The record-union., 1896-12-06

SCmeQ out recently IN japanese charaC-
| ter which seems to suit her style better
| than anything she has yet attempted
| Miss Earles is talent which appeals
| more forcibly to lovers of the lighter
| form of stage work than to the serious
minded devotee of the drama. 1t is said
by those who know her that Miss Earle
harbors an ambition for the higher
/ forms of histrionics, which ambition it
is to be hoped she may soon realize
Madame Melba is very popular in
America, but she must have enjoyed
herself immensely in reading the lucu-
/ brations of one of her admirers-a New
England journalist This worthy scribe
thus delivered himself: "And then came
Melba-queen of song with a voice
lclear as silver bell; smooth, easy reso-
nant, away up in the highest trebles;
| precise. each note for itself in runs
and trills, sweeping her volume of voice
through the sustained bars of dramatic
measures and floating over lyric
stretches of melody"
The famous English singer Mrs.
Ellington, had a voice which was not
1
orchestra ever drowned it's tones At
one time Mrs. Ellington was rehears-
ing for concert to be given in large
hall, and in one of her songs she was
to be accompanied by a trumpet obli-
cato. The trumpeter blew with all his
might and main, but his efforts were
met with a call of Louder. louder!
from the Unsuitable conductor At last
| lai1 inc
ment, and surveying the conductor
with indignation, he gasped: Louder
and louder be ferry easy TO say, but
we're is de vind?"
M. Rambaud, the French Minister of
| Public Instruction and Beaux Arts, has
| just issued command" to Albert
Carre, director of the Vaudeville and
the Gymnase, the fulfllment of which
| will be as pleasant to M. Carre as its
results will be instructive to his con-
freres and finally to the French public
| at large. He is directed to travel
| through Germany, Austria Hungary,
| Russia and Italy, in order to study the
| principal theaterS in these countries,
| the plays and operas produced, the
scenic effects, stage craft and stage ar
chitecture. His work will be under
taken purely from a technical point Of
view.
/ Mrs. Navarro, once known as Our
| Mary" Anderson, and celebrated for
having been at breakfast with Mr.. Glad
stone at the time of a certain bomb ex-
| plosion, has given up her charming
home at Tunbridge Wells, the historic
| inland Kentish watering place, where
she and her husband have been since
they were married. They have taken
villa in the delightful suburban town of
Wimbledon. for many years famous for
it's volunteer encampment and many
rifle shooting contest.
Here is somewhat novel link be-
tween church and stage Pope Leo has
granted permission for the giving of
theatrical representations within the
very walls of the Vatican. 1t seems
that the historic Swiss Guards, those
giants from the Canton Of Valois whose
fidelity has been often and severely tried,
suffer from home sickness and ennui.
To these human weaknesses the Pope
has made the concession of allowing
short amateur pieces, with orchestral
| accompaniment to be acted in the small
| private theater within the Belvidere
| Gardens
| The subsidies granted in addition to
| the salaries Of the directors by the
French Government to the principal
opera houses of the republic are as fol-
lows: The Opera and Opera Comique of
Paris, 100000 and 100000 francs; Ly-
ons, 30O,0 900 francs; Marseilles, 100000
| francs; Nantes, 100000 francs; Bor-
deaux, 100000 francs; Lille, $4,000
francs; Rouen, 10000 francs, and
Rennes, 100000 francs. In all the cities
| except Paris the subsidies are said to
be given by the different municipalities,
but they are under the direction and
made at the command Of the State.
Mrs. Beerbohm Tree has the honor to
head one of the three divisions Of Lon
don actresses. 1t has been said lately
that there are only three kinds Of act
resses in London-Miss Ellen Terry and
those who initiate her, Mrs. Kendall and
those who initiate her. and Mrs Tree and
| those who initiate her. The comment
does not sound good-humored, and Of
| course it is not true. Mrs. Tree will be
seen in this country again in a short
time.
Sir Henry Irving tells that at the mill
tary academy at West Point his COM
pany represented THE Merchant Of
Venice on tiny stage, with tapestry
| curtains, and the old Elizabethan pla-
cards-"This is street." This is a
Senate Chamber" He never knew an
audience more interested or more enthu-
siastic.
| Mile. Frances Saville was engaged by
| Mr.. Grau before his departure from
| Paris to appear in London at Covent
| Garden for an engagement beginning
on May 10. 1897. She will sing Juliet,
Elsa, Marguerite and Elizabeth In
January she will appear in ST. Peters
burg, and in February she is booked
for Nice, to appear in Romeo and
Juliet" and "Rigoletto." After a few
! performances in Berlin she will return
to Paris about the end Of March.
/ Nine. Judic has retired to her estate
| in Chatou, and the report is circulated
| by certain Partisan journals that she
will act no more. But she has prom
ised to appear at the Escholiers, Paris
| in "Omphale." a piece in three acts by
Henri de Saussine before her farewell
tour of Europe, which has been adver-
tised for the coming winter.