The morning times., 1896-06-28

DuvernOy. produced at the opera IN Par1S,
is said to be original. tunefni and dra matte.
and the production. scenicaliy and mus
| cally, is highly praised.
Charles Froliman Is to make a London
! production OF IN American play IN septem-
| Der. Gus Thomas "Don't Tell Her Hus-
| band'' will be put on with Charles Handy
| in the principal role.
The largest of the German music festivals
| is usually that Of the Lower Rhine, which
| this year took place at Dusseldorf. There
were / 600 singers and ali orchestra OF
| 90 unies the dTection OF Richard strauss
| Tom Prior, according to Biff Hall. has
deferred the production or MS bicycle play.
..Mr. Wheeler ot Wheeling" until autumn.
Meantime he is Interesting himself in
| patent for can and is preparing to
rush it.
Mrs. Pat Campbell failed absolutely as
Magda- Bernard shaw SAID OF Ler tnaJ she
had.not lived long enough to get as much
work crammed intO her entire repertoire as
Dnse gets into every teu minutes or her
Mag gda.
Abbey Schoeffel & Grau are not I he only
or the best-Known London managers re-
Gently went under tor $I25 .OOO Lord
HOPE, May foue hubby, is whistling or
Madame de Navarro Mary A nderson) " no
is stopping at the village of Broadway,
GlouocstcrsDire, has been coaching "a party
OF amateurs Tor Il performance Civ ell In the
oid 11isit barn, stairway. ior the Hon
A. j. Balfour.
Edmond Audran. composer of "Oiivetta''
aud The Mascoite." has written a few
comic opera. called The Doll which
may prove to be the ioDg-expected work
that is going to revive pubii interest in MS
form OF entertainment.
Playmaking is strange work Charles
Frohman bought the original of .'Tco Much
Johnson in ia ris Tor SlU0. Gillette
hammered IL into shape To tickle Aneri
cans. and IL ran two seasons and niaue a
fortune for the owners.
So great is Tie success OF the Atlanta
Summer Opera Conpony that ii may he
taken on iuur intact. RicLmonu. Nash
vile. Kansas City and Denver want 1t.
Ada Palmer Walker, George Boniface and
irene Verona are tie stars.
Marion Singer, who was with De Wolf
..>~-- 81 iJ.- j. L.I.e ~er, a.. Ne,, .,IR.ity.
Size was sepa rated for sotiie years from her
husband Charles IL. Atwood, an architect.
who left her fortune Of nearly 5000 4 tOU.
a copyright performance Of Joseph Ar
thurs Cherry 4 ickers"- was gwen M New
burg, N. y, last week. There were seven
pcurle ID the au,ience 1ney coiIeu On Ar
thur for speech. He replied: Let us go
next door and have soinethipg,'' and was
enthusiastically applauded.
Odell Williams Is said TO resemble Rob
ert Ii. ITgersoii. He Will employ TINS gift
OF nature by making up as the agnostic
uc.iveii.S .-ctures tnrousn the
country on route already booked. He
VIII lind that lnr man and not the lec
lures WIS tHe NlES u.
Ben Stevens. ma ma ger for De Wolf Hop
per, thinks ne is the luckiest manager in the
business. In looking over his routing Cor
next season Lsa G,ss1Drcred That tie WAS DooA-
ed only in tie gold States. What with
successful play and the gold boom in poll
tics. lie thinks sure the snowman's muien-
ium has come.
The central idea Of Fred Horuer's new
farcical play, 'Thc Sunbury Scandal, - pro-
duced recenJlyin Terry's Thea er in London
is that Df "A woman. anHparlUY "a h.,rriStnr
IN deIense or her husband. not Knowing him
To be her husband. and against her own in
terests. Plainly lie has not troubled himself
much about probability.
TIE vulCarity OF much of the theatrical
dancing of the day is the subject of discus
sion III some or the London newspaper
There can be no doubt that the aboininabIe
contortions in which some women indulge
upon the stage are wholly lndefeDslDc. ana,
as writer III the Academy remarks. can
not possibly please or amuse any one whose
taste has right to he consulted
Sarah Bernhardt wrote an article for her
sons magazine in which she said that the
United States had nothing like a national
drama, but subsisted on foreign adapta-
tons. She was not so wIong IN Eer suise-
Quent opinion that sensational pieces and
the fine scenic effects OF Il play please US
greatly. In ten years the American stage
will be one OF the finest in the world. CON
ciudes the actress.
IL said that Augustin DAILY intends to
produce next season u play called Our
Selves" which Dion Bouccault completed
sh,riIy before his Ceati. u Is iunhertDOre
rumored that it is a play on which several
expert hands have nIready worked. IN
that case the play may prove to be r. G.
Burnand's "OurEelves." which lie adapted
several years ago from Labiche's Moi"
and produced with very mcager success
Nine. Calve has ccntradicted the report
that she will appear in Paris, and except
as 10 her London season, she declares She
win rest all the suinuer in the country an
he n q ff. raff ffryt tn.
United States. Furthermore, she Will
not create the chief part in NJ. Masscnet's
new opera, Cinderella us she rightly
believes she is not physically suited To The
role; while as To 'Sapho,' il viii not be
finished till next year.
Among the curios at 4 sale Of the effects
of the late Henry Howe was Il geld band
signet ring. set with comcIia presented
to Howe by Macready, on his pla ying Marc
Antony to the celebrated tragedian's $ julius
i Caesar The metal was formerly excavated
the lot was sold for "a. There was also
the Haymarket Jug tan old blue-and- white
.ewer,, presented to Howe by Blackstone,
which brought 2Ts. Cd.
Here are the titles of some new English
songs: Jolly Little Polly on Gee
Gee. sweet Little Rrsey- -Posey." This
is a Chorus Song. An Old Brass Locket,"
dreams OF Ny Own Land, Eliza. the
Never See His Mother ANY More, Johnny
Met Her on a Steamer,'' Grub. Beautiful
Grub, Charley's unit. Timothy Green"
I've Been Out On the Wheel All Might"
and -'That'li Doodle Doodle Do
Meissonier was, once importuned by a
Partisan manager to paint him a drop cur
tam. The famous artist expIalneu that
he did not understand that branch OF art
oh, never mind that" said the manager
lit is your name want State your terms
and the time it Will require The size Of
the curtain is "a yards Meissonier con-
sidered for few moments. when be in formed
the manager tha it would take him three
weeks to paint picture three inches
square, and that he received 5000 francs
Isl ,000) for such a painting LAT that
rate" he said, Il can do your curtain
IN about eighty years, and at 4 cost of
about 900. .N0u francs (S2OO ,OoOb"
The mauagerd did not insis ton his proposition
Buried the Wrong Body
A German gentleman one day received
telegram from the proprietor of a hotel in
the south OF France, informing him of the
death OF his aunt, and asking for particu-
lars as to thedisposal ofthe body. Thegci,-