The evening times., 1896-04-23

scntation of LES HuguenDts'' in Paris bas
| jusI passed. IL WAS On the 18th of February.
! 1886 tliat NeyerDeer chef d'Oeuvre was
| piayed for the iIrst time. Nine. Falcon. VIII"
| cre.lri the role OF Valentino IN an admir-
| able fashion, is still living in re-
| tIrcnent III Paris.
A young play wright approached Verona
| Jari,..au the oluer aay at q Windy City
| tneater with an offer to wIIte her a new
| Iisi : ana A.ISS .JjrD-du is sam 10 have re-
| piicd: ''Ali right; | wish you'd write me Il
| pIay, but why NOT have something IN which
| can INA ke Il hit from the waIstup. Hilbert
an my TITS have been made from the waist
GOWN"
| Charles Lewis, the author of Mr.. VaIen-
| tine Christmas, 'ss pa cu here during the
winter by sol Smitn Russell, COMMITTED
| suicide III DaDyIile, ILL.,, last week. In
| 4 .Ctter address al To his brother he stated
| that he was slCk III bOIy ana mind beyond
| tae possibility or Il cure, and was de
| spunuent BECAUSE play lie had written
had b'cn refused
| The floating tneater. large steamboat
| conJdiuins d stage, auditorium and aMpI.
| apartments for actors, Will soon begin It's
annual tour down tae Mississippi. playing
oil the rlver towns. "A Chicago man has
successfully inhndSed TINS unique play
house for many years, aUi steam org; "a
is Il newly added attractISn TO lure the
workers on the levee-
Mr.. Thomas A Edison's invention, the
vitasCcpS, Is soon To be exhibited at /
New York music hall. by this invention
yeritapie liv.uS pictures are thrown upon
screen, and Dramatic scenes or even
NnOIc plays may Dc presented. The
kintograpilc, Il similar inveBJ.un, has beeu
rAnuTyu with success III London and is TO
be Shown in Gotham at AN early date.
New York theaters are putting forth new
advertisement Scne.ne.- Tine Heart of
Nary. lids Two llvl before the tneatPr-
one young AMI aJHlUtIc dressed DIS a Union
sol iier, the other bearded and SCARED as a
COnIeierate veteran. E.cI yDouy stops and
eazeS az them. ""Chimmie Fadden'' sent
: nurScIISS c.irTld sc uI ttii.t ,Iown broadway
10 announce his one hunurc, tn performance
1t is more than likely tnat but FOR the
cnga cement OF Jonu Iid re at Ahbcy's
Tiu..tcr Lillian Russell In.g gnt have con
Tmued III ''Inc Lite lukr' for a run.
Il Is strange tnat, ut the IIaS end OF the
season. ana aIIcr Il continuous series or
disasters which cost Abbey and Grau
.nnumc rabie thousands, i.ilIIan Russell!
should have scored almost pronounced
hit.
The English play censor has put his
veto on me NJ Vlr,uc, an adaptation
OF Il wrctCIetiiy Unh, amy story OF the
same name, by Mrs. oscar Berinrer.
VINO aaapted that pure STORY, Little Lord
FauntGeruy, Miss GJidtOn ol oregon, which
Eweret!a Lawrence mas long threatened
to protuce; ANA frc!csed Durlesque "
Tue Sign Of the Gross, Of all things i'll the
wOrdi
Tie title La Loie," which the students
of Paris bestowed ON Loie Fuller proves
some what difficult Tor the aN crage Anerl-
can to pronounce. II has ucvcioEed more
Magnus. Miss Fuiicr s business manager,
encountered The latest tins week well
known Snowman met him aud inquired
How is Lay Low DOING" Lay Low
IS flying high Was Mr.. A;snus' answer.
Abbey has announced his iIgures in The
grand opera tour ami 10 !nty Dr seen from
the following how Well Washington sup
ported the season. In round figures, Bo>-
tOn iuGrteru performances aggregated
100000; Baltimore and Washington, di-
vi,nc e week between them, brought in
week, were $4,000; in Buffalo and De
troit, dividing a week. $4,000; in CHI
c;,go, In two weeks, over SltO,Ooo, aud N
st. Louis, one week, S3o,OOo-
The force OF Beranger's aphOrism, saysa
exchange, let me write the songs of
Eation, and 1 care not who makes Its
Ia VS." has often been acknowledged. The
New York Sun Is authority Tor the state
ment that Hon. Charles II. Hoyt's song,
The Rnwcry,' has deprecated the value
of property millions or dollars on that
written for any such purpose. but merely
TO hit Off the practices that were in vogue
III its raimy DAYS aud sha,y nights bnt the
effect was produced all the same
The Paris Gauois has published the textnf
a preface purporting to have been written
by Sarah Bernhardt for Book entitled
Sarah BerniiarIt, artistic ct femme" which
4 French publisher in New York announces
for early appearance. Bernhardt gives her
of America AMI Americans, and
confesscs TINT she is extremely partial t.
y,
preme. She remarks change In public
taste concerning pays, emotional works
Of som. literary merit now being preferrrj
to the dramas of action that once were
popular.
This week the Tabers are in Philadel-
nhia Crane in New York State, Camille
b'Arville in Philad clphla, Ada Rebln in
Boston Saivini in Chicago, Duse is West
ward hound, Edwin NJ. Royle's Friends
in California, Irving i'll Boston. Juhn Hare
IN ST. Louis, Louis james in Ohio, Rose
Coghlan in Brooklyn, Robert Manteil i'll
Nebraska. Roland Reed in San Francisco,
Bernhar,lt il dianapolis. Sol Smith Rus
sell I'm New York state, Stuart Robson in
Missouri. Scahrooke in New York city,
Thomas Kecne in Chicago, Walker White
side in Pennsylvania, and DcWulr Hopper
in New York city.
Any actor who applies for an engage
ncnt in Russia is compelled 10 answer
truihfulIy u number OF inlpcrtineut qu.s-
tions. He must give his age, TIE name
of his parents, his religion, his stature.
his mace of former employment AMI salary
actually received, aud whether he has
ever been imprisoned or fined. This is
of women rs well as men. These
regulations are also legally enforced in
with hOuse Sc rvants In Russia.
a test case was recently carried by an
actor 10 the imperial court. which decided