The morning times., 1896-07-12
Rialto Gossip as a Gay New
York Woman Hears II.
ALL STARS IN PATIENCE
How Laura Burt Was Refused Her
Dinner But Cleverly Outwitted
the Unreasonable Caterer.


thespic g,,ssipers is Bert Riddles man.
agerial success with your stock company.
There are half dozen managers here who
simply dom underestimate. / met Nat Roth
near Fortieth street AMI We got to talking
about hfs late star, Della Fox, and THAI
leito the closing OF che season in the Capital,
and that LED in logical sequence to the
present prosperous state OF affairs there
now. Il can't understand IL, said Nat.
Il played Miss Fox there the first week
at standard prices and the second week we
change 1.-the bill and cut to summer prices,
but the people didn't come If 1 can't
draw in cool weather with standard. ex--
pensive opera company. how can Riddle
make farce pay with the mercury us high
as giraffe's head"
Another lIabitue of the classic pavements
saunterei up and catching the DRIFT OF the
conversation in the mastication of the rag.
Hang it," said lie. there was vaudeville
given at~AIlen's and nobody went, there
was drama given and they laughed it off
the stage. Yet in the face OF all the heat
of heaven Riddle packs his theater."
..And when we all know, said number
three as he came into the group with his
characteristic walk which Is familiar to
all the chair backs in your city, that
Washington is the poorest show town 10: IT'S
size and dignity in the country" Bert
Ridlleis the most general cussed man from
st. Marks to the Bridge of Signs.
Imight ventIre a guess atthis range
should say that the quality OF the plays
given is one of the most potent factors.
and secondly the unusually excellent COM
many of PLAYERS As Bobby Gaylor says;
well. .anyaowI' it is what It is, and there's
no DENYING facts and no one reioices more
than Sans-Gene.
TWO THEATERs OPEN.
Here at home, our home, there is nothing
new at the theaters. Only two OF them
are open. II you want other amusement
YOU must go up in the lit or Climb five or
six flights of stairs to tie roofs Ell Captain
catered upon its fourth month ON Monday
night, aud in n few days there will be a
celebration OF the one hundrecth PERFORM
ance. The run is indefinite. Indeed, ut
this nid-July day, it looks as il the
cowardly Captain would continue his dup
htity on uoor dcfcnseless little Klein untH
the regular opening OF the fall season
Over at the Casino there hav been several
changes 'Iu Gay New York They are
demanded by the style of the piece, which
is -deIiendart for its success on the special
ties, 1t will soon celebrate its fiftieth per
formance. aud then take new wind Tor
suurt to the century mark l GCn't believe
it. will make it. however. Three or four
weeks more IS proba bly, all itcan weather.
PATIENCE BY STARS,
Last night a noteworthy performance Of
..ratience" was given Il t the erald Square
Theater as testimonial to Paul Steindorf
and Thomas Ebert. Tie cast was all-star
in character. and the performance was
really enjoyable as such tmnEs go, Dul
down in his Eeels everybody felt that the
anomaly was really bore The clorns was
curiously amusing, for many OF the faces
.E.l.s.
A Roberts. Tony Pastor, E F. Ratcliffe.
VIII Bernard, Aubrey Eouccicault, ana about
forty others.
In the ca ST were Patience, Lillian Russell;
Sadie Martinot, Lady Angela; Dorothy
Morton, Lady Saphir; Florence Finlayson,
Lady Jane: Heury Z. Dixey, Bunthorne: W.
T Carleton, Grosvenor; Thomas Q. Sea
brooke. the MAJOR: W Mclaughlin, the
Colonel; Aubrey Eoucicault, the Notary.
DiXey was my favorite all the time But
who can help liking those delightfully."- con
ceited English officers when Gilbert's IN
inlitabie patter songs are on their lips.
GRAND OPERA GALORE.
We will have three sets OF grand opera
this fall At the Metropolitan the season
will begin with Abbey, Schoeffel X Grau'S
company When that organization travels,
the Damrosch company will lpresentGerman
opera with star cast. Tie Academy Cf
Music will have the Imperial Opera Com
pany, with Col Mapleson as the lIupresario
Mr. Maplcson will introduce host of new
singers, and will have i season OF four weeks
prior to the season at the metropolitan.
This company IS expected to visit all Il =
large cities, so it is apparent New York will
be well supplied with grand opera this fail,
Speaking of Abbey's reminds me of what
saw in Il rubbish heap near the stage 'lour
Of the theatcr which until recently bore the
lmpresarios ma gic name. 1t was bouquet
of linen flowers, and w3g said the same
bouquet answered every night for Nine.
Rernhardt during her season in New York
The bouquet was worth thirty cents and
answered the purpose of $40 worth Of Il +.
genuine article.
4 FEW FOOT NOTES.
Coney Island has its Bowery and
.'slummed'' it with party the other night.
There's nothing worth relating about tie
filthy and abandoned quarter except That
in front of beer garden / saw Autographs
of Nat Goodwin and Louis James. Loui.
was billed to do a head balancing act III
O'Clock. and Mats speciality was 'parlol
buck and wing dancing at 9:45."
Vuv- ui lhc t:.u>t O., i.Ing events Of the
week was the purchase on Thursday of 4
new hat band for 20 cents for Z hat worn
by Mr.. Joseph Murphy for the Fast ten
years. Joe's friends are worrying over
his recklesSncSs.
Laura Burt had a curious experience at
q restaurant known as THE Arena" a
little while ago. She lives W i tn her
mother in 4 flat in forty sixth street and
takes her meals out. On the particular
night speak of she went to 1.-The Arena
and ordered dinner a about $50 at night
The offCious waiter told her that ladies
unaccompanied by gentlemen could not
be served. Yet she was there, hungry-and
O woman after all. SO she sent a mesS.n.
ger call for the biggest 10y they had in
the place, and paid him by the hour to sii
with her Isn't it q trifle absurd for a
young woman and her mother to be re-
fused meals in a public place, where there
can be not the slightest suspicion OF
wrongdoingness? And the idea that 4
messenger boy can be an escort, and ac
cep,ed under the rules, is so thorough,
hypocritical and un-AIncrican that it
hardly needs comment.
NASAL ENTERTAINMENT.
What do you think? In good and proper
uarper's good and proper Mr. Charles
Dudley Warner asked the question: Why
doesn't Mr.. HamInerstein, or Mr.. Koster
andhial, or some other great Snowman de
wise an entertainment for the nose? On,
may pay ones money 1t the door go IN
and have ones ear rayisbed with melodies
and ones eyes delighted with harruonies
and eccentricities OF color, but what en-
tertainment ones poor nose gets it mus
find for itself where it may. Now the
pleasures of smell are very notable de
lights, and by no means TO be sneezed at
unless they lawfully affect one in tina way
The outdoor smells that one catches a ht
rides Il bicycle along a country road
smells OF locust blossoms, wild grape. hay
wet woods. barn yards, and such like
nis
measure. Perhaps smells alone would no
be quite substantial enough for a wholt