The evening world., 1895-09-04
DRAMATIC NEWS AND NOTES.
A Homily on Early Opening Of The
atres-lgnacio Martinetti
Sims Away,

0trco-l8nuC1O Martinetu
slips Away.
Managers will think twice next year
before they open their theatres all in a
rush before September has properly
started" said a theatrical w!seacrc. 1t
is all very well to provide attractive
bills Of fare. but what is the use of
doing so unless there be people to en-
Joy them. After Monday nights per-
formances the fact that theatregoers
had not yet returned to the city was
apparent to every manager. A couple
of theatres had crowded houses: the
others didn't. And know of one house
that was literally unable to secure n
dead-head audience OF the right kind.
The managerial rush this year was
about as stupid an event as could have
happened. The new season, which has
promised to be very good one. will
start d!scouragngly for several. simply
because they entered this dangerous
whirlpool of competition. And did you
notice how odd the various audiences
looked? The women had not yet se-
cured their Autumn garb. Some Of
them wore shirt waists. others attended
these openings in their little Summer
sailor hats. and the few who donned
regular theatre-go!ng clothes felt un-
comfortable-or. at any rate, looked It,
AS for the men-you saw the odd con-
| struction of dress suit and straw hat
| a mixture that you would dub provincial
| II you found II at Red Bank, \. j.
You see those that were in the city
| were not ready for the season. and the
! regular audiences will not be back until
next week or the week after" At the
Fifth Avenue Theatre 1.-The Bathing
| Girl has already succumbed. Had IT
been produced three weeks later this
fate would probably have been spared
| It, Worse things have run for month
to give 1t up is amusing. "lt is a clever
little thing" he said to the writer a
week ago. and It went remarkably
Mel in the Wsst wnS ,hHnSh hoy that ada ,s
leading part Unfortunately was un-
able to persuade her to take It,; IL is
| Girl" Messrs. Coverly and Hughes.
themselves put UP the money for its pro-
duction in New York.
| Ignacio Martinetti. who was under
contract to appear with Joseph Hart IN
"sloped away" with. A. NJ. Palmer $
"Trilby" COMPANY. where he is playing :
the part OF Zou-Zou. Mr., Hart has
Mr. Martinetti, and it is quite likely
| that there will be injunctions brougnt I
to bear upon the case. Mr.: Martinettis
Summer struggle with Zou-Zou evil
IDENTIFY pleased him too we'll
/ Of the latest Sir Gus 'Arrs-Drury Lane
Theatre melodrama. that New York VIII
! probably see in the sweet by-and,by,
1t has not yet been produced In London
but 1t is nearly due there Cheer.
Boys. Cheer" certainly has patriotic
odor about It, You seem to get a
Whit of drums beating and soldiers
| marching.
Another managerial competition. TO.
night 1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda' opens at
the Lyceu.n and The Great Diamond
Robbery at the American. The latte,
its production might certainly have
been delayed until tomorrow. This is
what Mr.; Palmer wanted. but T. Henry
is idle said MIR. French. land well
open 1t on Wednesday,"
Howard Gould is the name OF one Of
the actors to appear In, the cast oi
"The Prisoner OF Zenda" at the ,!y hy.
the % part of Fritz Won Tarienheim
have been il Miss Odette Tyler had
been In the cast. Would she have con.
sented to appear under such wound
opening circumstances?
Leo Dietrichstein has not, as has
been announced, cancelled his en-
gaagement t. with Charies r,s ,sions,' EronmSm an
which he was cast did not suit him. so
he will remain with "Trilby" until there
Ia a place for him In another Frohman
farce. "Trilby," by the way. closed its
Chicago engagement Saturday night and
opens in ST. Louis tonight.
A huge and exceedingly fragrant bou-
quet of flowers was placed in the lobby
Of the Academy of Music the Other
night for Mrs Mrs. ,;n, Agnes Bo9th. 1t siIr ssniIr
| was inscribed "From II. Clay Miner v
During the evening a wag wrote be
meath this in pencil, "opens at thu
Fifth Avenue, Theatre with Nat Good
| win Sept. H.
Joseph Brooks always has delightful
humor, but he has never been funniei
his the other day. Mr.. Brooks has q
mania for syndicates. He was inter
ested in one before at the time thai
| THE Merry War" and "In the Ranks
were produced. but 1t is not known e
have. revolutionized anything. Mr.
Paris. 1t is a musical novelty that hal
already run there for more than a year
don't want to name 1t. Tor then j
~~o.AAS.