The record-union., 1896-10-11

SACRAMENTO DAILY
day, in excellent health and in full pos
session Of all his faculties.
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Coquelin the elder Is to return to the
Comedie Francaise and the great Ma
tional Theater of France will possess
once more the greatest of French come
dams. The result has been brought
about by legal process, and denotes the
end OF a long quarrel, in which not only
the dramatic profession in France, but
the department of the French Govern
ment that Is concerned with the foster
ing OF the dramatic Department of
Public Instruction-has taken a. lively
interest and active participation. M.
Coquelin, after thirty years of service
IN the House of Moliers, in which, as
everybody knows, the chief actors and
actresses have a sort Of cooperative
interest after q certain term Of service,
with a retiring pension, became in
volved In a quarrel with the manage
ment. The difficulty. arose over his pro-
vincial tours. which, it appears, We're
undertaken contrary to the terms Of his
engagement.
An Englisman, F. w. Durham, has
devised q new system Of organ blowing
which will be found useful where con-
stant water supply cannot be had. 1t
consists Of an ordinary hydraulic en-
gine set in motion by means of oil or
water and glycerine, which is drawn
from a bank and driven through a
force pump by small gas Cor OLD en-
gine, the latter being placed at a con-
venient distance from the organ. The
exhaust from the hydraulic engine is
carried back again to the bank, thus
preventing any waste Of the liquid used.
No water service or main is required.
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The beauty of Anna Held, who has
arrived in New York, is not over
estimated. Her features are large and
regular, the eyes being most prominent.
Ihey are hazel in tint, wide and ex-
presslve, with heavy lids and long
lashes. The singer is short and plump,
and gifted with much personal mag
net1sm. She speaks English very pref
lily, and adores diamonds and pearls.
Her English song, Wont You Come
and Play With Me?" will be the musical
success of the season.
DR.. Eduard Hanslick, the indefatiga-
pie critic of the ''Neue Freie Presse'' Of
vienna, has published still another vol
ume or musical criticisms. It is en-
titled "F'unf Jahre Musik,' and de-
scrlDeS all the new music and important
revivals given in Vienna within the last
hve years, including operas by J.
Strauss, Mascagni, Schutt, BrulI, Leon
cavalio, Cilea, Breton, Mugnone, Gior-
dano, Tasca, Henberger, Smetana,
Hummel, SWareglia and Massenet.
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When E. S. Willard brings US ''The
Rogues' Comedy we gather that we
shall be regaled with some very clever
satires Of smart London society.
Henry Arthur Jones, the author Of the
play, having been unsparing in the use
of the lash, and having paid special at
tention to the development Of the char
acters Of a foolish young lord and a de-
PRAYED old one
There Is widely circulated rumor in
London musical circles that Madame
Adelina Patti has written the words and
music Of romantic one act opera The
little work, it is said, will be first per-
formed privately under the direction of
Madame Patti at her Welsh castle.
Says 'Stage News: When Miss Meth
ersole came to Yankeeland she said she
came to try her plays over here and go
back to dear old London and now
having failed there she cries out that
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and unappreciative." Thanks, Olga!
Lewis Morrison will present during
the coming season a new play called
THE Indian" In which he will play a
dual role of twin brothers-one an un-
tutored savage, the other West Point
graduate. TIE action of the play takes
place in the city Of Washington, and at
an Indian agency on the frontier.
The baZar in London for the fund for
an actors orphanage was a very sue
cessful affair, the profits being more
than $4,000. One Of the most lucrative
devices was the sale Of dolls dressed to
represent popular actresses in particu-
lar characters. One of these brought
more than $500.
The latest vaudeville recruit is Will
lam Pruette, Of comic opera fame He
will appear at Heith's Union Square
Theater, New York, in a travesty on
Carmen" in which he will have the
assistance Of Florence de Larsoneur
and Marie Bell.
new novel entitled Her Foreign
Conquest" from the pen of Colonel
Richard Henry Savage, has just been
issued. It is very dramatic in quality
and has already been placed in the
hands Of well-known author for
dramatization.
Trella Foltz-Tolland has retired from
the stage temporarily, and is now en-
gagged in journalistic work She has
recently distinguished herself by a
number Of interesting contributions to
the press.
The City of Mexico has not only a
Philharmonic Society, but two quartet
clubs. The names of the players are all
Spanish, but the names on the pro-
grammes are nearly all German. There
must be special piquancy in hearing
an emotional, fiery Spaniard play Schu-
mann or Schubert.
The five best known italian opera
composers Of the time-verdi, Mascag-
nj, Leonvavallo, Puccini and Franchetti
are all at work on new operas.
The pictures Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Bourchler, who are soon to appear in
The Chill Widow" are the features OF
the shop windows in New Yor at pres