The morning times., 1896-04-26
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since PARADISE Aiicy SpraDS INTO IaiDe tue
| alley is coming in for generous dramatiza-
| ton.
For next season q t the Lyceum Manager
Daniel Frohman has a comedy OF character
| by Richard Golden, domestic comedy OF
| Virginia life by an author unknown as yet
| to fame; a play by Glen Macdonough and
another Rose play
Dahm- Peterson played Mephis topheles
| thappy combination of names } In Hammer,
| his singing voice, but said that he acted
badly He wrote q scolding letter TO the
| entire Gotham critical fraternity.
| Ernesto Rossi. the great Italian actor, has
| celebrated the ffftieth anniversary of his
stage debut. Among his many presents
! was golden sword from the Car, a tteSting
the actors popularity in Russia. Rossis
| American tour some years ago was dire
! failure.
| offer from Oscar Hammersten TO appear
| at The Olympia, and put on whatever he
| chooses to present, regardless or ex-
| pense, and in all probability he will ap-
| pear there at the close OF his four weeks at
! the Garrck.
! a benefit to Messrs Abbey and Grau
was given by the Metropolitan stars on Fri
| day night The songsters sang their best.
| and didn't ask thousand dollars or cent
| for it, The season closed last night with
| "Lohengrin,'' and the artists are going
! home to spend our cash.
May be some Washingtonian has some
| valuable pa peramong his old pictures. John
| Creohan. whose address is the Continental
| Hotel. Philadelphia, is writing a life or
| Laura Keene and wants to buy pictures of
this actress in the characters of Beatrice.
| Rosalind. Mira nda, Ophelia, Puck, Becky
| Sharp and Effie Dean.
The reason for Dorothy Morton's divorce
| suit is furnished by the gossip that the
| prima donna expects 10 marry again as
soon as her decree is granted. The happy
| bridegroom elect is said TO be wealthy
young man from Rochester, who has paid
| the singer marked attentions during the
| present sea son.
The other night Mr.. Kellar the magician,
! incensed by the indifference OF small
! audience at n Chicago theater interrupted
| the proceedings long enough to utter an
| iil-naturen lecture. in the course of which
| he informed the people that Ii was their
| duty 20 aid the performers by exhibiting
| some symptoms OF enthusiasm for his work
Minnie Hauk the American prima donna.
now the Baroness Won Hesse Wartegg, has
| been received in Florence as IN honorary
member Of the Academy OF st. Cecilia. This
| is an unusual honor, granted to fe W artists
| The Academy is the oldest in the world. and
| was founded by Palestrina. The event was
| elaborately celebrated.
| 1t is said that Sir Henry Irying's wife is
| living In South Kensingtnn, and the wo sons
of the actor, while on excellent terms with
| their father. make their home with their
| mother when in London. Lady Irving is
| rather eccentricin appearance. and dfromthe
| day on Which her husband was knighted, has
! been very particular that no one should omit
| the LADY y III addressing her.
IAN actor shonld know how To speak his
| own langua ge, 1t is moi enough to have
Fead Shakespeare or recited his soliloquieS
! at school; net 'spouting' that he must have
! a smattering of. hut ability to pronounce
correctly and enunciate clearly: How many
Of them can do either2' That's what Sir
| Henry SAYS. on his own admission ne lacks
| tue first desideratum OF an actor.
peculiar custom prevalent in Mexico
| is that Of selling ticket for single act
! of play. One may see an entire play by
| purchasing a large ticket with coupon
! for each act, which gives Il sitting in the
| best rows in the orchestra circle. reserved
for this purpose. A ticket for only one act
| involves Il seat outside this charmed circle,
| and its holder IS expected TO retire volun-
| Ia rily al the end of the act or pay again.
