The herald., 1896-05-17
Green Room Chat

Green Room Chat
A new play by Mamsey Morris and
Hillary Bell. entitled The Social Trust.
will be produced by the Frawley Stock
company in San Francisco in July. The
cast will include Maxine Elliott, Frank
Worthing. T. w. Frawley, Macklyn Ar
buckle. George Osborne, Blanche Bates,
and Hope Ross
Jean de Reszke is to marry the Count
ess De Goulaine in July. Farewell. Jean,
to your triumphs. for married tenor IN
New York is shorn of half his splendors.
Fancy Pederewski married, and maxi
ing 100000! Preposterous
Nordica is wheeling every day; so Is
Melba, and Klafsky says she is to get
wheel this summer. for she is piqued
at the remarks in the press about her
size. Itch bin NIGHT so large she pa
thetically remarked to a friend
Mark Kenyon, well known among the
western travelling companies as lead
ing man, died at his home in Scotland
ON March 10 of consumption. MIR. Ken
yon had many friends and acquaint-
ances in the west and south who will
mourn his loss.
Prof. Alexander Hermann has con-
cluded negotiations with a famous Eu-
ropean illusionist by which they agree
to jointly bear the expenses of sending
IA commission to India to see the report
ed marvels of Hindoo magic. The COM
mission will consist of a practical sci
enlist and mechanical engineer, skill
ed European magician and a photog-
rapher equipped with all the latest con-
trivances for taking rapid succession
of pictures.
A press dispatch in the papers last
week recounts the deliverance of Bessie
Rooney, the 10year-old sister of Mich
ael Rooney. bareback rider with the
Ringing show. from the deadly EN-
hrn nf "a fprpninllS nv h..r q Ian "A n
friend, Babylon. Bessie is a great friend
of the elephants, and while playing with
them the other day ran too near the
bear, which seized her. Babylon saw
the danger and brought his trunk down
on the bears head with sufficient force
to stun him, and then gently moved the
child out of harms way. Long life to
the press agent.
The wall against Woman's theater hat
is assuming new melodies of misery. Mr..
of Abbey's theater, New
York, complains of the aigrette, that
fuzzy thing so many ladies are wearing
1t is almost invisible at
first, and when she seats herself you do
not realize your plight. But the aigrette
begins to dance and bob. and every time
you try to see the ge you see nothing
but cage-like, Kaleidoscope effect
Liberty Bell, described as a spectac-
ular. patriotic comic opera. is to be pro-
Juices Oh Il mammoth scale at the BOS-
ton theater on June |. If successful it
Will run all summer in Boston. jerome
Sykes will be the leading comedian, with
Al Wilson in German comedy part.
Kate Davis, who has been sparring with
Mrs, Leslie Carter and Belasco in the
courts all winter. will have one of those
quaint characters in which she cXcels
William y. Brady's company, headed
by that prince of comedians. Eddie Foy.
viii present for the first time in this |
'ity at the Los Angeles theater, com
Thursday. May 81 The Strange
of Miss Brown a rollickins
arce that has found much favor in the /
east and likewise in London. 1t is said
If this piece that it is unlike the aver
age farce. as it possesses the advantages,
If an interesting story. There is plenty
of plot and surplus of funny situations
and curious situations. The fun runs
fast and furious from beginning to end.
ana there is not a sober moment in the
entire play. Among the people in the
cast are Harry Brown. James e Suli-
van. c. j. Buridge, Efiie Dinsmore. Liz
zie Conway. Lillian Larkin, George Gas
ton and others.