The morning times., 1896-04-12

son is playing in Mrs Ponterbury's
Past at the Columbus Theater, New Jer-
scy; that HOOley's Theater, Chicago, Is
now open sunday nights, and that other
places OF amusement there VIII soon lOi-
low suit, CiuCilng the Oxford, Olympia.
aud Hopkins, ami thJt Clara bcCkwIth
was recently at The opera house, Leland,
Albany.
Mr. Barrie's new play viii probably De
produced at the Garrick Theater III Lon
UOn next autumn by Cyril Maude and VIM
fred Emery Mr.. r ;. Willard, who made
Il success OF the same authors -'FrOIes-
sOT's Love story did not ike the pslrL
assigned him ia the new play, and IS TO
present instead one which Henry Arthur
Jones IS writing for aim. and which = saId
TO be OF q lighter character than his more
recent prOducuOns-
Some actors were discussing the habit
OF lying and it, cure recently, wnen Mr.
" liIam GIlejte ciiImcd IN WITH " You art
wrong IN your premises. my dear SITS. You
assume that lying Is an evil hdhI-d diS-
ease. IL Is teuinS the truth az tue wrong
tiIDT. tnaUS Complaint WORTH curing 90
people would learn 20 lie in a Thoroughly
iartlstic MANNER. az would add IMmeI>ciV
TO the happiness OF al
II is announced tbat May Irwin viii soon
play tine Widow Jones Tor the Booth per
IOrnlanCe, and offers Il prize or $50 10 any
one for The best suggestion for "A sow enIr.
\ Cincinnati EIdu says i have not seen
the piece. bat II IL - 6 n "a Tar " TN the
majority of farce cnmetiics Would sUEgeS5
that she give away the manuscript 81 the
play Tor u souvenir don ask 500 TOR
This suggestion. VIII settle for S4U-'
new opera by a new composer has
Created u veritabIe sensation IN NIeHna.
The opera il 'Evangeiimdnn, and the
composers name is hIenZI- There has
been some discussion in regard TO RlenZis
originality some Critics cStlA iie opera
a frank imitation of Wagner, while others,
although ConfeSsIng the strong Wagner IN
/ fIuenCe. insist that hlenzi has ldeas en-
I 4 fsEavE- in
/ sjdeFing the opera u YtrilaOle addition
| 10 the operate stage
| henrietta CrDsmdB, the WeH-knOwn az
! fresS. taS filed u petition for divorce from
I j. SctIley Brown, Hpcn the grounds OF
I cruelty. failure to support ana Hdhttudl
4 drunkenness. The couple We're married
I several years ago Whine playing an en-
[ gagement at Dayton, ONO Brown h;ls
\ Zen with the r ROMANS IN New YORK
! Tor several years. N ISS LrOsman Is =
/ daugntcr of Major george CFosin3n' ~
/ New York. ana recently acted III y House
/ OF Cards.
| Frank L PCrley says that the dispatches
/ from California rcg1rGIng Madame ACd-
/ jrsKa-S COHritIOn are exaggerated Ite
/ story that her arm Is PaTaIyZeu II ldi-C
\ She carries il IN a sling, IL Is tTUe- teCauSc
| il is Still helpless, owing TO tne ldCt That
/ during her Illness the blood drCu4dtlCn
/ was InteFrupted. She Will unGOuhtediy,
/ he says, Ieglin the use of the men'er
I spec,aiy. Her health is Improving rIpiaiy
/ aud Mr.. Perlcy has not d GOubt thai shc
/ will be able TO resume her uCtinS next
/ fall This IS her IHfcnlIon anu tAEeCtittIoh'
/ pascd upon the unreserved opinions OF her
| physicians
KoyaI Phelps Carroll, who Is cruising on
/ his yacht, the NavahOe- entered the port
! or CJlFacOl. VeneZurla. on March 10. nCn
/ ne reacned the American conSufs office ne
/ heard OF the plight OF SenOr IatdlH, VINO
4 had been running Il circus which hsiu idlitu
i To make money, SayS the MiTTOr- T3Jdh,
| his wife, ten performers and some trained
| dogs were starving. and when MI carroll
! nedTd OF &c Ht immediately bought StvaIn-
( snip tickets LOT tire distressed show prO-
! pie and paid the freight ON the dogs back 20
| the United StaetS- There We're JdifJy II the
, troupe originally, but Tenty or tnefn ma IL
/ aged to get away before Mr. C1rrOA ar
| rived.
/ Ctssv Fitzgerald is in a quandary as to
! what disposition she VIII make or q
| gift from an admirer, which arrived IN
| new York last week when she ieTt
/ New York Tor the road sile COmfn.S-
/ stoned an atfnlirer. who was about TO 60
( 10 Brazil 10 bring "a monkey back Tor her
| Last week an express wagon from South
| American steamship line backed up TO
| the door of PaimeT's Theater. ana the
| driver giDgeTiy handed in eoI- : II 3
| addressed Fred DoFrington, for CiSSy
Fitzgerald, said the truckman, and
is the master maChinist of the theater.
took the stranger in. and the monkey has
since been running things his own way,
turning everything topsy-turyy. lf CtSSy
| doesn't soon send fOT MIN he VIII be sold
for his board. Hes an amiahle lille Tet-
low. with gray whiSkerS and talks to the
| attaches OF tine house in a dialect that is
as irreSistthly funny as the fair Cissy' $
wink is fascinating
''SOme members OF the Rob Roy Com
pany have lately beeu affiXing ttles OF
rIays TO fit the prcuiiartieS or the prtn
iipal people in the company" said Charles
Alfred Byrnc last week. ''an,I I think their
descriptions are rather smart dS whole
For inSta nee they say OF Julia COTden,
Ufnd and Df I.IyZ!fs
IacniCHol, "a woman OF no Importance. Ol
Miss Anna O'Ket-fe. who is supposed %
hold some interest IN the show, they sly
the silent partner, and OF Mr.. Wll.au
| Pruette, the baryt one. who was away IOI
| a week or two, the absent boy T0 10
seph Sheehan, the tenor, they afriX the
| title of the last strike and TO William
| Mclaughlin, the bassO, who is always OF
! time. and Gcver misses a cue, the impOr
tancr OF being earnest Harry Briggs ha:
| been dubbed between two fires IOr reI
sons pretty wen known to himself An(
| il all goes under the management OF Free
| C. Whitney, whom they call the LOST
! chord. "
During the balcony scene Of Romeo anc
Juliet" at the Chicago Auditorium rc
Gently. while Jean de keSzke was singing
Robert Rnthman. a crazy printer. mounted
the stage, and, Ia king The center. al
dressed The audience ladies aud gentle
men" he shouted. II am not crazy. rs they
say am. and can prove it. It IS simply
, trick of my enemies who want 70 SEE
me put 10 all tHe ltOubit POSaiDtc StCSs
Manager William Parry ran out from tn
wings aud excitesiiy demanded. what di
YOU want" Don't touch me-, eFieC
Rothman, "oT it will be worse for you-'
De Reszkc prepared TO draw his sword ant
many hoxhOIdeTS Withdrew In haste. fear
ing that bomb might be thrown. Melb;
Iaercd anxiously from the lattice, Will
tie chorus in the wings stampeded. Tn
curtain was lowered, two policemen car
2 tured the maniac and the opera went on
Rothman said he had a magnet IN his head
but he arcd the head was not big enOug
| to accommodate it.