The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-15

Paris theater, London, during the win
ter of 1SoS-94. Interest in them imme-
diately became q craze, which spread
to this country. Kilanyi pictures were
first given here in 1892" at the Gar
den theater. They were afterward in
troduced in Little Christopher and
were copied all over the country.
Scene four. act two, of Little Rob-
inson Crusoe'' presented a bit of fun
a few nights ago at st. Louis that was
not on the regular programme. Henry
Norman. as the cannibal king. stalked
across the boards to sing his famous
song, a Frankfort sausage dangled on
a string from the feather band around
his waist. He was not aware OF the
ludicrous spectacle he presented. and
when instead of the usual applause
which greets his song, he was laughed
at and ridiculed by the entire house,
| he looked about for the cause and dis
covered the weinerwurst.
I'll not take the worst OF It,, he
fairly screamed, as he rushed behind
the wings. WHO played this trick?"
Rose Revierre. a chorus girl, ad-
mitted playing the prank ana was
promptly discharged. Gladys Lester.
| Kittie Young and Ethel Yorke, her
| companions. left with her, and Eddie
L roy ndQ I'll OPpOhto1AtJ OA e0No~~-~o
| at somebody else's expense.
Later. Miss Revierre made an effort
| to be reinstated, but Norman threat
| ened to resign IL she was. and her plea
| was unheeded.
William Jerome, a comic actor with
a knack of putting colloquial fun into
| farces. did so in the case of Town
| Topics" and started on tour with
| Wood and Shepard, a very funny pair
/ from the vaudevilles; but the parties
| in the agreement soon fell out, ana
| now in every Western city where the
| piece is given by Wood and Shepard
| another theater is billed with Jerome
/ as a monologue entertainer, using as
| much matter from the farce as can be
| crowded into his act. f
An absurd anti-Jewish freak is men
| toned by a Berlin correspondent. The
| Berlin organ of the Agriculturists. the
| Tageszeitung, has prescribed every
thing that is Jewish-Jewish music
| amongst the rest. 1t publishes no
| critioues about Jewish performers, or
the works of Jewish composers. When
| the Rubinstein memorial celebration
| was held I'm Berlin II refused to give
an account of II. and its musical critic
left. being followed the other day by
his successor, when the paper. on the
/ same RTOunQS, TC1ucCo w OPNh Us W.
umns to a report of a performance OF
Mendelssohn's st. Paul.
In these days of war plays and stage
| realism the sound of hoofbeats Is
worked into pretty nearly every melo-
drama. Very few people know how
the effect is produced. and very few
too. could make the noise right ever
IL they had the apparatus. 1t takes
| quite a lot of practice to he gooc
.'horse." as ii is called. The necessary
| outfit consists of a table on which II
a long marble slab covered with rub
Der graduated from an inch thick dowr
: to the thickness of a piece of paper
The operator has strapped to eacf
| hand half a cocoanut shell. on TIT
edge of which Is fastened a horseshoe
He starts in pounding them on thu
thick rubber to initiate hoof beats II
the distance, and gradually work.
along to the thin part as they ar
supposed to come nearer, and hnail!
ends up with a clatter on the bar
stone as the horse is pulled up Jus
outside the scene.
The great spiritual drama, "Miracu
| la" which. IL is asserted, was dictates
! | by the ghost of BARLEY Campbell, wa
; | tried on an audience of cynics in tn
town hall of Flushing. L. l.. last week
} under the direction of j. r. Sanford Q
: waukegan. Mich, the medium I
> | whom Mr.. Campbelrs ghost dictate
: II. 1t was a ghostly fizzle.
1 Pauline Hall Is out with an apolog
y | TO actresses because her authorize
r boomer sent out and some newspaper
5 published. as her assertion, that five
l mile ride on a bicycle would give bet
; ter color to them than five-hou
e champagne supper.
$ Lottie Collins and Minnie Paine
!, | have decided to make American tour
: in new comedies.
: I'D for opera glasses from $3.50.
Don't pay as much for your unde
= wearsthis year as last. Buy 1t from II