| A fashionable woman Offered Chevalier
| 81 900 for three songs at her mouse one
! day last week. The coSter told her, in
effect, that, though there was nothing
| SPECIFIC in his contract with Roster Il Bal
| 10 prevent his singing in private during
| his New York enga cement, he felt that
| Cocker and he must decline. Which sug
! gests that nice sense of honor is as good
| as a tightly drawn contract
Nat Goodwin tried very hard to Sc
| cure Ma kline Elliott as leading lady for
| his Australian and American tours. Ne
| gotiations were progressing fayOrably when
| tne conetliin suddenly remembered that
| stately Miss Elliott stands several inches
| taller than himself. Goodwin Immediately
telegraphed TO his agent in New York:
| Call the deal off; can't ma ke love TO
| woman have TO look up 10.
| The invaluable press a gent affirms that
| John Drew cares not what is said of him
if the fit of his clothes is not criticised.
| There you have n press agent whose soul
| is above the paltry cOnsdera tons Of citing.
| John Drew made his first public debut in
1873 with Mrs. john Drew's stock com
| pany in Philadelphia. Mr.. Daily say him
| act in 1875. and soon after made him
| Mr. nFpw-S first in Sh9EeS-
| pcarean character was in 1875, in support
| OF Edwin Booth in Hamlet
There was lively time at the last CO.
lonne concert in Paris. Catulle Mendes es-
| saycd % give a preliminary lecture, but was
! overcome by shouts OF ''Ausiquei nIusique,
| CoIonnei Colonne!' Tie eminent poet lost
his temper, and stampeded with parting
| undignified inveCtiye. Later Mendes tried
| again to he heard. but was routed second
| time. despite police interference in his
behalf. After the concert was concluded
lie gave his lecture To handful of curious
| persons. A Partisan audience has no evil
dent respect for fame.
This week Rhea is beyond ST. Paul. Sal
| yini is in Chicago, For Fair Virginia in
| Jersey Irving in Rhode Island, Hermann In
New York, James O'Neil in Washington
| State John Drew in Chicago. Louis James
! in Ohio, Margaret MatheT in Pennsylvania,
Roland Reed in San Francisco. Richard
| Mansfield in San Francisco. Thomas keene
! in Chicago. Wilton Lackaye in Harlem,
too Much Johnson in Philadelphia, ".
H. Crane in New York State, Walker White
| side in Philadelphia. Della Fox in Brook
| lyn Sousa in New England, and Frank Dan
| iels in Boston.
The Queen of Roumania a-Carmen Sylvia
| in literature-has produced new drama,
| "IJilranda,' at Vienna. The time of the
play is prehjStorical. Ullranda's hand is
to be given 10 the bravest warrior. She
| loves Arbogast. and expects him to re-
turn TO her in triumph: but it is Wodmor
who conquers, aud Arbogast has conspired
gainst him Wodmor eXacts that Ull-
randa shall kill Arbogast. and she obeys,
but kills Wodnor ,afierward. The scene:
! are shores of the North Sea. traversed by
gigantic men. who lift trees like straws.
Their wives serve drink to them in human
skulls.
George r. Sims. the incarna ton of cock
neyiSm and the most successful English
author of melodrama. startieS the world
with cure fer badness. He has tried it
himself with success. and declares that he
| has caused hair to grow on 30 900 bald
heads. His recipeiS petroleum Oil. the bene-
| ficial qualities of which were discovered in
this way: \ lamp cleaner at Paddington
railway alton had Perfectly bald head.
and instead of wiping his oily hands on his
clothes-as some lamp cleaners do. out of
respect for their tailors-he always wiped
them on his head The consequence being
posSessor of luNuriant crop of hair.
Burr Mcintosh can do most ap hing with
a pack OF cards, and an amusing story
is told OF job he and The late Charlie
Reed put up on John f. Henshaw for IL
joke. Hensha W is very fond of poker and
Mcintosh and Reed decided to play a trick
on him by fixing the pack, hut they reck-
eoned without their nc ST. for what Hen
shaw does not know about cards is not
worth knowing, and it did net take good
| natured John very long to tumble" that
something was wrong. Presently McIn-
tosh shuffled the pack and dealt the cards.
Henshaw watched the shuttle, and when
| the pack was handed to him to cut he
manipulated it. Reed bet and Mcintosh
I rnt co. IN. n len rDtS Nr,f
on until quite large pot had accumulated
| in he middle of the table. Mcintosh drop