest features of the performance
Jeanne Douste. who will play the lead
ing role of Gretel in the "Hansel and
Gretel' company Sir Augustus Harris has
sent to America, has had an extraorsiin-
arily rapid career as a vocalis. and actress
Nine months ago she was unknown to
the stage proper although having con-
siderable reputation on the concert plat
form as child pianist. At Christmas she
cipal part in the pantomime OF Cinderella"
when the part of Gretel will be undertaken
either by Edith Johnston or Jessie Hud-
dleston, who are included in the present
company.
Paderewski sailed for New York Oct.
In order to give twenty-nine piano recitals
there and in the States. He will also ap-
pear at Chicago in January and at San
Francisco and Salt Lake City in March.
Adeline Patti has contracted to sing at
the Monte Carlo Casino during the coming