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sent the manuscript anonymously to
that conductor together with a 500
franc note to pay for rehearsals, and
intended, at the same time, as a (rather
expensive) pun on his own name (cinq
cents).
The market value of great Wagner
| ian conductors is constantly rising. A
year or two ago the intendant Of the
Berlin Opera made an effort to get
Mottl to leave Karlsruhe, but the Grand
Duke bribed him to remain by making
him "Generalmusikdirect for Ba-
den. Recently great efforts have been
made to secure him for Munich, but the
Grand Duke has met them by raising
! Motifs salary 5000 marks.
Ferdinand Gumbert is no longer
among the living. He died in Berlin a
few weeks ago, aged 7S. He was at first
a bookseller then an opera singer, and
finally devoted himself to composition
and musical criticism. OF his 400 songs
many have become as popular in Ger
many as Abt's or Kucken's, but they
are Of ephemeral value only.
F. e. Edwards has written History
of Mendelssohn' 'Elijah,'" apropos of
the jubilee of that work, which English
choral societies are celebrating. From
this it apears that Mendelssohn received
200 guineas from the Birmingham fes-
tival committee for the right Of first
performance and his services as con-
ductor. For the British publishing
rights he received ST go, for the Ger
man $500. The vocal score at first
cost SO; to-day it can be bought for a
shilling.
Wilson Barrett appears to be devot-
ing himself entirely to scriptural
drama. He has new piece called by
the Waters of Babylon" which is to fol-
low 1.-THE Sign of the Cross" 1t ap-
pears that H. B. Irving and his bride,
DorOthea Baird, will act together in
this country next season in the latter
play.
Mary Pennington, Spinster," is the
name selected for the new four-act play
by W. R. Wakes. Cyril Maude and
Olga Brandon will play the principal
parts, and Miss Mary Jerrold. grand
daughter of Henry Mayhem and great
granddaughter of Douglas Jerrold, will
make her first appearance on any stage.
Arthur Cecil Blunt, who was much
better known by his stage name of Ar
thur Cecil, died of pneumonia, says the
New York Post. He was the son Of a
solicitor and was educated for the
army, but drifted to the theater and
entered into partnership with John
Clayton at the London Court Theater,
where he made a respectable little for
tune out of A. w. Pinero's comedies
Having made his money, he had the
good sense to stick to it, and thereafter
eschewed management, contenting him
self with the substantial salary which
he could always command as an actor
When Mr.. Alexander is able to with
draw The Prisoner of Zenda," he is
going to appear in a dramatzation OF
The God in the Car" In this piece he
will be assisted by Julia Nelson He
already has Evelyn Millard and Olga
Brandon in his company
The new play at the Ambigu Theater
in Paris, Les Deux Gosses," is said to
be remarkably effective melodrama
which may turn out to be another 1.-TWO
Orphans" 1t is written by nephew of
D'Ennery. The American rights have
been secured by Daniel Frohman.
Primrose & Vests Minstrels, seventy
strong, are on the California circuit
with three bands and a new feature
called 'The Vanishing Hussar''
In the Strange Adventures of Miss
Brown" now on the boards in San
Francisco, Eddie Foy, the inimitable
low comedian, is Miss Brown.
The jealousy Of Miss Hampton for
Maxine Elliott led to the former with
drawing from the Frawley Company
Two handsome leading women in one
troupe was too much for Mary Hamp-
ton.