The morning times., 1896-05-10

question, to be called "Our Home Rulers"
George Richards and Eugene CanIiel.
Will tour in "A Temperance Town next
year. They have engaged L. F. Maggie for
his original part.
The elder Saivini was last in America in
800 on a professional tuor. He came in
1894 TO see his son Alexander play Paul
kester' s lamar"
firm issued Henry Guy CarIeton's
"A Giided Fool i'll novel form without
his permission. and he is suing the pub
fishers for $50, 600.
Henry irving, jr., has made a hit as
Hamlet and Romeo IN London. His fiancee.
the English TTliby. DOrothca Baird, was the
Ophclia and Juliet.
A report has gained some headway that
Henry Irving is 10 retire from the stage
at the end OF this season. Mr.. Irving
denies il empha,ica!ly-
The opera company taken 10 Halifax could
not have come To- dircr grief had its worst
enemy wished 1t 10 go To Halifax 1t Is
a wreck on the rocks.
The last night OF 'Zenda James h.
Hackett got piece OF steeli has eye. The
only damage was a demand Tor bIue
glasses for several days.
who is taking the advertising, Della or
Dunno? Genial .IOhn ". is wlreu rom Chi-
cago saying that he positively Will not
manage Miss Fox next season
No one knows where David BeIasco has
SecrrteI himself II is only inferred from
his action OF similar former occasions that
be is at work on his new play.
Herbert Kelcey goes to san Francisco
for the summer TO appear in the Stockwell
Stock Company with Rose Coglan, Effie
shannon and john I. sullivan
II Forbes Robertson and Mrs. Pat Camp
bell come to this country next year 1T viii
be in For the Crown and probably uu
| der W. A. Brady's management.
Twenty society girls gave burnt cork
performance in ST. LOUIS recently. They
| wore extensive shirt front and swallow
tails, but plain long black skirts.
| There was such rush to see The Geisha
| at DaIy's London Theater on the first night
| that a speculatOr sold Il seat for 10 $3.50.
/ London, too, is tiIcn degeueratlng.
Since "A Tammany Tiger left Washing
| ton the press agent mas announced that
| Laura Burt's makeup i'll the first act
| was an imitation OF CISSy Fitzgerald.
The Shop Girl has been produced over
| $50 times IN one London tneater. Why
| do the diplomatic English send out these
compromising reports on their sanity.
The production of The Heavenly
| Twins, wnicn was prevented in London by
| Objection OF Sarah Grand, is to be under
taken with u new title, My Astral Body
Minnie Radcliffe twhO isn't going 10
marry q German baron }, Una Abel, ErrOil
| Dunbar and William Courtleigh are TO
! play summer stock III two Michigan cities.
Sydney Rusenfeld's company disbanded
| in Baltimore last week They were to have
produced new plays ami proceeded TO Chi
| Cago, Dut-only mouey makes the mare go.
Beruhardt dragged out Adricnne Le-
| couvreur for Chicago. Chicago and Sarah
are on splendid terms after the cOolness
| that Miss /. VIII aud Z. DuSe felt for each
other.
| Actor Richardson of the Paradise Alley
| Company while asleep stepped Off the
| train a shley, H., registered at the hotel,
and woke up wondering how he got there.
Fish!
| r,FI No lSNs u
| Montague played a servant role. He is
| now playing F.. L. Dayenport'S role. This
| is not to say he is tiihng Dayenport's
| shoes.
| Alfred C. Colmour is writing a three
| act romantic play for Beerhotim Tree. Any
! one can do that who wants TO. The thing
| is to get Herbert aud the paying public -
| accept it.
! james A. Htarne has in his professional
announcements dropped the Initial OF hls
middle name aud changed the orthography
of bis surname. His present style is thus
James Hearn.
Julian Magnus will next season manage
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Whytal. This is for.
| tunate stroke for both sides. Mr.. Whytal
will have completed for production next
| year Out Yonder.'
Jones new comedy, The Rogue 8
| Comedy" which Willard is pla wing, is
described as "a heartbreak in laughter
Its success insures Mr.. Wizards return
to merica next year.
Vaudeville seems to be monopoliZiug
business in the large cities with alarming
persistence. In the winter under roof, in
the summertime on the roof; but, like the
| brook, it goes on forever.
The annual Casino review this year, tC
be called In Gay New York will contain
nnrirsGues OF "iicart OF Maryland. Black
| Sheep" 'Cbimmie Fadden," 'Carmen,'
"Zenda" and Macbeth"
On the last night of Bohemia, - which
| laFl,p pl 10 n E.mnirp
Henry Miller was called upon for a speech
by the audience. His associates presented
him with gold match box
Madge Carr Cook, whom we used to see
twenty-months' engagement in Denver and
Salt Lake City. where she has been leading
woman of the stock companies.
The part In which Mrs. Abbey will be seen
should she return to the stage, and it is
| not al all certain that she will, is Fanny
Brough's leading role in "A Mother Oi
Three She will decide when she see!
the piece in London this month.
Grant Stewart, here this season witt
Bob billiard and later with "A House ol
Cards. finished the season with Heart
of Maryland" Stewart is capable actor
and doesn't remain disengaged long.
sardou is now sixty four years old
wrinkled and half bald, but in his elastic
Heissaid to have earned 81 900 900 fromh
plays. Yet his first play was dire failure
From all accounts the Rob Roy" season
ended ingloriously. William Pruette, VIII,
was behind in salary some $3.50. refused
to go on in New York recently till an ad
vance was made. For this piece Of impu
dence(?)he wasdischarged! Manager VIII.
ney started out gloriously.
THE Tree of knowledge" is the play &c
succeed "Zende.A' at its London theater
This sounds as If Johnny Bull hadn't ye
seen the point to, the joke the problem
dramatists have been playing on him, ant
is still interested in the rot.
| "Next season" said Mr.. Taber yesterday y,