Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-23

1t now seems likely that the plan OF
giving Lord Dunraven a public reception at
Cardiff upon his return from New York, as
we'll as the arrangements for an elaborate
welcome of the Valkyrie III, will be aban-
don2d
Something approaching a turf scandal
has arisen on account Of tho extraordinary
lightness of the handicap PLACID upon
Florizel, owned by the Prince of Wales.
Immediately after the acceptances for the
Czarewitch stakes were published, 6 to
were freely taken on Florizel. One writer
says that the only possible solution was a
desire on the part of the handicappers to
treat the Prince of Wales leniently and
that the horse would not have been thus
favored if it had belonged to any one else.
A mysterious paragraph is going the
rounds of the newspapers to the effect that
the engagement will shortly be announced
of an officer of the Guards to the widow
of titled member of parliament, recently
deceased The lady, it is added, is wealthy,
dark and beautiful. 1t is supposed that
the woman alluded to is Lady Randolph
G hurchill.
A Gamblers Paradise.
King Leopold Of Belgium has sold to
Colonel North "nitrate king" mile of
the sea front of Ostend, the sum paid being
81 500 900. 1t is said that Colonel North
intends to found there an international
sporting club, which will be a center of
horse racing, glove fighting and athletics
generally, with theater, gambling rooms,
public gardens, etc The tract purchased
begins just beyond the kings pavilion.
Ostend already shares with Monte Carlo
the reputation Of being the fastest place in
all Europe. During the past summer it
has been visited by some of the most no.
torous gamblers and members of the
demi-monde in Europe, but under the
new auspices it promises to eclipse all its
previous efforts.
Katharine Beauclerk, daughter Of the
Duke of st, Adams, is to be married to
Lady Henry Somcrsct's son next year.
Miss Jennie Alderman of San Francisco
and Misses Schaffncr and Pratt of Penn
sylvania have Just returned from an <
petition to Iceland. where they went o
organize the White Ribbon society. Miss
kckerman rode 200 miles on horseback in
the performance of her work
BY far the greatest dramatic event Of
recent years occurred Saturday evening
in the production of "Romeo and Juliet"
at the Lyceum. 1t is stated that no less Il
sum than 10000 has been expended by
Forbes Robertson upon this venture, and
ii goes without saying that the mounting
of the play, the coStuming and the acces-
sories were on n scale fully equal to that
of the best traditions of this famous thea
ter. Mr. Robertson will be remembered
by those Americans who witnessed his
performance while supporting Mary An
dcrson and Henry Irving on the other side
of the Atlantic
In this connection an old story is re-
called that while he was in Mary Amber
sons company he fell deeply in love with
her and that they We're at one time en-
gagged Mr.. Robertsons sterling char
acter and individuality have won him in
luential friends and the interest in the
performance was something unprece-
dcnted. The demand for seats was enough
to fill the house four or five times over.
New Juliet.
Much interest also prevailed in the Juliet
of Mrs Patrick Campbell. The papers
have been for weeks condoling with Mrs
Campbell upon the fact that her imDer-
sonation of the part must inevitably be
contrasted with that of the late Adelaide
Nelson, who is still remembered as the
ideal Juliet of the English stage. The au-
dience last night comprised all that is best
in the literary, artistic, fashionable and
dramatic world of London, many leaders
of these circles having returned to town
expressly for the purpose of attending.
Mr.. Robertson was the Romeo of the cast.
Charles Coghlan played Mercutio, w.
Dennis, Tybalt; A. Granville, Paris;
Nutcombe Gould, Friar Laurence; Ian
Robertson, the apothecary, and Dolores
Drummond, the nurse.
The Shakesperian revival seems TO have
seized upon other of the prominent London
managers, and it is now intimated that
both Mr.. Willard and George Alexander
have In contemplation productions
Hamlet in the near future.
Arthur Nikkish, formerly conductor Of
the Boston symphony orchestra, has been
appointed to succeed the veteran Herr
Heinicke as Conductor of the famous Ge-
wandhaus concerts at Leipsic, at q salary
OF 1000 marks per annum.
Hiss Dorotea Baird, whom Mr. Tree has
entrusted with the part of Trilby, has had
a rapid and striking success as an actress
Indeed so far as experience goes, she i:
put beginner on the stage. A little more